Question of the day

Have you ever swam with dolphins, or would you like to?

 

Dolphins are amazing, they have all our best human qualities in abundance; they thrive on being playful, gentle, and caring…

 

Here is a truly incredible dolphin story where a dolphin voluntarily “talks” to and rescues two beached whales. His name is Moko, and he regularly plays with swimmers off the beach (there is video of him too):

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7291501.stm

 

 Some Dolphin facts:

 

Dolphins have been measured diving as deep as 1000 ft

Some dolphin species can swim as fast as 25 miles an hour for long periods, more than 3 times faster than any humans        

Dolphins can jump as high as 20 feet out of the water    

         

Here is a way you can help dolphins off Japan’s shores:

 http://www.savejapandolphins.org/

 

  

 

 

(At this time on the site, the questions of the day are open 

for fun – you can have fun with them, or answer them as

seriously as you like – whatever you are in the mood for…)

Question of the day

 

What is your favorite body of water for swimming – immersing in – pond, pool, ocean, lake…?  Bathtub (if you want to save on gas)…?

(Feel free to answer any of the other questions of the day too!)

*Night, night proteins…*

 

 

Sweet dreams = good proteins

 

Proteins need to be tucked in at night too…

 

The latest sleep research reveals that our desire and need of being properly tucked in at night may go a little deeper – one of the primary purposes of sleep is to provide ample time and rest for our proteins to fold themselves properly. Proteins are the primary building materials of our bodies, compromising 16 – 20% of our total structure. Apparently they work best when they get the opportunity to fold themselves properly – often into very complex structures.

 

Research has found that tiredness, and even some diseases are caused and worsened by proteins clumping, and not getting folded properly. They need to be properly folded in order to function accurately and efficiently, if unfolded they clump and can begin to have a toxic effect…

 

How important is sleep? Researchers have deprived (yes poor) mice of sleep, and after 4 to 5 days average without it, they die. Simple and sad as that.

 

Researchers recommend at least 8 hours of sleep a night for the average person. Research has also shown that lack of sleep can contribute to the onset of diabetes (as the body tries to compensate for it’s lack of energy by increasing sugar cravings and intake). Lack of sleep also decreases memory, recall, test taking abilities, motor skills coordination, and response time. Studies have also proven that those who get all the sleep they need, live longer and healthier.

 

So, next time you’re tired, remember it’s for a reason – your proteins are trying to let you know – it’s folding time – time to tuck in for a power nap, or a good night sleep.

 

Now we know sleep isn’t at all a luxury – it’s a vital necessity.

 

(You can google search for more of any of this information – I first heard some of the research on public radio’s highly recommended science entertainment show “Radio Lab.” Also some of the research was featured recently on 60 Minutes.)

 

 

 

 

Question of the day

 

Mangoes, peaches, cherries, with or without cream…

 Tall cool glasses of ice tea, lemonade…

 

What are some of your favorite foods to eat in the summer?

 

 

 

 

Too close too late…

                                                                                                           

                                                                                                                

                                                                                                                

[Too close too late - More serious post - Fun Question of the day below...!]

 

One of the most poignant paradoxes in life is how the things we take the most for granted are often the things that mean the most to us. Our health. Our loved ones. We are often so much more aware of what we don’t have – or of how how we would like what we do have to be different, that we don’t always even truly, deeply appreciate what we have until it becomes what we don’t have – until we lose it… You would think there would be some built in mechanism after all these years of our evolving - an appreciator mechanism – that would help us take even better care of and have even more appreciation for – what we do have. So we don’t always have to lose it to find out how much it truly means to us… So we don’t always wait until it’s too close to too late…

 

Unconditional love for ourselves and others is a good choice, because life is complicated – people are complicated, and we all need love. It is the emotional equivalent of food. As with food, the best love for nourishment is healthy, pure, full for our needs. Love as emotional nourishment, should be no more conditional than food as physical nourishment. The more abundant love is, the more abundantly we would all thrive. Thrive in love. It all starts with us… Maybe if we just give the kind of love that we all want everyday to those around us – the equation will balance out, and we will truly live in love…

 

Many of the social and personal issues people have with addiction, alcoholism, depression, anxiety, self-esteem, etc. could be cured if we lived in a society that actively fully practiced and valued this kind of love, rather than living in a  society that emphasizes competition.

 

Question of the day

Hello -

 

If you could visit any place in the world, where would you like to go most…?

 

(You can be as anonymous or not as you like.)

 

[And you can think of the dreamy no hassle classic travel version, or the version where you hear the music of angels; and then William Shatner emerges from a luminous light, with a halo around his head, and miniature angels circling it, singing - his hand outstretched...  Whichever version you like best.]