Happy land

 

1.    Drink plenty of water.
2.    Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar. (our dinner usually will comes with meat and a lot of good stuffs)
3.    Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.
4.    Live with the 3 E's -- Energy,  Enthusiasm, and Empathy.
5.    Make time for prayer.
6.    Play more games.
7.    Read more books than you did in 2008.
8.    Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.
9    Sleep for 7 hours.
10.  Take a 10-30 minutes walk every day. And while you walk,  smile.

11.  Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
12.  Don't have negative thoughts or things you cannot control.
       Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
13.  Don't over do. Keep your limits.
14.  Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
15.  Don't waste your precious energy on gossip.
16.  Dream more while you are awake.
17.  Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
18.  Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner with  his/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
19.  Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others.
20.  Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.
21.  No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
22.  Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like

    algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
23.  Smile and laugh more.
24.  You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

25.  Call your family often.
26.  Each day give something good to others.
27.  Forgive everyone for everything.
28.  Spend time with people over the age of 70 & under the  age of 6.
29.  Try to make at least three people smile each day.
30.  What other people think of you is none of your business.
31.  Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your family and friends will. Stay in touch.

 

32.  Do the right thing!
33.  Always speak the truth even if it leads to your death.
34.  GOD heals everything.
35.  However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
36.  No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
37.  The best is yet to come.
38.  When you awake alive in the morning, thank GOD for it.
39.  Your Inner most is always happy. So, be happy.

 

40.  Please share this to everyone you care about.

The human body was never meant to consume rice! You see, our genes have hardly changed in more than 30,000 years. However, our food choices and lifestyle have changed dramatically. The caveman would hardly recognise our food or way of life.

Caveman food was never cooked as fire was not yet tamed. Thus, he ate only those foods that you can eat without treatment with or by fire. He ate fruits, vegetables, fish (sushi anyone?), eggs, nuts and meat. Yes, even meat! You can even eat meat raw if you were starving in the forest. You have the necessary enzymes to digest meat.

However, rice, like wheat and corn, cannot be eaten raw. It must be cooked. Even if you were starving in the desert, you cannot eat rice in the raw form. This is because we do not have the system of enzymes to break rice down. You were never meant to eat rice. To make matters worse, you not only eat rice, but also make it the bulk of your food.

In some parts of Asia , rice forms up to 85% of the plate. Even if you take rice, keep it to a minimum. Remember, it is only for your tongue - not your body. Actually, rice and other grains like wheat and corn are actually worse than sugar. There are many reasons:

Rice becomes sugar - lots of it!
This is a fact that no nutritionist can deny: rice is chemically no different from sugar. One bowl of cooked rice is the caloric equal of 10 teaspoons of sugar. This does not matter whether it is white, brown or herbal rice. Brown rice is richer in fibre, some B vitamins and minerals but it is still the caloric equal of 10 teaspoons of sugar. To get the same 10 teaspoons of sugar, you need to consume lots of kangkong-10 bowls of it.

Rice is digested to become sugar. (Diabetic, remember this!)
Rice cannot be digested before it is thoroughly cooked. However, when thoroughly cooked, it becomes sugar and spikes circulating blood sugar within half an hour-almost as quickly as it would if you took a sugar candy. Rice is very low in the 'rainbow of anti-oxidants. '

This complete anti-oxidant rainbow is necessary for the effective and safe utilisation of sugar. Fruits come with a sugar called fructose. However, they are not empty calories as the fruit is packed with a whole host of other nutrients that help its proper assimilation and digestion.

Rice has no fibre.
The fibre of the kangkong fills you up long before your blood sugar spikes. This is because the fibre bulks and fills up your stomach. Since white rice has no fibre, you end up eating lots of 'calorie dense' food before you get filled up. Brown rice has more fibre but still the same amount of sugar.

Rice is tasteless-sugar is sweet.
There is only so much that you can eat at one sitting. How many teaspoons of sugar can you eat before you feel like throwing up? Could you imagine eating 10 teaspoons of sugar in one seating?

Rice is always the main part of the meal.
While sugar may fill your dessert or sweeten your coffee, it will never be the main part of any meal. You could eat maybe two to three teaspoons of sugar at one meal. However, you could easily eat the equal value of two to three bowls (20-30 teaspoons) of sugar in one meal. I am always amused when I see someone eat sometimes five bowls of rice (equals 50 teaspoons of sugar) and then asks for tea tarik kurang manis!

There is no real 'built in' mechanism for us to prevent overeating of rice:
How much kangkong can you eat?
How much fried chicken can you eat?
How much steamed fish can you eat?
Think about that!

In one seating, you cannot take lots of chicken, fish or cucumber, but you can take lots of rice. Eating rice causes you to eat more salt. As rice is tasteless, you tend to consume more salt-another villain when it comes to high blood pressure. You tend to take more curry that has salt to help flavor rice. We also tend to consume more ketchup and soy sauce which are also rich in salt.

Eating rice causes you to drink less water.
The more rice you eat, the less water you will drink as there is no mechanism to prevent the overeating of rice. Rice, wheat and corn come hidden in our daily food. As rice is tasteless, it tends to end up in other foods that substitute rice like rice flour, noodles and bread. We tend to eat the hidden forms which still get digested into sugar.
 
Rice, even when cooked, is difficult to digest.
Can't eat raw rice? Try eating rice half cooked. Contrary to popular belief, rice is very difficult to digest. It is 'heavy stuff'. If you have problems with digestion, try skipping
rice for a few days. You will be amazed at how the problem will just go away.

Rice prevents the absorption of several vitamins and minerals.
Rice when taken in bulk will reduce the absorption of vital nutrients like zinc, iron and the B vitamins.

Are you a rice addict? Going rice-less may not be easy but you can go rice-less. Eating less rice could be lot easier than you think. Here are some strategies that you can pursue in your quest to eat less rice:

Eat less rice-cut your rice by half.
Barry Sears, author of the Zone Diet, advises 'eating rice like spice'. Instead, increase your fruits and vegetables. Take more lean meats and fish. You can even take more eggs and nuts.

Have 'riceless' meals.
Take no rice or wheat at say, breakfast. Go for eggs instead.

Go on 'riceless' days.
Go 'western' once a week.

Take no rice and breads for one day every week.
That can't be too difficult. Appreciate the richness of your food. Go for taste, colours and smells. Make eating a culinary delight. Enjoy your food in the original flavours.

Avoid the salt shaker or ketchup.
You will automatically eat less rice.

Eat your fruit dessert before (Yes! No printing error) your meals.
The fibre rich fruits will 'bulk up' in your stomach. Thus, you will eat less rice and more fruits.

It's your life. Decide what you want to eat! But eat less rice!

A woman came out of her house and saw 3 old men with long white beards sitting in her front yard. She did not recognize them. She said "I don't think I know you, but you must be hungry. Please come in and have something to eat." 

"Is the man of the house home?", they asked.  

 "No", she replied. "He's out.." 

 "Then we cannot come in", they replied. 
In the evening when her husband came home, she told him what had happened. 
"Go tell them I am home and invite them in!" 
The woman went out and invited the men in"
"We do not go into a House together," they replied. 
"Why is that?" she asked. 
One of the old men explained: "His name is Wealth," he said pointing to one of his friends, and said pointing to another one, "He is Success, and I am Love." Then he added, "Now go in and discuss with your husband which one of us you want in your home."
The woman went in and told her husband what was said. Her husband was overjoyed. "How nice!!", he said. "Since that is the case, let us invite Wealth.. Let him come and fill our home with wealth!"
His wife disagreed. "My dear, why don't we invite Success?" 
Their daughter-in-law was listening from the other corner of the house. She jumped in with her own suggestion: "Would  it not be better to invite Love? Our home will then be filled with love!"
"Let us heed our daughter-in-law's advice," said the husband to his wife. 
"Go out and invite Love to be our guest."
The woman went out and asked the 3 old men, "Which one of you is Love? Please come in and be our guest." 
Love got up and started walking toward the house. The other 2 also got up and followed him. Surprised, the lady asked
Wealth and Success: "I only invited Love, Why are you coming in?" 
The old men replied together: "If you had invited Wealth or Success, the other two of us would've stayed out, but since you invited Love, wherever He goes, we go with him. Wherever there is Love, there is also Wealth and Success!!!!!!"

MY WISH FOR YOU... 

> -Where there is pain, I wish you peace and mercy.
> -Where there is self-doubting, I wish you a renewed confidence in your ability to work through it.
> -Where there is tiredness, or exhaustion, I wish you understanding, patience, and renewed strength.
> -Where there is fear, I wish you love, and courage..

 

 

 

 

每次去爬山，總會遇到一對恩愛的老情侶。漸漸地，有點熟了！

今天在半途的涼亭休息時，湊巧，老夫婦也來了，一前一後，緩緩地就坐在我的對面！

禮貌性點了頭，羨慕的語氣讚嘆：老先生。你很有福氣喔！太太很漂亮！

老先生：謝謝啦！我的太太是我年輕的時候，以五千元向我丈人買過來的，借用的而已！

聽得我一頭霧水！用買的？借用的？

這時候有點嘟嘴的老太太說：你別聽他在臭蓋！我是名正言順娶的！

這時，納悶看著微微笑的老伯問：太太是你娶的。怎麼說是借用的？有結婚嗎？

老先生開懷的笑： 剛開始，我們根本都不認識。是媒人往來了好幾趟，才促成的啦！

說著說著，連聲音也笑出來了！

 

老先生又豁達的說：世間的一切都是借我們用的！

 

太太，家財，子孫，身體，.....都是讓我們借用的！

 

有緣則來，無緣則散。不是嗎？

 

世間的一切。我們只有使用權而已；談不上所有權！

 

其實，世間的一切，哪一樣是永久屬於我們的？

身體，頂多借我們用個100年，就要入土為安了！

 

太太，頂多也不過是讓我們牽手個6、70年，就要腮優哪哪了！

 

這中間離婚或是意外死亡的，緣就更淺了！

 

錢財、房屋 ，其實也是經不起地震，火災，不肖子孫，盜賊； 一個閃失、一個意外、一個無常，說不定就化為烏有了！哪裡是! 我! 們能永久保有的！

老先生又說：其實，世間的一切，都是借我們用用而已；我們只有使用權而無所有權。這個觀念很好！

 

這樣一來，因緣散了時，我們就比較不會被眼前暫時的喜怒哀樂景象給騙了， 以為我們的一切永遠都是我們的，執著心重而痛苦不堪。

因緣變了時，不小心失去了親人，或者是健康的身體毀壞了乃至於名譽破損，....

 

就天天悶悶不樂，走不出來。這樣對事情一點幫助也沒有的！不是嗎？

 

我問：認定一切都是無常！這樣我們不就很消極了？凡事都不要去爭取了？

老先生說：是要隨順因緣，不去執著，否則只會悲傷煩惱不已的!

該努力的時候當然要努力。該把握的時候還是要把握。該行善的時候一定要行善!

是的，! 凡事都有緣起緣滅，強求不得。緣起時固然要懂得珍惜 ，緣盡時也要懂得放下，不要再去執著。

其實，我們的念頭是時時刻刻在變化的，只是我們沒有覺察到而已！

 

在紛紛擾擾的念頭之中，而我們習慣去抓住我們喜愛的念頭，希望他保留下來，永遠是屬於我的，結果就被綁住了！

懂得靜下來觀察我們起心動念的人方知，每一個心境，都是瞬間在變化，緣淺的一霎那就過去了，緣深的因緣際會而合和。

只是，最終仍會有因緣盡了分離的時候！

 

被念頭越迷惑，就會越執著，越執著的人就痛苦越久！

其實，世間一切因與緣而和合的東西，哪能是永久的？我們來這個世間，只是個過客而已！

連我們最喜愛的身體，也? u? O讓我們借用而已，頂多不過百年！

 

我們有一天也是要跟它說再見的，不是嗎？更何況其他身外之物!

對於所擁有的一切，因緣散了時，我們就要灑脫一點，不去執著，不要結冤，也不要結仇。

歡歡喜喜的來，歡歡喜喜的走，歡歡喜喜的說再見，歡歡喜喜的互相祝福。

不必談前世今生，也不要迷惑於未來。

把握當下！