Archive for July, 2009

Health supplements: better safe than sorry!

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

Life is funny like that: When I was younger, I didn’t really believe in the benefits of health supplements… but then again, I didn’t really need them. These days, I’m starting to feel as though age is unforgiving, and the human body begins to slow down after a while. With that in mind, I find myself looking over products such as nu skin, following recommendations from friends. I’m not really sure how effective these supplements are, but some people I know seem quite happy with it… and it certainly won’t do no harm. Better be safe than sorry, right? Particularly as the mature age settles in.

Bad eyesight and good vision: a brief optometric rant.

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

Oh, well… it’s one of those nostalgic Tuesdays, I guess. Today I keep tuning into random thoughts of how it was wonderful being young, carefree and considerably healthy. I remember when I could read signs and posters from a distance, without needing any kind of vision aid. If only I’d known how those were the best days in my life when I was living them… But that’s quite never really how it works, is it? It’s funny how I had a perfect sight when I was younger, and still I failed to see so much subtlety in the world around me. I suppose there’s some kind of lifelong trade-off, as far innocence and experience are concerned.

I may be going on a rant here, but put up with me for a hint of sense. As it goes, nowadays my sight is pretty much a blurred shadow of what it used to be, that’s granted – HOWEVER, as far as my vision is concerned, the opposite holds true. I may need glasses to read letters, but regardless I can tell a good opportunity with my eyes closed. For a case in point, I’ll use something very much in line with the whole optometric issue: inexpensive eyeglasses. And I do mean, QUITE inexpensive eyeglasses – and that’s the magic of online based businesses for you: this company called Zenni is renowned for offering drastically lower prices for vision aids of all kinds, and that’s something all people with good vision and bad eyesight will definitely be interested in.

If you have kids in the family who could use new eyeglasses, maybe it’s just about time you indulge them. You know how it goes it kinds and the whole back to school season: they can be pretty mean to each other, and kids who wear eyeglasses are usually an easy prey for bullies. So if you’d like to do your kids a favor, just get them some hip new glasses this Summer. And if you think you can’t afford doing such a thing… well, just read this post over, maybe you haven’t been paying much attention so far. Or maybe you just need a new eyeglass prescription?

Today I woke up with a little craving for chocolate.

Friday, July 3rd, 2009

There are people who think of chocolate as one of life’s greatest pleasures, there are people who don’t care much about chocolate. There are people who think chocolate is good for health, and there are people who think it’s nothing but a source of unneeded sugars. Myself, I’m somewhere in between… I do love having some chocolate, especially if it’s a Gourmet Dark Chocolate that really makes one’s taste buds dance the sweet fandango. Now, if we’re talking just cheap chocolate-y candy… well, that hardly gets me going anymore. In my opinion, chocolate can be a wonderful thing, and it can be good for health provided two things: it’s a great quality chocolate, and it’s eaten with moderation.

Save the last dance, and do make sure it matters!

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

So I was wondering… what about dance? I mean, do you people enjoy dancing? You know, this is just my opinion, but someone who doesn’t enjoy dancing is suffering from some kind of emotional blockage, since it’s all about letting go and just being your body. Well, that doesn’t go to say the opposite is necessarily true: just because you DO dance, doesn’t mean you’re necessarily a balanced person – nor a good dancer for that matter. Although if you’re a REALLY good dancer, I think it’s quite likely you’re also a balanced person. The expection that confirms the rule being my dear departed black broter Michael Jackson, of course! Uhm, but I digress… I’m delving too much in my own opinions here, and my actual point was that dancing is a wonderful thing!

I’d really like to reach out to all those people out there who usually sport the “oh-I-can’t-dance” because “oh-I-got-two-left-feet” or “oh-I-dont-have-rhythm”. Come on people, that’s just an act and you know it! I used to be like that, and trust me – getting over it offered me a good deal of personal detachment. And that in my opinion is a wonderful thing indeed! Uh, I hope I’m not coming across the wrong way, but I was checking out this discount dancewear and I think I got carried away. Just go out and do whatever gets you going, but try and have some fun, for Pete’s sake! Standing there sulking won’t really get you anywhere, if you think about it.