Do not let the day end
Without having grown a little,
Without being happy,
Without increasing your dreams.

Do not forget overcome by discouragement.
Do not allow anyone you quite
The right to express yourself,
It is almost a duty.

Do not leave an eagerness to make
Your life something special.
Be sure to believe that the words and
It's poetry can change the world.  read more

The Whale

If you read the front page story of the SF Chronicle, you would have read about a female humpback whale who had become entangled in a spider web of crab traps and lines.

She was weighted down by hundreds of pounds of traps that caused her to struggle to stay afloat. She also had hundreds of yards of line rope wrapped around her body, her tail, her torso, and a line tugging in her mouth.  read more

Recently this past week, Nicole Dishuk (age 31...newly graduated student with a doctoral degree about to start her new career as a Doctor...) was flown into a nearby hospital, because she passed out.

They found a blood clot in her neck, and immediately took her by helicopter to the ER to operate. By the time they removed the right half of her skull to relieve the pressure on her brain; the clot had spread to her brain causing severe damage.  read more

WATER

#1. 75% of people are chronically dehydrated.

#2. In 37% of people, the thirst mechanism is so weak that it is mistaken for hunger.

#3. Even MILD dehydration will slow down one's metabolism as much as 3%.

#4. One glass of water will shut down midnight hunger pangs for almost 100% of dieters

#5. Lack of water is the #1 trigger of daytime fatigue.  read more