7 Ways to Maintain a Healthy Brain

Healthy Brain

The brain is a monstrous, beautiful mess. Its billions of nerve cells-called neurons-lie in a tangled web that displays cognitive powers far exceeding any of the silicon machines we have built to mimic it. ~ William F. Allman

At the moment, there is no one recognized definition of brain health. Most existing definitions have only a general description of normal brain function or emphasize one or two dimensions of brain health. The US Centers for Health and  Disease Control and Prevention defined brain health as the ability to perform all the mental processes of cognition, including the ability to learn and judge, use language, and remember. The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association (AHA/ASA) presidential advisory defined optimal brain health as “average performance levels among all people at that age who are free of known brain or other organ system diseases in terms of decline from function levels, or as adequacy to perform all activities that the individual wishes to undertake.”

There are 7 ways to keep your brain healthy :

1. Mental activities

• Learn a new language
• Use a different route to do your daily tasks
• Listen to or learn to  play a musical instrument
• Learn a new skill like using a new software program and teach someone the new skill
• Use all your senses like eating a meal in a restaurant for the first time. taste your food, smell it, feel the crockery cutlery and furniture.  observe the environment and listen to the voices of people.
• Word power: You are good at English but you can stimulate your brain by playing word games and at the same time enrich your vocabulary
• Play card games like gin rummy, poker, solitaire, and bridge
• Reading
• Go online
• Challenge and exercise your brain with jigsaw puzzles, sudoku, and other brain teasers

Participation in mental exercises won’t be effective if you're not overall healthy. Some of the factors linked to decreased brain function are diabetes, hypertension, obesity, head trauma, sleep apnea, clinical depression, bipolar disorder, and alcoholism.

2. Exercise

Exercise has a direct brain connection when you consider what it actually does. What we tend to overlook are the feedback loops that connect the brain to every cell in the body. Therefore when you throw a ball, run on a treadmill, or jog along the shore, billions of cells are "seeing" the outside world. The chemicals transmitted from the brain are acting the way sense organs do, making contact with the outside world and offering stimulation from that world. This is why the jump from being sedentary to doing a minimal amount of exercise - such as walking, light gardening, and climbing the stairs instead of taking the elevator - is so healthy. Your cells want to be part of the world. -DEEPAK CHOPRA

Some of the things you can do:

• Brisk walking
• Jogging
• Swimming
• Gardening
• Dancing
• Resistance training such as push-up

Do it  daily   to  reap  the benefits

3. Get Connected

• Meet up with friends
• Join a class
• Participate in community projects
• Stay close to family, friends, and relatives 

4. Healthy Diet

• Fish 
• Fresh vegetables
• Nuts and seeds
• Fruits and berries
• Dark chocolate
• Whole grains
• Coffee

The most important thing is to avoid processed food.

5. Manage Stress

• Sleep well
• Relax
• Exercise
• A balanced life
• Tai Chi 
• Meditation 
• Yoga

6. Be Safe

• Fasten your seatbelt when driving
• Wear a crash helmet while cycling
• Put on safety gears while at work in construction sites
• Avoid smoking and using illegal drugs

7.  hydration

According to DENT Nurologival Institue, 75% of the brain is made up of water. therefore, drinking water throughout the day is vital for your optimum brain health. What can hydration do to your brain?

• Boosts your memory function
• Better concentrationa and mental alertness
• Avoid mood swings and improve the brain's efficiency 

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The Longevity Formula

The Longevity Formula

Do you want to live long and enjoy life at the same time? According to an article in a Chinese newspaper, 1-2-3-4-5 is the longevity formula:

1. One vital thing to take care of: Health: diet and exercise 

2. Two things to do: relax and forgive

3. Three things to forget: Age, grievances, worries 

4. Four things to have: A house of your own, career, partner, and friends 

5. Five things to be happy with: What you have, a happy family, able to indulge in personal interests, helping others and travelling

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Do You S.E.E. Every Day?

S.E.E.

 Yes, you can see things every day. but do you Sleep, Eat and Exercise every day? I bet you eat every day and perhaps you sleep 4, though insufficient, to eight hours a night but do you exercise at all every day?

Do you want to be healthy physically mentally and spiritually? You need to eat, sleep and exercise daily. But what is the smart way to do these three important things beneficially every day?

Sleep

Can you sleep soundly at night? Do you get around eight hours of sleep at night? Do you have a sleep routine? You need these healthy sleep habits:

• Go to bed and get up at the same time every day
• Establish a sleep-inducing routine like reading 
• Is your bedroom cool, quiet, and comfortable?
• It helps when you exercise regularly and enjoy a healthy diet.
• Keep the bedroom dark when you are sleeping.

Sleep Well - 10 Good Habits

Eat

The simple rule is to avoid or consumed less processed items in attractive packages such as biscuits, cookies, chips, ham, sausages, and the like. Processed foods are full of artificial ingredients, loaded with too much sugar, sodium, and fat, and also associated with higher risks of getting cancer.

Eat more  fresh goods like fruits, vegetables, lean meats, fish, eggs fat-free or low-fat milk, poultry, seeds nuts, and whole grains

10 Healthy Eating Habits

12 Tips to Take Care of Your Digestive System

Excercise

It is not enough to exercise physically but you need to stimulate your brainpower and get peace of mind as well. 

I walk every morning for 30 minutes. I do Tai Chi and I meditate for 15 minutes daily. I stretch my body and I do a push-up.

I read books magazines and newspapers daily and I like to play sudoku.

Every day my thoughts are about things that I have and enjoyed. I focus on the moment and do not dwell too much on the past or ruminate about the future. I journal every evening about things that I am grateful for before going to bed.

In this way, I get peace of mind. I am cheerful and happy.

20 Delightful Ways to Boost Your Well-Being

Start SEEing today to transform your life

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人生之乐

人生之乐

 要做工

 有工做

 能够做

要有吃

有得吃

吃得下

要有钱

有来源

能用钱

要能睡

有得睡

睡得甜

要能动

可以动

有走动

要感恩

有感恩

能感恩

要交流

能交流

有交流

要亲情

有亲情

能亲情

要快乐

有快乐

能快乐

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How many languages are you proficient in?

How many languages are you proficient in?

There is a saying: Luck is what happens when opportunity meets preparation. First of all, school is the place where you start building a strong foundation. With a good grounding, you prepare yourself for the next step by studying for the subject that you are interested in. 

While you are doing that the crucial thing is to polish your language skills. It is not enough to be good at one language, especially in Malaysia. Look at the politicians, they speak fluently in English, Mandarin, and Bahasa Malaysia. If you want to be competitive you have to master three languages. When you are prepared you are ready to grab any opportunity that comes your way. You will have no regret.

Image source:https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/what-is-the-record-for-the-most-languages-spoken-by-one-person/

How I spend my retirement and Stay Healthy during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Happy & Healthy Retirement

“Don’t simply retire from something; have something to retire to.” – Harry Emerson Fosdick

I stopped my part-time work and call it a day in March during the COVID-19 pandemic. I was 72 and I decided not to continue working and avoid being infected with the coronavirus.

I still spend time productively even though I have retired.

I usually get up at around 6.00 am. while I am still in bed awaken I perform several stretching exercises such as knee hug, child's pose,  knee raise, and kegel. The first thing I do when I get up is to have a cup of warm water. After that, I tapped the lymphatic points of my body, swing my arms up and down 100 times, and walk on the spot for 100 steps.  The next set of stretching and breathing exercises is done at the car porch. This is to warm up my body before I perform tai chi. The taichi movements take about  15 minutes to perform. I feel calm and fresh upon completion. I wash up and brush my teeth. Next, I go for a walk and jog for 2km for about 30 minutes around the Kemunting field in front of the Indian temple.  I feel good breathing in the fresh air and basking in the morning sun

 Upon reaching home I prepare my own breakfast, I have mee hoon soup with broccoli and minced pork meat and one tomato or Maaggi curry mee mixed with broccoli, one tomato, and minced pork. Sometimes I have poa in the morning. My morning beverage is black coffee without milk or sugar. I love to eat breakfast at one of the hawker centers or coffee shops, However, during this critical period, I eat at home.

 At around 8 am I am ready to start work in front of my PC. I check emails and look for surveys to participate. If there are more surveys to answer it can take up to one or two hours. Answering surveys is a productive way to spend my time and make some pocket money at home. The next task is to review and check my previously written articles using Grammarly It is a fantastic tool to check spelling, grammar, and punctuation. After checking I upload the articles to social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and Scoopit

I have a good nap for about an hour in the afternoon from one to two o'clock.  Teatime is around 3 o'clock  I have a pao (a Chinese steamed bun). or wholewheat bread spread with peanut butter. I check emails for more surveys and upload more articles in the late afternoon.

At around 4pmm I do another set of stretching exercises and also push-up to strengthen my body. 

Dinner time is around 6pm. I help in the washing-up after eating

 In the evening this is the only time I watch TV. It is from 8-9 pm watching TV8 news. It is also a time to relax and ready to end a day peacefully. I have a cup of  Oat drink after the news. Reading a chapter or two is my routine before going to bed. I read until my eyes are tied and so it is easy for me to fall asleep.

I try not to go out and I connect with friends and relatives by WhatsApp and  Facetime. The only time to go out is to purchase household items and fresh goods.

I am happy with my life:

It is a healthy lifestyle and a simple life.

I am active daily to keep my body and  brain healthy and fit

I eat nutritiously with more vegetables and fruits and less meat

I sleep well and under no stress

I occupy my time fully and productively by blogging, reading, and answering surveys

I contribute to the world by sharing my articles about life, happiness, and money that are beneficial to everyone on the Net 

I have a pet dog Peanut the Poodle to share my life

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Ringworm and Treatment

Ringworm

Ten years ago in 2009, I was infected with ringworm. I wrote an article about the effective treatment of fungal infections (https://allaboutlivingwithlife.blogspot.com/2009/05/ringworm-calamine-and-clotrimazole.html). Initially, I used calamine and found the cream infective because it was not the right medication. I then switched to clotrimazole and treated the diseased area of my sole successfully.

Recently I was infected with ringworm again. Immediately, I applied clotrimazole. This time the result was not as good as expected after a few weeks. In desperation, I consulted my family doctor and he prescribed Travocort Cream for me. This medicine contains two active substances, isoconazole nitrate and diflucortolone valerate.

According to information provided this medicine is used to treat fungal infections of the skin where inflammation (redness, swelling, soreness) is also a problem.

Upon my first application, the itch stopped right away. After a few days, it was completely healed.  

Ringworm initially starts out as red or pink skin patches (or spots) that may be either flat or slightly raised. In this initial stage, the sores may be moist, but more often they're dry, scaly, and itchy. If you scratch the rash you may break the skin, which could lead to a bacterial infection.

Have you ever infected with ringworm? How did you deal with it?

How to Live a Secure and Meaningful Retirement

A secure and meaningful retirement

Retirement is like a long vacation in Las Vegas. The goal is to enjoy it the fullest, but not so fully that you run out of money. Jonathan Clements

I am 71, I am a husband and a father to one son and one daughter. I have a part-time office job in the morning for six days a week. My son is working in Singapore and my daughter in at UTAR studying Economics. The purpose of this article is to share my thinking and the way I live my retirement now.

Retirement should bring happiness and contentment. You should be able to look forward to every new day with excitement. The following vital factors are crucial not only for a secure but meaningful life.

Health is Your Responsibility

Health is wealth. With good health, you enjoy the freedom and live life to the fullest. To maintain a healthy body is not only for your own good but is also a responsibility. Just imagine when you are suffering from a serious illness such as a stroke, who is going to take care of you daily? Your family members of course.  They may not have the time and resources to look after you. When they don’t, you blame them for not being filial. So the point I want to bring out is that life is already stressful for each and every one of us. Do not be a burden to those around you.as they have their life to take care of. You can look after yourself when you are healthy and fit.  

Daily Rituals

Every morning I wake up around six and after drinking a glass of water I do stretching TaiChi and breathing exercise at the car porch. This is my morning rituals. For about twice a week I do weight lifting ( I have a home gym) at home and jog around the field just opposite the Indian temple at Sri Kemuning. The only time I watch TV is the 8TV News at 8pm. in the evening. To get a good night sleep I read a few pages of a book. Reading stimulates your mind and promotes mental health. I borrow books from the nearby state library. In the afternoon, I enjoy a nap from time to time. To occupy my free time I do online surveys (https://creditcardlighthouse.blogspot.com/2016/03/top-10-survey-sites-in-malaysia.html) and earn some pocket money.

In the evening I pen a few lines in my diary to express my gratefulness and appreciation for a great day. On a regular basis, I invite a good friend of mine to a movie and tea. I live life with energy, serenity, peace of mind and focus.

Your house is your castle

Your son’s house is not your house and on;y your house is truly your own. Do not be so naive to sell your house and stay with your son upon request. Your daughter-in-law may not like the idea and if you are unfortunate to get chase out of the house you will be homeless. Your personal home means security, freedom and peace of mind. There again it is assumed that you are in good health and able to take care of your own self.

My part-time job  

A part-time job suits me well. I earn and I keep myself busy for half a day and get connected with the business world It gives me a sense of purpose and usefulness. I used to write one article for one day Now I do it only when I have important messages to share like this article. that you are reading now.

Money

I am not rich but I am debt-free. I hope, God willing, my savings and investment are able to outlive my life and not the other way round. I do keep a sum for emergency purposes because life is full of unexpected happenings and you need to spend money immediately.

Continuous Learning

The world is moving at a rapid pace with technology advancement. I read and learn continuous to update myself. I implement useful technologies such as e-wallet to keep up with the time. It is the best way to stimulate your brain.

Peanut the Poodle
A pet at home is a great companion. Peanut is the greatest source of inspiration, happiness and serenity. He is the best security guard in the world. He will bark loudly at the slightest noise or movement at the gate otherwise he is quiet and peaceful. He greets you warmly every time you come home. My pet has an Instagram account. Please follow Peanut the Poodle at https://www.instagram.com/peanut_thepoodle/. It's good to know that keeping a pet is good for my health too.

A quiet and simple life
Seeking excitement is for the youngsters. As for me, it is a fond memory of the younger days. Now a quiet and simple life suits me fine.

Happiness
The formula for Happiness:
Health + gratitude+ mindfulness+financial freedom+lifelong learning= Happiness
where Health =1 and the rest are zeros.
When you are not in good health the rest of the things are meaningless to you.

In his book Man’s Search for Meaning, Frankl wrote, “Happiness cannot be pursued, it must ensue. One must have a reason to be happy.”

Summary

• Be healthy and fit
• Thank gratitude always
• You may have retired from work but do not retire from living an active and meaningful life.
• A house of your own
• Sufficient fund to live and enjoy your retirement

20 Quotes to Usher in The New Year

New Year Fresh Start

1. The way of success is the way of continuous pursuit of knowledge.- Napoleon Hill 

2. Problems are the guiding lights along the way of life. - Debasish Mridha

 3. The only way to live is by accepting each minute as an unrepeatable miracle. - Jack Kornfield 

4. Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking. -Marcus Aurelius 

5. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. -Steve Jobs 

6. Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.-Thomas A. Edison 

7. Some days are just bad days, that's all. You have to experience sadness to know happiness, and I remind myself that not every day is going to be a good day, that's just the way it is! -Dita Von Teese 

8. The only way to have a friend is to be one. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

 9. You're only here for a short visit. Don't hurry, don't worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way.-Walter Hagen 

10. One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as an adventure. -William Feather 

11. The best way to predict the future is to create it. -Peter Drucker 

12. If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. -Wayne Dyer

13. Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it... that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear. --Dale Carnegie  

14. The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of those depths. -Elisabeth Kubler-Ross 

15. If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way. -Napoleon Hill 

16. Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way. -Booker T. Washington 

17. Giving opens the way for receiving.-Florence Scovel Shinn 

18. I feel like life is really short, and it's important to enjoy yourself and embrace whatever comes your way, whether it's a challenging day or a great day, just welcome it with open arms. No matter who you are, you can't escape challenges; they are part of life. -Miranda Kerr

19. The most efficient way to live reasonably is every morning to make a plan of one's day and every night to examine the results obtained.-Alexis Carrel 

20. The amount of good luck coming your way depends on your willingness to act.-Barbara Sher

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5 Words To Live By

5 Words To Live By

Words are singularly the most powerful force available to humanity. We can choose to use this force constructively with words of encouragement, or destructively using words of despair. Words have energy and power with the ability to help, to heal, to hinder, to hurt, to harm, to humiliate, and to humble. -Yehuda Berg 

 Here are 5 simple yet powerful words to bring you meaning, energy, focus, and enthusiasm in many ways. However, merely knowing the words is useless, you must make changes in your life to live by these words. Taking action will bring you positive results beyond your imagination. Here are the five wonderful and yet down-to-earth words to bring you success in life: 

1. Grateful: Gratitude is the most important word. Because gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues but the parent of all others according to Marcus Tullius Cicero. 

To me, gratitude is about contentment and appreciation. Always count your blessings and be happy with what you are and what you have. 

Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude, says Ralph Waldo Emerson. 

Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings. These are the golden words of William Arthur Ward. 

How do you cultivate an attitude of gratitude? This is what I do every night before I go to sleep. I write in my diary on a few things that I am thankful about. It can simply be good health, good work or just feeling good for another great day. 

2. Calm: With thankfulness and gratefulness, there is no jealousy and hatred in your heart. There is peace of mind because you don’t compare yourself with others, you will just be happy with yourself. 

I get up by six every morning to do Taichi and breathing exercises. Taichi is meditation in motion; I get into a state of calmness to start a new day. 

3. Mindful: When you are grateful and calm, your mind does not wonder about. There is nothing to disturb your peace of mind. You develop mindfulness to live moment to moment. You focus on the task at hand. You do not rush about; you enjoy your work and your leisure time. 

For me mindfulness is paying attention to what you do in the present be it reading, eating, jogging, or listening. Because I am grateful and I feel a sense of serenity; I live every day with mindfulness. 

4. Productive: There is enough time for you to do things which you have to do and there is time for you to do what you want to do. This is my interpretation of productivity. 

I set long-term goals and I organize my daily activities in advance by way of a to-do-list. I have a daily checklist to monitor my progress so that I am on top of things. I don’t want to remember my work, I just write things down. Your brain is for creative thinking and not for mundane tasks. There is time for me in the evening after work to jog in the open. I am pleased to have dinner regularly with my family in the evening. I am free to watch TV news and read a few pages before I retire to recharge my battery for another brand new day. 

5. Happy: Happiness is what you want the most in your life. I have decided to leave it as the last word for a very good reason. You do not seek happiness directly; it is a by-product of your thinking and what you do in your daily life. When your thinking is positive, you will be happy. Thoughts of gratefulness and appreciation will generate containment and calmness in your life. When you are not disturbed you are at peace with the world. You will live from moment to moment focusing on the task at hand and thinking of nothing else. You are productive. Naturally, a feeling of joy and happiness will prevail. 

Last words 

Gratefulness, calmness, mindfulness, and productivity are my bywords. I live by these words, happiness comes to me naturally. Take the challenge, incorporate these five words into your life and transform yourself. 

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15 Task Quotes To Inspire You and Get Things Done

1. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and starting on the first one. -Mark Twain 

2. I long to accomplish a great and noble task; but my chief duty is to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble. Helen Keller 

3. Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best. -Theodore Isaac Rubin 

4. If you raise your children to feel that they can accomplish any goal or task they decide upon, you will have succeeded as a parent and you will have given your children the greatest of all blessings.-Brian Tracy 

5. It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome. -William James 

6. Always render more and better service than is expected of you, no matter what your task may be. -Og Mandino 

7. The never-ending task of self improvement. - Ralph Waldo Emerson 

8. The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand. -Vince Lombardi 

9. Every day, my daddy told me the same thing. 'Once a task is just begun, never leave it till it's done. Be the labour great or small, do it well or not at all.' -Quincy Jones 

10. Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labor is immense. -Arthur Helps 

11. We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of change. And the most pressing task is to teach people how to learn. -Peter Drucker 

12. Even the mundane task of washing dishes by hand is an example of the small tasks and personal activities that once filled people's daily lives with a sense of achievement. -B. F. Skinner 

13. When you have a great and difficult task, something perhaps almost impossible, if you only work a little at a time, every day a little, suddenly the work will finish itself.-Isak Dinesen 

14. An individual who has in his mind that he can accomplish a certain task is far more likely to succeed than the individual that has it in his mind that he will fail. -  Daniel Willey 

15. Everyday should be a working day on those difficult tasks. A little bit per day is the only way to make it through. Never feel it can't be done; it can be done with persistent actions, repeated input and consistent attendance! - Israelmore Ayivor,

15 Rest Quotes For You to Take a Break

Take A Break

1. He that can take rest is greater than he that can take cities. -Benjamin Franklin 

2. Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass on a summer day listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is hardly a waste of time. -Sir John Lubbock 

3. No rest is worth anything except the rest that is earned. -Jean Paul

 4. Rest is the sweet sauce of labor. -Plutarch 

5. What is without periods of rest will not endure. -Ovid 

6. Sometimes the most urgent and vital thing you can possibly do is take a complete rest. -Ashleigh Brilliant 

7. Rest is a fine medicine. Let your stomachs rest, ye dyspeptics; let your brain rest, you wearied and worried people of business; let your limbs rest, ye children of toil! -Thomas Carlyle 

8. I still need more healthy rest in order to work at my best. My health is the main capital I have and I want to administer it intelligently. -Ernest Hemingway 

9. Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths, or the turning inwards in prayer for five short minutes. -Etty Hillesum 

10. Rest when you're weary. Refresh and renew yourself, your body, your mind, your spirit. Then get back to work. -Ralph Marston 

11. Work is a blessing. God has so arranged the world that work is necessary, and he gives us hands and strength to do it. The enjoyment of leisure would be nothing if we had only leisure. It is the joy of work well done that enables us to enjoy rest, just as it is the experiences of hunger and thirst that make food and drink such pleasures. -Elisabeth Elliot 

12. The most valuable thing we can do for the psyche, occasionally, is to let it rest, wander, live in the changing light of room, not try to be or do anything whatever. -May Sarton 

13. Don't think of rest as giving in. Rather, consider a nap, or even closing your eyes for five minutes, as something you've worked hard for, something you've earned, like the interest in a bank account. Instead of banishing the nap, try to find ways to comfortable fold it into your life. View the nap as you might perceive vitamins and exercise. Remove words like slothful and lazy from your nap vocabulary. Replace them with declarations like "Naps are good for my soul" and "A little rest will make me feel like a million bucks. -Leslie Levine 

14. Activity and rest are two vital aspects of life. To find a balance in them is a skill in itself. Wisdom is knowing when to have rest, when to have activity, and how much of each to have. Finding them in each other-- activity in rest and rest in activity--is the ultimate freedom. -Sri Sri Ravi Shankar 

15. There is virtue in work and there is virtue in rest. Use both and overlook neither. -Alan Cohen

15 Skill Quotes to Enhance Your Strengths

1. Training and managing your own mind is the most important skill you could ever own, in terms of both happiness and success. - T. Harv Eker 

 2. The most complicated skill is to be simple. - Dejan Stojanovic 

3. Learning how to learn is life's most important skill. -Tony Buzan 

4. If the power to do hard work is not a skill, it's the best possible substitute for it. -James A. Garfield 

5. Creative thinking - in terms of idea creativity - is not a mystical talent. It is a skill that can be practised and nurtured. -Edward de Bono

6. The ability to take pleasure in one's life is a skill and is a kind of intelligence. So intelligence is a hard thing to evaluate and it manifests itself in so many different ways. I do think the ability to know how to live a life and not be miserable is a sign of that. -Todd Solondz 

7. Asking the right questions takes as much skill as giving the right answers. -Robert Half 

8. Skill and confidence are an unconquered army. -George Herbert 

9. Force has no place where there is need of skill. -Herodotus 

10. The word 'yoga' means skill - skill to live your life, to manage your mind, to deal with your emotions, to be with people, to be in love, and not let that love turn into hatred. -Sri Chinmoy 

11. If you want people to know how much you care, show them how much you remember. Learn their names and use them often. It's an important skill to develop. -Harvey Mackay 

12. Your career success in the workplace of today - independent of technical expertise - depends on the quality of your people skills. - Max Messmer 

13. Even in such technical lines as engineering, about 15% of one's financial success is due one's technical knowledge and about 85% is due to skill in human engineering, to personality, and the ability to lead people. -Dale Carnegie 

 14. Making good decisions is a crucial skill at every level. -Peter Drucker 

15. Your earning ability today is largely dependent upon your knowledge, skill, and your ability to combine that knowledge and skill in such a way that you contribute value for which customers are going to pay. -Brian Tracy

15 Unhappiness Quotes

The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it

  

1. Sometimes we are unhappy not because of what we don't have, but because of what we haven't realized we have and which can equally make us happy. - Terry Mark

 2. Life is too short to be unhappy and to think about the past, be happy with everything that you have live like there's no tomorrow. - Anurag Prakash Ray 

 3. Over-thinking is the biggest cause of our unhappiness. Keep yourself occupied. Keep your mind off things that don't help you. Think positive. - Chelle Mish 

 4. If at times you are tempted to be unhappy and sour, remember that somewhere on this very planet people are struggling and praying to God to bless them with something you already possess. - Benjamin Valadez 

5. You're unhappy with your life because you're constantly focusing on things you CAN'T change. Start focusing on the things you CAN change. - Sonya Parker 

 6. To be unhappy over what one lacks is to waste what one already possesses. - Vikrant Parsai 

 7. I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition. -Martha Washington 

8. The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness. -Fyodor Dostoevsky 

9. The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness. -Eric Hoffer 

0. Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness. -Don Marquis 

11. And, in fact, you can find that the lack of basic resources, material resources, contributes to unhappiness, but the increase in material resources do not increase happiness. -Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi 

12. Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations. -Edward de Bono 

13. Simply put, you believe that things or people make you unhappy, but this is not accurate. You make yourself unhappy. -Wayne Dyer 

14. Are you unhappy? Ok. Being unhappy is a part of life; no big deal! Continue your life because neither unhappiness nor happiness drop anchor in your life! -Mehmet Murat Ildan 

15. The unhappiest people in this world, are those who care the most about what other people think. -C. JoyBell C.

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15 Parents Quotes for All Parents

1. We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves. -Henry Ward Beecher 

2. The best inheritance a parent can give to his children is a few minutes of their time each day. -M. Grundler 

3. Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person’s character lies in their own hands.-Anne Frank 

4. Lucky parents who have fine children usually have lucky children who have fine parents. --James A. Brewer 

5. Family is the first school for young children, and parents are powerful models. -Alice Sterling Honig 

6. Don’t demand respect as a parent. Demand civility and insist on honesty. But respect is something you must earn — with kids as well as with adults. -William Attwood 

7. At the end of the day, the most overwhelming key to a child's success is the positive involvement of parents. -Jane D. Hull 

8. Follow your dreams and aspirations, but listen to your parents. Live your life to the fullest, but respect your parents guidance. Make decisions according to your beliefs, but honor your mother and your father. Your life is an extension of your parents. Live it with respect, dignity, trust, and love. -Alvaretta Roberts 

9. A parent's love is whole no matter how many times divided. -Robert Brault 

10. A parent who has never apologized to his children is a monster. If he's always apologizing, his children are monsters. -Mignon McLaughlin 

11. Parenting...A small word with a huge responsibility. You've just found out you're going to be a parent. What a joyous occasion, then you panic. Will I be a good mother or father? Will I know what is wrong with my child when he cries? Will I be able to support my child? What about child care? What about College? Take a deep breath and enjoy all the wonders of being a wonderful parent! -Alvaretta Roberts 

12. Parenthood… It’s about guiding the next generation, and forgiving the last. - Peter Krause 

13. Having one child makes you a parent; having two you are a referee. -David Frost 

14. If you have never been hated by your child, you have never been a parent. - Bette Davis 

15. The quickest way for a parent to get a child’s attention is to sit down and look comfortable. - Lane Olinghouse

15 Essential Necessity Quotes

1. Necessity is the mother of invention.-Jonathan Swift 

2. Necessity does the work of courage.-George Eliot 

3. Necessity teaches wisdom, while prosperity makes fools.-
Wellins  Calcott 

4. Our necessities are few but our wants are endless. -Josh Billings 

5. Nothing has more strength than dire necessity. -Euripides

6. Make yourself necessary to somebody. -Ralph Waldo Emerson 

7. Necessity is the author of change. -Tim Hansel 

8. It is necessity and not pleasure that compels us. -Dante 

9. Necessity is the mother of taking chances. -Mark Twain 

10. Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity. -Saint Augustine 

11. Discontent is the first necessity of progress. -Thomas A. Edison 

12. Progress is what happens when impossibility yields to necessity. -Arnold H. Glasow 

13. People without firmness of character love to make up a fate for themselves; that relieves them of the necessity of having their own will and of taking responsibility for themselves. -Ivan Turgenev 

14. Some people think happiness is a luxury, but it's a necessity. You need to make space for it in your life. -Christie Brinkley 

15. Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in his never wholly successful attempts to liberate himself from necessity. -Hannah Arendt

15 Mindfulness Quotes to Inspire You to Live in the Moment

Mind Full, or Mindful?

1. The best way to capture moments is to pay attention. This is how we cultivate mindfulness. Mindfulness means being awake. It means knowing what you are doing. -Jon Kabat-Zinn 

2. Mindfulness is simply being aware of what is happening right now without wishing it were different; enjoying the pleasant without holding on when it changes (which it will); being with the unpleasant without fearing it will always be this way (which it won’t). -James Baraz 

3. The practice of mindfulness begins in the small, remote cave of your unconscious mind and blossoms with the sunlight of your conscious life, reaching far beyond the people and places you can see. -Earon Davis 

4. The most precious gift we can offer others is our presence. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers. -Thich Nhat Hanh 

5. Mindfulness helps you go home to the present. And every time you go there and recognize a condition of happiness that you have, happiness comes. -Nhat Hanh 

6. Mindfulness is about being fully awake in our lives. It is about perceiving the exquisite vividness of each moment. We also gain immediate access to our own powerful inner resources for insight, transformation, and healing. – Jon Kabat-Zinn 

7. Mindfulness is the aware, balanced acceptance of the present experience. It isn’t more complicated than that. It is opening to or receiving the present moment, pleasant or unpleasant, just as it is, without either clinging to it or rejecting it. – Sylvia Boorstein

 8. With mindfulness, you can establish yourself in the present in order to touch the wonders of life that are available in that moment. -Nhat Hanh 

9. Mindfulness helps us freeze the frame so that we can become aware of our sensations and experiences as they are, without the distorting coloration of socially conditioned responses or habitual reactions. -Henepola Gunaratana 

10. You practice mindfulness, on the one hand, to be calm and peaceful. On the other hand, as you practice mindfulness and live a life of peace, you inspire hope for a future of peace. -Thich Nhat Hanh 

11. Mindfulness is not just a word or a discourse by the Buddha, but a meaningful state of mind. It means we have to be here now, in this very moment, and we have to know what is happening internally and externally. It means being alert to our motives and learning to change unwholesome thoughts and emotions into wholesome ones. Mindfulness is a mental activity that in due course eliminates all suffering.-Ayya Khema 

12. Mindfulness of oneself cultivates wisdom. Mindfulness of others cultivates compassion. -Stonepeace 

13. Mindfulness practice means that we commit fully in each moment to be present; inviting ourselves to interface with this moment in full awareness, with the intention to embody as best we can an orientation of calmness, mindfulness, and equanimity right here and right now. - Jon Kabat-Zinn 

14. When we perform an act mindfully--be it meditating, vacuuming or playing Scrabble with a child--we nourish ourselves, as well. Rather than scattering our concentration on a dozen things at once, we focus. We slow down. We give ourselves time to calm down from the inside out and the luxury of saying: Nothing is more important right now than this moment, this deed. We may not get as much done by day's end, but we can feel more peaceful and satisfied with the work itself. That's a good way to think of it: Mindfulness is quality time for the soul. -Shana Aborn 

15. Mindfulness asks us to simply see, to open to ourselves and, in so doing, to open to the world, learning to be with whatever presents itself. - Saki Santorelli