Read today’s MediPrana post on the endocannabinoid system and how it affects your health.
The best and worst fast food restaurants in the US
A little something I wrote for a site I like, as it’s about food–my favorite!
Please enjoy.
Though America has good intentions to eat healthy, the nation still loves its fast food. Just look at …(read the rest here).
Death is Who We Are
Please enjoy this piece published in elephant journal today.
It’s Not Just for Buddhist Monks
Published today on The Mindful Word:
Having spent the holidays in Europe with my two young adult children and their father, our family returned home jet-lagged and plumper. Well, at least three of us did. My oldest daughter lost a pound or two from her already…
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Not an Extrovert? Here’s How to Eat Out
“Are you mad?” Much to my confusion, someone would occasionally ask me that question out of the blue. Apparently, my face looks unhappy and my attention elsewhere. And though I was not unhappy when asked, I was probably preoccupied. Always…
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What are the chances?
What are the chances? I’m researching for a client’s weekly blog post on new Healthcare legislation when…
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A Little Light Reading
10 healthy take-out meals for 2017
Take your health seriously – you are the only one responsible for it
How are you going to eat healthier in 2017? It depends on how you define healthy. Do fewer calories, lower fat, fewer additives or higher ethics make a meal healthy?
What about time? True, your busy life…
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Image: El Pollo Loco
Music, Mood and Mindfulness: how music works its magic on us
Bach’s “Well-Tempered Clavier (24)” streams at 29 percent volume while I write this. My go-to writing music, Baroque, floats wave-like above and below my consciousness, simultaneously soothing and awakening. It’s not…(read more here).
Our Roman Fathers
I wrote this 250 word audition piece for a client and thought it topical, worth remembering, given the times.
Our Romanesque Fathers
The American Founders, well-versed in history, embraced ancient Rome, even taking Roman pen names like Washington’s Cincinnatus and Jefferson’s Cato. America’s symbol, the eagle, and the Capitol’s architecture are likewise borrowed from Rome. However, the Founders’ greatest influences are the lessons learned from the Roman Empire’s founding and demise. The U.S. Constitution was written with an eye toward both.
To Protect Against Tyranny
Like America, Rome emerged as a city state from war and tyranny. Its mythological creation from feuding Romulus and Remus, characterizes its founding, one geographically destined to emerge as powerful but warring with its strategic placement near seafaring passageways. The Punic War expansion both forged and destroyed the Empire.
Looking to Rome, the Founders inscribed Roman virtues–liberty and freedom–into America’s constitution, but wisely included safeguards to protect against a government subject to human weaknesses, like intoxicating power and greed. The U.S. Constitution conceived a Roman inspired tri-part government, a combined democracy, monarchy and aristocracy. Divided power among its branches ensured against tyranny, of which Rome served as warning.
For Survival of a Nation
The Founders learned from Rome’s eroding largesse and excess to foster, preserve and protect their budding nation. They knew Imperialist Rome’s downfall lay in its expansion wars, leaving unemployment, migration, venality, religious intolerance–and ultimately, tyranny.
The American constitution, both reactionary and visionary, founded a nation upon ideals–which defines its exceptionalism–not merely on geography, ethnicity and history. Rome served as its map, just as the U.S. Constitution mapped the American nation forward.
Dhamma and the Boat Simile
“If a man going down into a river, swollen and… Read the full article on The Mindful Word here.