Vitamins For The Mind! Change Your Story, Improve Your Life

What do you tell yourself and others about your life? Do you paint a picture of your life as happy and optimistic or as somber and sad?

It’s not what happens to us in this life but it is what we do with and about what happens to us in this life. Life is not fair. Never has been. Never will be. That’s just the way it is. So if you don’t like the hand that you’ve been dealt you have a right to complain all you want but that won’t change circumstances and it won’t make it better. It will make it worse.

Our lives are defined by the stories we tell ourselves and others. Good things happen to everybody and bad things happen to everybody. But it’s the story we tell that emphasizes the event.

We’ve all heard inspiring stories about people who have overcame hardships and difficulties. Those are the stories everyone likes to hear. They remind us of the triumph of the human spirit. On the other hand we all hear stories of gloom and doom from often well-meaning friends, loved ones, relatives. We hear exaggerated stories of sickness and despair. But all of the exaggeration of the bad brings more bad to your life. You get what you focus on. You see what you look for. If you are focusing on “how bad it is” that is what you are getting, more of “how bad it is”. If you are focused on the good that is what you get more of “the good”.

You can choose the stories you tell in your own life. You can choose to downplay the bad things and focus on the good things.

You can choose to put your emotions into the happy and joyful things and minimize your emotional words and stories about the bad things. We all have things we don’t like and things that happen to us that we would rather not have in our lives, but our lives go on. And our stories go on. The definition of what happened to you lies in the story you tell about it. When you change your story, you change your life because you changed the meaning and the definition of what happened.

Viktor Frankl, the holocaust survivor and the author of the great book “Man’s Search for Meaning” said

“Everything can be taken from a man or a woman but one thing: the last of human freedoms to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.”

Mr. Frankl survived one of most horrific events of all times. He could have told a horrendous story but he chose not to. Somehow he found meaning in it and he chose for his story to be a triumph of the human spirit.

May he inspire us all. What do you tell yourself and others about your life? Do you paint a picture of your life as happy and optimistic or as somber and sad? It’s not what happens to us in this life but it is what we do with and about what happens to us in this life. Life is not fair. Never has been. Never will be. That’s just the way it is. So if you don’t like the hand that you’ve been dealt you have a right to complain all you want but that won’t change circumstances and it won’t make it bet...Adopted from www.positivearticles.com

How to Heal a Burn

No matter how careful you are in the kitchen, it is only a matter of time until you burn yourself. If you have kids, the chances that you will need to treat a burn go up approximately one million percent. A burn can range anywhere from a minor inconvenience that stings a bit to a disfiguring mark that you carry with you for the rest of your life. The all-natural remedies listed below are for low-grade burns only. If you have really hurt yourself, get up from the computer and go see a doctor now.

Before we get started, the following remedies are to help reduce or even eliminate the stinging and scarring associated with burns. Every burn should be treated with cold water and a moist, cold wrap, but you can apply the following substances over the burned area once you have flushed it with cold water and before you apply the wrap.

• Egg Whites - Scientists aren't quite sure why egg whites are the "cure de jour" for burns, but there is no doubt that they can work miracles for your skin. Simply apply a layer on your hand and then make sure you wrap it to keep it moist. Check it in an hour or possibly two and, chances are, there will be so scalding or scarring on the burned area. As for the pain, you probably want to stick with some painkillers, but nothing helps remove any signs of burns better than egg whites.
• Apple Vinegar - If you were to ask your grandmother how to treat burns, she would probably hand you a bottle of vinegar. While all types of vinegar appear to help burned tissue, apple cider vinegar seems to be the most effective. You can use cotton balls and dab the vinegar on to the burned area or you can soak gauze in it and wrap the affected area that way. If you are looking for an effective way to treat a sunburn, try putting a cup of vinegar into your bathwater and having a soak. You should notice immediate relief, but your bathroom is going to smell afterwards.
• Honey - If you are looking for a burn treatment that seems to be able to tackle the pain as well as the redness, swelling and potential scarring, try a honey wrap once you have soaked the area in cold water. The use of gauze or even a Saran wrap is the most effective way. It is believed that since the affected area stays moist and warm, the ingredients in the honey can help counteract the effects of the burn better.
• Baking Soda Paste - This is another cure where moisture is key. Make a simple paste of baking soda and water and smear the burned area so it is completely covered. Wrap the area with a moist towel and reapply as the baking soda mixture dries until the pain and redness go away. Fans of this treatment swear it prevents scarring, but you have a heck of a mess to clean up afterwards Adopted from toptipspot.com