April 2009 Lifestyle – Showcase by Larry Oldham 2009
Live longer- with pizza, Relieve Gout with Cherries,
Fight Heart Disease with nuts, Calm Arthritis
with Oranges, Prevent Cancer – with berries, Fight
Diabetes with wine and beer, Cut Cholesterol
with Cinnamon. These are just a few headlines that
I have read over the last few months from all
sorts of sources. Special Nutrition Reports,
Preventive Magazines, Doctors Guides. Most of these
are probably headlines to get you to open up the
book,read, and subscribe. I opened a few and most of
the reports or stories, were small beginnings of larger
articles that you could read further if you
subscribed or ordered . I am not saying that these are
incorrect, or that these suggestions and /or ideas will
or will not work. (The Bible says do not be a glutton,
and do all things in moderation.)
I take this literally to mean use common sense in
everything that you do, including what you choose to
eat. Some people do not eat red meat. It is their
fervent belief that red meat causes Cancer.
Since scientist have not really determined what causes
Cancer, it is hard for me to be persuaded to
give up meat or try to circumvent getting Cancer by
doing anything recommended by these books I get in the
mail. I think the safest thing to do is eat what you
like, eat in moderation, exercise, laugh everyday,
and pray that you live to be a hundred.
That is just using common sense. This method is going
to be just as effective as any other document that I
have read that has not been substantiated by research.
Plus, even research sometimes changes over the course
of time. Just be happy, help your neighbor, smile at
everyone, be kind to everyone, eat some ice cream when
you want it, and if you find that you are putting on
weight, slow down your eating. Remember , everything
in moderation. It is a mantra that we all can adopt
and it does not cost us a dime. Today we need every dime.
With the money you save, buy your child or a grandchild
a toy...
and Grandchildren my friends , is a totally different column.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Defining Love Today
Defining Love Today
by Larry Oldham 2009
The most precious gift that God has given us is Love.
There are many forms of Love. There are many
kinds of Love. What we need to do today is very
simple. We need to define Love. We all know about
Love. We have heard Love defined by many poets,
playwrights, screenwriters, family members, former
lovers, and friends. Love is very subjective and
everyone has their own different ideas about what
Love is and what Love means.
Once you have defined love in your own mind, the next
step is to find someone to interpret a definition that
you can share with people everyday. Love is not easy.
Love is hard. The biggest problem with love is that
you can't always control it. Love controls us. You can
pick your partner. You can talk to your partner about
what love means. You can hope and pray that your partner
is always on the same track, or at least the two of you
start off on the same track that you want to share.
We have all been in love. We can all share our
stories and our feelings about what love has meant
to us both good and bad. You want to define love
as you see it, you want to find someone you can love,
and your main purpose is to find a way to stay in
love forever.
If you ask every bride how long she is going to stay
married one minute before she walks down the aisle, I
guarantee you that 99.9% will say forever. Not many
brides get married with the idea of an ending date
unless they have another agenda or ulterior motive.
Love begins with finding the right partner. You can
ask everyone you know, who the perfect partner is
and you will get as many definitions as the number
of people that you ask. Finding the perfect partner
is a task that fits only the criteria that you define.
Love comes in many packages, and all the people that
I know who are in love, knew by natural instinct,
that they had found the right person to love.
Sometimes our instincts prove to be wrong, as we see
by all the divorces in the world; however, in the
beginning, with a new person whom we fall in love
with, expectations of a longtime commitment and
being in love forever are readily accepted.
How do we make love last?
Philosophers have studied this question for years.
Is there a generally accepted answer globally?
Not that I am aware of.
So we are left with our own interpretation of our
own love relationship. Those people who make good
choices, work hard to please their partner and
commit to making love last, normally succeed.
Of course it takes two people willing to follow
this same course, and therein lies the problem:
Finding the right partner with the same commitment.
Finding someone who defines love the same as
you do.
The main goal is to find someone who makes you happy,
someone who makes you laugh and shares the same joys
of life that you do. Remember, you are talking about
a lifetime to be shared with this person, so choose
a person whom you can be in love with for the rest
of your life, plus a person who can always be your
best friend, in spite of the fact that you are both
totally in love.
Once the perfect partner is found, the goal for both
of you is to make the love you share last for a lifetime.
by Larry Oldham 2009
The most precious gift that God has given us is Love.
There are many forms of Love. There are many
kinds of Love. What we need to do today is very
simple. We need to define Love. We all know about
Love. We have heard Love defined by many poets,
playwrights, screenwriters, family members, former
lovers, and friends. Love is very subjective and
everyone has their own different ideas about what
Love is and what Love means.
Once you have defined love in your own mind, the next
step is to find someone to interpret a definition that
you can share with people everyday. Love is not easy.
Love is hard. The biggest problem with love is that
you can't always control it. Love controls us. You can
pick your partner. You can talk to your partner about
what love means. You can hope and pray that your partner
is always on the same track, or at least the two of you
start off on the same track that you want to share.
We have all been in love. We can all share our
stories and our feelings about what love has meant
to us both good and bad. You want to define love
as you see it, you want to find someone you can love,
and your main purpose is to find a way to stay in
love forever.
If you ask every bride how long she is going to stay
married one minute before she walks down the aisle, I
guarantee you that 99.9% will say forever. Not many
brides get married with the idea of an ending date
unless they have another agenda or ulterior motive.
Love begins with finding the right partner. You can
ask everyone you know, who the perfect partner is
and you will get as many definitions as the number
of people that you ask. Finding the perfect partner
is a task that fits only the criteria that you define.
Love comes in many packages, and all the people that
I know who are in love, knew by natural instinct,
that they had found the right person to love.
Sometimes our instincts prove to be wrong, as we see
by all the divorces in the world; however, in the
beginning, with a new person whom we fall in love
with, expectations of a longtime commitment and
being in love forever are readily accepted.
How do we make love last?
Philosophers have studied this question for years.
Is there a generally accepted answer globally?
Not that I am aware of.
So we are left with our own interpretation of our
own love relationship. Those people who make good
choices, work hard to please their partner and
commit to making love last, normally succeed.
Of course it takes two people willing to follow
this same course, and therein lies the problem:
Finding the right partner with the same commitment.
Finding someone who defines love the same as
you do.
The main goal is to find someone who makes you happy,
someone who makes you laugh and shares the same joys
of life that you do. Remember, you are talking about
a lifetime to be shared with this person, so choose
a person whom you can be in love with for the rest
of your life, plus a person who can always be your
best friend, in spite of the fact that you are both
totally in love.
Once the perfect partner is found, the goal for both
of you is to make the love you share last for a lifetime.
The Days of Wine and Roses
Lifestyle The Days of Wine and Roses by Larry Oldham
The days of Wine and Roses last forever without our
even noticing it. We come to realize about
the breadth of life somewhere in our late forties
and early fifties. Some of us are aware even earlier.
I felt that I would only live to be about thirty years
of age. I realized this when I was sowing my wild oats
in my twenties and just figured my life could not keep
on going this way. I was wrong,of course, and here I
am enjoying all the fruits of my labors from earlier
days, and looking foward to a fuller life going into
the twilight years. All of these words are to reassure
you and myself that life never ends until we die,and we
should enjoy living our life every minute of every day.
For some people this is a daily routine, but for others
life would be easier if they lived each day making sure
that the negative feelings and shortcomings in their life
are turned around and put into a positve mode. My thought
process sure has changed since I started taking one capsule
of Omega 3 on a daily schedule.
A friend of mine suggested it and told me how it had changed
his life, and since taking these capsules for a year I can
tell you that my disposition about many things has changed.
I still have problems andconflicts, but my power of reasoning
and understanding has made dealing with these problems easier.
I have suggested them to all age groups and every one of my
friends have come back and thanked me for changing their
perception in dealing with negative conflicts.
Every one has an opinion about how their world should work.
For me and many of my friends, taking a daily Omega 3
capsule has helped us tremendously. Check it out with
your doctor, or go on line and research other people's
feeling about them. If they make you feel better, and
they make life easier, we can not only march into spring
of 2009 in a better state of mind, we can march into the
rest of our lives with new positive feelings and higher
spirits. Being happy and fulfilled is a goal all of us have,
no matter what our age. If it isn't, then maybe we should
rearrange our thinking and make it a goal. If you are
happy and satisfied with life, then everyone in your
life will be happy because your happiness will serve
as a reflection and a mirror of what their life could
or should be.I give credit to taking Omega 3 capsules.
Welcome to the days of Wine and Roses..for a lifetime.
The days of Wine and Roses last forever without our
even noticing it. We come to realize about
the breadth of life somewhere in our late forties
and early fifties. Some of us are aware even earlier.
I felt that I would only live to be about thirty years
of age. I realized this when I was sowing my wild oats
in my twenties and just figured my life could not keep
on going this way. I was wrong,of course, and here I
am enjoying all the fruits of my labors from earlier
days, and looking foward to a fuller life going into
the twilight years. All of these words are to reassure
you and myself that life never ends until we die,and we
should enjoy living our life every minute of every day.
For some people this is a daily routine, but for others
life would be easier if they lived each day making sure
that the negative feelings and shortcomings in their life
are turned around and put into a positve mode. My thought
process sure has changed since I started taking one capsule
of Omega 3 on a daily schedule.
A friend of mine suggested it and told me how it had changed
his life, and since taking these capsules for a year I can
tell you that my disposition about many things has changed.
I still have problems andconflicts, but my power of reasoning
and understanding has made dealing with these problems easier.
I have suggested them to all age groups and every one of my
friends have come back and thanked me for changing their
perception in dealing with negative conflicts.
Every one has an opinion about how their world should work.
For me and many of my friends, taking a daily Omega 3
capsule has helped us tremendously. Check it out with
your doctor, or go on line and research other people's
feeling about them. If they make you feel better, and
they make life easier, we can not only march into spring
of 2009 in a better state of mind, we can march into the
rest of our lives with new positive feelings and higher
spirits. Being happy and fulfilled is a goal all of us have,
no matter what our age. If it isn't, then maybe we should
rearrange our thinking and make it a goal. If you are
happy and satisfied with life, then everyone in your
life will be happy because your happiness will serve
as a reflection and a mirror of what their life could
or should be.I give credit to taking Omega 3 capsules.
Welcome to the days of Wine and Roses..for a lifetime.
Name Five People who Changed Your Life
As the new year arrives, this gives us the time
to think about our dreams, aspirations, and wishes for
the days ahead. While this is important, there is also
another factor that we don't always think about and
that is the people in our past and the people today
who have or continue to have influences in our life.
Try to think of the five most influential people that
have made you who you are today. It could be your
parents, or one parent, siblings, minister, rabbi,
school teacher, friend , relatives such as uncles,
aunts,cousins, grandparents or neighbors. Many people
go back to their childhood. My family was very
religious so my parents taught us Christian values,
honesty, forgiveness, and hope. My mother
especially influenced my life to the point that I still
call her everyday of her life for understanding,
sometimes guidance and certainly to make sure that
she is happy and satisfied daily with her own life.
I had teachers who helped change my life with guidance
and directives that put me on my life path.
This year take a few minutes to think about the people
who have mostly influenced your life and as you reminisce
,think about how they changed you, or how their influence
made you what or who you are today. Make a list of the
five people that changed your life or influenced your life.
If they are still living call them up and tell them what a
difference they made. Let them know that you appreciate
them taking the interest in you and that you just wanted
to call them, write them, email them telling them how much
they mean to you. Not only will you brighten their day, you
will feel good that you took the time to let them know how
you feel. If they have passed on, continue their journey for
them by passing along what they taught you to someone in
your life that you can influence and help change their life.
If we all work together to help one another and take the time
to thank our friends and relatives that helped us, what
a wonderful new years resolution and what a wonderful 2009
that the whole world will have. Or at least all the people in
your world.
Make a List:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
to think about our dreams, aspirations, and wishes for
the days ahead. While this is important, there is also
another factor that we don't always think about and
that is the people in our past and the people today
who have or continue to have influences in our life.
Try to think of the five most influential people that
have made you who you are today. It could be your
parents, or one parent, siblings, minister, rabbi,
school teacher, friend , relatives such as uncles,
aunts,cousins, grandparents or neighbors. Many people
go back to their childhood. My family was very
religious so my parents taught us Christian values,
honesty, forgiveness, and hope. My mother
especially influenced my life to the point that I still
call her everyday of her life for understanding,
sometimes guidance and certainly to make sure that
she is happy and satisfied daily with her own life.
I had teachers who helped change my life with guidance
and directives that put me on my life path.
This year take a few minutes to think about the people
who have mostly influenced your life and as you reminisce
,think about how they changed you, or how their influence
made you what or who you are today. Make a list of the
five people that changed your life or influenced your life.
If they are still living call them up and tell them what a
difference they made. Let them know that you appreciate
them taking the interest in you and that you just wanted
to call them, write them, email them telling them how much
they mean to you. Not only will you brighten their day, you
will feel good that you took the time to let them know how
you feel. If they have passed on, continue their journey for
them by passing along what they taught you to someone in
your life that you can influence and help change their life.
If we all work together to help one another and take the time
to thank our friends and relatives that helped us, what
a wonderful new years resolution and what a wonderful 2009
that the whole world will have. Or at least all the people in
your world.
Make a List:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
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