Healthy quotations

"Health is not just the absence of sickness." Hannah Green said this.

"Health is not just dying in the slowest way possible, as is commonly believed." Carolyn Myss

So what is health? And does your definition include mental health, as well? How about spiritual health?

Mind, body, spirit, that's what we're made of isn't it?

Typographical Error or Inspiration?

Happy Thinksgiving.

Maybe there should be a holiday for thinking. Or is that what Sunday is for? Keep holy the Sabbath day. Spend time in prayer or quiet meditation.

Thinking is not so popular these days. As a matter of fact, some teenagers in my class have told me it gives them a headache. I told them the only way to get past that is to think some more and make sure that they think at least 20 minutes per day. It's like exercise. The brain is like a muscle. If you use it, it gets stronger. If not it atrophies.

I actually believe that it may cause them discomfort. If you do nothing but talk on a cell phone, IM your friends, eat junk food, and sleep, I believe it could feel like pain if you read or concentrate for 20 minutes or so.

I can't imagine a world without books. I read voraciously. I often listen to audiobooks, but that's because I'm in the car and can't read a book and drive at the same time.

These are just some of my thoughts about reading and thinking.

Thank you

I could not let this opportunity pass to wish all my loyal readers and even the occasional ones, a
Very Happy Thanksgiving!

Enjoy all the deliciousness you can without feeling guilty. Save that for later when you see your hypnotherapist!

And thank you for reading!

Rudeness

Remember negativity can be contagious. So can Positivity! So let’s all try to be positive just for one day!

A student told me yesterday that she treats people the way they treat her. So if they are rude, she will be rude right back and that's what she was taught. Isn't that the right and justified way to deal with people? I actually said something wise that made her think for a moment. I said, if someone isn't very nice to me, I still respond to them in a nice way. They might just be having a bad day and if I'm nice, they may feel a little better and stop being rude. Everyone can have a bad day, we don't know what is going on in their life. Someone could be dying, you never know. Should we just continue the rudeness, which extends to more and more people, or should we stop it if we can by just a smile or kind word?

Attitudes are contagious.

It takes 2 to argue. Arguments are not started by the first angry word. There is no argument if there is no angry response.

Am I right?

Fractions

“Fifth Third Bank.”

Not good English and not good Math either!

You can’t be fifth and third at the same time!

I really want another bank to take over Fifth Third Banks and change the name. Let’s reduce that fraction, the one called FIVE Thirds and reduce it to the One and Two Thirds Bank or the Almost Second Bank. Or the First and change. We can’t change it to a decimal as two thirds is equivalent to 0.6666666 repeating ad infinitum. I guess we could round it off like a dollar amount and make it one point six-seven (1.67). But Fifth third is so cacophonous it’s annoying to even try to say it.

Just my humble opinion as I try to remain positive in a sea of negativity.

Comments

It has come to my attention that my contemporaries do not know how to leave a message on my blog. More and more friends and colleagues are discovering my wit and wisdom. What a scary thought! And they tell me they read my blog. Some of them say they read it every day. How scary is that! What pressure! I guess that is why I haven’t actually been posting everyday. Well, that is my own insecurity. I was frightened when I first started blogging that I would be overwhelmed with comments from millions of people. Then after blogging for a few months I realized that maybe 40 people had actually seen it. The profile page has a counter, so I can see how many people have viewed my profile. But it’s catching on…

Back to comments. If you would like to post a comment, at the bottom of every article, there is a clickable area which tells you how many comments have been publicly posted. So under most of mine, it says, “Posted by philolog at 5:26 am 0 comments [envelope icon].” If you put your cursor on “0 comments,” an underline will appear and you can click on it. The new page gives you space to post your comment. It also asks you to sign on if you have a Google or Blogger account. You can post anonymously if you wish, or if you don’t have an account. Please feel free to post any positive comments you may have!

Post Script: The time under the article is Pacific Standard Time, so it's 2 or 3 hours earlier than the time I truly posted the article.