What kind of world are we leaving our children? Can we hand our reign over with pride or with shame? We are in a mess of our own making and it is time to Heal the World for our Children and all living creatures on this wondrous planet.
This song by Michael Jackson and put together by this Child Prodigy Cover by Maati Baani, speaks to us now even more than before. Let us not only hear it but take note that we must step up and heal this world as it is our duty to our children to leave them a better place than before.
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ON Our Forgotten Children series we look deeply at the children left behind and what we can do to stop the ever-evolving cycle of suffering and neglect.
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This is Charlie Chaplin at age 26, photographed 100 years ago. It’s believed he wrote the poem below at age 70.
As I began to love myself I found that anguish and emotional suffering are only warning signs that I was living against my own truth. Today, I know, this is Authenticity.
As I began to love myself I understood how much it can offend somebody if I try to force my desires on this person, even though I knew the time was not right and the person was not ready for it, and even though this person was me. Today I call this Respect.
As I began to love myself I stopped craving for a different life, and I could see that everything that surrounded me was inviting me to grow. Today I call this Maturity.
As I began to love myself I understood that at any circumstance, I am in the right place at the right time, and everything happens at the exactly right moment. So I could be calm. Today I call this Self-Confidence.
As I began to love myself I quit stealing my own time, and I stopped designing huge projects for the future. Today, I only do what brings me joy and happiness, things I love to do and that make my heart cheer, and I do them in my own way and in my own rhythm. Today I call this Simplicity.
As I began to love myself I freed myself of anything that is no good for my health – food, people, things, situations, and everything that drew me down and away from myself. At first, I called this attitude a healthy egoism. Today I know it is Love of Oneself.
As I began to love myself I quit trying to always be right, and ever since I was wrong less of the time. Today I discovered that is Modesty.
As I began to love myself I refused to go on living in the past and worrying about the future. Now, I only live for the moment, where everything is happening. Today I live each day, day by day, and I call it Fulfillment
We no longer need to fear arguments, confrontations or any kind of problems with ourselves or others. Even stars collide, and out of their crashing, new worlds are born. Today I know: This is Life!
Life is a journey a process and we only really discover our selves when we are willing to go through it and grow because of it. These are wise words from Charlie and we learn from and we learn to find love of self because through this process called life we truly understand its meaning.
It’s a commonly asked question, and one that everyone has a different answer to; how often should you vacuum? We all have different cleaning methods and routines, but how do we know we are actually doing enough to keep the germs at bay and eliminate dust effectively?
To help you understand more about the importance of vacuuming, and the impact it can have on your home, I have compiled this guide. It’s full of interesting and informative facts about how often you should vacuum your home, as well as general cleaning and the effects of dust. However, it’s not just my facts and research. I reached out to industry experts to get their advice on the matter as well, filling this guide with links to extensive research.
As with all of my guides, this has been a labour of love, and one that I am sure will help you to learn exactly what your home needs. All you need to do is sit back, relax, and take your time reading through some seriously fascinating facts. I guarantee some will surprise you.
No one wants to be labelled or have others look at us as weak, but when you are living with a decease it is what it is and we have to find a way to live as productively as possible. I DON’T have Joint Hypermobility (EDS), but I do have Fibromyalgia + Myofascial pain. I have had it for over 27 years now, and as I get older, it gets a bit harder as one does not recover as fast as I used to each day. Being productive in something you love feeds the mind, soul, spirit, and heart, which eases pain. I can not work a conventional job, as sleep is my nemesis, and one never knows if one will get any sleep from day to day. I admit at times, it sucks; it can get really hard, especially if you’re on your own, and because it does not show on your face and everyone thinks your ok. I have traveled many roads trying to balance work, life, and body in harmony, and I have found a calling that serves humanity and serves me in my heart and soul. I work on the computer all day, which is not good for the body, but I get to interview people making a difference in the world who have had it much harder than me and who are now living examples of how to find meaningful purpose and joy despite what you have gone through or are going through. Pacing oneself is a must. Honouring the mind-heart-soul and body connection is essential in finding that partnership in respect within, for only in balance can we live in peace with ourselves. I know it can be hard at times; the pain, depression, lack of sleep, immobility, and not being able to do the things you want to do can be hard in finding that joy of living, but we can if we listen in, find that balance and honour ourselves in the nurturing we can to live a happy proactive life. So I take each day as it comes, sometimes a desperate struggle, most days a plodding through, and sometimes a leap and a jump, we just have to go with the flow. I will have to work forever, as if I still wish to live on earth, I need to, but if I continue to find joy in it and meaningfulness, then that feeds my soul as well as my body and gives me a reason to be. For I believe we all need that reason to be here, and we are SO MUCH MORE THAN OUR DISABILITY. WE ARE WONDERFUL SOULS SERVING HUMANITY in any way we CAN. Here is an article and shows I have done on the subject that may help you on your fibro journey, I wish you all strength and joy in your lives.
Could your Fibromyalgia Actually be Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome? No
Fibromyalgia symptoms can overlap with autoimmune diseases and other arthritis conditions making it difficult to diagnose. The defining symptoms of fibromyalgia are often associated with other subjective and objective symptoms which occur in combination. The cause of fibromyalgia is considered as complex as its clinical presentation. The exact cause of fibromyalgia is still not well understood but mechanisms that have been suggested include
Abnormal circulating levels of central neurochemical substances
Skeletal muscle abnormalities, structural or functional
It has also been suggested that joint hypermobility (JH) may be associated with the pathology of fibromyalgia.
Joint Hypermobility (EDS)
Joint hypermobility is defined as “abnormally increased mobility of small and large joints beyond the limits of their physiological movement.” Joint hypermobility is common among in young females and is seen in about 5% of the healthy adult population. When musculoskeletal symptoms occur in hypermobile people in the absence of any other systemic rheumatological disorder, it is called “hypermobility syndrome.” Joint hypermobility is also a feature of a medical condition called Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) that is characterized by weakness of the connective tissues of the body.
What makes EDS different from fibromyalgia?
One with this condition has deformed collagen, the glue of the body. Therefore, ligaments and tendons do not have the strength to function effectively to work correctly and muscles must work on overload to compensate for their lack of effectiveness. This causes looseness in the joints that allow for bones to shift. One lives with many subluxations (partial dislocations) and even full dislocations. A simple twist, turn, a hug can all cause things to shift. Unfortunately, this shifting of the structure creates pain that one must learn how to live with. Remember, it IS NOT a Systemic Autoimmune Disorder or a Collagen Vascular Disorder.
The Study
In a study reported in the Journal of Rheumatology, the association between joint hypermobility and primary fibromyalgia was investigated. The study group was comprised of 88 patients (all female, median age 34 years old) with widespread pain clinically diagnosed as fibromyalgia and 90 healthy controls (all female, median age 36 years old). Excluded from the study were
Patients with any other rheumatological or systemic disorder.
Patients with any other inflammatory process or degenerative arthritis.
Anyone who had been receiving medications.
The patients had not been diagnosed with having fibromyalgia by a rheumatologist prior to the study and had not been treated for fibromyalgia.
Study Process
All patients were admitted based on widespread pain lasting longer than 3 months. Patients and controls were then initially evaluated by a rheumatologist. The patients underwent further and more specific evaluation by two other clinicians (who were blinded to the initial evaluation) for the determination of fibromyalgia and joint hypermobility.
Fibromyalgia was assessed in all patients by questioning about common complaints associated with the disease. They were diagnosed with fibromyalgia if they met the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria for the classification and diagnosis of fibromyalgia. Joint hypermobility was considered present in patients based on the Beighton modification of Carter and Wilkinson criteria for joint hypermobility.
Study Results
Fifty-six of the 88 patients with widespread pain initially resembling fibromyalgia met the ACR criteria for fibromyalgia, while 6 of the 90 healthy controls also met the ACR criteria. Patients with or without fibromyalgia were also compared for the frequency of joint hypermobility. The frequency of joint hypermobility was:
8% in patients with fibromyalgia.
6% in patients without fibromyalgia.
Joint hypermobility was also recognized in 10 of the 32 patients with fibromyalgia who did not exactly meet the ACR criteria. The presence of joint hypermobility was more common in this group than in the controls.
Conclusions
The association between fibromyalgia and joint hypermobility is not totally understood. Joint hypermobility may cause widespread arthralgia in patients due to misuse or overuse of hypermobile joints.
Data from this particular study indicated:
That the typical complaints of fibromyalgia were primarily observed in the patients that did meet the ACR criteria.
Some patients who exhibit fibromyalgia symptoms clinically but do not meet the ACR criteria could actually have joint hypermobility misdiagnosed as fibromyalgia.
Joint hypermobility was first featured in rheumatology literature in 1967. Today, joint hypermobility is better understood and more widely recognized. However, further investigation and research are still needed to learn even more about the interaction between joint hypermobility and fibromyalgia.
You have inside you a cloak of gossamer connective tissue that surrounds and supports everything and functions like fiber optics. This tissue is called fascia.
Fascia is a specialized system of the body that has an appearance similar to a spider’s web or a sweater. Fascia is very densely woven, covering and interpenetrating every muscle, bone, nerve, artery and vein, as well as, all of our internal organs including the heart, lungs, brain, and spinal cord. The most interesting aspect of the fascial system is that it is not just a system of separate coverings. It is actually one continuous structure that exists from head to toe without interruption. In this way, you can begin to see that each part of the entire body is connected to every other part by the fascia, like the yarn in a sweater.
Trauma, inflammatory responses, and/or surgical procedures create Myofascial restrictions that can produce tensile pressures of approximately 2,000 pounds per square inch on pain-sensitive structures that do not show up in many of the standard tests (x-rays, myelograms, CAT scans, electromyography, etc.) A high percentage of people suffering from pain and/or lack of motion may be having fascial problems, but are not diagnosed.
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