We are blessed with freedom of choice. To choose the type of life you will lead is your God-given gift. If this were not so, you would not be capable of expressing individual talents and personality. We are free to choose an affirmative state of mind which,  according to Universal principle will manifest the “pleasures” of life or we may choose a negative state of mind, which manifest adversity.

The truth of your being is that God is seeking to express creativity through you, and he does through your mind when you let him. Our mind is an instrument of Divine Intelligence and we should be cognizant of the fact that we are able to do all things through infinite and creative wisdom of your mind.

When you take charge of your thoughts, feelings and beliefs and project them in an affirmative manner, you automatically mold the success pattern of your future. Success is a state of mind. You control the degree of your success by controlling your thoughts. We have the right to choose the way in which we will think, feel and believe. Along with this choice goes the liability of experiencing what you have chosen. It is good insurance to choose to think affirmatively.

Summer vacation is synonymous to parties, reunions, buffet and overindulgence. Take my schedule this week for instance – I will be attending parties one after the other from Monday to Saturday. And we’re just getting warmep up. It’s easy to lose track of the calorie consumption as you eat drink and be merry. According in some health books that i have read, most Americans never lose the weight they gain during the Holidays. The pounds add up year after year, making Holiday weight gain an important factor in adult obesity. In the Philippine setting, we do not have statistics related to that but nevertheless, here are ways to avoid falling into the same trap of weight gain during summer holidays.

Come Prepared. Some people want to make the most out of the free buffet by coming in hungry and filling their stomach and doggy bag to the brim. Skipping a meal often result in over eating on the nest meal sso eat a light and healthy snack before going to the party.

Water. Go for water over juice or iced tea. Some bottled iced tea contain more sugar than a bottled of softdrinks. There are also fruit drinks foud to have more added sugar than juice. Oh and water is a good appetite suppressant too! it will make you feel full resulting to meal avoidance or over eating.

Small matters. In “French Women Don’t Get Fat,” you dont have to deprive your self of your favorite treats every now and then but enjoy your indulgences one bite at a time and don’t forget to watch the amount you eat. And if it’s going to have calories, it better be chocolate..hmmm i’m thinking of Dark Chocolates. Serve yourself only small portions of food. You can use appetizer plate so you limit the amount of food you put  on your plate. Limiting of portion also applies to liquor. Keep you alcohol comsumption in check.

That’s all for now. I’ll share more tips in my next post! Have  great day and happy blogging to everyone.

One day a farmer’s donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally he decided since the animal was old and the well needed to be covered up anyway, it just wasn’t worth it to retrieve the donkey. So the farmer invited all his neighbors to come over and help him. They all grabbed shovels and began to shovel dirt into the well. All the other farm animals were very upset about this, because the donkey was their friend. But they discovered there was nothing they could do to help him. At first, when the donkey realized what was happening, he cried horribly. Then, to everyone’s amazement, he quieted down. A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well and was astonished at what he saw. With every shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing something amazing. He would shake it off, and take a step up on the dirt as it piled up. As the farmer’s neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up. Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well, and trotted off!

The Moral of the story: Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. But each trouble can be a stepping stone. What happens to you isn’t nearly as important as how you react to it. We can get out of the deepest wells just by not giving up! Shake it off, and take a step up!

As a result, more has been expected from employees. After all, bigger output and better quality can always lure in more clients and customers.

With higher demands and heavier job-related pressures, SLEEP becomes less of a priority. Some even develop sleep disorders sue to stress brought about by work.

After all, why sleep is you can spend the waking hours producing more work or at less thinking of ways to improve work?

In reality though, work eventually suffers with lack of sleep. According to some specialist, a sleep deprived person is unable to mulit-task and has an impaired memory.

Studies have proven that sleep is reasonable in storing new information in the memory through a process called memory consolidation. Further studies showed that sleep-deprived people have bigger tendency to fail in newly learned tasks.

So you have to be aware of this and take a time to sleep. In some serious cases, they use sleep enhancers.

Here are tips to keep you sane and well ( I have read these information froma magazine)  ;

1. Consume no more than three cups of coffee a day. And nothing after 8 pm ( oh my i am addicted into to coffee and consume more than 7 cups a day, i wonder how will i control myself from this kind of addiction)
2. Follow the eight hour rule daily. Working beyond eight hours is an injustice to your sense of well-being ( but of course, it’s okay to have an overtime sometimes especially if you’re really required to so it)
3. Listen to relaxing music and surround yourself with pleasant people! ( so true)
4. Keep a clean desk in your office! Delegate work.
5. Drink a glass of water every waking hour.
6. Visit a spa or healing center. or you can try “Hilot” a filipino term which is a traditional and natural way of massage. This process focusses on the acupressure points of the body.

These tips will somehow help you to fin d way to relax your body and mind and relievs stress brought to you by your heavy work.