Hope

" In the absence of certainty, there is nothing wrong with hope."  Carl Simonton

Optimism

"An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always run to blow it out?"  Michael de Saint-Pierre

"A pessimist is someone, who, when confronted with two unpleasant choices, selects both." Anon

"The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist fears that this is true."  James Cabell

Health & Happiness

"The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend."  Benjamin Disraeli

Make Good Choices Today

"Please understand my friend that where you find yourself tomorrow is a function of the positive decisions and actions you take today."  Akin A. Awolaja

Be Happy!

"He who is of calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition, youth and age are equally a burden."  Plato

Dream and Achieve

"You can achieve anything you want in life if you have the courage to dream it, the intelligence to make a realistic plan, and the will to see the plan through to the end."  Sidney Friedman

Blessed with Health

"A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of all blessings."  Hippocrates

In Defense of Food

"Let your food be your medicine and your medicine your food." Hippocrates

Eat Food. Not Too Much. Mostly Plants.

Brilliance! Fundamental! Back to Basics! A must read and therefore it tops the current list of gotta have books! Michael Pollan does a phenomenal job of relaying how we veered from a group of people who ate food to a body of folks desperately looking and hoping to justify that what's in the food (specific nutrients) we've chosen to consume is certainly improving our health. Whether the nutrients claim to lower your cholesterol, decrease your risk for cancer, increase your energy, boost your immune system, or help you lose weight (just to name a few), food manufacturers have succeeded in getting Americans to buy based on the added nutrient not the food itself! The book reveals not only how since the inception of this change in behaviour that we've created more disease but that we've lost the need to ask the question, "What's wrong with the food itself that we must feel the need to fortify, add, or inject isolated, unnatural, environmentally imbalanced nutrients into the food?" The author eloquently shares many of the fundamental conflicts of interest behind those creating these anomalous chemical montages (still calling them food), government health standards, bias researchers, and the major implications and subsequent consequences of these decisions. Michael Pollan's articulately and fluently, without persuasion, encourages us to engage in thoughtful selection of our food that will augment our lives, improve our sensory perception of healthy food, and to revert back to the days of enjoying our meals again!!! I hope this book serves you and your family well!!!

Be What You Desire....

"The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear."  Socrates

How you see yourself...

"It's not what you are that holds you back, it's what you think you are not!" - Denis Waitley

Happiness = Health ... Health = Happines

"The unhappy person is the target for any and every type of illness." 

 B.Larson