Guest guest Posted July 29, 2006 Report Share Posted July 29, 2006  Todays Tasty Treats July 26 2006 Wednesday.... ! Todays Wise Words "Most Human beings only scratch the surface of their real potential. They have no idea what they're really capable of." Peace Pilgrim Day 28 Todays Super Spell Basil Security Spell Color of the day: Topaz Incense of the day: Neroli Basil is not just for cooking! Use it today for protection everywhere you may venture. Pour some basil into a glass or stoneware bowl. Holding your hands open over the bowl, visualize the protective energies of the plant surrounding you as you chant: Spirit of this plant I pray, Keep me safe throughout this day. Bless me with security. Protected, I feel safe and free. Sprinkle a small amount of basil in each room of your house, visualizing the energy changing as the protective properties of the plant spread. Place a bit of basil in your purse or pocket for protection all day. Leaving some basil in your car will protect it both on the road and in the parking lot. By: Kristin Madden Todays Bright Goddess Feast of Saint Anne (Brittany, Canada) Anne Themes: Miracles; Wishes; Kindness; Health Symbols: Freshwater; Household Items About Anne: Saint Anne is a freshwater goddess who helps us learn the value of abounding selflessness, and how to better tend to our household matters when the chaos of summer seems to have our attention elsewhere. In Canada she is also credited with miraculous healing powers. To Do Today: Traditionally, supplicants come to Saint Anne wearing outfits from their cultures, kneeling, and speaking their requests. This is a little awkward in our workaday world. So, instead, quaff a full glass of springwater first thing in the morning so Saint Anne will stay with you all day, protecting you from the sniffles and encouraging a little domesticity. If your house is cluttered, you can invoke Saint Anne and welcome her energy into your home simply by straightening up and using a little magical elbow grease as you go! Visualize white light filling your home, sing magical songs, burn some incense, and use plain water to wash the floors so Saint Anne's power can be absorbed into every nook and cranny. If you know of a person who's been laid up and unable to do such things for themselves, I also suggest offering a helping hand. This will draw Saint Anne's well-being to that individual and fill his or her living space with healthful energy. The act of kindness will also draw Saint Anne's blessings to you. By Patricia Telesco~From "365 Goddess" Todays Stress Buster Give yourself gifts Do you forgo the little luxuries you really want to save money or time? Sometimes that's a false trade off. Instead do one thing you truly enjoy each day, write, dance, read, watch a movie.. Search for ways to adjust your spending so you can have a monthly massage or a weekly lunch date with a good friend. Improving your quality of life and frame of mind makes you better able to handle stress when it arises. Todays Yummy Bite Blueberry Shiver 1/2 cup frozen blueberries 1 banana peeled and sliced 1/2 cup of white grape juice 1/2 cup chopped ice Slice of banana for garnish Place blueberries, banana, grape juice and ice in blender and blend until smooth. Pour into a glass and garnish (and don't forget the garnish, just because it's only for you, doesn't mean YOU aren't special enough ya know!!) Enjoy Todays Meditation Study to be quiet, that is, to dismiss all bustle and worry out of your inward life. Study also to do your own business, and do not try to do the business of other people. A great deal of fleshly activity is expended in trying to do other people�s business. It is often very hard to sit still when we see our friends mismanaging matters, according to our ideas, and making dreadful blunders. But the divine order, the best human order, is for each of us to do our own business and to refrain from meddling with the business of anyone else.Hannah Whitall Smith Today's Meditation: Sit still and mind your own business--these are words that we would expect from a parent when we're quite young, aren't they? But in many ways, they are words that if we can heed them, can help us to live our lives in a much more pleasing way, that can help us to be much more content and our lives to be much more fulfilling. I have to fight to sit still. I always want to be doing something, always want to be active. But the times when I force myself to sit still and relax, the times when I take the time to allow my body and brain to take a break from their perpetual activity, are the times when I can find peace, when I can feel the beauty of peace and quiet. After a few minutes of sitting still and being quiet, I start to see the world in a much different way--in effect, it's only then that I actually start to see the world at all. In my busy, hurried times, I see very little at all. And as time goes on and I work at it more, that peace is with me more and more, and I don't have to work so hard to find it. Likewise, the less I concern myself with trying to help others avoid their mistakes and blunders, the more peace I also feel. Trying to mind other people's business is a tremendous misuse of my energy--their lives aren't under my control, so why should I try to control their actions, no matter what I feel about what they should be doing? Their lives are their lives, and my life is much more fulfilling if I don't interfere in their personal learning experiences. If they ask for help, I'll be there, but unless they do so, what they do truly is none of my business. Sit still and mind your own business--these aren't words for children who are misbehaving, but words that can change our lives for the better, if only we would heed them. Todays Special Treat Thyme and Eucalyptus Back Relief Soak 15 drops of thyme essential oil 4 drops of eucalyptus essential oil Mix oils in hot bath water and soak for 15 minutes. After the bath, massage joints and back With Thyme and Cedarwood joint and backache rub..... 2 ounces of jojoba oil 12 drops of thyme essential oil 12 drops of cedarwood essential oil Mix ingredients thoroughly and massage into affected areas with a circular motion Today is National BagelFest Day Did you know ?? Which makes a more healthful breakfast, a bagel with cream cheese or a donut? We put the question to 50 people entering Boston-area Dunkin� Donuts shops on several recent weekday mornings. If you�re like the vast majority of them, you�d say the bagel. But you�d be wrong. True, the bagel has more iron than, say, a chocolate frosted donut�35 percent of the Daily Value as opposed to 4 percent. And the cream cheese contains 10 percent of the Daily Value for vitamin A. But a plain bagel with cream cheese from Dunkin� Donuts also contains 550 calories and 13.5 grams of saturated fat�more than half the saturated fat that should be averaged in a day by someone following a 2,000-calorie diet. The chocolate frosted donut, on the other hand, has just 200 calories�and only 2 grams of saturated fat. The difference isn�t surprising when you consider that bagels at shops like Dunkin� Donuts are huge�about 5 ounces, compared with 2.5 ounces for a jelly donut. (That�s why the bagels have more iron; there�s more iron-enriched flour.) Dunkin� Donuts bagels also come with 2 ounces of cream cheese instead of 1, racking up calories and saturated fat considerably; every ounce of cream cheese contains about 100 calories. But even smaller bagels with less cream cheese, like the pre-packaged Philadelphia To Go selections recently introduced by Kraft, are no nutritional bargain. One of them�a 2-ounce bagel plus a 1-ounce tub of cream cheese�has 240 calories and 5 grams of saturated fat. That�s still more calories and saturated fat than in a Dunkin� Donuts chocolate frosted donut�or jelly donut or French cruller. Philadelphia To Go bagels with cream cheese are no economic bargain, either. A single one costs $1. While that�s less than you�d pay at Dunkin� Donuts, it�s much more than in other areas of the supermarket. A 2-ounce frozen Lender�s bagel with 2 ounces of Philadelphia cream cheese from an 8-ounce tub costs just 76 cents. (Smear 1 ounce of cheese instead of 2, and it costs only 49 cents.) Each Kraft Philadelphia To Go bagel does come with a plastic knife and separate compartments for the bagel and cream cheese so you can grab them on your way out the door. But you have to ask yourself: Is it worth an extra 25 to 50 cents a day not to have to spend the few extra seconds taking a bagel out of a bag and keeping a larger tub of cream cheese in the refrigerator�either at home or the office? It also pays to ask yourself whether breakfast should be a bagel or a donut in the first place. Building a better breakfast There�s nothing wrong with a bagel and cream cheese for breakfast occasionally�or a donut, either. (We�ve been known to enjoy them ourselves.) But it�s so easy to make breakfast nutritious, not to mention replete with things lacking in the American diet�calcium, fiber, whole grains�that we think it�s a shame to forego that opportunity on a regular basis. For instance, a serving of whole-grain cereal with a cup of skim milk and a cut-up banana or some blueberries will contain at least 300 milligrams of calcium (the Daily Value is 1,000 milligrams), 6 or more grams of fiber (out of the 25 you should aim for daily), plus a host of other nutrients and phytochemicals lacking in the refined grains used to make donuts and just about all bagels. And it�ll contain only 300 to 400 calories and hardly any fat. Ditto for throwing some thawed frozen berries into a cup of low-fat yogurt with a few raisins and a teaspoon of honey for extra sweetness. You can even include a slice of whole-wheat toast with a teaspoon of soft margarine and not go over 400 calories. An egg cooked in a nonstick pan with a slice of whole-wheat toast, a small glass of skim milk, and a fruit cup makes a healthful breakfast, too. All of these require a 2- to 5-minute preparation commitment. And they require 5 minutes of sitting at a table to eat. But that�s an awfully small time investment to get more of the produce, whole grains, and high-calcium dairy foods that nutritionists keep identifying as key items missing from the American diet. Isn�t your body worth 10 minutes a day? For more articles like this go to ...... http://healthletter.tufts.edu/issues/2003-07/bagel_or_donut.HTML Sharing with Good Friends there isn't anything else like it ! So today as you leave your home, or pass through the doorway, Remember Smileand Be Happy Share your things And Accept the Challenge the Day offers With good friends, and coffee I bid you all blessings Ezevia Rose Visit me at www.sistersofearthsong.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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