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wpd positive thought of the day
I hope we, Neurotalk poeple, will maintain this thread :)
My +ve thought today : How lucky we are to be able to share this forum ! say our minds and read the hearts and minds of poeple like us without barriers, fears or reservations ! |
Great idea! Hope it will be maintained.
In another forum we have been discussing canes...or better said, surrendering to a cane before a fall occurs: The best victory is when the opponent surrenders of its own accord before there are any actual hostilities...It is best to win without fighting. ~~Sun-tzu (~400 BC) |
please keep it going
While waiting for wpk family contributions I offer the following :
Always a great reminder of life: George Carlin (Absolutely Brilliant) IF YOU DON'T READ THIS TO THE VERY END, YOU HAVE LOST A DAY IN YOUR LIFE. AND WHEN YOU HAVE FINISHED, DO AS I AM DOING AND SEND IT ON. George Carlin's Views on Aging Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we like to get old is when we're kids? If you're less than 10 years old, you're so excited about aging that you think in fractions. "How old are you?" "I'm four and a half!" You're never thirty-six and a half. You're four and a half, going on five! That's the key. You get into your teens, now they can't hold you back. You jump to the next number, or even a few ahead. "How old are you?" "I'm gonna be 16!" You could be 13, but hey, you're gonna be 16! And then the greatest day of your life . . you become 21. Even the words sound like a ceremony . . YOU BECOME 21. YESSSS!!! But then you turn 30. Oooohh, what happened there? Makes you sound like bad milk! He TURNED; we had to throw him out. There's no fun now, you're Just a sour-dumpling. What's wrong? What's changed? You BECOME 21, you TURN 30, then you're PUSHING 40. Whoa! Put on the brakes, it's all slipping away. Before you know it, you REACH 50 and your dreams are gone. But wait!!! You MAKE it to 60. You didn't think you would! So you BECOME 21, TURN 30, PUSH 40, REACH 50 and MAKE it to 60. You've built up so much speed that you HIT 70! After that it's a day-by-day thing; you HIT Wednesday! You get into your 80s and every day is a complete cycle; you HIT lunch; you TURN 4:30 ; you REACH bedtime. And it doesn't end there. Into the 90s, you start going backwards; "I Was JUST 92." Then a strange thing happens. If you make it over 100, you become a little kid again. "I'm 100 and a half!" May you all make it to a healthy 100 and a half!! |
george
I 've seen George Carlin twice. Once live on stage, and once running from us as we tried to catch up to him on Front Street in Lahaina, Maui. I could do without his excessive profanity, but don't think he'll ever 'grow' out of it.
We couldn't catch him in Lahaina. That was approx. 30 years ago. Thanks for the humor! paula |
Life is the coffee
A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to
visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life. Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups--porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal; some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite--telling them to help themselves to the coffee. When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said: "If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is but normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress. "What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups and were eyeing each other's cups. "Now consider this: Life is the coffee, and the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, and do not change the quality of Life. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee. "So, don't let the cups drive you .... Enjoy the coffee instead." |
I promised myself to have one +ve thought per day
It is a new day ... Mysterious sadness and fear engulf my spirit .. I ask myself "what for?" .. why keep up the fight ? ..
I open the window ... sun light warms my heart a little bit.. I pull up enough energy to get up and start a new day.. the same as yesterday ..and the day before ... but still these little joys, repeated, are worth while .. they make the stuff of life .. I will do my exercise .. scan my e-mail.. listen to music .. do my work .. and dream of cures and riches that will surely come and ..write a +ve thought |
e-mail to share
:)Today...I wish you a day of ordinary miracles-
A fresh pot of coffee you didn't have to make yourself. An unexpected phone call from an old friend. Green stoplights on your way to work or shop. I wish you a day of little things to rejoice in... The fastest line at the grocery store. A good sing along song on the radio. Your keys right where you look. I wish you a day of happiness and perfection-little bite-size pieces of perfection that give you the funny feeling that the Lord is smiling on you, holding you so gently because you are someone special and rare. I wish You a day of Peace, Happiness and Joy. They say it takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate them, a day to love them, but then an entire life to forget them. |
A Message by George Carlin: Neagatives of our time
A Message by George Carlin:
The paradox of our time in history is that : We have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider Freeways, but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness. We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom. We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often. We've learned how to make a living, but not a life. We've added years to life not life to years. We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbor. We conquered outer space but not inner space. We've done larger things, but not better things. We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul. We've conquered the atom, but not our prejudice. We write more, but learn less. We plan more, but accomplish less. We've learned to rush, but not to wait. We build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever, but we communicate less and less. These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small character, steep profits and shallow relationships. These are the days of two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses, but broken homes. These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one-night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill. It is a time when there is much in the showroom window and nothing in the stockroom. A time when technology can bring this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either to share this insight, or to just hit delete... Remember; spend some time with your loved ones, because they are not going to be around forever. Remember, say a kind word to someone who looks up to you in awe, because that little person soon will grow up and leave your side. Remember, to give a warm hug to the one next to you, because that is the only treasure you can give with your heart and it doesn't cost a cent. Remember, to say, "I love you" to your partner and your loved ones, but most of all mean it. A kiss and an embrace will mend hurt when it comes from deep inside of you. Remember to hold hands and cherish the moment for someday that person will not be there again. Give time to love, give time to speak! And give time to share the precious thoughts in your mind. AND ALWAYS REMEMBER: Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. George Carlin |
the brain can change -not fixed -
Roger Penrose in his book
The Emperor's New Mind describes the relevance of synaptic firing in the phenomenon of brain plasticity. He states, "It is actually not legitimate to regard the brain as simply a fixed collection of wired-up neurons. The interconnections between neurons are not in fact fixed but are changing all the time. I am referring to the synaptic junctions where the communication between different neurons actually takes place. Often these occur at places called dendrite spines, which are tiny protuberances on dendrites at which contact with synaptic knobs can be made. Here , 'contact' means not just touching, but leaving a narrow gap (synaptic cleft) of just the right distance - about one forty-thousandth of a millimeter. Now under certain conditions, these dendrite spines can shrink away and break contact, or they (or new ones) can grow to make new contact." It is estimated the you have about one hundred billion neurons in your brain, about ten billion of which are in your neo-cortex. It has been speculated that you lose about one thousand neurons each day after you reach forty. Research is finding that this loss can be offset by stimulating the brain regularly. A nerve is not like a simple relay circuit. Whether it fires or not depends on a complex interplay of many inputs. These can be inhibitory or exhibitory influences from the neurons surrounding it, or the intracellular fluid that fills the synaptic gap. If a neuron doesn't get enough excitatory input from the neurons connected to it, or gets too many neurotransmitters that inhibit neural action, it will do nothing. Other research has found that if a neuron is being used, it secretes substances that affect nearby cells responsible for the neuron's nourishment. These cells, in turn, produce a chemical that appears to preserve the neuron from destruction. If the neuron does not get that substances, it dies. In concert with this effect, Leif Finkel and Gerald M. Edelman of Rockefeller University have discovered that neurons do not act randomly but as a network. They tend to organize themselves into groups and specialize for different kinds of information processing. For example, when a touch stimuli comes in from the finger it first comes into the neural network. The information activates some groups of neurons more than others, and this high level of activity causes the connections among the group of excited neurons to be reinforced. As more and more similar patterns come through the network, the connections among the activated group of neurons becomes stronger and stronger, and eventually the group becomes specialized for processing that one finger's sense of touch. As far back as 1949 Canadian neurophysiologist Donald Hebb proposed in his work Organization of Behavior that, "When an axon of cell A is near enough to excite a cell B, and repeatedly or persistently takes part in firing it, some growth process or metabolic change takes place in one or both cells such that A's efficiency as one of the cells firing B is increased." In other words, if one neuron sends a lot of signals that excite another neuron, the synapse between the two neurons is strengthened. The more active the two neurons are, the stronger the connection between them grows; thus, with every new experience, your brain slightly rewires its physical structure. In working with nerve tissue scientists have also found that if two connected neurons are stimulated at the same time, the amount of signal passing from one neuron to the other can double. This is known as long-term potentiation or LTP. Whether this is permanent or not has yet to be verified. But work with aplysia, a sea-slug, by Eric Kandel of Columbia University, verified that the animal's neurons grew stronger as it learned to associate a food it disliked with the presence of a beam of light. The internet is replete with more information on neural networks and brain plasticity. A simple search engine inquiry into either of these subjects will give more detailed information and lead to specific scientific articles. This purpose of this site is to provide a simple method to 'exercise' the brain daily and make new connections. The brain's plasticity is becoming more apparent in cognitive science. More and more evidence is surfacing to validate the idea of "use it or lose it." Though this is something that common sense might dictate, there are very few mechanisms created that will allow us to use our brains in unfamiliar ways each day. Doing different puzzles will produce different kinds of thought processes as you search for solutions. Puzzles are useful because they do have solutions, therefore you can test your ability to find a resolve because there is one. The ability to flex the mind in whatever direction is necessary to find resolve is what leads to true creative thinking. Creativity is not just coming up with something that is different, but with something that is coherent, useful and relevant to whatever stimulated the need for a creative thought. Learning to think creatively is a skill that anyone can learn. Test yourself and see how flexible your mind is. Try this method for six months and see if you are able to think more clearly and apply either logical or analogical thought at will to any situation that arises. © J.L. Read, 1997. All Rights Reserved. __________________ |
Old advises which remain new
..I got it on my e-mail this morning :)
ONE. Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully. TWO . Marry a man/woman you love to talk to. As you get older, their conversational skills will be as important as any other. THREE. Don't believe all you hear, spend all you have or sleep all you want. FOUR . When you say, 'I love you ,' mean it. FIVE. When you say, 'I'm sorry,' look the person in the eye. SIX . Be engaged at least six months before you get married. SEVEN. Believe in love at first sight. EIGHT. Never laugh at anyone's dream. People who don't have dreams don't have much. NINE . Love deeply and passionately. You might get hurt but it's the only way to live life completely. TEN. . In disagreements, fight fairly. No name calling. ELEVEN . Don't judge people by their relatives. TWELVE. Talk slowly but think quickly. THIRTEEN When someone asks you a question you don't want to answer, smile and ask, 'Why do you want to know?' FOURTEEN Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk. FIFTEEN. Say 'bless you' when you hear someone sneeze. SIXTEEN . When you lose, don't lose the lesson ! SEVENTEEN . Remember the three R's: Respect for self; Respect for others; and responsibility for all your actions. EIGHTEEN. Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.. NINETEEN. When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it. TWENTY. Smile when picking up the phone. The caller will hear it in your voice. TWENTY-ONE. Spend some time alone. Now, here's the FUN part! Send this to at least 5 people and your life will improve. 1-4 people: Your life will improve slightly. 5-9 people: Your life will improve to your liking 9-14 people: You will have at least 5 surprises in the next 3 weeks 15 and above: Your life will improve drastically and everything you ever dreamed of will begin to take shape. A true friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart. Do not keep this message |
a positve poem
Little stones make big mountains
Little steps can cover miles Little acts of loving-kindness Give the world its biggest smiles Little words can soothe big troubles Little hugs can dry big tears Little candles light the darkness Little memories last for years Little dreams can lead to greatness Little victories to success It's the little things in life That brings the greatest happiness |
thanks
That is nice and positive ..
I will send it to my doughters ...signed by you dear Tena :) They will love it as I did .. |
E-mails from my doughters
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From my younger daughter. a mother (28): "very touchy and wonderfull, i love it and will write it in my book thanks babati for sending this to me" and from my older doughter (30), married: "Babaty , thank you so much for the poem , i will try to memorise it " ---------- |
healing thought for the day
Love is always bestowed as a gift - freely, willingly, and without expectation. We don't love to be loved; we love to love. (Leo Buscaglia)
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what do you do when every thing seems black?
This is meant to be a positive thread .. but today i feel down and right at the bottom ..life seems without meaning and offers no pleasures to me ..there is no rush of dopamine needed to excite my blank mind and awaken hope..
... clinickly they call it depression .. and I take tablets for that too.. ...I will do my exercise as a duty ... with not much pleasure.. I will use what is left of intellect to trick my mind into positive attitude .. I hope to come back tomorrooooooow .. If ever |
I am an unabashed lover of movies. I get blue on the weekends because my grandson goes to his other grandparents. My daughter works and goes off with friends and I am alone. In the daytime, I enjoy it and have things to do, but at night I can get the blues.
So I watch movies. I have all the cable stations and can purchase more through cable. They take my mind off of my aloneness. I used to do this by reading and still do when my eyes and concentration are working well. But one way or another, I try to escape the blues by focusing on something else. Of course I wouldn't recommend any tearjerkers! Sometimes I get in the mood for the old Turner classics - the women were so glamorous. But yesterday I watched the Mask, one of the most bizarre Jim Carrey movies ever. And, because it was on the same channel, George of the Jungle. ha Silliness is like medicine for me. Hope you find something to help you feel better. paula |
when all is black -
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when all I have appears to be black - sometimes my eyes start leaking and it appears that I'm going to cry my routine - cry & get all stuffy then blow my nose -turn on the stove fill the teakettle~ and boil water for the teabags I will need to take the puffy eyelook away... so no one will ask me - have you been crying? then I tell myself -okay we're done - and I decide to try to be done with that mood... and -... then I turn on a funny movie, (just like Paula does) will turn on the TV/ or look up funny things, or just walk away from the computer and go outside... It's a hard job that - be happy -positive stuff, but you know I am a very tough lil ole parkie! :D |
CTenaLouise, imark, Paula-
[Dear all of you -
Thank you for sharing, I do feel normal and glad after reading about your struggle and victories. We are sharing the same destiny and this is a splendid club, thank you for your poems and advice . I read the book , The Witch of Portebello by Paulo Coelho. Very good, I don`t read it, I listen to the book when I am tired. Annelise:boy(music): QUOTE=CTenaLouise;190824]dear dear imark, when all I have appears to be black - sometimes my eyes start leaking and it appears that I'm going to cry my routine - cry & get all stuffy then blow my nose -turn on the stove fill the teakettle~ and boil water for the teabags I will need to take the puffy eyelook away... so no one will ask me - have you been crying? then I tell myself -okay we're done - and I decide to try to be done with that mood... and -... then I turn on a funny movie, (just like Paula does) will turn on the TV/ or look up funny things, or just walk away from the computer and go outside... It's a hard job that - be happy -positive stuff, but you know I am a very tough lil ole parkie! :D[/QUOTE] |
prayer
Thank you dear Tena, Paula and Annelise ..
I am not religious in a conventional way but I had the following simple prayer to get me through the day .. .. Thank you God You are the beholder of all mysteries Thank you for all your offerings In my health and illness In my poverty and wealth In my weakness and strength Thank you for giving me one more day To see all my family healthy and happy Thank you for giving me the strength To bear the pain and sadness And the humility of acceptance Thank you god for all your offerings |
very sincere~
dear imark,
I know your prayer was very sincere, you have an exceptionally great attitude! :Wave-Hello: |
heart quotes -
Jason Jordan
Love is fire. But whether it's gonna warm your heart or burn your house down you can never tell. Love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image... otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them. " ~Author Unknown The Hidden Power of the Heart Realize that now, in this moment of time, you are creating. You are creating your next moment. That is what's real. -Sara Paddison. "Love is much like a wild rose, beautiful and calm, but willing to draw blood in its defense." ~Mark Overby "Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit." ~Peter Ustinov "Love is, above all, the gift of oneself." ~Jean Anouilh "Poetry spills from the cracks of a broken heart, but flows from one which is loved." ~Christopher Paul Rubero "At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet." ~Plato "As soon go kindle fire with snow, as seek to quench the fire of love with words." ~William Shakespeare "The eskimos had fifty-two names for snow because it was important to them: there ought to be as many for love. " ~Margaret Atwood "Just because somebody doesn't love you the way you want them to, doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have. " ~Author Unknown "Love is not blind - it sees more, not less. But because it sees more, it is willing to see less." ~Julins Gordon "Like I've always said, love wouldn't be blind if the braille weren't so damned much fun." ~Armistead Maupin, "You'll discover that real love is millions of miles past falling in love with anyone or anything. When you make that one effort to feel compassion instead of blame or self-blame, the heart opens again and continues opening." "As you continue to send out love, the energy returns to you in a regenerating spiral... As love accumulates, it keeps your system in balance and harmony. Love is the tool, and more love is the end product." ~Sara Paddison, Hidden Power of the Heart karuna: sanskrit word variously translated as "compassion", "to weep", "love for all beings", and "the ability to relate to another in so intense a measure that the plight of the other affects us as much as if it had been our own. " |
More on love
By Khalil Gibran:
And ever has it been known that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation. But let there be spaces in your togetherness and let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love: let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. And if they don't, they never were. Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit. Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit. Love is trembling happiness. Love and doubt have never been on speaking terms. Love one another, but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls. Love possesses not nor will it be possessed, for love is sufficient unto love. Love... It surrounds every being and extends slowly to embrace all that shall be. Much of your pain is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self. When love beckons to you, follow him, Though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you yield to him, Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you. Yesterday is but today's memory, and tomorrow is today's dream. Your daily life is your temple and your religion. When you enter into it take with you your all. Your friend is your needs answered. |
On generosity
.. and I don’t mean I am like that but I have noticed that ..
Only when you give the other with all your heart and not expecting any thing in return that your gift becomes a magic that brings many blessings to you :) |
We are lucky to have this forum,its very friendly.Unfortuantly I am on a couple of other forums ,one of which I am having big problems knowing what to post as a couple of people are very against me.
Hope this forum keeps this friendly ,I think keeping positive is one of the most important things to keep us going.and being able to share with others. |
hello Dotty
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..I use what is left :) of my intellect to help me survive ... the +ve things I may put, I recall from my adlescence and childhood when I was more pure ! and I share this with you .. but I keep the negatives to myself ! |
Wisdom of life~~~~~~~
WORDS OF WISDOM ABOUT LIFE:
1. No one can ruin your day without YOUR permission. 2. Most people will be about as happy, as they decide to be. 3. Others can stop you temporarily, but only you can do it permanently. 4. Whatever you are willing to put up with, is exactly what you will have. 5. Success stops when you do. 6. When your ship comes in make sure you are willing to unload it. 7. You will never "have it all together". 8. Life is a journey, not a destination. Enjoy the trip! 9. The biggest lie on the planet: "When I get what I want I will be happy". 10. The best way to escape your problem is to solve it. 11. I've learned that ultimately , 'takers' lose and 'givers' win. 12. Life's precious moments don't have value, unless they are shared. 13. If you don't start, it's certain you won't arrive. 14. We often fear the thing we want the most. 15. He or she who laughs......lasts. 16. Yesterday was the deadline for all complaints. 17. Look for opportunities, not guarantees. 18. Life is what's coming, not what was. 19. Success is getting up one more time. 20. Now is the most interesting time of all. 21. When things go wrong, don't go with them. |
tena and imark ,- I have printed out your words of wisdom, love , hope . This I will read every morning , then I will go to one window look into the Forest, to another to look out on the fjord (sea) and the horizon.
Why ? I need to do it ,- no analysing , just "-let it be - let it be " , love and wisdom is the true life , not easy - nice to have a leading hand someone who is holding the lamp. Thank you ! Annelise |
humourous proverbs!
Your companions are like the buttons on an elevator.
They will either take you up or they will take you down. The only thing more obnoxious than a wise guy is a wise guy who turns out to be right. If you live your life out of memory, you live out of your history. That's what once was. If you live life out of your imagination, you live out of your potential. That's what can be. He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much; who has enjoyed the trust of pure women, the respect of intelligent men, and the love of little children; who has filled his niche and accomplished his task; who has left the world better than he found it, whether by an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul; who has never lacked appreciation of Earth's beauty or failed to express it; who has always looked for the best in others and given them the best he had; whose life was an inspiration; whose memory a benediction. Creativity is not a spectator sport. We are only young once, but we can be immature indefinitely. Dear Lord... Please put your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth. Love may not make the world go around, but it sure makes the trip worthwhile. If you want to be well-liked, never lie about yourself - and be careful when telling the truth about others. Love is 3/4 dream and 1/4 reality. Problems usually arise when you fall in love with the dream and not the reality. You find love when you fall in love with both. Don't wish upon a star... reach for one! Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday. Worry doesn't help tomorrow's troubles, but it does ruin today's happiness. There are two ways to reach the top of an oak tree - you climb it or sit on an acorn and wait. Some people are so indecisive that their favorite color is plaid. Experience is a hard teacher. She gives the test first and the lesson after. If you want to feel rich, just count the things money can't buy. Words are the most powerful drug used by mankind. The right word spoken at the right time sometimes achieves miracles. Studies show that 92.34% of all statistics are fabricated. We live in a world where lemonade is made from artificial flavoring and furniture polish is made from real lemons. if you like these their much more at the link below http://www.angelfire.com/tx5/q_land/source/unknown.html |
Thanks Tena
..you have made this thread a Data base of practical wisdom :)
let us join in :grouphug: |
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