How to be Successful in Life & Work

Food --Taking care of you
I want you to decide today to eat the best food you can afford. Now what that means is fresh lean meats, fresh fish, fresh vegetables and fruits. Dairy is excellent – unless you cannot tolerate dairy- then –as in ANYTHING you are allergic to- avoid it- and you’ll be doing your self a favor. Buy plain foods. Do not buy dyed –“color enhanced” fish, or pre-seasoned meats. This way you will avoid added salt, sugar and monosodium glutamate and other chemicals.
Mutated Genetically Modified foods
Avoid eating any genetically modified foods. Many countries refuse to allow these foods to enter their shores; other countries require a warning label on such foods. You may ask- what is this all about?
Very basically the very heart of our food – the genes- have been mutated to accommodate financial interests of major food producers and sellers. Foods like corn, rice and soybeans are being grown with
mutated genetic changes. For example these changes can makes the food undesirable to bugs, fruit that won’t turn brown, fish that grow faster. But what do theses changes do to our human body??? No one knows .Once you were able to wash off the pesticides- now the very food has been changed. Ask your grocer about his fruits and vegetables.
Better to pay a little more, eat a little less. Don’t consume something that may be a health time bomb. Remember mad cow disease? This is a genetic mutation in the cow protein. If we consume the mutation- we get sick. Foods are the only building blocks of our bodies. Don’t eat mutated foods.
Foods to eat
If fresh foods are not available –or cost prohibitive- use frozen. Much frozen food is rich in nutrients. What I’m talking about is frozen food which has not been prepared in sauces, with noodles and whatever.
The plain things are the best things. Cows and pigs grow on farms. Fine and dandy. Don’t eat fish grown on a farm. They are all swimming in the same bathtub. Look to see where the food item was caught or grown, and processed. If the information is not posted –then ask. Food retailers know where their products come from. And we need to know where our food comes from.
There are third world countries where you wouldn’t drink the water. So don’t eat the fish from their fish farms.

Fresh fish should have virtually no smell. The flesh/meaty part should be firm. Keep it refrigerated- cook it within twenty-four hours. Thoroughly disinfect all your utensils and preparation surfaces after preparing meet, fish, poultry, and eggs. These foods come with the potential to carry live bacteria. Don’t forget to wash your hands.

Ground Meat
Ground beef from my butcher is great- it tastes just like a beef roast.
I asked the butcher why so? He replied that the ground beef he sells he grinds himself, and is made from cuts of roasts and not organ meats. My father said don’t eat the part that went over the fence last.

My mother would pick out a roast and have the butcher ground it.
You might want to do that yourself- and taste the difference.

Bottom line;
If food contains chemicals you can’t pronounce or have no knowledge of- pass on it. If you open a package and there is an unusual smell, odd color, or something out of the expected normal.
Don’t use it. Return it- get your money back. That way the grocer can see the problem. I guarantee you will not get food poisoning from something you don’t eat. Eat good fresh food. You are worth it.

From my book – Nurse In Your Pocket- What I want you to know before I go…. By Old Nurse -- Dance’n the Rain

Struggled, I got out of the vehicle I was in. There, on top of a mountain, I was cloaked in a moist mist. It was so cool on my face- it was almost rain. Although my pain was still present, my spirit danced. The personal challenges that accompany my disability were still with me. But my joy was as voluminous as the clouds that surrounded me. Praises poured from my heart. Thank you God!!
The diagnoses had tried to take my hope. The prognosis was six months to a year. So, as one can no more eat a whole birthday cake at one time –we cannot live a whole year- at one time. Now, every day is a gift. Life is richer –when you have met death. The spaghetti is better than ever. The annoyances are now amusing nuances of life. We Christians are all living in a dying world and moving toward the world of the living – into an eternity with Christ. Our future is assured.
The mountain vistas were breathtaking. The fragrance of the forest was beyond description. Funny, I just never noticed these things before. Our gracious God continually gives us blessings. Try of thinking of those breathtakingly colorful sunsets and sunrises as God’s love notes to us. But, more beautiful –even beyond words- is His peace and quiet in your soul in your time of distress. Do not misunderstand –this is not freedom from pain- but finding sweet peace within pain. When waves of pain and misery buffeted , lift them up and gave them to Him. Surrendered your fear at His feet- and get His peace in return. Nothing surprises Him, He will never fail or abandon you. His word is true. His help is there for the asking. You never need to be alone- His companionship is yours for the asking.

I remember the waves on the Jersey beach- if you faced them flat on- alone- they consumed you! You would be in the Atlantic Ocean washing machine!
At those moments you realize just how powerless you are. Your one brave moment standing up to the wave turns you into a limp seaweed covered wimp. This reminds me of the times when I, in my obstinacy, insist on my own way. My own way is based on my limited worldly view. ? My wants and rights feed the waves of my adversity, only to be knocked down, again and again. God’s way; ultimate, unlimited kindness and wisdom, the better way. Why do I fight it ? Self determined is self Idol.

When I was a little girl, at the beach Aunts Emily and Isabelle would hold my hands. With their help I sailed through the salty surges. How wonderful it is when we see an opportunity to hold the hand of those in crisis. What if the crisis is of their own making? Dear one, search your hearts. Remember all have fallen short. None are perfect, no, not one. Let us not shot our wounded with words that condemn. Let the currency of our life be compassion. Hold tight to remembering to live in the love and compassion Christ. The sacrificial love He has for us- when are at our worst. We all fall- the difference is- that we get up one more time. When we are the least loveable His great love never wavers.

The only way through pain is –through the pain. Emotional pain avoided –like grief and loss will hide in our hearts, it will corrode our spirits and make us ill. Pain will whisper, then demand to be delt with. Pain and grief and anger are inevitable, and left unaddressed they are debilitating .They will produce physical illness, depression, the loss of fellowship with others. And, withdrawing from fellowship with God; our creator, redeemer, comforter and healer. We ask where is God in this problem, tragedy, crisis? Right there, He feels the deepest pain in your heart, the pain too difficult to put into words. He’s wanting you to turn to Him.
Somehow –we’ve gotten a message that peace is freedom from strife. Misinformation contemporarily touts that the Christian will live free of problems. What sad misguidance this is. All of earthly life is riddled with difficulties for everyone. The storms will rage. You and I and everyone else will have just one disappointment after another. Sorrow comes to our door. A sick child, a love one goes astray, lost dreams, illness; these are the things of life in a fallen world. Life comes with troubles. Do you want the creator of the universe, the lover of your soul to hold you hand in the time of trouble? The peace of God prevails in the midst of strife. He is waiting to hear from you. It is our decision- you may have life with or without God.
Our Christian hope (our hope is a certain solid trust that it will come to fruition) is in the Lord, who made Heaven and Earth. God’s peace will come to you lean into Him.


Are you worried about a loved one? Remind yourself that no matter how much we love someone else –His love is far greater for them. Beloved –let all crisis drive you into His arms. He is the answer to your needs and hurts. He never fails. He hears our hearts. We are never alone. Never. Quiet your soul- read His Word. You can trust God. Really.
Our bodies, these old tents, will pass away. For some sooner, others later, only God knows the hour and the day. Beloved, learn to hold on tightly to our Savior through the journey. We really have nothing else to hold onto. This world is really not our home- we are just passing through. While we are here, let’s dance in the rain!

thanks from your post and i think it is true bcos i dont appreciate thing but now i will start 2 work 2ward that.thanks again.