everybody and everyone

There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about that because it was Everybody's job. Everybody thought Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody would not do it. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done.

HERBS FOR CATARACTS

Chinese herbs are great for eye problems. Cataracts are very common in aging individuals. So, which Chinese herbs can heal issues with this specific vision problem?

• Yi qi cong ming tang combines ginseng, pueraria and astragalus.
• Ci zhu wan focuses more on the mind and vision aspects.
• Ming mu di huang wan is a medicine that combines rehmannia and bright eyes together to improve vision disorders by enhancing kidney and liver function.

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

pursuit of happiness

Can we be happy for no reason at all?

“To be happy for no reason is the happiness we want to experience” – “Power, Freedom and Grace”- Deepak Chopra

This is apparently the Holy Grail to true happiness. And it does makes sense. If you are happy just because…happy just being.

All that you have accrued in your life, and all that you are planning to, aren’t the cause of your happiness- they are simply just there, part of life’s grand plan. And again, you are just happy, for simply no reason.

your life. People pass on, move on, jobs are lost and gained, relationships sometimes don’t make it and when they do, take you on a wonderful rollercoaster of ups and downs. So, to be nondependent on any of these for your innate and core happiness, must be truly freeing.

When I think about it, the sheer freedom this would provide is quite staggering.

While I know that life is full of ups and downs that will test you, to be able to distance yourself from them enough to ride the wave of highs and lows, without it taking away from your innate and core happiness, is a concept I can’t get my head around.

Not that I don’t believe it is possible to achieve, just that I wonder if I will ever be able to achieve it. Deepak Chopra and others like him make it sound easy enough.

On good days, I can see it, and sometimes even feel it. I sit in the park for hours simply watching the trees dance, thinking about nothing at all. I’m happier on these days and it’s a happiness that lasts longer.

However, on rubbish days, it’s a little harder. When life throws its curve balls in my direction and my attempts to dodge them fail, I can’t help but feel far from what all that these spiritual books try to teach.

It’s easy enough to surround yourself with nature and feel the inner peace seep through, but quite another to be surrounded by our world where egos are rife and still keep yourself distanced- and that’s the real challenge isn’t it!

But just how do you create this bubble around yourself that distances you enough from situations and people you love, to be able to take hits and misses with the same laughing breath as you would a day of absolute joy?

I’ve recently taken up meditation and so far it has been the best thing I could have done. Perhaps, through silencing the mind, I can finally live in a world of manic egos and keep my own ego at bay, and see life as it’s truly meant to be seen.

Being happy for no reason at all…I'm on my way!

REMEDIES FOR YOUR PETS

We want the best for our pets. It is important that we do not rush to the vet for a new product or treatment each time our pet get sick or injured. Studies show that animals respond much better to natural approaches to medicine. This is likely due to the fact that animals have not been corrupted by chemicals. They still live naturally. Animals have long (since the dawn of time) instinctively cured themselves by natural elements. This is how Native Americans knew which plants could heal.

Today these animals do not roam around free and do not have access to these elements. But we do. The internet is a wonderful thing. Look up the symptoms of your pet and begin them on a natural healing regiment.

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

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.