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Miracle Weight Loss Soup

12/11/2010 By

Especially now that we’re into the holiday season, who wouldn’t want a soup that’s guaranteed to “melt the pounds away?” Well, that’s just what this one is reputed to do! And no, it’s not that horrible cabbage soup from the diet that was popular a few years ago.

No, no need to thank me—I have to actually cook it in order to photograph it, and believe me, the last thing I wanted was a pot of that horrible stuff sitting around.

This one is billed as an “ancient Asian secret,” and you know what? It really will help you drop the pounds. No kidding! All you have to do is combine it with a healthy diet and lots of regular exercise.

I know…that was mean—sorry! But the good news is it’s a very healthy soup and it tastes good, too. Even my daughter, who doesn’t like anything I fix, ate it happily. And that really IS a miracle!

Here’s the recipe: [Read more...]

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Getting Your Just Desserts

12/10/2010 By

I have a little sign posted on my bathroom mirror (right below “The 30 Day Test of Proactivity” from Stephen Covey’s landmark—for me, anyway—book, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People). Anyway, I don’t remember where I first came across this saying, but the sign reads:

“We don’t get what we deserve, we get what we settle for.”

What do you think?

Is this True…?  False…?  True, with some caveats, which are…?

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Winning Life’s Lottery

12/09/2010 By

There’s an old joke that’s been floating around for some time now. Various versions exist, but the gist of it is something like this:

There once was a very devout man who prayed to God every day. One day, because he’d been under some financial stress, he added a special petition to his prayer:

“Please Lord,” he prayed, “let me win the lottery.”

And because he was such a devout man and a true believer, he felt sure the Lord would answer his prayer. But after a week, he still hadn’t won the lottery. So he clasped his hands together, lifted his eyes to the heavens, and prayed again:

“Please Lord,” he prayed, “I really need to win the lottery—not for myself, Lord, for my wife and for my children.”

This time he was really sure he would win and checked every day, but still nothing. He hated to admit it, but he was starting to feel a little disappointed in God. Finally, after another week had gone by and he still hadn’t won, he fell to his knees and prayed again:

“Lord,” he pleaded, “it’s me again. Please let me win the lottery. Not for myself, Lord, but for my family, my wife and my children. And for my mother, who needs surgery. I’ll give anything leftover to charity, I promise, Lord. Just let me win the lottery!” Surely God will come through for me now, he thought.

But as he started to get up, the clouds opened up and a big, booming voice thundered:

“Give me a break, man! Buy a ticket! [Read more...]

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On Miracles

12/08/2010 By

A few more thoughts on everyday miracles…

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle.

The other is as though everything is a miracle.

Albert Einstein

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Miracles happen every day, change your perception of what a miracle is

and you’ll see them all around you.

Jon Bon Jovi

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I think all of us create our own miracles.

Michael Landon

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Weighing In on the Virgin of Guadalupe and Other Miracles

12/06/2010 By

Do you believe in miracles? I think most of us do. We must—why else would all those magazines keep offering cover stories—month after month—about the next “miracle diet?”  And why else would we keep buying them?

Obviously, we all know—logically—that the only way to truly lose weight is to expend more calories that we consume. It’s pretty basic math really. And again—logically—we must realize that if any of these miraculous diets actually worked in the long term, there would be no need publish a new version every month. Yet, hope springs eternal. When it comes to finding a way to get skinny without any real effort on our part, we’re all true believers, looking for the next miracle…

I was thinking about miracles this week, because the 12th of December is the Día de la Virgen de Guadalupe. A national holiday in Mexico that is bigger, for many, than Christmas or Easter, it celebrates the Patroness of Mexico, the Virgin of Guadalupe. Hundreds of thousands will flock to Mexico City to visit the place where she first appeared. Some pilgrims will walk on their knees on the stone street leading to the Basilica, asking for a miracle or giving thanks for a petition that was granted. Others bring gifts, usually bouquets of flowers, and there will be a big fair with attractions, performances of music and dance, and vendors selling food and crafts. [Read more...]

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