Obama for America
Barbara
--
Tomorrow, Thanksgiving Day, Americans across the country will
sit down together, count our blessings, and give thanks for our families
and our loved ones.
American families reflect the diversity of this
great nation. No two are exactly alike, but there is a common thread they
each share.
Our families are bound together through times of joy
and times of grief. They shape us, support us, instill the values that
guide us as individuals, and make possible all that we achieve.
So
tomorrow, I'll be giving thanks for my family -- for all the wisdom,
support, and love they have brought into my life.
But tomorrow is
also a day to remember those who cannot sit down to break bread with those
they love.
The soldier overseas holding down a lonely post and
missing his kids. The sailor who left her home to serve a higher calling.
The folks who must spend tomorrow apart from their families to work a
second job, so they can keep food on the table or send a child to school.
We are grateful beyond words for the service and hard work of so
many Americans who make our country great through their sacrifice. And
this year, we know that far too many face a daily struggle that puts the
comfort and security we all deserve painfully out of reach.
So when
we gather tomorrow, let us also use the occasion to renew our commitment
to building a more peaceful and prosperous future that every American
family can enjoy.
It seems like a lifetime ago that a crowd met on
a frigid February morning in Springfield, Illinois to set out on an
improbable course to change our nation.
In the years since,
Michelle and I have been blessed with the support and friendship of the
millions of Americans who have come together to form this ongoing movement
for change.
You have been there through victories and setbacks.
You have given of yourselves beyond measure. You have enabled all that we
have accomplished -- and you have had the courage to dream yet bigger
dreams for what we can still achieve.
So in this season of thanks
giving, I want to take a moment to express my gratitude to you, and my
anticipation of the brighter future we are creating together.
With
warmest wishes for a happy holiday season from my family to
yours,
President Barack Obama
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About that N1H1 Vaccine
So a lot has been said, written and published about the N1H1 vaccine against the less stylishly named Swine Flu. What to do? To vaccinate or not to vaccinate?
“I am very much against it and feel that it is a hoax on the American people by the Pharmacia. I have received several emails from sources that I trust say the same thing. They have all this vaccination that they want to give so as not to lose dollars on it. It is greed as I see it. Keeping your self healthy is the way to go--and taking simple precautions like washing hands often and sneezing into your sleeve. So put it out there that this retired public health nurse no longer believes in vaccinations, ironic now isn't it?”
Peter S., a long time friend of HMHC often writes to HMHC no matter matter where he lives at the time of his writing! Below he shares simple Flu preventive steps:
* Frequent hand-washing: (well highlighted in all official communications).
* "Hands-off-the-face" approach. Resist all temptations to touch any part of face (unless you want to eat, bathe or slap).
*Gargle twice a day with warm salt water: (use Listerine if you don't trust salt.) H1N1 takes 2-3 days after initial infection in the throat/nasal cavity to proliferate and show characteristic symptoms. Simple gargling prevents proliferation. In a way, gargling with salt water has the same effect on a healthy individual that Tamiflu has on an infected one. Don't underestimate this simple, inexpensive and powerful preventative method.
* Clean your nostrils at least once every day with warm salt water. Not everybody may be good at Jala Neti or Sutra Neti (very good Yoga asanas to clean nasal cavities), but blowing the nose hard once a day and swabbing both nostrils with cotton buds dipped in warm salt water is very effective in bringing down viral population. Neti pots and sinus rinse kits are available at the drugstore and relatively inexpensive, under $15. Dr. Vinay Goyal, MBBS, DRM, DNB states “the only portals of entry are the nostrils and mouth/throat. In a global of this nature, it's almost impossible to avoid coming into contact with H1N1 in spite of all precautions. Contact with H1N1 is not so much of a problem as proliferation is. While you are still healthy and not showing any symptoms of H1N1 infection, in order to prevent proliferation, aggravation of symptoms and development of secondary infections, some very simple steps, not fully highlighted in most official communications, can be practiced (instead of focusing on how to stock N95 or Tamiflu. “
* Boost your natural immunity with foods that are rich in Vitamin C (Amla and other citrus fruits). If you have to supplement with Vitamin C tablets, make sure that it also has Zinc to boost absorption.
* Drink as much of warm liquids (tea, coffee, etc) as you can. Drinking warm liquids has the same effect as gargling, but in the reverse direction. They wash off proliferating viruses from the throat into the stomach where they cannot survive, proliferate or do any harm.
Five Steps to Reduce Stress, according to The Chopra Center :
1. Connect to Your Body
2. Meditate
3. Understand Your Unique Stress Response
4. Practice Yoga (or in my opinion any other relaxed energizing exercise; massage also)
5. Learn the Skills of Conscious Communication
Click on the first link above to read in details how these steps work for the body.
Also visit HMHC Practices and Classes or call HMHC Center to find which tools HMHC has available to slay the killer.
Posted by Nadette
Posted on November 16, 2009 at 11:23 AM in Barbara's Point of View, Classes, Classes/Practices SCHEDULE, Colleagues, Conciousness, Current Affairs, Editorial Comment, Food and Drink, Giving, Gratitude, Guest Commentary, Healing Therapies, Health & Fitness, Inspiration, Journal, Meditation, Planetary Consciousness, Social/Political Consciousness, Spirit, Wellness | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
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