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Simplicity is Happiness...
This has been an exceptionally hard month, week, day... I didn't realize just how pessimistic I had gotten until this conversation happened. More particularly when these sentences fell out of my mouth. "Jess, how is it you always seem to have so much faith?" "I have so much faith because often times there is nothing else for me but to have faith. I have to have faith." So, in an effort to pull myself out of the bog I am falling back on these 5 simple rules to life. I have decided to share them with you because, well, quite frankly September seems to have started out rough for a fair few of us.Remember the five simple rules to be happy:
1. Free your heart from hatred.
2. Free your mind from worries.
3. Live simply.
4. Give more.
5. Expect less.
Happiness is something you decide upon. If you rise from your bed each morning and say to yourself, "It's going to be a good day" your mind will be predisposed to look for the good in every thing. Miracles happen every day, it's simply a matter of opening your eyes to see them. Even the most simple of things can turn a day around when you let them. So... open your eyes, hearts, and minds and let us choose to be happy.
Heart Attack Symptoms For Women.
I realize that I am only 21, but I have had my share of heart attack scares, and personally experienced a stress induced heart attack only a few months ago. I decided to share this news article with you because had I known exactly what to look for I probably wouldn't have ended up driving myself to the hospital, and gotten there faster. I may have even been able to get there before the heart attack actually happened... Heart attacks are different for women than they are for men. This article will explain why, and what to look for.
Conventional wisdom has it that heart attacks come out of the blue. We're also trained to expect a heart attack to happen a certain way; the victim clutches his chest, writhes in pain, and collapses. But for women, it often doesn't happen that way. Study after study shows heart attacks and heart disease are under-diagnosed in women, with the explanation being that they didn't have symptoms.
But research shows that's not the case. Women who've had heart attacks realize, looking back, that they experienced significant symptoms -- they just didn't recognize them as such.
In a study funded by the National Institutes of Health and published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association, 95 percent of women (that's almost all!) who'd had heart attacks reported experiencing symptoms that were decidedly new or different from their previous experience a month or more before their attacks.
Even when a heart attack is occurring, women are often slow to realize what's happening and call a doctor. The reason? Women's heart attack symptoms are different than men's. This failure to recognize heart attack signs in women has led to a grim statistic: women are more likely to die from sudden cardiac death than men are, and two thirds of women who have a heart attack don't recover completely.
To prevent a heart attack from sneaking up on you, watch for these 7 little-known signs of heart attack:
1. Fatigue. More than 70 percent of women in the NIH study reported extreme fatigue in the month or months prior to their heart attacks. This was not just your run-of-the-mill tiredness -- the kind you can power through -- this was an overwhelming fatigue that sidelined them from their usual schedules for a few days at a time.
2. Sleeplessness or Insomnia. Despite their fatigue, women who've had heart attacks remember experiencing unexplained inability to fall asleep or stay asleep during the month before their heart attacks.
3. Anxiety and Stress. Stress has long been known to up the risk of heart attack. But what women report is the emotional experience; before their heart attacks they felt anxious, stressed, and keyed up, noticeably more than usual. Moments before or during a heart attack, many women report a feeling they describe as "impending doom;" they're aware that something's drastically wrong and they can't cope, but they're not sure what's going on.
4. Indigestion or Nausea. Stomach pain, intestinal cramps, nausea, and digestive disruptions are another sign reported by women heart attack patients. Become familiar with your own digestive habits, and pay attention when anything seems out of whack. Note especially if your system seems upset and you haven't eaten anything out of the ordinary.
5. Shortness of Breath. Of the women in the NIH study, more than 40 percent remembered experiencing this symptom. One of the comments the women made is that they noticed they couldn't catch their breath while walking up the stairs or doing other daily tasks.
6. Flu-Like Symptoms. Clammy, sweaty skin, along with feeling lightheaded and weak, can lead women to wonder if they have the flu when, in fact, they're having a heart attack.
7. Jaw, Ear, Neck, or Shoulder Pain. While pain and numbness in the chest, shoulder, and arm is a common sign of heart attack (at least, among men), women often don't experience the pain this way. Instead, many women say they felt pain and a sensation of tightness running along their jaw and down the neck, and sometimes up to the ear, as well. The pain may extend down to the shoulder and arm -- particularly on the left side -- or it may feel like a backache or pulled muscle in the neck and back.
In addition to the symptoms they do have, women differ from men in another significant way -- they may not experience many of the symptoms we traditionally associate with heart attacks. This, experts say, is a major reason why women's heart attacks go unrecognized and untreated. Almost half of all women in the NIH study felt no chest pain, even during the heart attack itself. Numbness is another symptom women may not experience, experts say.
How to protect yourself or the women you care about?
If your body is doing unusual things and you just don't feel "right," don't wait. Go see your doctor and ask for a thorough work-up. And if you have any risk factors for cardiac disease, such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, smoking, or family history of heart disease, mention these to the doctor. Time is of the essence, so don't count on medical staff to know your background or read your chart -- tell them your risk factors right away, so your condition can be evaluated fully and completely.
Conventional wisdom has it that heart attacks come out of the blue. We're also trained to expect a heart attack to happen a certain way; the victim clutches his chest, writhes in pain, and collapses. But for women, it often doesn't happen that way. Study after study shows heart attacks and heart disease are under-diagnosed in women, with the explanation being that they didn't have symptoms.
But research shows that's not the case. Women who've had heart attacks realize, looking back, that they experienced significant symptoms -- they just didn't recognize them as such.
In a study funded by the National Institutes of Health and published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association, 95 percent of women (that's almost all!) who'd had heart attacks reported experiencing symptoms that were decidedly new or different from their previous experience a month or more before their attacks.
Even when a heart attack is occurring, women are often slow to realize what's happening and call a doctor. The reason? Women's heart attack symptoms are different than men's. This failure to recognize heart attack signs in women has led to a grim statistic: women are more likely to die from sudden cardiac death than men are, and two thirds of women who have a heart attack don't recover completely.
To prevent a heart attack from sneaking up on you, watch for these 7 little-known signs of heart attack:
1. Fatigue. More than 70 percent of women in the NIH study reported extreme fatigue in the month or months prior to their heart attacks. This was not just your run-of-the-mill tiredness -- the kind you can power through -- this was an overwhelming fatigue that sidelined them from their usual schedules for a few days at a time.
2. Sleeplessness or Insomnia. Despite their fatigue, women who've had heart attacks remember experiencing unexplained inability to fall asleep or stay asleep during the month before their heart attacks.
3. Anxiety and Stress. Stress has long been known to up the risk of heart attack. But what women report is the emotional experience; before their heart attacks they felt anxious, stressed, and keyed up, noticeably more than usual. Moments before or during a heart attack, many women report a feeling they describe as "impending doom;" they're aware that something's drastically wrong and they can't cope, but they're not sure what's going on.
4. Indigestion or Nausea. Stomach pain, intestinal cramps, nausea, and digestive disruptions are another sign reported by women heart attack patients. Become familiar with your own digestive habits, and pay attention when anything seems out of whack. Note especially if your system seems upset and you haven't eaten anything out of the ordinary.
5. Shortness of Breath. Of the women in the NIH study, more than 40 percent remembered experiencing this symptom. One of the comments the women made is that they noticed they couldn't catch their breath while walking up the stairs or doing other daily tasks.
6. Flu-Like Symptoms. Clammy, sweaty skin, along with feeling lightheaded and weak, can lead women to wonder if they have the flu when, in fact, they're having a heart attack.
7. Jaw, Ear, Neck, or Shoulder Pain. While pain and numbness in the chest, shoulder, and arm is a common sign of heart attack (at least, among men), women often don't experience the pain this way. Instead, many women say they felt pain and a sensation of tightness running along their jaw and down the neck, and sometimes up to the ear, as well. The pain may extend down to the shoulder and arm -- particularly on the left side -- or it may feel like a backache or pulled muscle in the neck and back.
In addition to the symptoms they do have, women differ from men in another significant way -- they may not experience many of the symptoms we traditionally associate with heart attacks. This, experts say, is a major reason why women's heart attacks go unrecognized and untreated. Almost half of all women in the NIH study felt no chest pain, even during the heart attack itself. Numbness is another symptom women may not experience, experts say.
How to protect yourself or the women you care about?
If your body is doing unusual things and you just don't feel "right," don't wait. Go see your doctor and ask for a thorough work-up. And if you have any risk factors for cardiac disease, such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, smoking, or family history of heart disease, mention these to the doctor. Time is of the essence, so don't count on medical staff to know your background or read your chart -- tell them your risk factors right away, so your condition can be evaluated fully and completely.
Awkward Words of Advice for those of You Getting Freaky..
Okay ladies, so this is going to be an out of the ordinary post. Especially as I am not active in this brand of excersise... but, I have had a few married friends learn and experience a lovely dance called the 'Kidney Stone' dance. It causes enough pain to make labor a breeze...
Just a friendly suggestion...
GO PEE AFTER EVERY TIME YOU GET 'FREAKY'... (aka. The Happy Horizontal Dance or Sexual intercourse. Whichever label you are more comfortable with.) ... ;)
This also helps with the prevention of UTI's, bladder/kidney infections for those of you who are sexually active in the present.
Thank you to my mother for sharing this tip with me, and now the internet!
Just a friendly suggestion...
GO PEE AFTER EVERY TIME YOU GET 'FREAKY'... (aka. The Happy Horizontal Dance or Sexual intercourse. Whichever label you are more comfortable with.) ... ;)
This also helps with the prevention of UTI's, bladder/kidney infections for those of you who are sexually active in the present.
Thank you to my mother for sharing this tip with me, and now the internet!
Because when we love, we always strive to become better than we are.
Given patience, trust, and time all things will be revealed in faith. It is by faith that all things come to pass. It is through faith that all things are made clear to us. It is because of faith that we make it through everything we are given... alive.But it is because of love, that we are here. Why are we crying for anger. Why are we holding on to that anger, as it bullets the sky. Pride, and hatred do nothing for the world. It leaves damage to the heart. Don't you think it's time we let the holes heal?
Misunderstandings and lack of communication are the culprits behind most hurt, and pain. From pain comes anger, and from anger we let our hearts become cold with pride. We are in a suicidal war, and we will lose if we can't learn to let the Lord take the reins. Everything happens for a reason, and there is reason behind everything that is happening. It's a matter of trust, and having enough faith to let God lead the way. Wouldn't it be easier to let someone who already knows the way be the guide, instead of blundering about like a bunch of idiots? How many souls have we already lost because we held on to a bitterness, and let hate take the lead? We have soldiers who are fighting bravely across the ocean for us. We have angelic soldiers fighting for our spiritual attention. How quickly do we walk through this life without pausing to let the heart heal... How many children have grown in a loveless world. How many of us are drowning in a sea of pain because the weight of the world on our shoulders is pulling us under. All it takes is a moment. A moment to pause and listen. A moment to pray for help. A moment heal. A moment to stop and take the hand of someone next to you. A moment to smile. A moment to hope. A moment to let go and Forgive. A moment of Faith.
Growing My Own Wish...
GROW YOUR OWN WISH...
You are the one who knows your dreams, and it's up to you to make them come true.
It is vital that we remember we do not know all people. We do not know where they have been, where they are going, or what they are capable of. It is our responsibility to treat all beings, and persons with dignity, respect, and the love our Savior unconditionally shows to us.
Black Box of Colorful Wonders
Isn't if funny... music is able to fill us completely, speak the words that won't come, express the unknown feeling, and calm even the most dangerous of storms...
Magic is the world where the touch of rhythm and sound will draw a smile from even the darkest of times.
With a simple photograph you are left breathless, and painted in a world of wonder...
What a wondrous world we live in where still art has the ability to make you feel, dream, and express without the need of a single word...
Magic is the world where the touch of rhythm and sound will draw a smile from even the darkest of times.
With a simple photograph you are left breathless, and painted in a world of wonder...
What a wondrous world we live in where still art has the ability to make you feel, dream, and express without the need of a single word...
07.08.09 @ 10:11:12 ... PICTURE TIME!!!
Here is a collection of what I did today... 8 hours in direct sunlight... Normally my skin goes straight to a tan, so this is actually kind of exciting for me! I'm willing to bet it will be gone by tomorrow evening, faded into a lovely tan; thanks to my olive undertones. (Thank you Grandpa Adams for passing down that gene!)
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