Quote of the day

“Patience and wisdom walk hand in hand, like two one-armed lovers.”
― Jarod Kintz, $3.33

It's all about POMEGRANTAES baby!

Welcome to the Wonderful World of Pomegranates “The Jewel of Autumn”

Pomegranates have been cherished for their exquisite beauty, flavor, color, and health benefits for centuries. From their distinctive crown to their ruby red arils, pomegranates are royalty amongst fruit. They are symbolic of prosperity and abundance in virtually every civilization. Fortunately, this treasure’s versatility and possibilities are as abundant as the juicy arils bursting forth from within.

 

 

A Pomegranate a Day

The name "pomegranate" derives from the Middle French "pomme garnete" - literally "seeded apple." It is also sometimes referred to as a Chinese apple. Many scholars believe that the forbidden - yet irresistible - fruit in which Eve indulged within the Garden of Eden was actually a pomegranate (and not an apple).

 

 

Pomegranates are actually MY favourite fruit, what about you? What's your favourite fruit? You can make juices out of pomegranates or ANY types of fruit. MOst of the times people add sugars or unnatural flavours to make it look more appealing and give it a smoother texter in your mouth to make it even MORE pleasant. I don't think that's very neccessary, fruits are beautiful the way they are. So YOU should start making natural juices out of the fruits you have at home, cucumber juice, orange juice- even lemon or lime juice/ade. Here are a few recipes to start you off:

 

 

 

HOW TO MAKE POMEGRANATE JUICE

 

 

Touted for everything from lowering cholesterol and blood pressure to preventing plaque and osteoarthritis, pomegranates and pomegranate juice are a delicious way to get a dose of antioxidants, potassium and vitamin C. Make fresh pomegranate juice with a simple method that utilizes the fruit's delicious taste and health benefits.  

 

Instructions

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     Select pomegranates that have a dark pink color to make fresh pomegranate juice since deep red pomegranates tend to be mushy and too ripe. Fruits heavy for their size indicate added juiciness, but avoid those with a lot of cracks or bruises.
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     Make fresh pomegranate juice in a blender by removing the seeds from the pomegranates. (Either tear open the fruit, invert it over a bowl and tap the back with a wooden spoon to loosen the seeds or hold the fruit in a bowl of water and pick out the seeds with your fingertips.) Blend the seeds in the blender, then strain the juice to remove the tiny pits.

 

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Extract juice from the pomegranates with a manual juice extractor. Use the same twisting motion that you would when juicing a lemon. Although automatic juicers are quicker, they may also extract juice from the pomegranates' white pith and make the juice bitter. A manual juice press is also effective for drawing the tart juice from the fruit.

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Get a quick drink of pomegranate juice by rolling the fruit on a hard surface to break open the sacks inside the fruit. Make a small incision in the skin to squeeze the juice out. You can also insert a straw in the opening to drink the juice directly.

 

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Consider adding sugar after you make fresh pomegranate juice to taste if you find it too tart. Drink the juice on ice, or blend it into a smoothie, hot tea or cocktail. Pomegranate juice is also a tasty addition to sauces and desserts.

 

Tips & Warnings

• After you make fresh pomegranate juice, store it in an airtight container in the refrigerator. You can also free pomegranate juice for about six months-try pouring it into ice cube trays or freezing pre-measured amounts so it will be ready to use in recipes immediately

 

 

 

 

 

CUCMBER JUICE

 

 

 

Naturally high in vitamin A, vitamin C and calcium, cucumbers make a refreshing low-fat and low-calorie snack. An abundance of homegrown cucumbers may be overwhelming as it can be difficult to use them before they rot. One way to use up those extra cucumbers is in homemade cucumber juice, which you can use for mixed drinks or sauces or consume on its own.

Step 1

Rinse and scrub the cucumber under warm water to wash away any traces of dirt.

 

 

 

 

Step 2

Peel the cucumber and cut it into chunks.

Step 3

Put the cucumber in a blender. Add 1/4 cup water to help the blender spin more efficiently.

Step 4

Put the lid on the blender and blend the cucumber at high speed for one minute, or until it forms a frothy liquid.

Step 5

Line a sieve with two layers of cheesecloth. Hold the sieve over a glass or bowl.

Step 6

Pour the cucumber liquid through the sieve. The juice will flow through the cheesecloth and drip into the glass while the cheesecloth and sieve hold on to the solids.

Step 7

Bring all four corners of the cheesecloth together. Hold the cheesecloth above the glass and squeeze the cucumber solids to extract any remaining juice.

 

 

Tips & Warnings

• Cucumber tastes wonderful when mixed with other fresh juices such as carrot juice or apple juice.
• You can put the fiber from the cucumber that does not get juiced into your compost container.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You may be showing signs of malnutrition if you . . .

• feel tired and weak.
  
• feel like you never have the energy to clean your home,
  make meals or even do the dishes.
  
• have difficulty losing or gaining weight.
  
• can't easily get to sleep.
  
• feel stressed and/or nervous.
  
• feel drowsy during the day.
  
• sometimes can't concentrate, you're mind feels numb,
  or you get confused easily.
  
• have problems with your digestion.
  
• have constipation and/or hard dry stools.
  
• have mood swings, or get easily upset.
  
• don't have patience for anything.
  
• sometimes feel depressed.
  
• have overly dry or oily skin.
  
• sometimes have nausea and/or abdominal pain.
  
• have annoying eye twitches.
  
• bruise easily.
  
• have muscle cramps and/or low back pain.
  
• sometimes get cracks and sores in the corners of your mouth.
  
• notice that your nails have become thin and/or brittle.
  
• are losing your hair.
  
• have water retention.
  
• have uncontrollable temper outbursts.
  
• don't eat a well-balanced nutritious diet EVERY DAY

 

Natural vitamins are found only in living things, that is, plants and animals. Your body, with a few exceptions, can't manufacture vitamins. They must be supplied in your food or in dietary supplements but supplements can't replace food, especially fruits and vegetables which provide thousands of substances, some of which have well-known functions, and some whose roles in the human body are not yet understood or recognized. Vitamins and minerals . . .

• reduce your risk of getting a stroke or heart attack!
  
• strengthen your nails!
  
• improve your hair condition, strength and growth by providing certain essential nutrients to the hair follicle!
  
• beautify your skin by keeping it smooth, soft and disease-free!
  
• provide essential compounds that are necessary for growth, health, normal metabolism and physical well-being! Without them, you would die!
  
• promote normal growth and development!
  
• maintain bone density and strength!
  
• regulate blood clotting!
  
• help in the function of nerves and muscles, including regulating a normal heart beat!

When it comes to choosing a healthy diet for their children, many parents don't realize the important role that beverages play. For example, fruit flavored drinks and soft drinks are not a substitute for real fruit. Many of these drinks only contain 10% real fruit juice. The very best drinks are made from whole fruit and you can make great fruity healthy drinks at home.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BALANCED DIETING!!!

Healthy eating tip 1: Set yourself up for success

To set yourself up for success, think about planning a healthy diet as a number of small, manageable steps rather than one big drastic change. If you approach the changes gradually and with commitment, you will have a healthy diet sooner than you think.

• Simplify. Instead of being overly concerned with counting calories or measuring portion sizes, think of your diet in terms of color, variety, and freshness. This way it should be easier to make healthy choices. Focus on finding foods you love and easy recipes that incorporate a few fresh ingredients. Gradually, your diet will become healthier and more delicious.
• Start slow and make changes to your eating habits over time. Trying to make your diet healthy overnight isn’t realistic or smart. Changing everything at once usually leads to cheating or giving up on your new eating plan. Make small steps, like adding a salad (full of different color vegetables) to your diet once a day or switching from butter to olive oil when cooking. As your small changes become habit, you can continue to add more healthy choices to your diet.
• Every change you make to improve your diet matters. You don’t have to be perfect and you don’t have to completely eliminate foods you enjoy to have a healthy diet. The long term goal is to feel good, have more energy, and reduce the risk of cancer and disease. Don’t let your missteps derail you—every healthy food choice you make counts.

Think of water and exercise as food groups in your diet.

Water. Water helps flush our systems of waste products and toxins, yet many people go through life dehydrated—causing tiredness, low energy, and headaches. It’s common to mistake thirst for hunger, so staying well hydrated will also help you make healthier food choices.
Exercise. Find something active that you like to do and add it to your day, just like you would add healthy greens, blueberries, or salmon. The benefits of lifelong exercise are abundant and regular exercise may even motivate you to make healthy food choices a habit.

Healthy eating tip 2: Moderation is key

People often think of healthy eating as an all or nothing proposition, but a key foundation for any healthy diet is moderation. But what is moderation? How much is a moderate amount? That really depends on you and your overall eating habits. The goal of healthy eating is to develop a diet that you can maintain for life, not just a few weeks or months, or until you've hit your ideal weight. So try to think of moderation in terms of balance. Despite what certain fad diets would have you believe, we all need a balance of carbohydrates, protein, fat, fiber, vitamins, and minerals to sustain a healthy body.

For most of us, moderation or balance means eating less than we do now. More specifically, it means eating far less of the unhealthy stuff (unrefined sugar, saturated fat, for example) and more of the healthy (such as fresh fruit and vegetables). But it doesn't mean eliminating the foods you love. Eating bacon for breakfast once a week, for example, could be considered moderation if you follow it with a healthy lunch and dinner–but not if you follow it with a box of donuts and a sausage pizza. If you eat 100 calories of chocolate one afternoon, balance it out by deducting 100 calories from your evening meal. If you're still hungry, fill up with an extra serving of fresh vegetables.

• Try not to think of certain foods as “off-limits.” When you ban certain foods or food groups, it is natural to want those foods more, and then feel like a failure if you give in to temptation. If you are drawn towards sweet, salty, or unhealthy foods, start by reducing portion sizes and not eating them as often. Later you may find yourself craving them less or thinking of them as only occasional indulgences.
• Think smaller portions. Serving sizes have ballooned recently, particularly in restaurants. When dining out, choose a starter instead of an entree, split a dish with a friend, and don't order supersized anything. At home, use smaller plates, think about serving sizes in realistic terms, and start small. If you don't feel satisfied at the end of a meal, try adding more leafy green vegetables or rounding off the meal with fresh fruit. Visual cues can help with portion sizes–your serving of meat, fish, or chicken should be the size of a deck of cards, a slice of bread should be the size of a CD case, and half a cup of mashed potato, rice, or pasta is about the size of a traditional light bulb.

Healthy eating tip 3: It's not just what you eat, it's how you eat

Healthy eating is about more than the food on your plate—it is also about how you think about food. Healthy eating habits can be learned and it is important to slow down and think about food as nourishment rather than just something to gulp down in between meetings or on the way to pick up the kids.

• Eat with others whenever possible. Eating with other people has numerous social and emotional benefits—particularly for children—and allows you to model healthy eating habits. Eating in front of the TV or computer often leads to mindless overeating.
• Take time to chew your food and enjoy mealtimes. Chew your food slowly, savoring every bite. We tend to rush though our meals, forgetting to actually taste the flavors and feel the textures of our food. Reconnect with the joy of eating.
• Listen to your body. Ask yourself if you are really hungry, or have a glass of water to see if you are thirsty instead of hungry. During a meal, stop eating before you feel full. It actually takes a few minutes for your brain to tell your body that it has had enough food, so eat slowly.
• Eat breakfast, and eat smaller meals throughout the day. A healthy breakfast can jumpstart your metabolism, and eating small, healthy meals throughout the day (rather than the standard three large meals) keeps your energy up and your metabolism going.
• Avoid eating at night. Try to eat dinner earlier in the day and then fast for 14-16 hours until breakfast the next morning. Early studies suggest that this simple dietary adjustment—eating only when you’re most active and giving your digestive system a long break each day—may help to regulate weight. After-dinner snacks tend to be high in fat and calories so are best avoided, anyway.

Healthy eating tip 4: Fill up on colorful fruits and vegetables

Fruits and vegetables are the foundation of a healthy diet. They are low in calories and nutrient dense, which means they are packed with vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and fiber.

Try to eat a rainbow of fruits and vegetables every day and with every meal—the brighter the better. Colorful, deeply colored fruits and vegetables contain higher concentrations of vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants—and different colors provide different benefits, so eat a variety. Aim for a minimum of five portions each day.

Some great choices include:

• Greens. Branch out beyond bright and dark green lettuce. Kale, mustard greens, broccoli, and Chinese cabbage are just a few of the options—all packed with calcium, magnesium, iron, potassium, zinc, and vitamins A, C, E, and K.
• Sweet vegetables. Naturally sweet vegetables—such as corn, carrots, beets, sweet potatoes, yams, onions, and squash—add healthy sweetness to your meals and reduce your cravings for other sweets.
• Fruit. Fruit is a tasty, satisfying way to fill up on fiber, vitamins, and antioxidants. Berries are cancer-fighting, apples provide fiber, oranges and mangos offer vitamin C, and so on.

The importance of getting vitamins from food—not pills

The antioxidants and other nutrients in fruits and vegetables help protect against certain types of cancer and other diseases. And while advertisements abound for supplements promising to deliver the nutritional benefits of fruits and vegetables in pill or powder form, research suggests that it’s just not the same.

A daily regimen of nutritional supplements is not going to have the same impact of eating right. That’s because the benefits of fruits and vegetables don’t come from a single vitamin or an isolated antioxidant.

The health benefits of fruits and vegetables come from numerous vitamins, minerals, and phytochemicals working together synergistically. They can’t be broken down into the sum of their parts or replicated in pill form.

Healthy eating tip 5: Eat more healthy carbs and whole grains

Choose healthy carbohydrates and fiber sources, especially whole grains, for long lasting energy. In addition to being delicious and satisfying, whole grains are rich in phytochemicals and antioxidants, which help to protect against coronary heart disease, certain cancers, and diabetes. Studies have shown people who eat more whole grains tend to have a healthier heart.

A quick definition of healthy carbs and unhealthy carbs

Healthy carbs (sometimes known as good carbs) include whole grains, beans, fruits, and vegetables. Healthy carbs are digested slowly, helping you feel full longer and keeping blood sugar and insulin levels stable.

Unhealthy carbs (or bad carbs) are foods such as white flour, refined sugar, and white rice that have been stripped of all bran, fiber, and nutrients. Unhealthy carbs digest quickly and cause spikes in blood sugar levels and energy.

Tips for eating more healthy carbs

• Include a variety of whole grains in your healthy diet, including whole wheat, brown rice, millet, quinoa, and barley. Experiment with different grains to find your favorites.
• Make sure you're really getting whole grains. Be aware that the words stone-ground, multi-grain, 100% wheat, or bran can be deceptive. Look for the words “whole grain” or “100% whole wheat” at the beginning of the ingredient list. In the U.S., Canada, and some other countries, check for the Whole Grain Stamps that distinguish between partial whole grain and 100% whole grain.
• Try mixing grains as a first step to switching to whole grains. If whole grains like brown rice and whole wheat pasta don’t sound good at first, start by mixing what you normally use with the whole grains. You can gradually increase the whole grain to 100%.

Avoid: Refined foods such as breads, pastas, and breakfast cereals that are not whole grain.

Healthy eating tip 6: Enjoy healthy fats & avoid unhealthy fats

Good sources of healthy fat are needed to nourish your brain, heart, and cells, as well as your hair, skin, and nails. Foods rich in certain omega-3 fats called EPA and DHA are particularly important and can reduce cardiovascular disease, improve your mood, and help prevent dementia.

Add to your healthy diet:

• Monounsaturated fats, from plant oils like canola oil, peanut oil, and olive oil, as well as avocados, nuts (like almonds, hazelnuts, and pecans), and seeds (such as pumpkin, sesame).
• Polyunsaturated fats, including Omega-3 and Omega-6 fatty acids, found in fatty fish such as salmon, herring, mackerel, anchovies, sardines, and some cold water fish oil supplements. Other sources of polyunsaturated fats are unheated sunflower, corn, soybean, flaxseed oils, and walnuts.

Reduce or eliminate from your diet:

• Saturated fats, found primarily in animal sources including red meat and whole milk dairy products.
• Trans fats, found in vegetable shortenings, some margarines, crackers, candies, cookies, snack foods, fried foods, baked goods, and other processed foods made with partially hydrogenated vegetable oils.

Healthy eating tip 7: Put protein in perspective

Protein gives us the energy to get up and go—and keep going. Protein in food is broken down into the 20 amino acids that are the body’s basic building blocks for growth and energy, and essential for maintaining cells, tissues, and organs. A lack of protein in our diet can slow growth, reduce muscle mass, lower immunity, and weaken the heart and respiratory system. Protein is particularly important for children, whose bodies are growing and changing daily.

Here are some guidelines for including protein in your healthy diet:

Try different types of protein. Whether or not you are a vegetarian, trying different protein sources—such as beans, nuts, seeds, peas, tofu, and soy products—will open up new options for healthy mealtimes.

• Beans: Black beans, navy beans, garbanzos, and lentils are good options.
• Nuts: Almonds, walnuts, pistachios, and pecans are great choices.
• Soy products: Try tofu, soy milk, tempeh, and veggie burgers for a change.
• Avoid salted or sugary nuts and refried beans.

Downsize your portions of protein. Many people in the West eat too much protein. Try to move away from protein being the center of your meal. Focus on equal servings of protein, whole grains, and vegetables.

Focus on quality sources of protein, like fresh fish, chicken or turkey, tofu, eggs, beans, or nuts. When you are having meat, chicken, or turkey, buy meat that is free of hormones and antibiotics.

Healthy eating tip 8: Add calcium for strong bones

Calcium is one of the key nutrients that your body needs in order to stay strong and healthy. It is an essential building block for lifelong bone health in both men and women, as well as many other important functions.

You and your bones will benefit from eating plenty of calcium-rich foods, limiting foods that deplete your body’s calcium stores, and getting your daily dose of magnesium and vitamins D and K—nutrients that help calcium do its job.

Recommended calcium levels are 1000 mg per day, 1200 mg if you are over 50 years old. Take a vitamin D and calcium supplement if you don’t get enough of these nutrients from your diet.

Good sources of calcium include:

• Dairy: Dairy products are rich in calcium in a form that is easily digested and absorbed by the body. Sources include milk, yogurt, and cheese.
• Vegetables and greens: Many vegetables, especially leafy green ones, are rich sources of calcium. Try turnip greens, mustard greens, collard greens, kale, romaine lettuce, celery, broccoli, fennel, cabbage, summer squash, green beans, Brussels sprouts, asparagus, and crimini mushrooms.
• Beans: For another rich source of calcium, try black beans, pinto beans, kidney beans, white beans, black-eyed peas, or baked beans.

Healthy eating tip 9: Limit sugar and salt

If you succeed in planning your diet around fiber-rich fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean protein, and good fats, you may find yourself naturally cutting back on foods that can get in the way of your healthy diet—sugar and salt.

Sugar

Sugar causes energy ups and downs and can add to health and weight problems. Unfortunately, reducing the amount of candy, cakes, and desserts we eat is only part of the solution. Often you may not even be aware of the amount of sugar you’re consuming each day. Large amounts of added sugar can be hidden in foods such as bread, canned soups and vegetables, pasta sauce, margarine, instant mashed potatoes, frozen dinners, fast food, soy sauce, and ketchup. Here are some tips:

• Avoid sugary drinks. One 12-oz soda has about 10 teaspoons of sugar in it, more than the daily recommended limit! Try sparkling water with lemon or a splash of fruit juice.
• Eat naturally sweet food such as fruit, peppers, or natural peanut butter to satisfy your sweet tooth.

How sugar is hidden on food labels

Check food labels carefully. Sugar is often disguised using terms such as:

cane sugar or maple syrup corn sweetener or corn syrup honey or molasses brown rice syrup

crystallized or evaporated cane juice fruit juice concentrates, such as apple or pear maltodextrin (or dextrin) Dextrose, Fructose, Glucose, Maltose, or Sucrose

Salt

Most of us consume too much salt in our diets. Eating too much salt can cause high blood pressure and lead to other health problems. Try to limit sodium intake to 1,500 to 2,300 mg per day, the equivalent of one teaspoon of salt.

• Avoid processed or pre-packaged foods. Processed foods like canned soups or frozen dinners contain hidden sodium that quickly surpasses the recommended limit.
• Be careful when eating out. Most restaurant and fast food meals are loaded with sodium.
• Opt for fresh or frozen vegetables instead of canned vegetables.
• Cut back on salty snacks such as potato chips, nuts, and pretzels.
• Choose low-salt or reduced-sodium products.
• Try slowly reducing the salt in your diet to give your taste buds time to adjust.

Jessica Cox: the first pilot

Jessica Cox: became the first pilot with no arms, proving you don't need 'wings' to fly
Jessica Cox suffered a rare birth defect and was born without any arms. None of the prenatal tests her mother took showed there was anything wrong with her. And yet she was born with this rare congenital disease, but also with a great spirit. The psychology graduate can write, type, drive a car, brush her hair and talk on her phone simply using her feet. Ms Cox, from Tuscon, Arizona, USA, is also a former dancer and double black belt in Tai Kwon-Do. She has a no-restrictions driving license, she flies planes and she can type 25 words a minute.

The plane she is flying is called an Ercoupe and it is one of the few airplanes to be made and certified without pedals. Without rudder pedals Jessica is free to use her feet as hands. She took three years instead of the usual six months to complete her lightweight aircraft licence, had three flying instructors and practiced 89 hours of flying, becoming the first pilot with no a

idioms that are useful

A Bird In The Hand Is Worth Two In The Bush:
Having something that is certain is much better than taking a risk for more, because chances are you might lose everything.
 

A Blessing In Disguise: Something good that isn't recognized at first.
A Chip On Your Shoulder: Being upset for something that happened in the past.


A Dime A Dozen: Anything that is common and easy to get.

A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand: Everyone involved must unify and function together or it will not work out.
A Leopard Can't Change His Spots: You cannot change who you are.
A Penny Saved Is A Penny Earned: By not spending money, you are saving money (little by little).
A Picture Paints a Thousand Words: A visual presentation is far more descriptive than words.

Quotes for you and me

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches

“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
― Albert Einstein

“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.”
― Marilyn Monroe, Marilyn

“Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present.”
― Bil Keane

“The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.”
― Elie Wiesel

“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”
― Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan

“I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.”
― Albert Einstein

“I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.”
― Thomas A. Edison

“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go...”
― Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You'll Go!

“It is never too late to be what you might have been.”
― George Eliot

Quote of the week

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

Banana Mash!

Do you want glowy skin using a different method? Well, you looked in the right place because, I'm about to tell you how to get glowing skin/ rosy cheeks using only TWO bananas!

Bananas are one of the oldest cultivated plants- plus they're yummy!!! They're grown in over 107 countries! They come in a variety of sizes and colours, such as purple, yellow and red!!! I'm not joking look it on the internet! The scientific names of bananas are... MUSA. IN each banana they're approxiamately 105 calories! It includes fiber, pottassium and vitamin C.

Sugar in Bananas

A medium banana measuring 7 to 7 7/8 inches long contains 14 g of sugar. This amounts to about 53 percent of its total 105 calories. The sugar in bananas is naturally occurring fructose. Straight fructose added to products can cause elevated triglycerides when eaten in excess. However, when fructose occurs naturally -- as in bananas -- and comes with a bundle of nutrients and fiber, it is unlikely to cause problems when consumed in moderation.

SO now you know a little bit about bananas, let me tell you how to make a face mask out of bananas and how to use it.

Let's tuck into the tools and ingredients  that we need:
Masher/ mixer.
Flat plate.
 2 Towels
Clean pair of hands
Timer/ clock.
Two bananas
One table spoon

So, firstly, you get your two bananas and peel them both.

Secondly, you mash mash mash them, or you can use a mixer then pour onto a plate.

Once you mashed them thoroughly, I recommend that you use a plastic plate, but a normal plate is fine, pour it onto your FLAT plate.

Next, you get a fair-sized towel and tie it around your neck.

After that, you get your banana mash and this is quite tricky, I don't recommend you just put the entire place on your face you wouldn't be able to breathe, but
there is a way of doing this, I'm not promising that it's easy, because it isn't. You get your table spoon and scoop some of your banana mash on your face (and make sure to pin all of your hair back) start with your cheeks and use the back of the spoon to spread it around your face, -if you can blend it in with your hands this part is optional-.

When you've completed that around your entire face, then put the timer on for 20 minutes, or watch the clock for twenty minutes, and look up at the sky/ceiling, so it won't droop off.

After those LONG twenty minutes, get your seperate towel and wipe every smithereen off your face, you'll then see that people will say "Oh my gosh what have you done to your skin it's glowing!" or "It's looking healthier!"

Finally, enjoy your sparkling skin, you can do it once a day/ week. You can also do it twice a week depending on you!




 

Tip on how to get glowing skin! (1) But good health!

Ok so we are starting on a new topic, I decided that this week we'll make a start!
So I'm going to give you the first ever tip on how to get a glowy texture but a healthy body. You're basically hitting two birds with one stone! And it's not expensive it's WATER! You may have heard about it before, but trust me it's true! When you drink alot of water you'll realise when you look in the mirror you face has a luminous texture, I mean who doesn't want that?
 

Did you know that water covers 71% of the entire earth! Also their is over 50% of water in our body, let me tell you where:
BRAIN= 70%
LUNGS= nearly 90%
MUSCLE TISSUE: 75%

I'm not saying live on water, you need food too! But if you want beautiful health and skin, try drink as much as your body can manage, and I recommend you drink so much that you need to go to the toilet every five minutes! Also don't carry it around as a burden, remember water helps you.
 
Really all I'm trying to say is, water is over HALF of your body, let it stay that way!

TTFN (Ta Ta For Now!)
MEHNOOR.M

New week one more topic!

Hello people of the world, I have decided to add a new topic on health and glowing skin and features. You need to have a good personality and beautiful texture if you want people to hear your voice, well you know what I mean- right? Any way, I'm going to help you have a glowing texture b just be healthy. You don't need all those chemicals and toxicants. You need brilliant health (not perfect unless you want it to be but don't try too hard otherwise your shoulder blades will look as though they'll slice right through your skin.! And we don't want that now do we???) to have a lasting life. #

Anyway let's get started ! I'm going to give you step by step instructions on how to get adequate health and glowing skin!!!!! I can't wait!

How to spread LOVE around the world

Be magnanimous (KIND) to everyone even to yourself.
Don't be so vindictive (MEAN) to people, they'll follow on to your attititude, and start doing the same and so on.
Spread good news and not bad gossip.
Be pure-hearted and harmless towards others.
Then all people will be just like you.
Everyone just wants WORLD PEACE.

Today I decided to do a topic on health so here you go!

1. Reduce fat. A certain amount of fat is good for a well balanced diet but reduce the amount of fat and the type of fat you eat. Saturated fat affects blood cholesterol levels, so try to eat less full-fat dairy products, cakes, cookies, pastries and burgers and replace with monosaturated fats such as olive and rapeseed oil, nuts and avocado pears. Polyunsaturated fats in small amount helps reduce cholesterol so oily fish (salmon, sardines) and oils like sunflower, corn and soya oil are good.


2. Eat less salt. Eating too much salt has been linked to high blood pressure. A recommended level is 6g a day. Put less in cooking and try not to add any salt at the table.
   
3. Exercise. Regular exercise improves heart function and lowers your blood pressure and blood cholesterol. 30 minutes of moderate exercise every day is recommended.
   
4. Keep weight down. Too many calories, fatty foods and being overweight is really bad for you. It puts extra stresses and strain on your heart, makes you feel lethargic and de-energised and affects your self-image and confidence. Try eating more fruit and vegetables, less sugary foods, eat more unrefined carbohydrates such as seed breads, wholegrain cereals and pasta. So-called soluble fiber may also help reduce cholesterol so eat oats, beans and pulses such as kidney beans, peas and baked beans.
   
5. Stop smoking. Although its down as step five, quitting smoking is one of the most important things you can do. It dramatically cuts your chances of getting heart and respiratory diseases, cancer and emphysema. If you have already had a heart attack quitting will reduce the risk of a second one.
   
6. Relax. Quitting smoking is one of the most important things you can do. It dramatically cuts your chances of getting heart and respiratory diseases, cancer and emphysema. If you have already had a heart attack quitting will reduce the risk of a second one.
   
7. Think lifestyle change rather than dieting. By living and eating in a healthier way you will feel better, more energised, more confident and happier.
   
8. Monitor your health status. Keep a check on your body mass index. Get a blood pressure machine and keep an eye your blood pressure. Get yourself screened at the appropriate times.

No man is an island entirely of itself; Every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; And therefore, never send to know for whom the bell tolls—it tolls for thee.

John Donne

Humanity is the spirit of the Supreme Being on earth, and that Supreme Being preaches love and good-will.
Humanity is the spirit of the Supreme Being on earth, and that humanity is standing amidst ruins, hiding its nakedness behind tattered rags, shedding tears upon hollow cheeks, and calling for its children with pitiful voice. But the children are busy singing their clan's anthem; they are busy sharpening the swords and cannot hear the cry of their mothers.

Kahlil Gibran

The smallest good deed is greater than the greatest good intention.

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There is no limit to the good a person can do, if he does not care who gets the credit.

unknown

Humanity is divinity divided without and united within.

Kahlil Gibran

When peoples care for you and cry for you, they can straighten out your soul.

Langston Hughes

If you knew what I know about the power of giving, you would not let a single meal pass wthout sharing it in some way.

Buddha

Until we have the courage to recognize cruelty for what it is - whether its victim is human or animal - we cannot expect things to be much better in this world. We cannot have peace among men whose hearts delight in killing any living creature. By every act that glorifies or even tolerates such moronic delight in killing we set back the progress of humanity.

Rachel Carson

It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
American essayist, poet & philosopher
(1803-1882)
(1803-1882)

It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.

Albert Einstein
(1879-1955)

The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.

Albert Einstein

When you hold resentment toward another, you are bound to that person or condition by an emotional link that is stronger than steel. Forgiveness is the only way to dissolve that link and get free.

Catherine Ponder

The day we recognize our interdependency, and accept and embrace the oneness of humanity, is the day of resurrection for humanity.

Hooshmand Kalayeh

Until he extends the circle of compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace.

Albert Schweitzer

What is important is to look upon everyone with a deep sense of honor,
because your own heart and mind are influenced by the way you look at others.
If we could do just that, we would be rendering the greatest service to our fellow beings.

Swami Muktananda

We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

The less you open your heart to others, the more your heart suffers.

Deepak Chopra

A good heart is better than all the heads in the world.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton
writer
(1803-1873)

Not a single human can achieve alone what 2 human beings can do when attuned to the same vibration. Two candles are brighter than one. Imagine what a thousand candles can do... a million candles... 6 billion candles! We are all the living prophecy, awakening to our Unity, One with Life, One with the Universe.

Taken from "Pathways to Unity" www.EarthRainbowNetwork.com/Pathways.htm

Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is again made clean.

Dag Hammarskjold

Pride is concerned with who is right. Humility is concerned with what is right.

Ezra Taft Benson

The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall: but in charity there is no excess; neither can angel or man come in danger by it.

Francis Bacon
Essays

Those who cannot forgive others break the bridge over which they themselves must pass.

Confucius

Decide to forgive, for resentment is negative. Resentment is poisonous. Resentment diminishes and devours the self. Be the first to forgive, to smile and to take the first step and you will see happiness bloom on the face of your brother or sister. Be always the first. Do not wait for others to forgive, for by the forgiving you become the master of fate, the fashioner of life, the doer of miracles. To forgive is the highest most beautiful form of Love. In return you will receive untold Peace and Happiness.

Robert Muller

Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it has been sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious, and immature.

Tom Robbins

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.

Leo Buscaglia
author
(1924-1998)

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

Samuel Johnson
lexicographer, essayist, poet, critic
(1709-1784)

Always forgive, but never forget.
If you forget, when the lesson of the past is needed, it may be lost.
But if you forgive, when the lesson of the past is heeded,
It may be what is needed so you can move forward in life.

Mattie J.T. Stepanek
(1990-2004)

May I become at all times, both now and forever,
A protector for those without protection,
A guide for those who have lost their way,
A ship for those with oceans to cross,
A sanctuary for those in danger,
A lamp for those in the dark,
And a servant to all those in need
As long as living beings exist,
and suffering afflicts them,
May I too abide to dispel the misery of the world

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The true civilization is where every man gives to every other every right that he claims for himself.

Robert Green Ingersoll

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
(1869-1948)

He who wishes to secure the good of others has already secured his own.

Confucius

A realized soul is like a river or a tree, giving comfort and coolness to those who come to him.

Ammachi
Her Holiness Sri Mata Amritanandamayi

The dew of compassion is a tear.

Lord Byron
poet
(1788-1824)

Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.

George Washington
US president
(1732-1799)

The intellect is a beautiful servant, but a terrible master.
Intellect is the power tool of our separateness.
The intuitive, compassionate heart is the doorway to our unity.

Ram Dass

We are called to speak for the weak, for the voiceless, for victims of our nation and for those it calls enemy, for no document from human hands can make these humans any less than our brothers.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

To be able under all circumstances to practice five things constitutes perfect virtue; these five things are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness and kindness.

Confucius
philosopher and teacher
(551-478 BCE)

Compassion, in which all ethics must take root, can only attain its full breadth and depth if it embraces all living creatures and does not limit itself to mankind.

Albert Schweitzer
philosopher, physician, musician, Nobel laureate
(1875-1965)

What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul.

Jewish proverb

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

Abraham Lincoln

May the roads rise to meet you,
may the wind be always at your back,
may the sun shine warm upon your face,
the rains fall soft upon your fields
and until we meet again
may God hold you in the palm of Her hand.

Irish Blessing

The highest exercise of charity is charity towards the uncharitable.

J.S. Buckminster
clergyman and editor
(1797-1812)

We have a long long way to go, so let us hasten along the road, the road to human tenderness and generosity. Groping, we may find one another's hands in the dark.

Emily Greene Balch

Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

Pr 16:24

Though the works of the human race disappear tracelessly by time or bomb,
the sun does not falter in its course; the stars keep their invariable vigil.
Cosmic law cannot be stayed or changed,
and man would do well to put himself in harmony with it.
If the cosmos is against might, if the sun wars not in the heavens
but retires at dueful time to give the stars their little sway,
what avails our mailed fist? Shall any peace come out of it?
Not cruelty but goodwill upholds the universal sinew,
a humanity at peace will know the endless fruits of victory,
sweeter to the taste than any nurtured on the soil of blood.

Yogananda
Autobiography of a Yogi

The seed of God is in us.
Given an intelligent and hard-working farmer,
it will thrive and grow up to God, whose seed it is;
and accordingly its fruits will be God-nature.
Pear seeds grow into pear trees,
nut seeds into nut trees,
and God seed into God.

Meister Eckhart

Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members.

Pearl S. Buck
Nobelist novelist
(1892-1973)

A bit of perfume always clings to the hand that gives the rose.

Chinese proverb

Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart.

Carl Jung

The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer
theologian
(1906-1945)

In the final analisis, our most common link
is that we inhabit this small planet.
We all breathe the same air.
We all cherish our children's future.
And we are all mortal.

John F. Kennedy

... if by a liberal they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind,
someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions,
someone who cares about the welfare of the people-
their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs,
their civil rights, their civil liberties..
if that is what they mean
then I am proud to be a liberal.

John F. Kennedy
1960

If you have an opportunity to make things better and you don't, then you are wasting your time on this earth.

Roberto Clemente
1972

I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather. I possess tremendous power to make life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration, I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis is escalated or de-escalated, and a person is humanized or de-humanized. If we treat people as they are, we make them worse. If we treat people as they ought to be, we help them become what they are capable of becoming.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
1749-1832

He has the right to criticize who has the heart to help.

Abraham Lincoln
(1809-1865)

When you look for the good in others you discover the best in yourself.

Martin Walsh

Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart.

Mahatma Gandhi
(1869-1948)

We are each of us angels with only one wing,
And we can only fly by embracing each other.

Luciano de Crescenzo

There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behavior, like the wish to scatter joy and not pain around us.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The beloved of the Almighty are the rich who have the humility of the poor, and the poor who have the magnanimity of the rich.

Saadi
poet
(1184-1291)

The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.

Socrates
(469-399 BC)

Forgiveness is the fragrance that the flower leaves on the heel of the one who crushed it.

Mark Twain
American author

Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.

Horace Mann, educational reformer
(1796-1859)

They have a right to censure, that have a heart to help: The rest is cruelty, not justice.

William Penn, Quaker, founder of Pennsylvania
(1644-1718)

A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.

Samuel Johnson, lexicographer
(1709-1784)

He that plants a tree loves others besides himself.

Thomas Fuller

67

OR LACK OF

To give food aid to a country just because they are starving is a pretty weak reason.

Henry Kissinger
1974

Streets do not exist in civilized societies for the purpose of people sleeping there. Bedrooms are for sleeping. {the right to sleep on the streets} doesn't exist anywhere. The founding fathers never put that in the Constitution.

Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, NYC
during his weekly radio show

The streets were built and are maintained with taxpayer dollars, therefore the streets DO belong to the people. If governments refuse to provide decent low income housing for those who need it, then homeless people have no other recourse but to sleep on the streets. The fact that many homeless refuse to go to city shelters is a telling indictment against a system that has utterly failed. In NYC, our government is investing taxpayer dollars to build a home for the New York Stock Exchange, has invested taxpayer dollars to refurbish Rockefeller's Museum of Modern Art, and is talking of investing taxpayer dollars for two MORE sporting stadiums while allowing the people's most minimum needs for shelter to go unmet. (In 2001 NYC spent $110 million on two minor league stadiums in Staten Island and Coney Island.) The NY Stock Exchange, the Rockefeller's and the sporting teams are huge money making ventures and don't need taxpayer's financial support. Let them build their own homes, while we attend to the "People's" business. After all, isn't that what governments are for?

Rhio

We are not concerned with the very poor. They are unthinkable, and only to be approached by the statistician or the poet.

E. M. Forster
British novelist, essayist
Howard's End 1910

Change the channel

Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt's advice to Iraqis who see
TV images of innocent civilians killed by coalition troops.
[NYT 12th April 2004]

“Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.” Douglas Adams

“People can be divided into two classes: those who go ahead and do something, and those who sit still and inquire, why wasn't it done the other way?” Oliver Wendell Holmes

“It is better for civilization to be going down the drain than to be coming up it.” Henry Allen

“We are not human beings on a spiritual journey. We are spiritual beings on a human journey.” Stephen R. Covey

“My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.” Albert Einstein

“Man must realize his own unimportance before he can appreciate his importance.” R. M. Baumgardy

“Which is it, is man one of God's blunders or is God one of man's?” Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

“Our humanity is a poor thing, except for the divinity that stirs within us.” Francis Bacon

“The oneness of human beings is the basic ethical thread that holds us together.” Muhammad Yunus

“Man is an ape with possibilities.” Roy Chapman Andrews

“There are 193 living species of monkeys and apes. 192 of them are covered with hair. The exception is a naked ape, self-named Homo Sapiens.” Desmond Morris

“Man must realize his own unimportance before he can appreciate his importance.” R. M. Baumgardy

“We are all just monkeys in business suits running around pretending to be executives.” Anon.

“Humans can learn to like anything, that's why we are such a successful species. You can drop humans anywhere and they'll thrive--only the rat does as well.” Jeanette Desor

“Man's most valuable trait Is a judicious sense of what not to believe.” Euripides

“A humanist is anyone who rejects the attempt to describe or account for man wholly on the basis of physics, chemistry or animal behaviour.” Joseph R. Krutch

“There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.” Walter S. Landor

“The natural man has only two primal passions: to get and beget.” William Osler

“Man is only a reed, the weakest thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed.” Blaise Pascal

“Man is as full of potentiality as he is of impotence.” George Santayana

“There are times when one would like to hang the whole human race, and finish the farce.” Mark Twain

“Humanity to me is not a mob. A mob is a degeneration of humanity. A mob is humanity going the wrong way.” Frank Lloyd Wright

“Give a small boy a hammer and he will find that everything he encounters needs pounding.” Kalan

“I am mortal. I am born to love and to suffer.” Friedrich Holderlin

Quotes on moving on

“You must make a decision that you are going to move on. It wont happen automatically. You will have to rise up and say, ‘I don’t care how hard this is, I don’t care how disappointed I am, I’m not going to let this get the best of me. I’m moving on with my life.”
― Joel Osteen, Your Best Life Now: 7 Steps to Living at Your Full Potential

“Letting go doesn't mean that you don't care about someone anymore. It's just realizing that the only person you really have control over is yourself.”
― Deborah Reber, Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul

 

“Girls you've gotta know when it's time to turn the page.”
― Tori Amos, Tori Amos: From the Choirgirl Hotel

 

“Even though you may want to move forward in your life, you may have one foot on the brakes. In order to be free, we must learn how to let go. Release the hurt. Release the fear. Refuse to entertain your old pain. The energy it takes to hang onto the past is holding you back from a new life. What is it you would let go of today?”
― Mary Manin Morrissey

“You can't look back - you just have to put the past behind you, and find something better in your future.”
― Jodi Picoult, Salem Falls

“You will find that it is necessary to let things go; simply for the reason that they are heavy. So let them go, let go of them. I tie no weights to my ankles.”
― C. JoyBell C.

 

“Sooner or later we've all got to let go of our past.”
― Dan Brown, Deception Point

“There is no such thing as a "broken family." Family is family, and is not determined by marriage certificates, divorce papers, and adoption documents. Families are made in the heart. The only time family becomes null is when those ties in the heart are cut. If you cut those ties, those people are not your family. If you make those ties, those people are your family. And if you hate those ties, those people will still be your family because whatever you hate will always be with you.”
― C. JoyBell C.

“I'm done with those; regrets are an excuse for people who have failed.”
― Ned Vizzini, It's Kind of a Funny Story

“Letting go means to come to the realization that some people are a part of your history, but not a part of your destiny.”
― Steve Maraboli

“It is important that we forgive ourselves for making mistakes. We need to learn from our errors and move on.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

 

“Lots of things can be fixed. Things can be fixed. But many times, relationships between people cannot be fixed, because they should not be fixed. You're aboard a ship setting sail, and the other person has joined the inland circus, or is boarding a different ship, and you just can't be with each other anymore. Because you shouldn't be.”
― C. JoyBell C.

 

“Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness.”
― Steve Maraboli

 

“Moving on is easy. It's staying moved on that's trickier.”
― Katerina Stoykova Klemer

 

“It was strange, really. A couple months ago, I had thought I couldn’t live without him. Apparently I could.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac

 

“I have learned that if you must leave a place that you have lived in and loved and where all your yesteryears are buried deep, leave it any way except a slow way, leave it the fastest way you can. Never turn back and never believe that an hour you remember is a better hour because it is dead. Passed years seem safe ones, vanquished ones, while the future lives in a cloud, formidable from a distance.”
― Beryl Markham, West with the Night

 

“Sometimes the hardest part isn't letting go but rather learning to start over.”
― Nicole Sobon, Program 13

 

“We are all failures- at least the best of us are.”
― J.M. Barrie

 

“I think it happens to everyone as they grow up. You find out who you are and what you want, and then you realize that people you've known forever don't see things the way you do. And so you keep the wonderful memories, but find yourself moving on.”
― Nicholas Sparks, True Believer

 

“Can I say something?'
'Go on'
'I'm a little drunk'
'Me too. That's okay.'
'Just....I missed you, you know.'
'I missed you too.'
'But so, so much, Dexter. There were so many things I wanted to talk to you about, and you weren't there-'
'same here.'
'I tell you what it is. It's.....When I didn't see you, I thought about you every day, I mean EVERY DAY in some way or another-'
'same here.'
'-Even if it was just "I wish Dexter could see this" or "Where's Dexter now?" or "Christ that Dexter, what an idiot", you know what I mean, and seeing you today, well, I thought I'd got you back - my BEST friend. And now all this, the wedding, the baby- I'm so happy for you, Dex, but it feels like I've lost you again.'-

-'You know what happens you have a family, your responsibilities change, you lose touch with people'
'It won't be like that, I promise.'
'Do you?'
'Absolutely'
'You swear? No more disappearing?'
'I won't if you won't.'
Their lips touched now, mouths pursed tight, their eyes open, both of them stock still. The moment held, a kind of glorious confusion.”
― David Nicholls, One Day

 

“And perhaps there is a limit to the grieving that the human heart can do. As when one adds salt to a tumbler of water, there comes a point where simply no more will be absorbed.”
― Sarah Waters, The Little Stranger

 

“I don't know why I'm scared. I've been here before every feeling every word i've imagined it all. You never know if you never try to forget your past and simply be mine”
― Adele

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“I've been burdened with blame trapped in the past for too long, I'm moving on”
― Rascal Flatts

 

“When you love someone, it's never over,' Dr. Carruthers replied gently. 'You move on, because you have to, but you bring him in your heart.”
― Elizabeth Chandler, Kissed by an Angel

 

“Cry me a river, build a bridge, and get over it.”
― Justin Timberlake

“That was the only time, as I stood there, looking at that strange rubbish, feeling the wind coming across those empty fields, that I started to imagine just a little fantasy thing, because this was Norfolk after all, and it was only a couple of weeks since I’d lost him. I was thinking about the rubbish, the flapping plastic in the branches, the shore-line of odd stuff caught along the fencing, and I half-closed my eyes and imagined this was the spot where everything I'd ever lost since my childhood had washed up, and I was now standing here in front of it, and if I waited long enough, a tiny figure would appear on the horizon across the field, and gradually get larger until I'd see it was Tommy, and he'd wave, maybe even call. The fantasy never got beyond that --I didn't let it-- and though the tears rolled down my face, I wasn't sobbing or out of control. I just waited a bit, then turned back to the car, to drive off to wherever it was I was supposed to be.”
― Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go

“She took a step and didn't want to take any more, but she did.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

    

“And I told him, I said: "One day you're going to miss the subway because it's not going to come. One of these days, it's going to break down and it's not going to come around and everyone else will just wait for the next one or will take the bus, or walk, or run to the next station: they will go on with their lives. And you're not going to be able to go on with your life! You'll be standing there, in the subway station, staring at the tube. Why? Because you think that everything has to happen perfectly and on time and when you think it's going to happen! Well guess what! That's not how things happen! And you'll be the only one who's not going to be able to go on with life, just because your subway broke down. So you know what, you've got to let go, you've got to know that things don't happen the way you think they're going to happen, but that's okay, because there's always the bus, there's always the next station...you can always take a cab.”
― C. JoyBell C.

“If I keep saying it, if I keep reaching out. My accident really taught me just one thing: the only way to go on is to go on. To say 'I can do this' even when you know you can't.”
― Stephen King, Duma Key

“To be bitter is to attribute intent and personality to the formless, infinite, unchanging and unchangeable void. We drift on a chartless, resistless sea. Let us sing when we can, and forget the rest..”
― H.P. Lovecraft

 

“You are worth everything that nature can give you.
And I pray to whatever I believe in that you find your happiness. You find pride in yourself.
And you find true love.
And you can look at that person and understand the impact that have had in your life.
Because you have surprised me with every step you took.
And if letting you go means that I love you.

Then I love you.
Have fun out there.”
― Philippe Renaud

“We are set in our ways, bound by our perspectives and stuck in our thinking.”
― Joel Osteen, Your Best Life Now: 7 Steps to Living at Your Full Potential

“Time will make it worse! You're...the other half of his soul. He's never going to get over you. And no matter how much you hope that you will... you'll never get over him. You're going to wake up one day and realize what you've done, and you're going to regret the time you wasted apart from him for the rest of your life.”
― Jamie McGuire, Providence

“I demolish my bridges behind me...then there is no choice but to move forward”
― Fridtjof Nansen

“He nods, as if to acknowledge that endings are almost always a little sad, even when there is something to look forward to on the other side.”
― Emily Giffin, Love the One You're With

“A very wise man once told me that you can't look back-you just have to put the past behind you, and find something better in your future.”
― Jodi Picoult, Salem Falls

“Keeping baggage from the past will leave no room for happiness in the future.”
― Wayne L Misner

“Sometimes you can’t let go of the past without facing it again.”
― Gail Tsukiyama, The Samurai's Garden

“I will continue my path, but I will keep a memory always.”
― Rosie Thomas, Iris And Ruby

“And like it or not, time passes, and that's why nothing will ever be the same it used to be. Things are ment to change...”
― Jaqueline Echeverria

    

“The great courageous act that we must all do, is to have the courage to step out of our history and past so that we can live our dreams.”
― Oprah Winfrey

“I had to cease to mourn what could never be and make the most of what was possible. And I would begin doing that by trying to mend the hurts of the past.”
― Cameron Dokey, The Wild Orchid: A Retelling of "The Ballad of Mulan"

“How do you bear It?" Finnick looks at me in disbelief. "I don't, Katniss! Obviously, I don't. I drag myself out of nightmares each morning and find there's no relief in waking up." Something in my expression stops him. "Better not give in to it. It takes ten times as long to put yourself back together as it does to fall apart.”
― Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay

“Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can't build on it; it's only good for wallowing in.”
― Katherine Mansfield

“Do the things that you always wanted to, without me there to hold you back, don't think just do, more than anything I want to see you go, take a glorious bite out of the whole world”
― Snow Patrol

“remember you
are not you, now. you are you
a year from now. how does that
woman walk? she is not sick or sad.
doesn’t even remember today.
has been to Europe. what song
is she humming? now. right now.
that’s it.”
― Marty McConnell

“She shook off the self-recrimination. What-ifs and could-have-beens were not the way to move forward. She knew that from experience.”
― Judi Fennell, In Over Her Head