I dissolved into tears. All my hard work, all the time pondering and planning, all the time shopping for the perfect gift for him was for nothing. He did not appreciate any of it. I would not be comforted. He thought my emotions were excessive. He kept telling me how wonderful my gift was and reminded me that I obviously had figured out what he really wanted and really surprised him. Nothing he said could make me feel any better. The fact was that he took my gift back because he preferred the one he bought.

Last winter the influenza season was quite severe. The statistics I heard were that there were 80,000 deaths across the country due to the flu. However, flu-associated deaths in adults are not a nationally notifiable condition, and states are not required to report flu-associated deaths in adults to the CDC.

For instance, I frequently have to stop and ask myself (out loud some days), “Why did you chose to say yes when you really should have said no—especially when there is so much in your life that is beyond your control right now?” Or I sometimes have to shout at myself, “Stop! Slow down enough to enjoy the beauty all around you! Did you even notice the dew drops on the spiderweb this morning?”

Patients are usually prescribed statin medications if they have any signs of heart disease. Heart disease is the number killer of Americans, so there are millions of people taking statin drugs today.

For instance, I frequently have to stop and ask myself (out loud some days), “Why did you chose to say yes when you really should have said no—especially when there is so much in your life that is beyond your control right now?” Or I sometimes have to shout at myself, “Stop! Slow down enough to enjoy the beauty all around you! Did you even notice the dew drops on the spiderweb this morning?”

Most of our choices are “unconscious.” We have been programmed by what has happened to us in the past and we do not even stop to think about WHY we make the decisions we make.

For instance, I frequently have to stop and ask myself (out loud some days), “Why did you chose to say yes when you really should have said no—especially when there is so much in your life that is beyond your control right now?” Or I sometimes have to shout at myself, “Stop! Slow down enough to enjoy the beauty all around you! Did you even notice the dew drops on the spiderweb this morning?”

Dr. Mercola recently posted something about a documentary entitled “Genetically Modified Children.” The documentary uncovers the sinister way that Monsanto, Philip Morris, and the Argentinian government have exploited Argentinian farmers over the past three decades by requiring that they grow GMO crops since Monsanto’s Roundup pesticides are widely used.

The season I am in right now feels like the time our family hiked the Grand Canyon to Havasu Falls.

The season I am in right now feels like the time our family hiked the Grand Canyon to Havasu Falls.

This is a powerful story of hatred, love, and reconciliation. Our world is so full of hatred—mainly because many of us are reacting to what has been done TO us or to those we love.

This is a powerful story of hatred, love, and reconciliation. Our world is so full of hatred—mainly because many of us are reacting to what has been done TO us or to those we love.

This is a powerful story of hatred, love, and reconciliation. Our world is so full of hatred—mainly because many of us are reacting to what has been done TO us or to those we love.