Hello Everyone,
Thanksgiving is the time when families get together and give thanks. Also it is the time to take care of the less fortunate. We just sent a donation to Market Street Mission for the homeless. It’s a good feeling that they will have a good meal on Thanksgiving.
Dr. Small and G. Vorgan have written in their book (pages 21 & 22):
The Mind’s Power over the Body: “One example of the mind’s power over the body is when someone’s face turns red from feelings of embarrassment or anger. Our emotional states lead to a cascade of chemical reactions in our bodies. Acute or chronic stress causes the adrenal glands to secrete stress hormones like cortisol, which can harm the heart, stomach, and brain. Chronic elevations in cortisol impair cognition and actually shrink some of the brain’s important memory centers. People prone to stress have a greater risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease, which is the most common result of brain aging.”
Book Recommendation: “2 Weeks To A Younger Brain,” by Dr. Gary Small, director of the UCLA Longevity Center and Gigi Vorgan, New York Times Bestselling Author of “The Memory Bible, Humanix Books, Boca Raton, FL, 2015.
“Sometimes the heart sees what’s invisible to the eye.”
(Alfred, Lord Tennyson, 1809-1892)
Best Regards,
Sushil (Sue) Hennessy, Nov. 2017
You don’t need money, just a little time to give mental support and be kind to all. Check on the elderly, bring their Newspaper to their door in bad weather, say hello to your neighbors when you see them, wish them happy holidays and birthdays etc. Call your parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles; talk to them to make sure they are not lonely, thank the soldiers when you see them for keeping us safe; thank priests, police officers, teachers, postal workers, newspaper persons, trash collectors for their services. Write notes to a lonely and unknown person and make his or her day. These acts of kindness have a trickle-down effect.
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