SAFE NATURAL CURES & LIVING

When we are extremely sick, and we feel like we might even die, we fight.  We spend all of our waking energy fighting, and our body fights as we sleep.  The fight is more important than eating, having visitors, working, cleaning, or even watching television.  The entire goal is to fight to get well. 

With the addition of today’s medicines, we usually win the fight.  But, we will all die someday.  “Nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes.”  (Benjamin Franklin)  

When several doctors and all available tests give us no hope of recovery, we don’t have to fight.  We don’t have to spend all of our remaining time and energy fighting.  Of course, not every death sentence comes true – only God truly knows when we will die.  For that reason, some will say that we might live past a proclaimed death sentence if we don’t give up the fight, especially when prayers are added to the mix.  Our prayers are best used for how we live, not how long.

Sam worked so hard all of his life to provide well for his family.  He did not retire until the last possible moment so that he could have enough money to be comfortable for twenty years after he stopped working.  Sam died six months after he retired.  We hear this story all too often.  How would Sam have changed his life if he had known twenty years before he retired?  It seems a surety that he would at least have retired sooner.

Stress kills, and Joe personified stress.  He died without warning.  Joe’s family barely recognized him in his casket; he had always had a look of extreme worry and anger, even in his sleep.  What a joy it would have been for his family to see that peaceful face looking back at them in life, even if it was only for months or weeks.  If only he had known in advance.

Receiving a death sentence from doctors is actually a blessing.  We are instantly relieved of the society-required duty of fighting.  We are instantly given permission to do as we please and speak nothing but our true feelings.  We are instantly able to concentrate on the future of others instead of on our lot, and on God instead of ourselves.  With a death sentence, any time we have left would be all ours – not that of our boss or even household chores. 

Maybe we should all pray for God to give us a warning like doctors do:  ”You’ve got six months” to LIVE.

There’s a billboard in the depressed part of town with an interesting message.  “If you graduate, it is like your mother also succeeds.”

The words seem meant to make a teenager feel guilty enough to stay in school and graduate.  Looking deeper, the real meaning goes to the heart of the ghetto / barrio family – which is that the mother is the heart of the family.  She is often times the only parent in the home, and she is well loved.  She may have even had to quit school to become the mother of the would-be graduate.

All of that would bring up a wish to please her, make her proud, and give her such a great gift.  The message also seems like it would be very effective in keeping more teenagers in school.

Hmm.  Why is it that these same feelings do not keep many teenagers from joining gangs?

Many people have given up eating meat, for a variety of reasons.  One reason is that they think meat does not digest well, if at all.  Proponents of “food combining” say that the real problem is what you eat with your meat. 

Their rule for eating meat is to not combine it with starch, another protein, cheese, acid foods, sugars, or fats.  That eliminates the cheeseburger, bacon and eggs, pepperoni pizza, spaghetti and meatballs, and most of the staples of the American diet.

So if you’ve turned vegetarian simply for better digestion but miss the occasional steak, you might consider trying a small one with a leafy salad. 

The link below has many details on this and other food combinations, even for the vegetarian diet.  www.internethealthlibrary.com/DietandLifestyle/Food_combining.htm

(What we eat and how we treat others are personal decisions.)

Oh, where your toothbrush has been! 

Not many people would feel it is healthy to prepare meals in a bathroom.  But, toothbrushes are usually stored there – and in the open.  This is a room that was built for regular deposits of urine and feces. 

A place that is almost as filthy as the bathroom is the mouth.  But, that is where toothbrushes go every day.

First, prevent the filth.

Close the toilet lid before you flush, and instruct everyone in the family to do the same.  The flushing action of the toilet forces waste down, but it also forces germs up into the room.  These germs land on every surface, including exposed toothbrushes.

Toothbrushes could be kept inside a closed medicine cabinet.  This would prevent them from the germs that must still escape while the toilet is being used.  There must be a covered toothbrush holder somewhere.

And, clean up the filth.

Most people who read this have probably already thrown away their filthy toothbrushes. 

But, when you have a cold, you put your toothbrush into the holder next to those of your loved ones.  It’s no wonder colds spread like wildfire through families. 

Washing your toothbrush after every use when you are sick will keep it from infecting others.  This will also prevent reinfecting yourself with your own cold germs over and over.  You could use a fancy machine to kill the germs.  Or, you could just rinse the toothbrush (bristles and handle) with hydrogen peroxide, diluted grapefruit seed extract, or rubbing alcohol, all of which kill germs.

It’s best to change your toothbrush at least every three months anyway.  Now’s a good time to start.