Simply Isis
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”
—Margaret Mead
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“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”
—Winston Churchill
“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.”
—Mahatma Gandhi
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Be Thankful
Be thankful that you don’t already have everything you desire,
If you did, what would there be to look forward to?
Be thankful when you don’t know something
For it gives you the opportunity to learn.
Be thankful for the difficult times.
During those times you grow.
Be thankful for your limitations
Because they give you opportunities for improvement.
Be thankful for each new challenge
Because it will build your strength and character.
Be thankful for your mistakes
They will teach you valuable lessons.
Be thankful when you’re tired and weary
Because it means you’ve made a difference.
It is easy to be thankful for the good things.
A life of rich fulfillment comes to those who are
also thankful for the setbacks.
GRATITUDE can turn a negative into a positive.
Find a way to be thankful for your troubles
and they can become your blessings.
Author Unknown
“Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.”
—William Arthur Ward
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“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”
—Lao Tzu
Do you fall in love using your heart or your brain?
According to a study in the recent issue of The Journal of Sexual Medicine, people who “fall in love at first sight” do so in a fifth of a second.
The researchers say the feeling is the same sort of sensation that one gets from using cocaine.
Below, an edited transcript of Science2.0 post:
Do you fall in love using your heart or your brain?
It depends. For your brain – says a new analysis by Syracuse University Professor Stephanie Ortigue – falling in love elicits the same euphoric feeling as using cocaine, but it also affects intellectual areas of the brain. That’s a pretty big endorsement of the brain being number one in romance.
So if love is in the brain and not the heart, is there ‘love at first sight’ after all?
The science says yes, according to the researchers, who found falling in love only takes about a fifth of a second.
The love feeling also affects sophisticated cognitive functions, such as mental representation, metaphors and body image, which may explain why peoples’ abilities and behaviors are all over the psychology map when they are in a new relationship.
The findings have interest for neuroscience and mental health research because when relationships don’t work out, it can be a significant cause of emotional stress and depression. “It’s another probe into the brain and into the mind of a patient,” says Ortigue. “By understanding why they fall in love and why they are so heartbroken, they can use new therapies.”
The study also shows different parts of the brain fall for love. For example, unconditional love, such as that between a mother and a child, is sparked by the common and different brain areas, including the middle of the brain. Passionate love is sparked by the reward part of the brain, and also associative cognitive brain areas that have higher-order cognitive functions, such as body image.
So, seriously, does your heart fall in love or the brain?
“That’s a tricky question always,” says Ortigue. “I would say the brain, but the heart is also related because the complex concept of love is formed by both bottom-up and top-down processes from the brain to the heart and vice versa. For instance, activation in some parts of the brain can generate stimulations to the heart, butterflies in the stomach. Some symptoms we sometimes feel as a manifestation of the heart may sometimes be coming from the brain.”
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“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
—Eleanor Roosevelt
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Jewel
Love this song!
“Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.”
—Victor Hugo
Beautiful Story!
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I’m not sure If you all saw the two previous post that I had made about our story, but my cousin’s and I were making 1,000 paper cranes for my aunt for her birthday, which was on Oct. 2.
For those of you that are not familiar, there’s an ancient Japanese legend that promises anyone who folds a thousand origami cranes will be granted a wish by a crane, such as long life or recovery from illness or injury. The crane in Japan is one of the most mystical and it is commonly said that folding 1000 paper origami cranes makes a person’s wish come true.
My aunt has breast cancer. She’s really been fighting the fight. Prior to making the paper cranes she was scheduled for her fourth surgery to remove the increasing amounts of infected areas due to being unresponsive to her treatment. Within a month of presenting the paper cranes to her, the infected spots all seemed to disappear! The doctor then canceled her surgery deeming it not necessary. Instead of being persistently sick, she is now well on her way to recovery. Some may say its coincident but I truly believe that I witnessed a miracle. At best I believed that the cranes would show her we are all here for her and support her. I never could have imagined this kind of result, so basically what I’m trying to say is don’t underestimate the power of the crane :)
