vegetarian…
Though I am not a full vegetarian yet, I posted this because of the wonderful quotes from some of the greats in history and their thoughts on eating animals.
Even though, there are plenty of info on the health benefits on vegetarian diet.
Still they are so many people misunderstanding about it.
General perception on vegetarian diet, some might even comment: “Boring diet, eating grass only.”, “Lack of protein and others nutrition”, “Tasteless diet”, “why pay more?”, ” No enjoyment in eating……..” and many others.
I do my very best to explain the health benefits on vegetarian diet, more important, I would like to bring awareness that animals are same as us, they are fear on pain, suffering and death. Since we can sustain our life through vegetarian diet, why are we still want to change our stomach to be a graveyard?
Every time, my relatives will buy my parent lunch or dinner once they are back to home town.
They are so concern that my parent is not “healthy” after long time consumption of vegetarian diet.
Some might…
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Change Your Reality by a Thought.
Change Your Reality by a Thought
I just finished reading a book called happy pocket.
It was one of the most mind bending books on success and the world around us that I’ve ever read. It opened my mind up to sooo many ideas, but the main thing was we literally have complete control over every aspect of our lives.
It broke down the science of success and happiness to quantum physics… haha probably sounds a little crazy already 😉 The basic principle that It talks about though is that we are the cause of our circumstances, not the result.
What Is Energy?
To tell you how that works, I gotta break it down first.. When you look at a cell under a microscope its made up of molecules, those molecules are made up of atoms, which are made up of sub-atomic particles which aren’t made up of energy, they are energy.
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That Extra Squeeze
?
Hold your dear ones a little closer today
Give them an extra squeeze as you say goodbye
*
Rejoice in making their breakfasts
and doing their dishes
and mending their socks
or working in a job you hate
to keep them
housed, clothed and fed
For the work you do means
they are still alive
*
The horror of terror
has struck again
on our soil
What is de rigeur
in other countries
has happened here
and shaken us
out of our complacency
Terror “there”
is now terror “here”
*
Hold your dear ones a little closer today
Give them an extra squeeze as you say goodbye
For after yesterday
many cannot
*
And pray for the first responders
and their families
the unhailed heroes of our land
who face bad odds everyday
*
Hold your dear ones a little closer today
Give them your blessing as you say goodbye
For each goodbye could be the last
has always been true
but terrorism has taken that truth
and shoved it in your face
*
Hold your dear ones a little closer today
Crazy. Nuts. Bonkers. Loon. Insane. Cuckoo. Delusional. Psycho. Bipolar. Fruitcake. Cracked. Lunatic. Whack. Bananas. All of these words have been used at one time or another to describe me. Sometimes I am offended and sometimes I am not. Heck, I even use these same words about myself but I try to use them to describe my actions not my being. I am not Bipolar. I have Bipolar Disorder. There is a difference. The English language is a funny thing. Words have become so interchangeable and depending on the situation or person you are describing and your intent some of these same harsh words could even be used as a compliment. That Bootsie is crazy. She just cracks me up!
Most people do not really understand Bipolar Disorder. They believe it is a character flaw. It is a medical condition. It is a chemical imbalance. If you have no problem…
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I carelessly cut my finger while preparing lunch. For several days thereafter I found myself scrutinizing that finger under bright light in order to keep it clean and surgically redressed for healing. And in the process it occurred to me that the distinctively mapped form of my fingerprint evokes similar patterns seen elsewhere in nature.
I’ve seen them in the formative grain of new-sawn oak or a knotty pine board, stemming from the very concentric rings that enliven any tree. I’ve seen them in the pattern of water finding its drain, in the stone-thrown ripples on the surface of a pond, in the conforming ridges of a seashell.
I’ve seen them in radar depictions of isobaric pressures or a gathering storm, in the topographical contours of land elevations or sea depths. I’ve seen them in the illustrations of concentric arcs of light waves and sound waves, when I was…
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Blind Attraction
Sometimes
The blind can see
and the seeing are blind.
Attraction goes beyond
Seeing
and becomes
Sensing.
Distortions of I
I was writing to a friend recently about my own distorted view of the world at present– upset about a very ill, very dear aunt in hospital, the last elder by blood, and also about a colleague/friend in hospital. This all comes on top of my husband’s mental health program closing and his possible reassignment to work with ex-cons. I don’t do well in hospitals, being totally OCD about germs, contamination, sickness and vomiting. With no protective walls thanks to a breakdown years ago, I feel terror-stricken and ill as soon as I walk in the door of a hospital. As for the ex-cons, my husband, Tom, was attacked once by an angry client, so my fear of him working with ex-cons with anger issues is not totally unjustified. In my email to my friend I didn’t go into these details but here is what he wrote back. (Blacky and Betty are his adopted dogs):
“Blacky and Betty don’t know how good they have it. They are detached from normal human sufferings. They are truly positive, focusing only on good things and are grateful if I pet them while handing them a treat. They love the snow and the cold doesn’t bother them. As long as ex-cons show them love, they don’t care. They would love to cuddle with your friend and aunt and wish them well. They would love you and Tom to take them out to play.
Love from, V,B and B
It’s hard being human.”
In thinking over what he wrote, I decided that dogs (and most, if not all, animals) live in the present. Humans, however, are hampered by experiences from their past (sometimes trauma), and fears about the future, based on their past traumas. For example, my obsession about vomiting began with an alcoholic father who would come home drunk and become ill, happening enough times to be etched on my memory decades later. Knowing this does not make it better—nor does it make it go away. Neither does knowing the name for this illness, “emetephobia.”
It is true that animals also experience trauma but somehow they seem better able to unlearn trauma than humans. Animals may fear death when they are surrounded by it in slaughterhouses, but unlike humans, they don’t seem to foresee death scenarios in everyday life.
“Still thou are blest, compar’d wi’ me!
The present only toucheth thee:
But och! I backward cast my e’e,
On prospects drear!
An’ forward, tho’ I canna see,
I guess an’ fear!”
from “To a Mouse” by Scotland’s favorite poet, Robert Burns, 1759-1796
I have said many times, my dogs were my best teachers. I will try to take a page from their book on love, think of how they would act, and draw strength from their lessons. “Perfect love cast out fear.” My love is far from perfect, for I am full of fear. But I can choose to focus on my aunt, my friend, my husband and “be” with them totally and lovingly as my canine companions, Ko-Ko and Duchie, were every day of their lives on this earth.
Heart to Heart
“Love cannot be had for the asking; it comes only as a gift from the heart of another”
~ Paramahansa Yogananda
Compassionate Communicator, One Lovely Blog, Reality Blog Awards
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About a month ago I received The One Lovely Blog Award from Kathy at BipolarandBreastless.wordpress.com. I was ill and had just received the Compassionate Communicator Award from Kevin at VoicesofGlass.com (see above) so am only now getting to thanking Kathy, a courageous writer and new friend and passing it on.
Here are the rules:
1. Thank the person who nominated you and link back to their blog.
2. List seven random things about yourself.
3. Nominate other bloggers for the award.
7 random things:
1. I am Bipolar.
2. I have Asperger’s.
3. I have written a memoir about finding love with both of the above disorders called, “Eye-locks and Other Fearsome Things: learning to love as a Bipolar Aspie.”
4. Animals and nature are a passion of mine and I do animal activism online.
5. I do animal and nature photography and writing.
6. I write about being Bipolar and Aspie.
7. I do abstract photography and painting.
Here are my nominations for the One Lovely Blog award:
Genie at APlaceCalledLove.wordpress.com
Bert at WhoisBert.wordpress.com
Mike at Mike585.wordpress.com
Rob at RobSalem.wordpress.com
Blue Girl at BlueGirlPoems.wordpress.com
Tripper at Tripperspot.com
and dear Kevin at Voices of Glass nominated me for the Reality Blog Award which I have yet to formally acknowledge and pass on it though it means the world to me… I, who have been delusional and lived in a different reality and at times in two realities at once find it ironic to be nominated for this award and do not feel able to accept it. And although I wrote a memoir about my experiences I find it near impossible to answer the questions one has to answer to accept this award. But I will in time pass it on to others and I THANK YOU, DEAR KEVIN for awarding it to me.
Humbling and Beyond Our Comprehension
Astronomers decided to point the Hubble Telescope at
a dark spot out in space and they left it there for 10 days. The
results encouraged them to try again for 11 days.
Turn up your sound while you look at the 3-D presentation the astronomers
made:
http://tinyurl.com/rdzpzu
It’s almost more than we can comprehend….
MOONSIDE 
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