~pt.1~DONKEY TRACKS"
~~
from: The White Donkey
Society
January
26,
2005
~TRAILS
of
INSPIRATION~
AMAZING
GRACE
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FRIENDSHIP
http://home.no.net/chatoman/email/friendship.php
~TRAILS of WISDOM~
If you have built castles in
the air, your work need not be lost. That is where they should be. Now put the
foundation under them.
--Henry David Thoreau
"Wisdom is supreme; therefore
make a full effort to get wisdom. Esteem her and she will exalt your; embrace
her and she will honor you."
--Proverbs
4:7-8
I
will prepare and some day my chance will come. - Abraham
Lincoln
"The best inheritance a person can give to his children is a few
minutes of his time each day." - O. A. Battista
"A
poor man is not the one without a cent. A poor man is the one without a
dream."--Henry Ford
Because God is everywhere, you
can pray anywhere. --Unknown
You've got to do your own
growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was. --Irish
Proverb
~TRAILS of
KNOWLEDGE~
How Does
This Yearâs Tsunami Compare With Other Major Natural
Disasters
Deaths
Event
Location Year
3,700,000
Flood China
1931
300,000 Cyclone Bangladesh
1970
255,000 Earthquake China
1976
150,000+ Tsunami
South Asia 2004
143,000
Earthquake Japan 1923
139,000
Cyclone Bangladesh
1991
100,000 Tsunami Japan
1703
70,000
Tsunami Portugal 1755
50,000
Earthquake Iran
1990
31,000
Earthquake Iran
2003
Sources: World Almanac, U.S. Geological Survey, Associated Press
Ice "the
best topically applied anti- inflammatory agent ever
invented
That's some strong praise for
frozen water, but it turns out that good ol' ice does the job incredibly
well.
When you're injured, your body responds by going into protective mode
and swelling in the area of the injury. However, sometimes the body doesn't know
when to stop swelling -- that's where ice comes in. When a cold pack is applied
to your skin, it "acts to slow down metabolism at the injury site, so your body
can begin healing itself more quickly." Ice also acts as an analgesic to slow
down and block pain impulses.
Icing an injury:
* Slows the
inflammation and swelling that occurs after injury. Most back pain is
accompanied by some type of inflammation, and addressing the inflammation also
helps reduce the pain.
* Helps to relieve the pain by numbing sore tissues
(like a local anesthetic).
* Slows the nerve impulses in the area, which
interrupts the pain- spasm reaction between the nerves.
Ice should be applied
soon after the injury occurs. The coldness makes the veins in the tissue
contract, which reduces circulation in the area. After the cold compress is
removed, the veins overcompensate and dilate. Once that happens, the blood
rushes into the area and brings with it the nutrients necessary to heal the
injured area.
The best method of
recovery after a minor muscle or ligament injury is the famous RICE method --
rest, ice, compression, and elevation
~TRAILS of
HE-HAWS~
#1
Linda and Jill were chatting over coffee. Said Linda, "I've been experiencing a
strange and painful side effect from coffee. I'm fine when I drink it
black, but if I use cream, or sugar, or both, I get a stabbing pain in one
eye." Linda took a sip of her
coffee. "Oww!" she cried. "There it goes again!" Said Jill, "Take the
spoon out of the cup."
#2
A pastor was
leaving his area and was saying farewell to his congregation at the Church doors
for the last time. He shook the hand of an elderly lady as she walked out. She
said "Your successor won't be as good as you."
"Nonsense", said the pastor,
in a flattered tone.
"No, really", said the old lady, "I've been here under
five different ministers, and each new one has been worse than the
last."
#3
The story is told of a man who was walking across the road
when he
was hit by a car. The impact knocked him on his head which
caused him
to be in a coma for two days before he finally regained
consciousness.
When he opened his eyes, his loving wife was there beside his
bed. He
held her hand and said to her:
"You
know, Judy, you've always been right by my side. When I was a
struggling college student, I failed again and again. But you
were
always there with me, encouraging me to go on trying."
She squeezed his hands as he continued: "And when I got out
of
school and went for all of my interviews and failed to get any of
the
jobs, you stayed right there with me, cutting out more classifieds
for
me to check on..."
"Then I started work at this
little firm and finally got the chance
to handle a big contract. But I
blew it because of one little mistake,
and yet you were there beside me all
the way. Then I finally got
another job after being laid off for
sometime. But I never seemed to be
promoted and my hard work was never
recognized. And so, I remained in the same position from the day I
joined the company until now... And, through it all, you were right there by my
side."
Her eyes brimmed with tears as she listened to her
husband: "And
now I've been in this accident and when I woke up, you're
the first
person I see. There's something I'd really like to say to
you...."
She flung
herself on the bed to hug her husband, sobbing with
emotion.
He said, "Judy, I think
you're just plain bad luck!"
#4
The tourist had lost his way on a back road and stopped at the
farmhouse to ask if he could be put up for the night. 'Well, we're a mite
crowded, since there's already someone in the spare room,' replied the farmer.
'But I guess you can stay if you don't mind sharing the bed with a red haired
schoolteacher.'
'Look,' said the tourist, 'I want you to know I'm a
gentleman.'
'Well,' mused the farmer, 'as far as I can tell, so is the red
haired schoolteacher
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