soup made of stone

Many years ago three soldiers, hungry and weary of battle, came upon a small village. The villagers, suffering a meager harvest and the many years of war, quickly hid what little they had to eat and met the three at the village square, wringing their hands and bemoaning the lack of anything to eat.

The soldiers spoke quietly among themselves and the first soldier then turned to the village elders. "Your tired fields have left you nothing to share, so we will share what little we have: the secret of how to make soup from stones."

Naturally the villagers were intrigued and soon a fire was put to the town's greatest kettle as the soldiers dropped in three smooth stones. "Now this will be a fine soup", said the second soldier; "but a pinch of salt and some parsley would make it wonderful!" Up jumped a villager, crying "What luck! I've just remembered where some's been left!" And off she ran, returning with an apronful of parsley and a turnip. As the kettle boiled on, the memory of the village improved: soon barley, carrots, beef and cream had found their way into the great pot, and a cask of wine was rolled into the square as all sat down to feast.

They ate and danced and sang well into the night, refreshed by the feast and their new-found friends. In the morning the three soldiers awoke to find the entire village standing before them. At their feet lay a satchel of the village's best breads and cheese. "You have given us the greatest of gifts: the secret of how to make soup from stones", said an elder, "and we shall never forget." The third soldier turned to the crowd, and said: "There is no secret, but this is certain: it is only by sharing that we may make a feast". And off the soldiers wandered, down the road.

"The miracle is this - the more we share, the more we have." - Leonard Nimoy

TREATING GLAUCOMA WITH HERBS

The following are some herbs that can be taken in combination with each other in order to correct glaucoma. Some Chinese supplements already combine these ingredients or they can be bought separately depending on each individual’s desire. They work on three levels: clearing heat, clearing dampness and nourishing yin.
• hoelen
• atractylodes
• polyporus
• alisma
• pinellia
• bamboo
• plantago seed
• arisaema
• platycodon
• citrus
• chih-shih
• bupleurum
• antelope horn
• gardenia
• chrysanthemum
• moutan
• prunella
• mentha
• peony
• vitex
• lyceum fruit
• cornus
• rehmannia

These are just my opinions. You should do your own research when trying anything on this site.

things that will never happen

Things I want to happen that never will but should:

Number one:

Can we please abolish PMS? As much as I love not knowing what mood-crane my hormones will choose to swing me straight into a world of ferocious insecurity and unfathomable rage, I could probably do without it.

A quick peek back at the last 3 months was fun.

Month One had me developing “Snapping-Jaw Syndrome”. If someone so much as breathed in my direction, I’d growl as though they were stealing my first born. No one escaped my line of fire. My entire world for that one week was a perpetual battleground upon which I was the snarling victim.

Month Two had me a walking advertisement for Kleenex. A Peter Mac commercial aired on television and I found myself engulfed by a flood of tears enough to restore Melbourne’s water reserves to full capacity. Even the half tender look from my Kebab vendor as he handed me over my lunch was enough to generate a supreme demonstration of fine waterworks.

Month Three- had me hosting the World’s largest pimple convention this side of the hemisphere, smack BAM on my chin. Need I say anymore.

Number Two:

At the snap of my fingers, disgusting people around me should just disappear.

Yes, you- the man on my tram this afternoon sweating profusely, who then thought it would be a simply grand idea to flap his t-shirt up and down in order to circulate some of MY much needed fresh air about his flabby belly. I might have had the grace to let this one go had I not then received a nice spray of his sweat, expelled from his drenched shirt, all over my arm.

And the other man on my tram last week who was perfectly content to sit next to me, while indulging in a spot of nostril house cleaning. Very much the epitome of charm.

Number Three:

And lastly, to the pollen that chooses to be sneaky little bastards and attack me at night- please pack up your bags and go pollinate elsewhere.

That's all I have to say about that.

TIPS FOR FIGHTING CELLULITE!

A few things you could do to trim the fat and tone those muscles are:
1. change your diet and include more protein and fiber
2. drink more water
3. exercise at least three times a week
4. take fat burning, hormone regulating herbal supplements

These are just my opinions. You should do your own research when trying anything on this site.

the wise sage

There once was a wise sage who wandered the countryside. One day, as he passed near a village, he was approached by a woman who told him of a sick child nearby. She beseeched him to help this child.

So the sage came to the village, and a crowd gathered around him, for such a man was a rare sight. One woman brought the sick child to him, and he said a prayer over her.

"Do you really think your prayer will help her, when medicine has failed?" yelled a man from the crowd.

"You know nothing of such things! You are a stupid fool!" said the sage to the man.

The man became very angry with these words and his face grew hot and red. He was about to say something, or perhaps strike out, when the sage walked over to him and said: "If one word has such power as to make you so angry and hot, may not another have the power to heal?"

And thus, the sage healed two people that day.

"Language does have the power to change reality. Therefore, treat your words as the mighty instruments they are - to heal, to bring into being, to nurture, to cherish, to bless, to forgive." - Daphne Rose Kingma

JUICES THAT HELP KIDNEY AND PROSTATE

Raw juices from veggies and fruits have been known to have healing elements in a concentrated and absorbable form. There are primary foods that are spectacular when healing kidney and prostate problems. These effective foods can naturally put you on the road to a healthy life:

• birch leaves
• horseradish
• lemon
• carrot
• celery
• pumpkin

These are just my opinions. You should do your own research when trying anything on this site.

cockroach wisdom

In my house there's a sofa underneath which a lot of cockroaches live. Sometimes while I'm sitting at my couch a cockroach comes out so i am scared because of that. So even when I'm doing something important i cant pay attention to it.I constantly keep looking at the ground because i fear that another cockroach may come but usually nothing happens and my worries only distract me from what i do

Most of us act in a similar way in our lives. We are usually paying too much attention to our fears (the cockroach that never came out) so this distracts us from our real goals and ends up limiting our potential. I've learned that even if the cockroach does get on my feet , the damage i do to myself by being distracted is far greater. So i learned not to worry over things that have yet to happen.