Month: May 2011

Myself

Bridge: A Blog Post

Sanjay Sabarwal
by Jemal Yarbrough

As I look at the beautiful picture done by my best friend Jemal, I realize how lucky I am to have the people I have in my life.  Sure, there were some days when I felt as if I was besieged and just taken advantage of, yet the reality was that no one did anything out of the ordinary.  It’s just that my perception of life has made question some basic things in my life such who are my friends?  I put so much importance in being liked that I forgot that no one can make you bad about yourself without your consent.

I realize now that I was unhappy with myself, and for that the only changed that was needed on my ability to deal with it.  Work has transformed into something I want to expand on, going out on new things a passion, working out so I can get the body I want a habit that I am unwilling to compromise for anyone.  I am now also around people who enable me my good habits rather than regret my past and my new decisions in life.  There are some in my life who are so unhappy with themselves that nothing I say or do can change that.  You know what, that’s their problem not mine.

I cannot change anyone except for myself, and until I do I will constantly be worried or annoyed about things that do not matter.  There are some near me in need of severe guidance but it’s not my job to fix them.  As hard as that is sometimes to recognize, I now know that I can only be there if needed or asked.  I was overly involved or affected by others and their habits when in fact the real culprit was my frustration with my failures or inability to get things done.  I can only be a bridge if people choose to use me as that tool.  I cannot force them to do things that they are unwilling or incapable of doing.  Does that mean I don’t care?  No, just that I no longer will interfere.  Just like the beautiful bridge, I will be here for the crossing when asked. 🙂

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Triple Filter Test for Sharing :) Happy Monday!

Sanjay Sabarwal
The Triple-Filter Test 

    In ancient Greece, Socrates was reputed to hold knowledge in high esteem. One day an acquaintance met the great philosopher and said, "Do you know what I just heard about your friend?"

 "Hold on a minute," Socrates replied. "Before you talk to me about my friend, it might be good idea to take a moment and filter what you’re going to say. That’s why I call it the triple filter test. The first filter is Truth. Have you made absolutely sure that what you are about to tell me is true?"

    "Well, no," the man said, "actually I just heard about it and…"

 "All right," said Socrates. "So you don’t really know if it’s true or not. Now, let’s try the second filter, the filter of Goodness. Is what you are about to tell me about my friend something good?"

    "Umm, no, on the contrary…"

 "So," Socrates continued, "you want to tell me something bad about my friend, but you’re not certain it’s true. You may still pass the test though, because there’s one filter left—the filter of Usefulness. Is what you want to tell me about my friend going to be useful to me?"

    "No, not really."

 "Well," concluded Socrates, "if what you want to tell me is neither true, nor good, nor even useful, why tell it to me at all?"

 

 
  

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Dr. Rick Hanson’s Blog

Sanjay Sabarwal

Sent from my iPhone

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From: “Dr. Rick Hanson | Author of Buddha’s Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love and Wisdom” <wisebrain1@gmail.com>
Date: May 15, 2011 1:32:36 AM PDT
To: sanjay@zibabeauty.com
Subject: Dr. Rick Hanson’s Blog

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Eat lots of Sweet Potatoes

Sanjay Sabarwal
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Please take the time to read this as it makes so much sense….you will be amazed.


It’s been said that God first separated the salt water from the fresh, made dry land, planted a garden, made animals and fish… All before making a human. He made and provided what we’d need before we were born. These are best & more powerful when eaten raw. We’re such slow learners…

God left us a great clue as to what foods help what parts of our body!

God’s Pharmacy! Amazing!

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A sliced Carrot looks like the human eye. The pupil, iris and radiating lines look just like the human eye… And YES, science now shows carrots greatly enhance blood flow to and function of the eyes.

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A Tomato has four chambers and is red. The heart has four chambers and is red. All of the research shows tomatoes are loaded with lycopine and are indeed pure heart and blood food.

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Grapes hang in a cluster that has the shape of the heart. Each grape looks like a blood cell and all of the research today shows grapes are also profound heart and blood vitalizing food.

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A Walnut looks like a little brain, a left and right hemisphere, upper cerebrums and lower cerebellums. Even the wrinkles or folds on the nut are just like the neo-cortex. We now know walnuts help develop more than three (3) dozen neuron-transmitters for brain function.

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Kidney Beans actually heal and help maintain kidney function, and yes, they look exactly like the human kidneys.

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Celery, Bok Choy, Rhubarb and many more look just like bones. These foods specifically target bone strength. Bones are 23% sodium and these foods are 23% sodium. If you don’t have enough sodium in your diet, the body pulls it from the bones, thus making them weak. These foods replenish the skeletal needs of the body.

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Avocadoes, Eggplant and Pears target the health and function of the womb and cervix of the female. They look just like these organs. Today’s research shows that when a woman eats one avocado a week, it balances hormones, sheds unwanted birth weight, and prevents cervical cancers. And how profound is this? It takes exactly nine (9) months to grow an avocado from blossom to ripened fruit. There are over 14,000 photolytic chemical constituents of nutrition in each one of these foods (modern science has only studied and named about 141 of them).

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Figs are full of seeds and hang in twos when they grow. Figs increase the mobility of male sperm and increase the numbers of sperm as well to overcome male sterility.

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Sweet Potatoes look like the pancreas and actually balance the glycemic index of diabetics.

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Olives assist the health and function of the ovaries

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Oranges, Grapefruits, and other Citrus fruits look just like the mammary glands of the female and actually assist the health of the breasts and the movement of lymph in and out of the breasts.

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Onions look like the body’s cells. Today’s research shows onions help clear waste materials from all of the body cells. They even produce tears which wash the epithelial layers of the eyes. A working companion, Garlic, also helps eliminate waste materials and dangerous free radicals from the body.

Please don’t break this even if you only send it to one person. Look at the date when this was started. Thanks

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I am not going to be the one who Lets it die. I found it believable —

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This candle was lit on the 15th of September, 1998.

Someone who loves you has helped Keep it alive by sending it to you.

Don’t let The Candle of Love, Hope And Friendship die! Pass It On To All
Of Your Friends and Everyone You Love!

I received this today for the 1st time and I hope it comes back someday again.

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Determination: Thought for the Weekend :)

Sanjay Sabarwal
 DETERMINATON

In 1883, a creative engineer  named John Roebling was inspired by an idea to build a spectacular bridge  connecting New York with the Long Island  . However bridge building experts  throughout the world thought that this was an impossible feat and told  Roebling to forget the idea. It just could not be done. It was not  practical. It had never been done before.

Roebling could not ignore the  vision he had in his mind of this bridge. He thought about it all the time  and he knew deep in his heart that it could be done. He just had to share  the dream with someone else. After much discussion and persuasion he managed  to convince his son Washington, an up and coming engineer, that the bridge  in fact could be built.

Working together for the  first time, the father and son developed concepts of how it could be  accomplished and how the obstacles could be overcome. With great excitement  and inspiration, and the headiness of a wild challenge before them, they  hired their crew and began to build their dream bridge.

The project started well, but  when it was only a few months underway a tragic accident on the site took  the life of John Roebling. Washington was injured and left with a certain  amount of brain damage, which resulted in him not being able to walk or talk  or even move.
 

"We told them so."
 "Crazy men and their crazy dreams."
 "It`s foolish to chase wild visions."

Everyone had a negative  comment to make and felt that the project should be scrapped since the  Roeblings were the only ones who knew how the bridge could be built. In  spite of his handicap Washington was never discouraged and still had a  burning desire to complete the bridge and his mind was still as sharp as  ever.

He tried to inspire and pass  on his enthusiasm to some of his friends, but they were too daunted by the  task. As he lay on his bed in his hospital room, with the sunlight streaming  through the windows, a gentle breeze blew the flimsy white curtains apart  and he was able to see the sky and the tops of the trees outside for just a  moment.

It seemed that there was a  message for him not to give up. Suddenly an idea hit him. All he could do  was move one finger and he decided to make the best use of it. By moving  this, he slowly developed a code of communication with his wife.

 
He touched his wife’s arm  with that finger, indicating to her that he wanted her to call the engineers  again. Then he used the same method of tapping her arm to tell the engineers  what to do. It seemed foolish but the project was under way again.

For 13 years Washington  tapped out his instructions with his finger on his wife’s arm, until the  bridge was finally completed. Today the spectacular Brooklyn Bridge stands  in all its glory as a tribute to the triumph of one man’s indomitable spirit  and his determination not to be defeated by circumstances. It is also a  tribute to the engineers and their team , and to their faith in a man  who was considered mad by half the world. It stands too as a tangible  monument to the love and devotion of his wife who for 13 long years  patiently decoded the messages of her husband and told the engineers what to  do.

Perhaps this is one of the  best examples of a never-say-die attitude that overcomes a terrible physical  handicap and achieves an impossible goal.

Often when we  face obstacles in our day-to-day life, our hurdles seem very small in  comparison to what many others have to face. The Brooklyn Bridge  shows us  that dreams that seem impossible can be realised with determination and  persistence, no matter what the odds are.

Even the most distant dream  can be realized with determination and persistence.
 

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Most obnoxious misspellings (thanks Munezza!)

Sanjay Sabarwal

The 43 best obnoxious responses to misspellings on Facebook.

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