Let’s focus. I know, multi-tasking is appealing because the duties of life grow heavy. But I have come to a place and time where l simply feel like I need to simply be. While I’m being, I call that “focus.” Some people call it “prayer” or “meditation” or “watching basketball.”
Maren Schmidt calls it deep [ Read More ]
Archive for the ‘Mental and emotional health’ Category
Still trying into the hour spring forward? So are environmental researchers! Traditionally, daylight saving has been seen as a positive switch for the environment because of the decreased need for artificial lighting, which, with small appliances, accounts for 25% of United States’. In fact, the installation of daylight savings has always been [ Read More ]
Fashion Week in New York began with the Earth Pledge Creates Future Fashion Show, which included a hemp-based pant suit by Calvin Klein, a dress made of recycled cashmere by Michael Kors, and a Donatella Verace hemp-silk gown. Earth Pledge, a non-profit organization, which originally began as a United Nations committee and promotes [ Read More ]
…or, says Tal Ben-shahar who teaches the world to focus on the good, “Positive emotions are key elements in the development of a resilient psychological immune system based on optimism and self esteem.”
“Attaining lasting happiness requires that we enjoy the journey on our way toward a destination we deem valuable. Happiness, therefore, is not about [ Read More ]
Faith the Dog was found in the backyard of a flea market area on January 21, 2003. She was born with severe birth defects in front legs, making her unable to walk on either of them. Neighbors took her in and taught her to walk and run on just two legs. Her feat is so inpsiring, [ Read More ]
The American Institue of Architects’ (AIA) Committee on the Environment holds a contest for the year’s Top Ten Green Projects. You can see details of the last several years winners at their website. This picture above is of the Carnegie Institution of Washington Global Ecology Center
(Global Ecology Research Center), a winner for the 2007 competition. Some [ Read More ]
I pity those who “hate” reading. I really do. Life is absolutely nothing without the gift of literature. And, like I said before, books are a gateway drug to knowledge. When one is engaged in a book, (that means reading) one may feel inthe book. What I mean is, actually thinking through the characters eyes [ Read More ]
In a recent study, scientist Jiango “Jack” Liu found a correlation between increased divorce rates and energy consumption. As he was studying a panda population in a specific region in China, he noticed that while the region’s human population didn’t change, there was an increasein the number of households. He found that divorced people are leading ‘resource [ Read More ]
There is no such thing as stress. Was that a stressful statement? No; because stress does not exist. But millions of people suffer from it. How can so many people suffer over something that isn’t real?
To tell you the truth, I have absolutely no idea. But, I don’t suffer from stress. Why? Because I really [ Read More ]