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Happiness

Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.

-- Franklin D. Roosevelt

Added: March 18, 2010
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Circumstances

I find that it is not the circumstances in which we are placed, but the spirit in which we face them, that constitutes our comfort.

-- Elizabeth T. King

Added: February 18, 2010
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When One Door Closes, Another..

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.

-- Helen Keller

Added: February 15, 2010
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Coffee or Tea?

Here's one for tea and coffee drinkers who are always arguing about which is best. Turns out, both right.

According to a report published in the European Journal of Epidemiology, researchers at the National Defense Medical College in Tokorozawa, Japan, studied the effects of coffee and tea drinking. They found that coffee, not tea, lowered blood pressure in regular drinkers.

But before coffee-drinkers go to town drinking coffee, here's the word on tea from the American Journal of Epidemiology. The journal published a study from Harvard Medical School that shows that tea, not coffee, reduces the risk of heart attacks.

Added: February 2, 2010
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Power Decisions for 2010

Add power to your decisions by acting on them immediately. When you make a choice to follow a particular path, start doing it right away, not by jumping blindly into it, but by taking the appropriate first step without hesitation. When you delay taking action, it becomes less likely that your decision will be transformed into reality.

Give power to your choices by giving them your efforts. There is always a first step to be taken. As soon as you start to act, you have created momentum. Once in motion, you are more than likely to stay in motion.

Added: January 6, 2010
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Power Decisions for 2010

Add power to your decisions by acting on them immediately. When you make a choice to follow a particular path, start doing it right away, not by jumping blindly into it, but by taking the appropriate first step without hesitation. When you delay taking action, it becomes less likely that your decision will be transformed into reality.

Give power to your choices by giving them your efforts. There is always a first step to be taken. As soon as you start to act, you have created momentum. Once in motion, you are more than likely to stay in motion.

Added: January 6, 2010
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Your Future

You're the one who will be living in your own future. It makes sense to take responsibility for that future, to make it the best it can possibly be. The time you take to think ahead, and to evaluate your decisions with an eye toward the future, can make a big difference in the quality of that future.

Added: November 19, 2009
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Challenges

You have survived every single challenge that has come your way. And when you look back on the things you've done, it is clear that not only have you survived those challenges, they have caused you to learn, to grow, to become stronger.

Added: November 13, 2009
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Aspirin - Chewing is better

Interesting tidbit from the American Journal of Cardiology:

The experts all advise that if you think you're having a heart attack, the first thing you should do is chew an aspirin tablet.

But because aspirin starts to break up as soon as it touches your tongue, why chew it instead of swallowing it?

Here's why, according to the American Journal of Cardiology. Researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School recruited 12 volunteers and measured the length of time it took for the aspirin to inhibit blood clotting, which is the reason to take it after a heart attack.

They found that swallowing a whole aspirin takes 12 minutes to have any effect on your blood's clotting time; drinking a liquid remedy containing aspirin takes seven minutes to work, but chewing a regular aspirin tablet shows benefits in only five minutes.

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