Aug 14, 1945 - VJ Day

Dad lived through the Second World War...  He wasn't in Hawaii.  He was in Manila.  For me, it's a peek into a world I'd never know first-hand.


I thought you might appreciate this video as I did.  But then, I do because I lived through that poignant period.



VJ Day, Honolulu Hawaii, August 14, 1945 from Richard Sullivan on Vimeo.

The Acid-Alkaline Balance

Dad never misses a chance to drill into us the importance of having the correct ph balance in our bodies.  That is the acid-alkaline balance.  He found this video that explains it in non-technical terms.

Acid

 = foods containing phosphorus

 = roots (eg potatoes), seeds (eg rice, corn), muscle (eg meat)

Alkaline 

= foods containing calcium & magnesium (note...NOT SUPPLEMENTS!)

= green vegetables, seaweeds, herbs

Here's what my father sez...

Hope you will begin to understand how alkaline and acidity in our body affect our health.   

A Parent's Prayer

I think all parents have the same lovely thoughts in their hearts for their children, but are only unable to express them in appropriate words.  Well, someone did it beautifully.

A Parents Prayer from swtleilani

If you like facts, read on below:

The prayer was written probably some time in the 1960's by Abigail Van Buren, the person behind the Dear Abby column.  Abigail Van Buren is the pen-name of Pauline Phillips (1918 ~ ).  Interesting fact: Pauline is the twin sister of the late Eppie Lederer, known to the world as Ann Landers. The two famous advice columnists are twin sisters!

Here is the prayer re-printed in full:

(Source: "Dear Abby", The Day, New London, Connecticut, October 23, 1971, Vol. 91, No. 95, page 14. 

via: http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1915&dat=19711023&id=1y8iAAAAIBAJ&sjid=znQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2789,3869046 )

Oh, Heavenly Father,

make me a better parent.

Teach me to understand my children,

to listen patiently to what they have to say,

and to answer all their questions kindly.

Keep me from interrupting them or contradicting them.

Make me as courteous to them as I would have them be to me.

Forbid that I should ever laugh a their mistakes

or resort to shame or ridicule when they displease me.

May I never punish them for my own selfish satisfaction

or to show my power.

Let me not tempt my child to lie or steal.

And guide me hour by hour that I may demonstrate by all I say and do 

that honesty produces happiness.

Reduce, I pray, the meanness in me.

And when I am out of sorts, help me, Oh Lord, to hold my tongue.

May I ever be mindful that my children are children

and I should not expect of them the judgment of adults.

Let me not rob them of the opportunity 

to wait on themselves and to make decisions.

Bless me with bigness to grant them all their reasonable requests,

and the courage to deny them the privileges

I know will do them harm.

Make me fair and just and kind. 

And fit me, Oh Lord, to be loved and respected

and imitated by my children.

Amen

Later on, Abby re-printed another version to which she attributed authorship to Garry C. Myers, founder of "Highlights for Children" magazine. (http://www.highlights.com/in-detail)

Here is the Garry C. Myers version:

(Source: "Dear Abby", Daytona Beach Morning Journal, November 1, 1980, Vol. LV, No. 263, page 3C. 

via: http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1873&dat=19801101&id=gPswAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZOAFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1299,202312 )

Oh Heavenly Father,

Make me a better parent.

Teach me to understand my children,

to listen patiently to what they have to say

and to answer all their questions kindly.

Keep me from interrupting them,

talking back to them and contradicting them.

Make me as courteous to them as I would have them be to me.

Give me the courage to confess my sins against my children 

and to ask them forgiveness, when I know that I have done wrong.

May not I vainly hurt the feelings of my children.

Forbid that I should laugh at their mistakes, 

or resort to shame and ridicule as punishment.

Let me not tempt a child to lie and steal.

So guide me hour by hour that I may demonstrate by all I say and do 

that honesty produces happiness.

Reduce, I pray, the meanness in me.

May I cease to nag; and when I am out of sorts,

help me O Lord, to hold my tongue.

Blind me to the little errors of my children,

and help me to see the good things that they do.

Give me a ready word for honest praise.

Help me to treat my children as those of their own age,

but let me not exact of them the judgements and conventions of adults.

Allow me not to rob them of the opportunity to wait upon themselves, 

to think, to choose and to make their own decisions.

Forbid that I should ever punish them for my selfish satisfaction.

May I grant them all their wishes that are reasonable and have

the courage always to withhold a privilege which I know will do them harm.

Make me so fair and just, 

so considerate and companionable to my children 

that they will have genuine esteem for me.

Fit me to be loved and imitated by my children.

Oh God, do give me calm and poise and self-control.

When You're Down And Troubled...

These words, at times, come in handy when I am low and discouraged.

When things go wrong as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all up hill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest if you must, but don't you quit.

Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As every one of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about,
When he might have won had he stuck it out.

Don't give up though the pace seems slow--
You may succeed with another blow,
Success is failure turned inside out--
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems so far;
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit--
It's when things seem worst that you must not quit.

~ Anonymous

Wake Up! Wake Up!

I think I forgot to tell my Dad that writing in ALL CAPS on the Internet is equivalent to screaming at the top of one's lungs.  So if you find this post a bit too loud, turn your mental volume knob lower a tad and don't blame him. Blame me!

PREVENTION, PREVENTION, PREVENTION....THAT IS THE WAY ....TO CURE THESE DEADLY DISEASES BEFORE THEY HAPPEN.....ISN'T THAT EASIER THAN WAITING FOR FOR THEM TO BECOME LIFE THREATENING DEVELOPMENTS BEFORE TREATING THEM?  THINK OF THE HEARTACHES, TRAUMAS, HUMAN SUFFERINGS AND EVEN DEATH ITSELF

IF YOU ALLOW THESE DISEASE TO ENTRENCHED THEMSELVES INTO YOUR BODIES.

WAKE UP, WAKE UP !!!!

YES, IN MY QUEST, I HAVE ENCOUNTERED QUITE A NUMBER OF INDEPENDENT RESEARCHERS 

WHO ARE WORKING ON THE SAME LINE OF REASONING.