“The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best (Epictetus).”
We become like the people we associate with. If we associate with perssimists and angry people, we’ll become like them. If we associate with people who refuse to quit and who believe they will make a difference we’ll become like them. Choose friends and associates carefully.
Dehydration is known to have a deleterious effect on heart function, according to a review published in 2019 in Nutrients. When you are dehydrated, your heart needs to work harder to pump blood, which may cause your heart to beat faster. That may lead to an irregular heartbeat or heart palpitations. Dehydration also makes your blood thicker and constricts the walls of blood vessels, which strains the heart and can possibly lead to high blood pressure.
While staying hydrated may help with blood pressure and staving off weight gain, an article published in September 2022 in Hospital Nutrition also noted that adequate hydration is linked to lower incidences of fatal coronary heart disease and lower risk of both high blood sugar and type 2 diabetes. Dehydration, on the other hand, is linked to weight gain and obesity.
And Death Shall Have No Dominion
Dylan Thomas
And death shall have no dominion.
Dead men naked they shall be one
With the man in the wind and the west moon;
When their bones are picked clean and the clean bones gone,
They shall have stars at elbow and foot;
Though they go mad they shall be sane,
Though they sink through the sea they shall rise again;
Though lovers be lost love shall not;
And death shall have no dominion.
And death shall have no dominion.
Under the windings of the sea
They lying long shall not die windily;
Twisting on racks when sinews give way,
Strapped to a wheel, yet they shall not break;
Faith in their hands shall snap in two,
And the unicorn evils run them through;
Split all ends up they shan’t crack;
And death shall have no dominion.
And death shall have no dominion.
No more may gulls cry at their ears
Or waves break loud on the seashores;
Where blew a flower may a flower no more
Lift its head to the blows of the rain;
Though they be mad and dead as nails,
Heads of the characters hammer through daisies;
Break in the sun till the sun breaks down,
And death shall have no dominion.
“March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns,
or the sharp stones on life’s path (Khalil Gibran).”
Those who choose to live, march on. They don’t look back or cry over life not being fair. They march on. They know there will be challenges, undaunted, they march on.
“Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness (Seneca).”
Kindness can happen wherever we find ourselves at any moment. It can happen with the person next to us. It can happen with a neighbor or a co-worker. It can happen with a stranger. All it takes is our being aware there is someone other than us in our proximity and to offer a kindness to them.
Joe: “I had a relationship with a woman who is a classical musician.”
Pete: “What happened?”
Joe: “We baroque up.”
“The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power (Unknown).”
We spend enough time trying to change the past. When we discover we can’t change it, we ruminate over it. Ruminating over the past only brings up emotions best left buried. The healthiest option is to turn from the past and face toward tomorrow filled with hope and confidence.
Sadness is a normal emotion that all humans experience. When you’re sad, you can usually trace the cause to something going on in your life or maybe a negative memory from the past, says Wyatt Fisher, Psy.D., a psychologist in Boulder, Colorado. Sometimes, you can also feel sad for no apparent reason. But you can still function relatively normally in your life: seeing friends, fulfilling obligations, taking care of yourself, and so on. Another way to think about it: Sadness is like weather, says Jo Eckler, Psy.D., a psychologist in Austin, Texas. “It tends to come and go, and it can lift quickly if something positive happens,” she explains. In other words, you can snap out of it—sort of like a rain cloud moved aside by the sun.
Depression, on the other hand, lingers like a season, Eckler says. “Depression moves in and stays for a while, most of the day, every day, for weeks at a time,” she says. It can affect your mood, your physical health, and the way you perceive just about everything. Rather than an emotional state, depression is a health condition. Signs of depression include feeling achy or tired, difficulty focusing, loss of interest in socializing or hobbies, and changes in sleep or appetite. And it doesn’t look the same for everyone. “You might find yourself not hungry at all or wanting to eat everything in sight,” Eckler explains. “You might have trouble falling asleep or staying asleep, or you might sleep for hours and hours at a time.”
