CELEBRATING LIFE!
Hello, my name is Jay Bartell and I wanted to take the time to share with you my story of sickness and health.
I was diagnosed with prostate cancer 2 years ago and have for the last couple of years sought a way to change that sick diagnosis into one of excellent well-being. In addition to changing many habits like the way I eat into choosing more healthier options and taking herbs, vitamins and other supplements, including minerals, I began working on my mental outlook.
I've included some very good quotations which I've used as my inspiration, motivation and affirmations. Perhaps they will be useful to you too. Far below those is some advice on things you can do to improve your life. I wish you the best of health and a happy life. God Bess you!
MY FAVORITE QUOTES!
"Every day, in every way, I am getting better and better." - Emile Coue
"I am the greatest!" - Muhammad Ali
"If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he had imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours". - Henry David Thoreau
"No bird soars too high, if he soars with his own wings."- William Blake
"Imagination is more important than knowledge."- Albert Einstein
'I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it."- Thomas Jefferson
"It's not the situation…… it's your reaction to the situation." - Bob Conklin
"We tend to get what we expect."- Norman Vincent Peale
"The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph." - Thomas Paine
"Do not wait for your ship to come in - swim out to it."- Unknown
"Whatever your mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve."- Napoleon Hill
"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity"- Albert Einstein
"Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don't have any problems, you don't have any seeds."- Norman Vincent Peale
"Seize the day, Carpe Diem" - Quintus Hortius Flaccus 65BC - 8BC
"When everything seems like an uphill struggle, just think of the view from the top." ?Anon.??"The only limits on human achievement are self-imposed." - Dr. Denis Waitley
"The only lack or limitation is in your own mind."- NH. Moos
"Your altitude is determined by your attitude" - Anon.
"If you are aware of your weaknesses and are constantly learning, your potential is virtually limitless". - Jay Sidhu
"The secret to acheive true success is found in your daily routine."- Author Unknown
"People may say you are going the wrong way, when it is simply a path of your own." - Anon.
"It's the constant and determined effort that breaks down all resistance, sweeps away all obstacles" - Claude M. Bristol
"The greatest pleasure in life is in doing what people say you cannot do". - Walther Bageholt
"If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes". - St. Clement of Alexandria
"Faith will move mountains"- Proverb
"Remember always that you have not only the right to be an individual, but you have an obligation to be one". - Eleanor Roosevelt
"Knowledge itself is power". - Francis Bacon
"What you think of yourself is much more important than what others think of you".- Seneca
"I can live for 2 months on a good compliment".- Mark Twain
"Follow your bliss". - Joseph Campbell
"Try out your ideas by visualizing them in action." - David Seabury
Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little. - Plutarch
The older I get, the more wisdom I find in the ancient rule of taking first things first - a process which often reduces the most complex human problems to manageable proportions. - Dwight D. Eisenhower
I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble. - Helen Keller
You must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessings. - Andrew Jackson
What you do when you don't have to determines what you will be when you can no longer help it. - Rudyard Kipling
Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way. - Abraham Lincoln
Nothing worthwhile ever happens quickly and easily. You achieve only as you are determined to achieve... and as you keep at it until you have achieved. - Robert H. Lauer
For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'. - John Greenleaf Whittier
He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has. - Henry Ward Beecher
The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do. - Walter Bagehot
The price of greatness is responsibility. - Winston Churchill
Opportunity... often it comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat. Napoleon Hill
The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it. - Moliere
Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability. - Cicero
What I need is someone who will make me do what I can. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that. - Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
"It's never too late to be what you might have been".- George Eliot
"We become what we think about all day long".- Ralph Waldo Emerson
"We tend to get what we expect"- Norman Vincent Peale
"We are what we think". - Buddha
Do not think that what your thoughts dwell on does not matter. Your thoughts are making you.- Bishop Steere
Worry is a think stream of fear which, if encouraged, becomes a wide channel into which all other thoughts flow. Assume an attitude of positive expectancy! Author Unknown
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. Thomas Edison
SUCCESS! Here are some things you can do to keep your brain exercised and your body sound. Healthful eating is the best thing you can do for yourself and it helps to have a team of supporters as well.
FOOD SNACKS: Snack on almonds and blueberries instead of a candy bar. As they lower blood sugar, healthy snacks can improve cognition. In this case, the omega-3s in the almonds and the antioxidants in the blueberries can keep your brain functioning correctly.
DANCING: Dancing is a brain-power activity. Learning new moves activates brain motor centers that form new neural connections. Dancing also calms the brain's stress response. Besides that, it's lots of fund if you can manage the energy required.
SALAD CRUNCH: Try using walnuts instead of empty calorie croutons. Omega-3s in walnuts have been found to improve mood and calm inflammation that may lead to brain-cell death. They also replace lost melatonin, which is necessary for healthy brain functioning.
WALK: Walking for just 20 minutes a day can lower blood sugar. That helps stoke blood flow to the brain, so you think more clearly. Want company? Take your dog for a nice long walk or schedule time with a friend.
VOLUNTEER: Volunteer to answer questions at the library, arboretum, museum, or hospital. Playing tour guide forces you to learn new facts and think on your feet, helping to form new neural pathways in your brain. What's more, interacting with others can ease stress that depletes memory.
BRAIN EXERCISES: Brain teasers don't form new neural connections once you've mastered them. So try something that's opposite your natural skills: If you like numbers, learn to draw. If you love language, try logic puzzles.
INTERACTION: Interacting with others activates many parts of the brain—and learning new ways of coping forms new neural connections.
TEA: Tulsi tea, made of an Indian herb called holy basil, and ginseng tea both contain herbs that can help reduce overproduction of the stress hormone cortisol, which can hamper memory. The herbs also help keep you alert.
CALM THE STRESS: This is an absolute must! Sit quietly, choose a word that calms you, and when your mind starts to wander, say the word silently. A form of meditation, this type of activity can reduce the stress hormone cortisol, which zaps memory. Meditation also helps mitigate focus-stealing feelings like depression and anxiety.
EDUCATION: Research shows that taking courses—even just auditing them—can stave off dementia at an early age. Check out book readings, seminars, and other educational events.
RED WINE: Sipping up to two glasses for women and up to three for men weekly delivers the powerful antioxidant resveratrol, which may prevent free radicals from damaging brain cells. But beware: Drinking more than that could leach thiamine, a brain-boosting nutrient. If sick, you may wish to avoid this.
CHECK TYHROID: It's a tiny little gland in your neck, but it could have a big effect on brain health: Thyroid hormones (T4 and T3) help nerve cells make connections. If you don't have enough of them you may be depressed, tired, and foggy-headed.
FRUIT: Replace all junk food sweets with good tasting fruits like pears, apples, oranges, and cantaloupe. The combination prevents elevated blood sugar that could impede brain cells from firing correctly. It also provides fiber and antioxidants that help scrub plaque from brain arteries and mop up free radicals that inhibit clear thinking.
CURRY: The active ingredient in Indian curry, turmeric, contains resveratrol, the same powerful antioxidant that makes red wine good for brain health. Eat curry once a week, or sprinkle it on salads, to protect brain cells from harmful free radicals.
EAT FISH: Eat wild-caught fish. While fish is generally good for you, the metals that accumulate in farmed fish like tilapia may contribute to cognitive impairments. So when you're shopping, check that the fish is from the wild, not domestically raised, and stick with heart- and brain-healthy fish like salmon and sardines.
REDECORATE: Redecorate and redesign your environment. Plant new flowers in front of your house. Redecorate the kitchen. Rearrange your closets and drawers. Replace the candles in your living room with some that have a different scent. Making such changes can alter motor pathways in the brain and encourage new cell growth.
SLEEP: Research shows that when you're chronically sleep-deprived, your body doesn't have the time to build proteins and other brain-boosting components. So instead of waking yourself early, sleep until you wake naturally. It's also when your brain consolidates memories. Poor sleep, caused by medical conditions, worry, depression, or insomnia, can interfere with your rest. So treat yourself to relaxing scents like vanilla before bed. They raise the chemical dopamine and reduce cortisol, a stress hormone.
WEIGHT TRAINING: Adding a little strength training to your daily walks can help protect brain cells from damage done by free radicals—and encourage new brain-cell growth. So strap some weights on your ankles or wrists as you walk, or practice gentle yoga.
