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| *Do a good deed* We are all getting old, so everyone should pay attention. Please take a minute to read this article. It may be helpful to you, your family and friends. There was a gathering of old classmates. A lady tripped and fell during a barbecue. Her friends suggested to see a doctor, but she was sure that she was fine. She just tripped on a brick because of her new shoes. The classmates helped her clean up and served her a plate of food. Then she enjoyed the rest of the time with everyone. After the gathering, her husband called to inform everyone that she was sent to the hospital and died at 6pm because she had a stroke during the barbecue. If they knew how to identify the signs of a stroke, she might still be with everyone now. In fact, stroke has precursors and can be prevented. A neurosurgeon said that if he could reach a stroke patient within three hours, he could completely reverse the consequences of a stroke. The secret is to identify the problem of stroke and get the patient treated within three hours, which is not difficult. *To identify a stroke,* let us remember the three steps of *S, T, and R*. Please read and learn! If people around you cannot recognize the signs of a stroke, the stroke patient will suffer severe brain damage. *Just ask three simple questions* *S: (Smile)* Ask the patient to smile The corners of the mouth will droop *T: (Talk)* Ask the patient to say a simple sentence (be organized and coherent) For example: Today is a sunny day. *R: (Raise)* Ask the patient to raise both hands. One hand will fall off Note: Another sign of stroke is: *ask the patient to stick out the tongue*. If the tongue is "bent" or tilted to one side, it is also a sign of stroke. If the patient cannot do any of the above four actions, he should call the ambulance/Hospital immediately and describe the symptoms to the paramedics! A cardiothoracic physician emphasized that If everyone who receives this email can forward ten copies to others, at least one life will be saved. I have done my part! I hope you will do your part too. *Give roses to others, and the fragrance will remain on your hands!* Master said: No matter how busy you are, you should put merit-making deeds first! . *Blessings to youš¹šš¼* |
| *Die empty* The most beautiful book to read is "Die Empty" by Todd Henry. The author was inspired and got this idea of writing this book while attending a business meeting. When the director asked the audience: "Where is the richest land in the world?" One of the audience answered: "Oil-rich Gulf states." Another added: "Diamond mines in Africa." Then the director said: "No it is the cemetery. Yes, it is the richest land in the world, because millions of people have departed/died and they carried many valuable ideas that did not come to light nor benefit others. It is all in the cemetery where they are buried." Inspired by this answer, Todd Henry wrote his book, "Die empty . The most beautiful of what he said in his book is: "Do not go to your grave and carry inside you the best that you have. Always choose to die empty. The TRUE meaning of this expression, is to die empty of all the goodness that is within you. Deliver it to the world, before you leave. If you have an idea perform it. If you have knowledge give it out. If you have a goal achieve it. Love, share and distribute, do not keep it inside. Letās begin to give. Remove and spread every atom of goodness inside us. Start the race. *Let us Die Empty.* So true...and we all do the same, we are not all so very young anymore, we still have quite a bit of time left... Letās try to give of our best in the time left to us ....never too late. š»š» |
| Notice She was drowning. And nobody noticedā¦ Nobody, except her. It was June 2022, at the World Championships in Budapest. Anita Ćlvarez, an American artistic swimmer with Mexican roots, was performing a flawless routine. But when her performance endedā¦ she didnāt come up for air. She had lost consciousness. Her body floated for a few seconds, then began to sink. Slowly. All the way to the bottom of the pool. The audience didnāt notice. Neither did the judges. Everyone was clapping. But her coach, Andrea Fuentes, noticed. She knew Anitaāknew exactly how long it took her to surface. She felt in her heart that something was wrong. Without thinking twice, she dove in. Fully dressed. Shoes and all. She swam straight down, grabbed Anita by the waist, and brought her back up. She saved her life. This story left me thinkingā¦ Who knows you well enough to notice when youāre not okay, even if youāre still smiling? Who would dive in for you without hesitation when you no longer have the strength to come up for air? And more importantlyā¦ Would you be that person for someone else? Are you present enough in your loved onesā lives to sense the moment they start to sink? Or are you just another spectator, clapping, not realizing that inside, theyāre fading? In this life, we all need someone who doesnāt just see usā but truly notices us. Someone who knows when weāre about to give up, and has the courage to jump in and save us. |
| *"Our Journey Together is so Short"* A beautiful message for all of us....Take a minute please A young lady sat in a bus. At the next stop a loud and grumpy old lady came and sat by her. She squeezed into the seat and bumped her with her numerous bags. The person sitting on the other side of the young lady got upset, asked her why she did not speak up and say something. The young lady responded with a smile: "It is not necessary to be rude or argue over something so insignificant, the journey together is so short. I get off at the next stop." This response deserves to be written in golden letters: *"It is not necessary to argue over something so insignificant, our journey together is so short"* If each one of us realized that our time here is so short; that to darken it with quarrels, futile arguments, not forgiving others, discontentment and a fault finding attitude would be a waste of time and energy. Did someone break your heart? *Be calm, the journey is so short.* Did someone betray, bully, cheat or humiliate you? *Be calm, forgive, the journey is so short.* Whatever troubles anyone brings us, let us remember that *our journey together is so short.* No one knows the duration of this journey. No one knows when their stop will come. *Our journey together is so short.* Let us cherish friends and family. Let us be respectful, kind and forgiving to each other. Let us be filled with gratitude and gladness. If I have ever hurt you, I ask for your forgiveness. If you have ever hurt me, you already have my forgiveness. After all, *Our Journey Together is so Short!* šš |
| Long before she passed, my mother passed on a bit of wisdom: "It's not that hard to be nice, Jon." Admittedly, as a young lad, I gave her plenty opportunity to remind me. But I never thought of asking the obvious question: "If it isn't that hard to be nice, why don't more people do it." I mean, this is Mom; we never think to question their wisdom, right? I mean -- this is Mom talking. Of course it's true. A couple years after she passed, as my life took some bad turns, I heard her telling me that again. But in my 50s, I felt I had the wisdom to question that seemingly naive point of view. And, yep. She answered, with another quip that I again had given her plenty opportunities to say. But until that day, the two moments had never coincided: "Just worry about yourself, Jon." Yes, Mom. |
| A Chinese doctor moved to the U.S. A Chinese doctor moved to the U.S., but couldnāt land a job at a hospital. So, he decided to open his own little clinic and hung a sign outside that read: āGet treatment for $20 ā If not cured, get $100 back!ā One day, an American lawyer saw the sign and thought, āEasy money!ā So he walked in. Lawyer: āDoc, Iāve lost my sense of taste.ā Doctor: āNurse, bring medicine from box No. 22. Put three drops in the patientās mouth.ā Lawyer: āUgh! Thatās kerosene!ā Doctor: āCongrats, your taste is back! Thatāll be $20.ā Annoyed but not giving up, the lawyer returned a few days later. Lawyer: āIāve lost my memory. I canāt remember a thing.ā Doctor: āNurse, bring medicine from box No. 22 and put three drops in his mouth.ā Lawyer: āHey ā thatās kerosene! You gave me this last time!ā Doctor: āCongrats, your memoryās back! Thatāll be $20.ā Now fuming, the lawyer came back one last time, determined to win the $100. Lawyer: āDoc, my eyesight is so bad ā I canāt see a thing!ā Doctor: āIām sorry, I donāt have any medicine for that. Hereās your $100.ā The doctor handed him a $20 bill. Lawyer (squinting): āHey, wait! This is only $20, not $100!ā Doctor: āCongrats, your eyesightās restored! Thatāll be $20.ā |
| "A father used to say to his children when they were young: āWhen you all reach the age of 12 I will tell you the secret of life. One day when the oldest turned 12, he anxiously asked his father what was the secret of life. The father replied that he was going to tell him, but that he should not reveal it to his brothers. āThe secret of life is this: The cow does not give milk. "What are you saying?" Asked the boy incredulously. āAs you hear it, son: The cow does not give milk, you have to milk it. You have to get up at 4 in the morning, go to the field, walk through the corral full of manure, tie the tail, hobble the legs of the cow, sit on the stool, place the bucket and do the work yourself. That is the secret of life, the cow does not give milk. You milk her or you don't get milk. There is this generation that thinks that cows GIVE milk. That things are automatic and free: their mentality is that if "I wish, I ask..... I obtain." "They have been accustomed to get whatever they want the easy way...But no, life is not a matter of wishing, asking and obtaining. The things that one receives are the effort of what one does. Happiness is the result of effort. Lack of effort creates frustration." So, share with your children from a young age the secret of life, so they don't grow up with the mentality that the government, their parents, or their cute little faces is going to give them everything they need in life. Remember šš "Cows don't give milk; you have to work for it." |
| HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY The most beautiful word on the lips of mankind is the word āMother,ā and the most beautiful call is the call of āMy mother.ā It is a word full of hope and love, a sweet and kind word coming from the depths of the heart. The mother is everything ā she is our consolation in sorrow, our hope in misery, and our strength in weakness. She is the source of love, mercy, sympathy, and forgivenessā¦. Everything in nature bespeaks the mother. The sun is the mother of earth and gives it its nourishment of heart; it never leaves the universe at night until it has put the earth to sleep to the song of the sea and the hymn of birds and brooks. And this earth is the mother of trees and flowers. It produces them, nurses them, and weans them. The trees and flowers become kind mothers of their great fruits and seeds. And the mother, the prototype of all existence, is the eternal spirit, full of beauty and love. KAHLIL GIBRAN |
| A nurse entered the patient's room two hours before her operation in London to decorate and repair a bouquet placed in the room. Just like that when she was working with all her dedication, suddenly asked the patient "sir what doctor is doing your operation? " Without looking at the nurse patient said "Dr. Jabson. " The nurse heard the doctor's name and surprisedly approached the patient leaving her job and asked "Sir, what a doctor. Has Jabson really accepted your operation? Patient said "Yes, my operation is doing there. " Nurse said "so funny, can't believe it" While disturbing the patient asked "but what's so weird in this? " The nurse said "In fact this doctor has done thousands of operations so far his success ratio is 100 percent." Due to their intense busyness, they make it very difficult to find time. I wonder how they got time to operate you? Patient told the nurse "it's my good luck that Dr. Jabson got free time and he's doing my operation." The nurse once said "believe me, I'm still surprised that the best doctor in the world is doing your operation!! " After this conversation the patient was rushed to the operation theater, the patient had a successful operation and now the patient is living his life laughing. The woman in the patient's room was not an ordinary nurse, but the psychologist female doctor of the same hospital, whose job was to manage the patients mentally and psychologically, which caused her to satisfy the patient could not even doubt. And this time this female doctor had done her job decorating a bouquet in the patient's room and placed it beautifully in the heart and mind of the patient that the doctor who will operate it is the world's famous and most successful doctor whose every operation Successful operation and with all this patient returned to positive improvement. Today knowledge proved that the patient can win over the disease as strongly as he promises to control the disease, any person can control every problem if he resolves. š |
| Maturity Helen Mirren once said: Before you argue with someone, ask yourself if that person is even mature enough to grasp the concept of a different perspective. Because if not, thereās absolutely no point. Not every debate is worth your energy. Sometimes, no matter how clearly you express yourself, the other person isn't listening to understand ā they're listening to react. Theyāre locked inside their own beliefs, unwilling to even consider another point of view. Engaging with them only drains you. Thatās the difference between a meaningful conversation and a pointless argument. Talking to someone open to growth and understanding can be enlightening ā even if you donāt agree. But trying to reason with someone who refuses to see beyond their own convictions? Itās like talking to a brick wall. No amount of logic or truth will reach them ā not because youāre wrong, but because theyāre unwilling to see anything else. Maturity isn't about winning arguments. Itās about recognizing when the argument just isnāt worth it. Itās choosing peace over proving a point to someone whoās already decided not to change their mind. You donāt have to fight every battle. You donāt owe everyone an explanation. Sometimes, the strongest thing you can do is walk away ā not because you have nothing to say, but because you know theyāre not ready to listen. And thatās not your burden to carry. |
| Three friends live in a flat on the 100th floor. One day, the lift was not working, so they decided to take stairs and tell each other stories as they walked up the stairs. The 1st one told a comic story till the 50th floor. The 2nd one told an action story till the 99th floor, and the 3rd one told a horror story in just one sentence..I forgot the flat keys in the car. |
| An annual Pun Competition was held by the New York Times. Here are some submissions: 1. I changed my iPod's name to Titanic. It's syncing now. 2. England has no kidney bank, but it does have a Liverpool. 3. A dentist and a manicurist married. They fought tooth and nail. 4. With her marriage, she got a new name and a dress. 5. Did you hear about the fellow whose entire left side was cut off? He's all right now. 6. A bicycle can't stand alone; it's just two tired. 7. When she saw her first strands of grey hair she thought she'd dye. 8. I didn't like my beard at first. Then it grew on me. 9. Did you hear about the cross-eyed teacher who lost her job because she couldn't control her pupilsš 10. Dad, are we pyromaniacs? Yes, we arson. 11. Why is ādarkā spelt with a k and not c? Because you canāt 'c' in the dark. 12. Why is it unwise to share your secrets with a clock? Well, because time will tell. 13. Prison is just one word to you, but for some people, itās a whole sentence. 14. Iām trying to organize a hide-n-seek tournament, but good players are really hard to find. 15. Iāve started telling everyone about the benefits of eating dried grapes. Itās all about raisin awareness!!! šš¤.. |
| BODY PARTS AS VERBS āššŖšæš Many parts of the body can be used as verbs in either a physical or a metaphorical sense. You can *head* a company, but if things go wrong you'll have to *shoulder* the blame, or *face* your investors. A good leader *backs* his employees, but if you don't *toe* the line you might get *skinned*. Did you *muscle* your way into that job? You might *eye* someone suspiciously, or wait for the police to *finger* a suspect. But if you need to get out of town, try *thumbing* a ride. You can ride with me if you can *stomach* the thought. I don't always sing along with the radio, but you might see me *mouthing* the words. Amazing English! |
Hey sindbad   , Your post is a linguistic delight! I love how youāve turned the quirks of English into something so fun and engaging. How you weave body parts like head, shoulder, face, and toe into a narrative is so cleverāitās like a verbal dance where each part gets its moment to shine. Your examples highlight the versatility of language, showing how these words can flip effortlessly between physical actions and metaphorical meanings. Iād never thought much about how often we use body parts this way. Now, whenever I head out the door or shoulder a task, Iāll be grinning at your insight. That line about thumbing a ride or mouthing the words to a song? Absolute goldāpractical and playful all at once. Your take on this is so refreshingāitās amazing how youāve spotlighted something we use daily and made it feel brand new. Have you thought about turning this into a series? Iād totally read more of your explorations into linguistic quirks. Amazing English, indeedāwell done. You are a marvelous example of being footloose. Itās no wonder you can dance with the stars! |
| What is spiritual maturity? 1. Spiritual Maturity is *when you stop trying to change others, ...instead focus on changing yourself.* 2. Spiritual Maturity is when you *accept people as they are.* 3. Spiritual Maturity is when you *understand everyone is right in their own perspective.* 4. Spiritual Maturity is when you *learn to "let go".* 5. Spiritual Maturity is when you are able to *drop "expectations" from a relationship and give for the sake of giving.* 6. Spiritual Maturity is when you *understand whatever you do, you do for your own peace.* 7. Spiritual Maturity is when you *stop proving to the world, how intelligent you are.* 8. Spiritual Maturity is when you *don't seek approval from others.* 9. Spiritual Maturity is when you *stop comparing with others.* 10. Spiritual Maturity is when you *are at peace with yourself.* 11. Spiritual Maturity is when you *are able to differentiate between "need" and "want" and are able to let go of your wants & last but most meaningful !* 12. You gain Spiritual Maturity when you *stop attaching "happiness" to material things !!* "Wishing all a happy Spiritually matured life" |
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Face, Arm, Speech, Time
Time has 2 meanings - you have 1 hour to get them to a hospital, and sometimes they lose concept of time
The rest is as you mentioned.
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