What Working Safely Looks Like
- Coaching and Intervention need to be part of our daily routine.
- Do things as safely as possible, look for ways to create a safe working environment.
- Keep areas clean and clear of debris.
- Take on an attitude of not letting unsafe acts or situations go uncorrected.
- Be forward thinking and be proactive (pre-job hazard).
- See safety risks: if they arise deal with them before they negatively impact someone’s life.
- Inspect and observe what is happening in the workplace, we want all eyes constantly focused on Safety and the well-being of people.
- Provide feedback on job performance, coaching is to strengthen and encourage each other to do things right.
- Recognize and eliminate risks, hazards. Reduce, control, minimize risks to protect.
General Information / AP3 Health & Safety Program / Page 4 Individual Roles and Responsibilities.
- Adhere to all mill and departmental safety policies and procedures.
- Use safe work practices at all times.
- Correct any unsafe work practices by other individuals.
- Correct immediately or bring forward any unsafe conditions that they may encounter.
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Wanted Off Our Streets
WANTED
Drug Dealers from the beginning; have shown that they will not comply with the Law. The Law is easy to obey. They have to be forced to obey because it is in their attitude to refuse it, to oppose it and challenge it. That goes for any who are of a criminal attitude. We cannot accept it, and say we lost the war on drugs, or other crime.
But we must counter it by increased police activity, especially by the provision of more police, until it is brought home to their minds that compliance with the Law is each of ours necessary contribution to the common whole, and good.
Those who do wrong shall be punished; those who do good shall be rewarded.
OFF OUR STREETS
Drug Dealers from the beginning; have shown that they will not comply with the Law. The Law is easy to obey. They have to be forced to obey because it is in their attitude to refuse it, to oppose it and challenge it. That goes for any who are of a criminal attitude. We cannot accept it, and say we lost the war on drugs, or other crime.
But we must counter it by increased police activity, especially by the provision of more police, until it is brought home to their minds that compliance with the Law is each of ours necessary contribution to the common whole, and good.
Those who do wrong shall be punished; those who do good shall be rewarded.
OFF OUR STREETS
Toxins. Chemicals & Cancer in Today's Society
Toxins, Chemicals & Cancer
ä Educate yourself and work towards creating a healthy and safe environment at home and in your workplace.
ä Cancer - what's behind it?
ä One in two to three now have the probability of developing cancer.
ä Think about trespassing - they regulate, arrest, prosecute, we're real serious about it.
ä What about chemicals? They have entered our bodies and we have no rights against having chemicals enter us. Toxic chemicals are showing up in our bodies due to our society. Many of us are carrying around 100 different toxins.
ä PCB's biomagnify as they go in the food chain. PCB's are at 5 times the threshold limit in some Inuit women's breast milk. May 10th - Globe & Mail - "Nursing woman taking codeine for pain after childbirth, turned into morphine in her breast milk killing the baby".
ä Most of the toxic waste in the environment comes from sewer waste put out into the environment untreated - (VICTORIA).
ä Fire retardants on furniture, etc., release carcinogens when burned. Very hazardous to firefighting personnel as they respond to house fires.
ä Exposures add up over time. We need to be responsible about it ourselves.
ä How do we work with chemicals and keep industry running and our homes? We can find products that are not as harmful so that we can keep our jobs. Products may be able to be re-formulated. Even low doses matter as it all adds up.
ä Health & Safety Committees can eliminate known carcinogens and find replacements.
ä Janitors are often exposed because they are spraying and cleaning same as in our household. Substitute cleaners can be found.
ä In Canada our cancer rates are one out of every two or at least three people - 1930's one in ten; 1970's one in five; today one in two to three men and women. An increase of nearly 30% since 1970.
ä The chemicals we use are causing these cancers. We need to look at ways of stopping exposure.
ä The cancer industry is one of the biggest industries in Canada. Worldwide it is a 37 billion dollar a year industry that puts very little or next to none towards prevention.
ä They want to make their investors a ton of money off of cancer drugs. It is about growth and profit margins.
ä We have 100,000 chemicals on the market in Canada and less than 10% are tested for their toxicity. Many chemicals cause disruption to our hormones and are manifested into cancers, sterility and infertility.
ä We are seeing many things occur in our society and many toxic chemicals can be substituted and/or re-formulated.
ä Whales and fish washed up on shore many times have to be treated as toxic waste due to the high levels found in them.
ä We in the workplace have the right to know about chemicals. BC actually has some of the best regulations in North America. It may still do well for you to do more research using the Internet for home and industry concerns.
ä This is not so in the consumer end of things in the marketplaces. You have no right to know what chemicals are in products sold in stores. Sunlight has a known carcinogen, as does Mr. Clean Magic eraser, Fantastic spray cleaner may cause birth defects or infertility.
ä Products can be re-formulated. They can also have a large "C" on them to warn of cancer causing product. Cancer is expected to increase by 60% over the next 20 years, so it is a growth industry for the drug companies. We all need to become activists for life in the consumer market in the workplace and in the community. Chlorine, incidentally, used in water systems, mixing with organic materials (leaves, branches, etc.) produces formaldehyde, so that can make our water systems toxic.
ä To get rid of toxins, get rid of the exposures. We're still spraying like chemicals are the answer.
ä If you have a toxic substance, you must try to find a safe substitute. Next, engineer controls to stop exposure. Administrative control would be to remove the worker from exposure for periods of time and have the worker use proper personal protective equipment. PPE is a primary control when others are not practical. WCB and ourselves do not want to see mills shut down. We all want to help make things safer. PPE ought to be the last option to deal with chemicals on the worksite.
ä We must protect people, check MSDS's for "reproductive effects", "nervous system irritants". Often we need to take an extra step to look up more information for ourselves and our fellow workers' safety.
ä www.leas.ca www.scorecard.org - Chemical search sites that may be useful.
ä If manufacturers have in the MDSD 'no data available', one must assume that it is a worst case scenario - again research needed.
ä The essential point of all this is that we are seeing cancers increase and we want to see the cancers per person decrease We need to protect ourselves in the home, in society, at work and protect our next generations.
ä If we don't do something it will continue to rise.
ä Pay particular attention to "toxilogical properties" on MSDS's. If no information provided, then request it - that is a major concern.
ä www.2.worksafebc.com - Guidelines Part 5
ä Chemicals must be replaced with a material which reduces the risk, etc…
ä Some industries are always lobbying government that various chemicals do not get put in the carcinogenic category as this is not good for sales.
ä You may have to search a number of different websites to bring a lot of weight into your concern with chemicals in the workplace and consumer products producers.
ä We are accumulating toxins in our bodies and they are increasing. We need to find out why. There is more that we need to know.
ä "We can beat cancer" - is NOT the answer. We are not beating it, it is increasing. Our bodies are high on PCB's, cadmium, etc… and now it is considered normal. The Canadian Cancer Society doesn't see toxins in the environment as a concern. Don't smoke, eat fruits, vegetables, exercise, stay out of the sun, avoid chemicals in the workplace, don't drink too much. We know all this. We are doing this and cancer is still increasing. There is no real prevention being done. Questions are being asked , but no answers are forthcoming.
ä Canada is in a cancer epidemic now. One of two now are being told it is their fault, their lifestyle. We are not being told what the hazards are. The birth control pill is the largest single non studied cause of cancer ever. Canadian beef hormones, at least one hormone is carcinogenic and we are still eating it, Europe is not.
ä The Canadian Cancer Society is not there to save lives, otherwise they would try to prevent it. They just try to treat it after a person has it. Cancer is a huge business worldwide worth up to 37 billion dollars a year, big bucks are spent on drugs. There are no companies who are into prevention because there is no money in it. Why don't we treat the root cause of it, instead of just doing damage control? Cancer is increasing. We don't have enough drugs to treat people now. If it increases, the problem won't be dealt with. Cancer is a massive industry. European Union has removed carcinogens Canada still uses. They are requiring the listing of carcinogens, but not here in Canada.
ä There is lots of stuff we could be avoiding if we knew what to avoid - certain laundry soaps, pet products, personal care products, soaps, shampoos, make up. Those in the business of making these products say they are in safe doses. But remember, toxins build up over time. We live in a society that has too many chemicals in it. Why isn't the Cancer Society doing something about it? Our government and regulatory agencies are responsible to not put out products that are harmful for us. The Canadian Cancer Society is changing their position slowly on oral contraceptions and is supposed to put out a statement on it.
ä There are 2 types of people in the cancer camps, one is expected to live, one is expected to die. We really have to be more preventative.
ä Currently only 10% of cancer donations go to prevention and that is mainly on stop smoking campaigns.
ä Educate yourself and work towards creating a healthy and safe environment at home and in your workplace.
ä Cancer - what's behind it?
ä One in two to three now have the probability of developing cancer.
ä Think about trespassing - they regulate, arrest, prosecute, we're real serious about it.
ä What about chemicals? They have entered our bodies and we have no rights against having chemicals enter us. Toxic chemicals are showing up in our bodies due to our society. Many of us are carrying around 100 different toxins.
ä PCB's biomagnify as they go in the food chain. PCB's are at 5 times the threshold limit in some Inuit women's breast milk. May 10th - Globe & Mail - "Nursing woman taking codeine for pain after childbirth, turned into morphine in her breast milk killing the baby".
ä Most of the toxic waste in the environment comes from sewer waste put out into the environment untreated - (VICTORIA).
ä Fire retardants on furniture, etc., release carcinogens when burned. Very hazardous to firefighting personnel as they respond to house fires.
ä Exposures add up over time. We need to be responsible about it ourselves.
ä How do we work with chemicals and keep industry running and our homes? We can find products that are not as harmful so that we can keep our jobs. Products may be able to be re-formulated. Even low doses matter as it all adds up.
ä Health & Safety Committees can eliminate known carcinogens and find replacements.
ä Janitors are often exposed because they are spraying and cleaning same as in our household. Substitute cleaners can be found.
ä In Canada our cancer rates are one out of every two or at least three people - 1930's one in ten; 1970's one in five; today one in two to three men and women. An increase of nearly 30% since 1970.
ä The chemicals we use are causing these cancers. We need to look at ways of stopping exposure.
ä The cancer industry is one of the biggest industries in Canada. Worldwide it is a 37 billion dollar a year industry that puts very little or next to none towards prevention.
ä They want to make their investors a ton of money off of cancer drugs. It is about growth and profit margins.
ä We have 100,000 chemicals on the market in Canada and less than 10% are tested for their toxicity. Many chemicals cause disruption to our hormones and are manifested into cancers, sterility and infertility.
ä We are seeing many things occur in our society and many toxic chemicals can be substituted and/or re-formulated.
ä Whales and fish washed up on shore many times have to be treated as toxic waste due to the high levels found in them.
ä We in the workplace have the right to know about chemicals. BC actually has some of the best regulations in North America. It may still do well for you to do more research using the Internet for home and industry concerns.
ä This is not so in the consumer end of things in the marketplaces. You have no right to know what chemicals are in products sold in stores. Sunlight has a known carcinogen, as does Mr. Clean Magic eraser, Fantastic spray cleaner may cause birth defects or infertility.
ä Products can be re-formulated. They can also have a large "C" on them to warn of cancer causing product. Cancer is expected to increase by 60% over the next 20 years, so it is a growth industry for the drug companies. We all need to become activists for life in the consumer market in the workplace and in the community. Chlorine, incidentally, used in water systems, mixing with organic materials (leaves, branches, etc.) produces formaldehyde, so that can make our water systems toxic.
ä To get rid of toxins, get rid of the exposures. We're still spraying like chemicals are the answer.
ä If you have a toxic substance, you must try to find a safe substitute. Next, engineer controls to stop exposure. Administrative control would be to remove the worker from exposure for periods of time and have the worker use proper personal protective equipment. PPE is a primary control when others are not practical. WCB and ourselves do not want to see mills shut down. We all want to help make things safer. PPE ought to be the last option to deal with chemicals on the worksite.
ä We must protect people, check MSDS's for "reproductive effects", "nervous system irritants". Often we need to take an extra step to look up more information for ourselves and our fellow workers' safety.
ä www.leas.ca www.scorecard.org - Chemical search sites that may be useful.
ä If manufacturers have in the MDSD 'no data available', one must assume that it is a worst case scenario - again research needed.
ä The essential point of all this is that we are seeing cancers increase and we want to see the cancers per person decrease We need to protect ourselves in the home, in society, at work and protect our next generations.
ä If we don't do something it will continue to rise.
ä Pay particular attention to "toxilogical properties" on MSDS's. If no information provided, then request it - that is a major concern.
ä www.2.worksafebc.com - Guidelines Part 5
ä Chemicals must be replaced with a material which reduces the risk, etc…
ä Some industries are always lobbying government that various chemicals do not get put in the carcinogenic category as this is not good for sales.
ä You may have to search a number of different websites to bring a lot of weight into your concern with chemicals in the workplace and consumer products producers.
ä We are accumulating toxins in our bodies and they are increasing. We need to find out why. There is more that we need to know.
ä "We can beat cancer" - is NOT the answer. We are not beating it, it is increasing. Our bodies are high on PCB's, cadmium, etc… and now it is considered normal. The Canadian Cancer Society doesn't see toxins in the environment as a concern. Don't smoke, eat fruits, vegetables, exercise, stay out of the sun, avoid chemicals in the workplace, don't drink too much. We know all this. We are doing this and cancer is still increasing. There is no real prevention being done. Questions are being asked , but no answers are forthcoming.
ä Canada is in a cancer epidemic now. One of two now are being told it is their fault, their lifestyle. We are not being told what the hazards are. The birth control pill is the largest single non studied cause of cancer ever. Canadian beef hormones, at least one hormone is carcinogenic and we are still eating it, Europe is not.
ä The Canadian Cancer Society is not there to save lives, otherwise they would try to prevent it. They just try to treat it after a person has it. Cancer is a huge business worldwide worth up to 37 billion dollars a year, big bucks are spent on drugs. There are no companies who are into prevention because there is no money in it. Why don't we treat the root cause of it, instead of just doing damage control? Cancer is increasing. We don't have enough drugs to treat people now. If it increases, the problem won't be dealt with. Cancer is a massive industry. European Union has removed carcinogens Canada still uses. They are requiring the listing of carcinogens, but not here in Canada.
ä There is lots of stuff we could be avoiding if we knew what to avoid - certain laundry soaps, pet products, personal care products, soaps, shampoos, make up. Those in the business of making these products say they are in safe doses. But remember, toxins build up over time. We live in a society that has too many chemicals in it. Why isn't the Cancer Society doing something about it? Our government and regulatory agencies are responsible to not put out products that are harmful for us. The Canadian Cancer Society is changing their position slowly on oral contraceptions and is supposed to put out a statement on it.
ä There are 2 types of people in the cancer camps, one is expected to live, one is expected to die. We really have to be more preventative.
ä Currently only 10% of cancer donations go to prevention and that is mainly on stop smoking campaigns.
Top Ten Tips for Lifetime Health
Top Ten Tips for Lifetime Health
1) Stack the cards in your favour.
2) Body, Mind and Spirit need to be considered.
3) Stress and spiritual connection affect long term health
4) Adopt the characteristics of healthy living.
5) The spiritual aspect does have something to do with it.
#1 Health Tip: Exercise
Increases longevity. The basic thing is to be more active. Exercise decreases disease and cancer and increases the immune system. You must fit in more physical activity. It regulates blood throughout the day, decreases disease, increases bone density.
Increase your exercise so it is a little more than you are used to. Even just three 1 hour workouts can decrease the chance of cancer by 50% according to researchers. Walking can give substantial benefits.
Some high intensity exercise is being found to be more detrimental than the three times a week, one hour a day routine. Pushing, pulling type weight bearing exercises are very beneficial. Weight training can help us to function healthfully into old age. Lots of people are functionally comprised in their last 20 years of life. Weight training, even for people in old age, can help them regain bone density and muscle mass and increase overall strength by 50%-200%.
#2 Health Tip: Anti Oxidants
They are what protect us from free radical cell wall damage. DNA can get damaged and it may be a precursor to cancer. Anti-oxidants protect you and try to prevent cell damage. Essential fatty acids, omega 3 in particular, hemp nut seeds, walnuts and flax oil lower blood pressure, increase immunity and decrease pain. Put nuts and seeds into your daily diet. Fruits and vegetables - go for lots of colour - blues, reds, oranges, yellows and greens are all power foods. Get out to the farmer's market, etc. and get a variety of colourful foods. Experiment with them in salads and stir fries. Every day colourful vegetables, nuts and seeds are to be part of your daily diet. They are a good source of essential fatty acids and anti-oxidants.
#3 Health Tip: Damage Control
Reduce animal fats, meats, eggs, cheeses. These all increase the risk of heart disease and cancer. Reduce and/or find alternatives. Often we eat meat or animal products up to 21 times a week. Start ordering veggie meals, put more veggies into the lunch and only have meat one meal a day - that reduces it to 7 times a week. Animal fats contribute to clogged arteries. Our society is suffering from impotency. We do have drugs for it, however we can really help ourselves with a diet plan.
#4 Health Tip: More Damage Control
Eliminate coffee, smoking, alcohol, sugar. We have all heard this before. We get into a stimulation cycle where we are using these all the time. These cause free radical damage, aging and disease.
Solutions:
Get off the coffee and onto green teas and herbal teas. Even if you stick to one coffee or two in the morning, drink tea the rest of the day. It can be beneficial to our teeth, fight cancer and prevent disease. Green tea has five times less caffeine than coffee and a different caffeine.
Rooibos tea is becoming more popular in the health-conscious circles of North America, where it is appreciated for its high level of antioxidants and lack of caffeine. It has an anti-cancer effect.
Some researchers say that drinking extra tea gives the same benefit as having extra fruits and vegetables due to the anti-oxidant.
Hydrogenated fats are hidden in chips, cookies, salad dressings, peanut butters and margarines and other processed foods.
We will see more ingredient labelling this year or early 2007 in regards to ingredients that are harmful to your health.
#5 Health Tip: Use it or Lose It
The brain needs exercise as well as the body. Research is showing that brain neurons can be replaced/regenerated. Keep muscles in body and mind active to maintain health. Keep learning new things, take a night school course, study, learning something new every day if you can.
#6 Health Tip: Water
Clean water is critical for our health. Cells need it for health. The body needs it for chemical reactions that are needed to take place for optimum health. Lack of water can cause headaches, back pain, high blood pressure and hormonal imbalances.
Solution:
We've heard it before - 6 to 8 glasses a day.
You can, upon arising, drink 2 glasses of water first thing; water and herbal teas throughout the day, 2 glasses at the day's end but at least 4 hours before sleep and 1 hour before supper to avoid unnecessary trips to the bathroom during the night for a better night's sleep.
Water helps flush the liver and body.
Use a Britta water filter. A charcoal filter system is a good idea, although generally our tap water in BC is very good.
The make up and beauty industry are reliant upon women NOT drinking water so they can sell products for moisturizing their skin and dry hair.
#7 Health Tip: Stress Management
This is really important! Why do you vacation? Is it escapism? Escapism is not relaxing, it does not give you the tools to use when you get back into the stress situation or work environment. A stress management system is one that could involve any or some of the following: tai chi, yoga, prayer, meditation, spiritual retreat from which you learn and take away with you some tools for managing the stress in your life and letting it go. Stress lowers the immune system and can help develop heart disease, free radical damage can also result.
Breathing exercises, prayer, meditation, yoga, tai chi - putting them into practice will help you relax when faced with a stressed situation or person. Take a deep breath, relax, let it go… can be a learned response. This is critical for so many situations in our society, work and family life.
A mantra could be "I am herer to cooperate and get along with people." Learn to be flexible and easy going and comfortable with opposing views. You can change yourself, but you cannot change others directly. They can only be changed if they see something in you that they want.
#8 Health Tip: Humour
Laughter regenerates power, gives a sense of well being, enhances the immune system response, lowers blood pressure. Humour can actually heal and make ourselves well. Grab a funny movie, it is good for your health, find a funny friend, or just laugh at yourself. You are probably pretty funny with some of the stuff that's going on in your head. While daily living can get very serious, don't take yourself so seriously. Again, it's going to take a lot of forgiveness, compassion and mercy for all of us to make it through this life. You might as well have fun while you are going through it.
#9 Health Tip: Love Heals
Long living people generally meet in a community type event. It can add 7 to 15 years to one's life if you belong to a support group, community club, volunteer organization, sports club, religious community, twelve step group, or others. If you belong and practice some part of the group's skills or teaching, it can be a great benefit. It helps us to exercise our brain with continued learning and expansion of it.
#10 Health Tip: Embrace Change
Adopt the ability and attitude and acceptance of moving on. Embracing change is an ability that can free us from stress brought on by change. Look at change as an opportunity for a new learning situation and/or skill and personal development.
People who are willing to change will be able to do all sorts of awesome stuff. They will not be limiting themselves. It is not always easy making choices, but it is never too late to change. It can be done. Keep things fresh, new tricks can be learned, new ways of thinking and living can be adopted.
Commitment to what you are going to do on one's new health factor can do wonders.
Adopt one change at a time per week and it can become a habit that will stay with you. Bring things in a little at a time, something each week. Consider what you are going to do for breakfast, lunch, snacks and supper. We need to plan these things out, lest we take the more convenience type food that is not so healthy for us. If you are going to use convenience type foods, make sure you add to the meal carrot and brown rice as a balancing factor for nutrition.
Quality matters, avoid processed, high fat foods. Natural organic whole style foods, yogurts and cheeses are much better than the highly processed types. Processed yogurt and cheeses are not doing us a lot of good. Use alternatives with no artificial hormones injected into the animals that the food is derived from.
Soy foods are not exactly healthy due to the processing of them. Soy protein in some research has been found that it may raise the chance of breast cancer. More research needs to be done on soy products and supplements. We are still in the dark for the most part and have to keep on learning.
Increase the quality of the food you are eating, head towards the healthier choices as you can.
1) Stack the cards in your favour.
2) Body, Mind and Spirit need to be considered.
3) Stress and spiritual connection affect long term health
4) Adopt the characteristics of healthy living.
5) The spiritual aspect does have something to do with it.
#1 Health Tip: Exercise
Increases longevity. The basic thing is to be more active. Exercise decreases disease and cancer and increases the immune system. You must fit in more physical activity. It regulates blood throughout the day, decreases disease, increases bone density.
Increase your exercise so it is a little more than you are used to. Even just three 1 hour workouts can decrease the chance of cancer by 50% according to researchers. Walking can give substantial benefits.
Some high intensity exercise is being found to be more detrimental than the three times a week, one hour a day routine. Pushing, pulling type weight bearing exercises are very beneficial. Weight training can help us to function healthfully into old age. Lots of people are functionally comprised in their last 20 years of life. Weight training, even for people in old age, can help them regain bone density and muscle mass and increase overall strength by 50%-200%.
#2 Health Tip: Anti Oxidants
They are what protect us from free radical cell wall damage. DNA can get damaged and it may be a precursor to cancer. Anti-oxidants protect you and try to prevent cell damage. Essential fatty acids, omega 3 in particular, hemp nut seeds, walnuts and flax oil lower blood pressure, increase immunity and decrease pain. Put nuts and seeds into your daily diet. Fruits and vegetables - go for lots of colour - blues, reds, oranges, yellows and greens are all power foods. Get out to the farmer's market, etc. and get a variety of colourful foods. Experiment with them in salads and stir fries. Every day colourful vegetables, nuts and seeds are to be part of your daily diet. They are a good source of essential fatty acids and anti-oxidants.
#3 Health Tip: Damage Control
Reduce animal fats, meats, eggs, cheeses. These all increase the risk of heart disease and cancer. Reduce and/or find alternatives. Often we eat meat or animal products up to 21 times a week. Start ordering veggie meals, put more veggies into the lunch and only have meat one meal a day - that reduces it to 7 times a week. Animal fats contribute to clogged arteries. Our society is suffering from impotency. We do have drugs for it, however we can really help ourselves with a diet plan.
#4 Health Tip: More Damage Control
Eliminate coffee, smoking, alcohol, sugar. We have all heard this before. We get into a stimulation cycle where we are using these all the time. These cause free radical damage, aging and disease.
Solutions:
Get off the coffee and onto green teas and herbal teas. Even if you stick to one coffee or two in the morning, drink tea the rest of the day. It can be beneficial to our teeth, fight cancer and prevent disease. Green tea has five times less caffeine than coffee and a different caffeine.
Rooibos tea is becoming more popular in the health-conscious circles of North America, where it is appreciated for its high level of antioxidants and lack of caffeine. It has an anti-cancer effect.
Some researchers say that drinking extra tea gives the same benefit as having extra fruits and vegetables due to the anti-oxidant.
Hydrogenated fats are hidden in chips, cookies, salad dressings, peanut butters and margarines and other processed foods.
We will see more ingredient labelling this year or early 2007 in regards to ingredients that are harmful to your health.
#5 Health Tip: Use it or Lose It
The brain needs exercise as well as the body. Research is showing that brain neurons can be replaced/regenerated. Keep muscles in body and mind active to maintain health. Keep learning new things, take a night school course, study, learning something new every day if you can.
#6 Health Tip: Water
Clean water is critical for our health. Cells need it for health. The body needs it for chemical reactions that are needed to take place for optimum health. Lack of water can cause headaches, back pain, high blood pressure and hormonal imbalances.
Solution:
We've heard it before - 6 to 8 glasses a day.
You can, upon arising, drink 2 glasses of water first thing; water and herbal teas throughout the day, 2 glasses at the day's end but at least 4 hours before sleep and 1 hour before supper to avoid unnecessary trips to the bathroom during the night for a better night's sleep.
Water helps flush the liver and body.
Use a Britta water filter. A charcoal filter system is a good idea, although generally our tap water in BC is very good.
The make up and beauty industry are reliant upon women NOT drinking water so they can sell products for moisturizing their skin and dry hair.
#7 Health Tip: Stress Management
This is really important! Why do you vacation? Is it escapism? Escapism is not relaxing, it does not give you the tools to use when you get back into the stress situation or work environment. A stress management system is one that could involve any or some of the following: tai chi, yoga, prayer, meditation, spiritual retreat from which you learn and take away with you some tools for managing the stress in your life and letting it go. Stress lowers the immune system and can help develop heart disease, free radical damage can also result.
Breathing exercises, prayer, meditation, yoga, tai chi - putting them into practice will help you relax when faced with a stressed situation or person. Take a deep breath, relax, let it go… can be a learned response. This is critical for so many situations in our society, work and family life.
A mantra could be "I am herer to cooperate and get along with people." Learn to be flexible and easy going and comfortable with opposing views. You can change yourself, but you cannot change others directly. They can only be changed if they see something in you that they want.
#8 Health Tip: Humour
Laughter regenerates power, gives a sense of well being, enhances the immune system response, lowers blood pressure. Humour can actually heal and make ourselves well. Grab a funny movie, it is good for your health, find a funny friend, or just laugh at yourself. You are probably pretty funny with some of the stuff that's going on in your head. While daily living can get very serious, don't take yourself so seriously. Again, it's going to take a lot of forgiveness, compassion and mercy for all of us to make it through this life. You might as well have fun while you are going through it.
#9 Health Tip: Love Heals
Long living people generally meet in a community type event. It can add 7 to 15 years to one's life if you belong to a support group, community club, volunteer organization, sports club, religious community, twelve step group, or others. If you belong and practice some part of the group's skills or teaching, it can be a great benefit. It helps us to exercise our brain with continued learning and expansion of it.
#10 Health Tip: Embrace Change
Adopt the ability and attitude and acceptance of moving on. Embracing change is an ability that can free us from stress brought on by change. Look at change as an opportunity for a new learning situation and/or skill and personal development.
People who are willing to change will be able to do all sorts of awesome stuff. They will not be limiting themselves. It is not always easy making choices, but it is never too late to change. It can be done. Keep things fresh, new tricks can be learned, new ways of thinking and living can be adopted.
Commitment to what you are going to do on one's new health factor can do wonders.
Adopt one change at a time per week and it can become a habit that will stay with you. Bring things in a little at a time, something each week. Consider what you are going to do for breakfast, lunch, snacks and supper. We need to plan these things out, lest we take the more convenience type food that is not so healthy for us. If you are going to use convenience type foods, make sure you add to the meal carrot and brown rice as a balancing factor for nutrition.
Quality matters, avoid processed, high fat foods. Natural organic whole style foods, yogurts and cheeses are much better than the highly processed types. Processed yogurt and cheeses are not doing us a lot of good. Use alternatives with no artificial hormones injected into the animals that the food is derived from.
Soy foods are not exactly healthy due to the processing of them. Soy protein in some research has been found that it may raise the chance of breast cancer. More research needs to be done on soy products and supplements. We are still in the dark for the most part and have to keep on learning.
Increase the quality of the food you are eating, head towards the healthier choices as you can.
What Industry Does For Us
INDUSTRY
Work cleans the mind, strengthens the body, guards the soul, and fills the purse. It encourages honesty and peacefulness. Hard work plants the seeds and reaps the fruit, while laziness harvests nothing.
Genius is not enough; without self-discipline it is only potential.
Possessions are meaningless; no one is emptier than one who has been given much, but has earned little.
Industry buys a satisfaction and contentment that idleness can’t afford.
As I start my day, let me remember the value of work.
Work cleans the mind, strengthens the body, guards the soul, and fills the purse. It encourages honesty and peacefulness. Hard work plants the seeds and reaps the fruit, while laziness harvests nothing.
Genius is not enough; without self-discipline it is only potential.
Possessions are meaningless; no one is emptier than one who has been given much, but has earned little.
Industry buys a satisfaction and contentment that idleness can’t afford.
As I start my day, let me remember the value of work.
Prepare in Order to Survive
PREPARING FOR THE TIMES AHEAD!
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A friend recently sent me an article that really sums up the NEED to PREPARE in order to SURVIVE the times that loom ahead. The following is an excerpt.
**Not everyone will agree with my "feelings" that the way of life we have become accustomed to is going to change. Nonetheless..I felt the obligation to share this with all of you.**
We live in times that call for careful discernment and swift yet careful action. The foundations of Christian civilization are crumbling as the barbarians have breached the walls, entered the palace and are now wielding the scepters of power in our culture.
When nations fall, most of the population are taken by surprise. No one wants to believe that his way of life is coming to an end. When the Bolsheviks were coming to power in Russia (1910-1917) and the Nazis in Germany (1930s) the vast majority of the people continued to regard the times as normal and did not prepare for the coming crisis
Christians, too, are usually taken by surprise along with the rest of a nation in crisis. We of all people, however, ought to have the wisdom to see the handwriting on the wall and realize that momentous changes are ahead. We should anticipate the judgment of God upon a nation such as ours.
Our nation is teetering on the brink of disaster on two related fronts. First is the moral front. Since we as a people have increasingly tolerated adultery, divorce, abortion, sodomy, materialism, willful debt, etc.; since our leaders have written immorality into law and have removed God and his Word from public life; we deserve and should expect the hand of God's judgment.
Second is the economic front. To fulfill the wishes of the voters our politicians have been spending us into oblivion. Other reasons for judgment aside, the economy itself is a time bomb. Our nation is currently trillions of dollars in debt. The ruling class in Washington (of both parties) has no intention to stop adding to the debt, much less to pay it off. Most likely the near future will be a very grim time in our country.
"When the foundations are being destroyed, what can the righteous do?" (Psalm 11:3) They can keep on being righteous! They can return even more closely to the path of blessing and peace revealed in God's Word. They can be sure they are not sharing in the sins that will bring God's righteous wrath on the nation. They can take refuge as best they are able (Proverbs 22:3) and entrust themselves to a merciful Father.
The Remnant will adjust its living patterns now so that it not only survives the crisis but also is prepared to lead on the other side of the crisis.
How can you prepare for the coming crisis and the days that follow it?
1) On a personal level, live in a spirit of repentance, quickly dealing with sin by means of a good confession. Daily Mass (if possible) and Daily Scripture reading, memorization, and meditation; daily fervent prayer and intercession.
2) Read and study your Catholic Faith. Really Learn your Catholic Faith so you can pass it on.
3) Make your family your highest priority: teach your children God's Word and life skills; de-clutter your schedule; learn to worship, work, and minister together; pray for vocations or godly spouses for your children.
4) Seek godly self-sufficiency. (More on this in the future in our "Simple Living Catholic" online magazine.)
5) Get out of debt, period, as soon as possible. Debt will make you a slave in the coming "economic earthquake."
6) Find a Catholic church that is sound in doctrine and practice.
7) Pray for, vote for, and work for a return to godly principles of civil government, starting at the local level.
8) Give PRAYERFUL and serious consideration to obtaining a "Spiritual Home Protection Package" It contains over 16 POWERFUL sacramentals that will serve as powerful spiritual protection for you and your family! We must prepare for the times ahead. Please, consider getting it now as they are being discontinued this week ... http://www.cukierski.net/spiritualhomeprotection.htm
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A friend recently sent me an article that really sums up the NEED to PREPARE in order to SURVIVE the times that loom ahead. The following is an excerpt.
**Not everyone will agree with my "feelings" that the way of life we have become accustomed to is going to change. Nonetheless..I felt the obligation to share this with all of you.**
We live in times that call for careful discernment and swift yet careful action. The foundations of Christian civilization are crumbling as the barbarians have breached the walls, entered the palace and are now wielding the scepters of power in our culture.
When nations fall, most of the population are taken by surprise. No one wants to believe that his way of life is coming to an end. When the Bolsheviks were coming to power in Russia (1910-1917) and the Nazis in Germany (1930s) the vast majority of the people continued to regard the times as normal and did not prepare for the coming crisis
Christians, too, are usually taken by surprise along with the rest of a nation in crisis. We of all people, however, ought to have the wisdom to see the handwriting on the wall and realize that momentous changes are ahead. We should anticipate the judgment of God upon a nation such as ours.
Our nation is teetering on the brink of disaster on two related fronts. First is the moral front. Since we as a people have increasingly tolerated adultery, divorce, abortion, sodomy, materialism, willful debt, etc.; since our leaders have written immorality into law and have removed God and his Word from public life; we deserve and should expect the hand of God's judgment.
Second is the economic front. To fulfill the wishes of the voters our politicians have been spending us into oblivion. Other reasons for judgment aside, the economy itself is a time bomb. Our nation is currently trillions of dollars in debt. The ruling class in Washington (of both parties) has no intention to stop adding to the debt, much less to pay it off. Most likely the near future will be a very grim time in our country.
"When the foundations are being destroyed, what can the righteous do?" (Psalm 11:3) They can keep on being righteous! They can return even more closely to the path of blessing and peace revealed in God's Word. They can be sure they are not sharing in the sins that will bring God's righteous wrath on the nation. They can take refuge as best they are able (Proverbs 22:3) and entrust themselves to a merciful Father.
The Remnant will adjust its living patterns now so that it not only survives the crisis but also is prepared to lead on the other side of the crisis.
How can you prepare for the coming crisis and the days that follow it?
1) On a personal level, live in a spirit of repentance, quickly dealing with sin by means of a good confession. Daily Mass (if possible) and Daily Scripture reading, memorization, and meditation; daily fervent prayer and intercession.
2) Read and study your Catholic Faith. Really Learn your Catholic Faith so you can pass it on.
3) Make your family your highest priority: teach your children God's Word and life skills; de-clutter your schedule; learn to worship, work, and minister together; pray for vocations or godly spouses for your children.
4) Seek godly self-sufficiency. (More on this in the future in our "Simple Living Catholic" online magazine.)
5) Get out of debt, period, as soon as possible. Debt will make you a slave in the coming "economic earthquake."
6) Find a Catholic church that is sound in doctrine and practice.
7) Pray for, vote for, and work for a return to godly principles of civil government, starting at the local level.
8) Give PRAYERFUL and serious consideration to obtaining a "Spiritual Home Protection Package" It contains over 16 POWERFUL sacramentals that will serve as powerful spiritual protection for you and your family! We must prepare for the times ahead. Please, consider getting it now as they are being discontinued this week ... http://www.cukierski.net/spiritualhomeprotection.htm
Store Up In Yourselve the Riches of God
STORE UP IN YOURSELF THE RICHES OF GOD
The Twelve Steps require our attention, time and study of them, then applying and practicing them in our lives to allow understanding and eventually wisdom to grow in us. The one Step that most of us have applied from the start and that got a lot of us into Alcoholics Anonymous and can be applied at anytime is of course Step Eleven. Prayer and Meditation are good at anytime, anywhere; it can throw light on the other Steps, and any situation or problem we may be experiencing. Meditation can be simply a quieting of the mind and the contemplation of spiritual truths. Prayer can simply be a conversation with God, whether it is a memorized prayer, or personal words from ourselves. The purpose of prayer and meditation is to put God first and foremost into our life. It can celebrate a success with thanks, and it can move our minds away from the problem and raise our minds to higher thoughts. It is a good idea to take time morning, afternoon, evening and at night to purposefully develop the habit of prayer and reflection on God and to pray about our tasks or events. It removes our minds from their business, and onto God and or one spiritual idea, a slogan, a phrase, a one liner from the Big Book or Bible that may be helpful to us. It brings us into conscious contact and awareness of God.
Step Eleven: “Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.”
Prayer and Meditation are about doing something. It is an action towards situations and or circumstances, to bring peace to our minds and souls, to ask God’s help and to bring our will into line with God’s Will. It helps us to get things done, to think and say and do the right things. Prayer gives us an upward look towards God, it ought to turn negatives into positives and help us see the beauty and goodness and truth in and around us. Prayer and Meditation can bring God’s calmness, patience and tolerance to our situations. Keeping our thoughts and eyes towards God, keeps us going onward and upward, keeps our spirit growing. As we continue in prayer and meditation we will grow in the spiritual life and be enabled to do many things that seemed too hard and difficult for us before. In and with God there is limitlessness and infinite possibilities for spiritual growth and therefore growth in all ways.
Our minds are fascinating busy places; we alcoholics have minds that can fabricate, multiply, magically magnify stuff that doesn’t even exist in personal relationships. We can create or get ourselves into all sorts of trouble. A thought harbored long enough will become an action. So the deal is what are we going to allow our minds to think about, to dwell upon. We cannot afford to lose touch with Divine guidance. We must remember God and think about the things of God so we are steered towards sobriety, faith, trust, confidence, positive thinking, an optimistic attitude and outlook. Our dependence is upon God, and we must remember this fact.
The Program is spiritual, we stress this feature freely, we stress the need for God, for could and would help and guide us if we seek Him and ask for His help, peace and comfort. We can pray for the resources, personalities and information we need, for new knowledge and understanding can come through instruments, people and new spiritual tools. The Twelve Steps are spiritual tools, instruments to use as a means of realizing and remembering and surrendering will and life over to God. We use these Twelve Tools to reach beyond ourselves and our senses to receive help and communion with God, and to be lead ever further. We will be guided to get even more out of this A.A. Program and other establishments of God as we stay in touch with our Heavenly Father. Our conscious contact, our peace of mind and of soul, God’s Will for us will become known to us. Requesting God’s help is a requirement for our growth and learning how to live the spiritual way of life. The Twelve Steps are disciplines if you like, containing principles that we need to master to be spiritually awakened to a life that is happy, joyous and free. We still have much to learn, the lessons of God are only complicated by our unwillingness. We learn how to live; we look at how we’ve messed up our lives and then turn to God to help us straighten it all out. Stresses, a heavy burden, things seeming hard or complicated, all indicate were not on track with God’s ways. Do not fret, simplify your life, open yourself back up to God, do some new learning, train your mind to “Let go and let God” enter, if it is relationship issues, “Live and let live.” We must offer everyone and each other perfect freedom to totally be who God means for them to be.
We must review and return to the Twelve Steps of discipline again and again, we can learn new ways to work on the Steps, new circumstances will come along, new personalities will enter our lives to help us practice and master the Steps for our growth. We don’t need so much to figure out the “Whys” of things, so much as just that there are solutions that work. God is the solution, He has given us what we need, and the rest is up to us.
John 14: 12 “And greater works than these shall you do; because I (Jesus Christ) go unto my Father (in heaven).
Prayer is greater works. Prayer prepares us for God’s works. Prayer produces miracles by the power of God, prayer is the way to God, in battle and peace our duty is to pray. With prayer we are all of some use where we are, in all circumstances, wherever you are, God has put you there to pray. We labor the best we can, when it is in the line of God’s direction, we pray that we make the most of God’s Will possible. Prayer and action with the Twelve Steps is our labor and the results happen as God will’s it. You will be amazed before your half-way through the Steps at the result of God and prayer with action in your life. Keep up the habit of prayer and you will take the right actions and orders from God.
Matthew 6: 33 “Seek” ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and these things shall be added unto you.
Wherever you are, in whatever circumstances you find yourself seek God. Where God is remembered and brought, reality, truth and the solution will be as well. When we put into practice remembering “the Presence of God” the solution appears, and the difficulty will soon disappear.
Romans 4: 20- 25 …in view of the Promise of God, he did not waver through unbelief but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God, being fully aware that whatever God has promised He is able also to perform.
Luke 12: 13- 21 …take heed and guard yourselves from all covetousness, for a man’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions. (But be rich in as regards to the things of God).
The Twelve Steps require our attention, time and study of them, then applying and practicing them in our lives to allow understanding and eventually wisdom to grow in us. The one Step that most of us have applied from the start and that got a lot of us into Alcoholics Anonymous and can be applied at anytime is of course Step Eleven. Prayer and Meditation are good at anytime, anywhere; it can throw light on the other Steps, and any situation or problem we may be experiencing. Meditation can be simply a quieting of the mind and the contemplation of spiritual truths. Prayer can simply be a conversation with God, whether it is a memorized prayer, or personal words from ourselves. The purpose of prayer and meditation is to put God first and foremost into our life. It can celebrate a success with thanks, and it can move our minds away from the problem and raise our minds to higher thoughts. It is a good idea to take time morning, afternoon, evening and at night to purposefully develop the habit of prayer and reflection on God and to pray about our tasks or events. It removes our minds from their business, and onto God and or one spiritual idea, a slogan, a phrase, a one liner from the Big Book or Bible that may be helpful to us. It brings us into conscious contact and awareness of God.
Step Eleven: “Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.”
Prayer and Meditation are about doing something. It is an action towards situations and or circumstances, to bring peace to our minds and souls, to ask God’s help and to bring our will into line with God’s Will. It helps us to get things done, to think and say and do the right things. Prayer gives us an upward look towards God, it ought to turn negatives into positives and help us see the beauty and goodness and truth in and around us. Prayer and Meditation can bring God’s calmness, patience and tolerance to our situations. Keeping our thoughts and eyes towards God, keeps us going onward and upward, keeps our spirit growing. As we continue in prayer and meditation we will grow in the spiritual life and be enabled to do many things that seemed too hard and difficult for us before. In and with God there is limitlessness and infinite possibilities for spiritual growth and therefore growth in all ways.
Our minds are fascinating busy places; we alcoholics have minds that can fabricate, multiply, magically magnify stuff that doesn’t even exist in personal relationships. We can create or get ourselves into all sorts of trouble. A thought harbored long enough will become an action. So the deal is what are we going to allow our minds to think about, to dwell upon. We cannot afford to lose touch with Divine guidance. We must remember God and think about the things of God so we are steered towards sobriety, faith, trust, confidence, positive thinking, an optimistic attitude and outlook. Our dependence is upon God, and we must remember this fact.
The Program is spiritual, we stress this feature freely, we stress the need for God, for could and would help and guide us if we seek Him and ask for His help, peace and comfort. We can pray for the resources, personalities and information we need, for new knowledge and understanding can come through instruments, people and new spiritual tools. The Twelve Steps are spiritual tools, instruments to use as a means of realizing and remembering and surrendering will and life over to God. We use these Twelve Tools to reach beyond ourselves and our senses to receive help and communion with God, and to be lead ever further. We will be guided to get even more out of this A.A. Program and other establishments of God as we stay in touch with our Heavenly Father. Our conscious contact, our peace of mind and of soul, God’s Will for us will become known to us. Requesting God’s help is a requirement for our growth and learning how to live the spiritual way of life. The Twelve Steps are disciplines if you like, containing principles that we need to master to be spiritually awakened to a life that is happy, joyous and free. We still have much to learn, the lessons of God are only complicated by our unwillingness. We learn how to live; we look at how we’ve messed up our lives and then turn to God to help us straighten it all out. Stresses, a heavy burden, things seeming hard or complicated, all indicate were not on track with God’s ways. Do not fret, simplify your life, open yourself back up to God, do some new learning, train your mind to “Let go and let God” enter, if it is relationship issues, “Live and let live.” We must offer everyone and each other perfect freedom to totally be who God means for them to be.
We must review and return to the Twelve Steps of discipline again and again, we can learn new ways to work on the Steps, new circumstances will come along, new personalities will enter our lives to help us practice and master the Steps for our growth. We don’t need so much to figure out the “Whys” of things, so much as just that there are solutions that work. God is the solution, He has given us what we need, and the rest is up to us.
John 14: 12 “And greater works than these shall you do; because I (Jesus Christ) go unto my Father (in heaven).
Prayer is greater works. Prayer prepares us for God’s works. Prayer produces miracles by the power of God, prayer is the way to God, in battle and peace our duty is to pray. With prayer we are all of some use where we are, in all circumstances, wherever you are, God has put you there to pray. We labor the best we can, when it is in the line of God’s direction, we pray that we make the most of God’s Will possible. Prayer and action with the Twelve Steps is our labor and the results happen as God will’s it. You will be amazed before your half-way through the Steps at the result of God and prayer with action in your life. Keep up the habit of prayer and you will take the right actions and orders from God.
Matthew 6: 33 “Seek” ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and these things shall be added unto you.
Wherever you are, in whatever circumstances you find yourself seek God. Where God is remembered and brought, reality, truth and the solution will be as well. When we put into practice remembering “the Presence of God” the solution appears, and the difficulty will soon disappear.
Romans 4: 20- 25 …in view of the Promise of God, he did not waver through unbelief but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God, being fully aware that whatever God has promised He is able also to perform.
Luke 12: 13- 21 …take heed and guard yourselves from all covetousness, for a man’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions. (But be rich in as regards to the things of God).
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