The Value of a Smile

It costs nothing, but it creates much;

It enriches those who receive, without impoverishing those who give;

It happens in a flash, and the memory of it sometimes lasts forever;

None are so rich they can get along without it, and none are so poor but are richer for its benefits.

It creates happiness in a home, fosters goodwill in business, and is the counter sign of friends.

It is rest to the weary, daylight to the discouraged, sunshine to the sad, and natures best antidote for trouble.

Yet it cannot be bought, begged, borrowed or stolen, for it is of no earthly good to anybody until it is given away.

Nobody needs to smile so much as those who have none left to give.

Smile, Smile, Smile

Marion T. Phillips

Words of wisdom

 Do not lose your life

Don't lose your life when you're in a relationship. After all, if you don't have your whole, own self, you've got nothing to give and share with anyone else. So, even when it's brand-new and shiny, keep on doing the endeavors, like work or hobbies that have always been important to you. Keep up your platonic friendships and family relationships, and be sure you also get some quality time all by yourself, at least a couple days or nights a week.

Love quotes

'Every moment spent with you is like a beautiful dream come true..'

'My favorite place to be is inside of your hugs where it's warm and loving. I Love You!'

'Kiss me and you shall see stars, love me and I'll give them to you.'

'I love you with everything I am, and more than anyone ever thought possible...'

'You may not be here with me... But thoughts of you are always in my heart... I Miss You!'

Love,

Engela

Love, love, love . . . . .

If you are in a relationship of love, here is a universal truth: Love is choice and if you choose it wholeheartedly, you are never going to lose it. Love teaches you to become a better human being. 

Restore your faith in love and become emotionally available to each other. Put your fears and your past behind you and become lovable by being loving. Learn to trust by trusting yourself. Surrendering to love does not mean losing yourself. Yet, even when it is safe to open your heart, you may feel weakened by the anxiety that this love will disappear.

There is nothing you have to be, or do, to earn love. When it is love, there is very little you can do to destroy it. If you can believe that, you will accept that: 

• You can be loved even if you are not perfect
• You can be loved while keeping your course in life
• You can be loved without getting lost in love

Love is the most powerful human lesson you are ever to learn. It is a purposeful interdependence through which you become so much more than on your own. Once you can understand that love is not something to be found, rather it is in you to be shared, and you can love wholeheartedly without fear. 

Don’t turn your back on love every time it touches you, because when you give up on love you give up on yourself.

We must have friends

It is a known fact that women are good at making friends easily. They can build up relations faster than males as they do not hesitate and are more than happy to have a large number of friends. Women do not take long to make friends even when they pass their teens. They are more open and talkative and thus have no difficulty in enlarging their circle of friends.

When it comes to males, it seems they are more reserved and not much interested in developing a friendship circle. Generally, men have difficulty in developing male friends, it is only their school and college friends they are friendly with, and it is occasionally they meet them. They seem to enjoy life less when it comes to spending time with male friends.

All people should create a circle of friends and not wait for their old school or college friends to come and spend some time with them. It is also important to make friends where they are working. It is necessary to spend some time with your friends. It makes you feel fresh and lively as you have a different kind of enjoyment with your friends. This kind of enjoyment is important for a healthy relationship with people because when free from stress, a person gets a change from the regular routine and may also listening to his or her friends to get some insight regarding the worth of a relationship.

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Failing erections may indicate heart problems

Impotence could be a harbinger of heart disease in some men, according to a meta-analysis published .

But another study out today suggests heart-healthy lifestyle changes or cholesterol-lowering drugs could have a positive effect on men's sexual health.

Scientists have known about the link between erectile dysfunction and heart health for years. Although unproven, a common theory is that arteries supplying the penis with blood during erections may become clogged earlier than those in the heart, thus providing an early warning of possible coronary artery disease.

To investigate the connection between the two, Jia-Yi Dong of Soochow University in Suzhou, China, and colleagues pooled data from 12 studies of impotence and heart disease involving nearly 37,000 men.

They found that men with erectile problems had a 48% increase in their risk of developing heart disease. Those men also had higher mortality rates than men who didn't have sexual problems.

Traditional risk factors such as smoking, obesity, diabetes and high blood pressure didn't explain the link, the Chinese team reports in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

That strengthens the case that impotence, when it isn't due to partnership problems or other psychological issues, is a risk factor for heart disease in its own right.

Lifestyle changes improve problems

In the other study, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, a review of earlier work found that both lifestyle changes and statins appeared to improve men's erectile problems – although only a little.

Men who exercised more or were put on a Mediterranean diet rich in whole grain, fruits, vegetables, nuts and olive oil, for instance, reported a 2.4-point improvement on a 25-point scale of erectile problems.

Those taking statins saw a similar improvement of 3.1 points, according to Dr Bhanu Gupta and colleagues of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. The results are based on six trials with 740 participants.

While that improvement might not be meaningful for all men, the researchers say, their findings "strengthen existing knowledge that healthy dietary habits and increased physical activity are important components of health to improve quality of life in men by improving sexual health".

They add that lifestyle changes appear to work, regardless of whether men are taking sildenafil (Viagra) or not.

(Reuters Health, September 2011)  

How to Eliminate Your Self-Doubt

Are these familiar dialogues for you: “I don’t have the nerve to try that!” or “that’s too risky!” or “I’m not sure I can do that” etc? Are you one of those people who always doubt your own ability? Well, you’re not alone. A lot of people do not have confidence in themselves. Every change in the normal way of life gets a ton of introspection and most of the time, self-doubt wins and not trying seems safer. However, safe doesn't always mean best; sooner or later you’ll get depressed always being stuck on a rut. You have to reduce these self-doubts in order to move ahead.

It will help if you can figure out why you feel wimpy all the time. Is it because of a past mistake that crippled you so much? Are you afraid to end up like someone you knew who took too much risk? Were you told often by authority figures – parents, sibling, teachers or officers – that you don’t and can’t amount to anything? You’ve probably heard it so often that you believed it as the universal truth all the time.

Deep down you know it’s not true, right? Not all risks will result into failure and you can avoid making the same mistake your friend did. Silence the inner critic in you then. You don’t have to listen to past criticisms. Nor should you judge all your other abilities based on a single failure. Instead draw on your strengths and keep them in mind. Granted, it’s not going to be easy. But you can take baby steps and not leap into anything that you’re not ready for.

Start by cataloguing your positives. Take out a sheet of paper and list the things that you know you can do. Fill it up from the whimsical – able to juggle four balls in the air, for example – to the downright great ones like a good grasp of grammar. Look back and try to remember how you learned those skills. Some of them were probably inherited or something that you learned instinctively. But the rest were skills that you got only thru experience. Therefore, you must have tried it before and found out that you can do it. That list becomes physical proof that you are someone who can do something and by the same token, can do a lot more if you can just get out of your safety zone and try something new again.

Banish those self-doubts and see how high you can fly.

Right now. I mean it.

Why are you still here?

by Jeff Cohen

Beautiful Women