A Comforting Quote Between Best Friends
Posted by Michelle Moquin on January 2nd, 2009
“Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person; having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but to pour them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, knowing that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then, with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away.”
- George Eliot
I love this quote. I just keep reading it over and over. I love the way I feel when I read it, the sweet vision that comes to my mind and the words…they are ‘mellifluous’ to my ears as they roll off my tongue in one long thought. (I don’t use the word ’mellifluous’ very often but this quote deserves the recognition.) I am drawn to long meaningful sentences, and I tend to write in long sentences myself. They carry the thought on and on, as I am swept up and enveloped by the provoking images.
‘…with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away.’ Do you see it? Can you feel it?
I know that is sounds cliché when I say these words give me a warm and fuzzy feeling….a feeling of coming home. But they do. Of course they might not feel that way if I did not experience what these words describe…and a person in my life that I shared this with. The feeling then might be one of longing…longing to have that mutual comfort with someone….longing for that feeling of coming home.
Thankfully, I am not longing. I wish that I had discovered these wonderfully warm and expressive words that my girlfriend Cat, the one I mentioned the other day, sent me yesterday while wishing me a happy new year. I just had to share it with you because it fills my heart and it speaks so genuinely about the friendship that I am so blessed to have with her… and how I aspire to have these same mutual thoughts and feelings with others in my life.
Readers: Does someone come to mind when you read this quote or are you longing for that someone?
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Hey ZL: No worries. I didn’t need ‘back up’ but I appreciate you saying so. :) Ahh….words, they do get misconstrued in blogsville sometimes. Speaking of words (again) I love the name the ‘Starlight Room’ too. It evokes such pleasant memories; one being our wedding celebration. We always seem to have a good time there. The next time you come up we’ll go there – You would love Harry.
So..someone was getting frisky on your butt – eh? What a thrill – maybe you should ‘got for it’. I know you prefer the man juice but no one says you have to ‘switch’. Why not try something different and go in for a little taste? Yum.
Have a wild good time in Vegas – you should be seeing some ‘starlights’ there!
Hello Dafne: I have been watching the news and it is horrific what is happening. I was hoping that your woman to woman request would be fulfilled and we could all learn something from those that are involved in this never ending war between your two countries. I wish you peace today.
Anonymous: Have some balls. If you are such a racist pig then why not let everyone know your name and call tag? Are you an ashamed or just a coward, only willing to spew such bigotry while hiding safely behind your anonymity?
Bob: Bummer. I wish I had know about Larry King last night. Was it a worthwhile watch?
Signing off…
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January 2nd, 2009 at 8:53 am
METABOLIC SYNDROME LINKED TO KIDNEY STONES
Over 50 million Americans have what is called metabolic syndrome. The syndrome is a cluster of numerous factors — chief among them are abdominal obesity, high blood pressure, insulin resistance and elevated LDL cholesterol levels and triglycerides — that increase risk of coronary artery disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes. Now a new study reports that having metabolic syndrome also increases risk for yet another condition — uric acid kidney stones.
For the study, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas collected blood and urine samples from 148 people who did not have kidney stones. They found that the urine of participants who had metabolic syndrome was more acidic compared with those who did not have the syndrome. This finding held true even after researchers adjusted for other factors known to influence urine acidity, including age, gender and body mass index.
PH LEVELS LOWER IN METABOLIC SYNDROME PATIENTS
I spoke with Naim Maalouf, MD, assistant professor of internal medicine at the Medical Center, who was the lead author of the study. He told me that not every person with metabolic syndrome also had the problem of urine acidity, but the vast majority did and this was true regardless of the particular metabolic syndrome factors they had. The study didn’t delve into which of those factors was most likely to bring about a stone, he says, rather it established that simply having metabolic syndrome heightens the risk. The researchers did this by evaluating the pH level of participants’ urine — people without metabolic syndrome had an average pH of 6.1 whereas those with it had an average of 5.7. The pH level that makes stone development likely is 5.5, says Dr. Maalouf. A low pH equals higher acidity.
Uric acid stones make up only 10% of all kidney stones and they are difficult to detect and different to treat. Unlike most other stone types, these stones can’t be visualized on a regular X-ray and typically require a CT scan for detection. Dr. Maalouf says that people with metabolic syndrome should be aware of this potential problem so they can help the doctor diagnose the stone faster and thereby get quicker relief. Prescription medication (potassium citrate sold under the brand name Urocit-K) is often used to keep this type of kidney stone from forming, but you can also help prevent one by drinking plenty of fluids and reducing animal protein in your diet, says Dr. Maalouf. Even better, he adds, do what you must to eliminate or control the symptoms that landed you in the metabolic syndrome category by attempting to lose weight through exercise and lifestyle changes.
Source(s): ??Naim Maalouf, MD, assistant professor of internal medicine at the UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.
January 2nd, 2009 at 9:36 am
Q: I pay my credit card bill on-line. Recently, I was fined because
my payment was late. How could this be when I sent it on
the day it was due?
A: Your credit card issuer may stipulate that payments processed
after a certain time — such as 3 pm Eastern time, Monday through
Friday — will be posted the next business day. Or the bill-paying
service you use may not wire payments the same day you
authorize them.
If your card issuer has a specific deadline time, notification should be posted on its Web site — or possibly the information was sent to you.
If you can’t find mention of the deadline among the issuer’s documents,
call customer service and ask them to tell you where the rule
is posted.
January 2nd, 2009 at 10:11 am
Michelle
It is wonderful that women of the west have the opportunity to share such closeness. We are but property here under islam. But we do have a quote I can share with you. It comes from those beasts we call men who force us to practice their cult of female enslavement.
“A woman’s property is her veil and her grave.”
Can you imagine a woman supporting a religion that supports this sentiment by their society? It happens every day of my life. I cannot trust to place my confidence in a woman for fear she has been brainwashed to believe that Allah requires her to tell on my “disobedience” to my husband, or any male who is supposed to be my boss.
Chaghcharan
January 3rd, 2009 at 12:57 am
Dafne
You ask what You or your people have done to cause us to “rain” rockets down on you. Okay I will try to explain as best I can. I am 31 years old my name is Bost. I too have lived in my place all my life. That place is Gaza.
Israel says that we have autonomy. Yet, you control all our ports. You control our passports. You control our comings and goings within parts of what you claim is now Israel so that we have no connection to the West Bank which is supposed to be parr of Palestine.
Israel has given us autonomy in name only. As a sovereign country we should have the right to self determination. The frustration with the rest of the world standing by and allowing Israel to get away with this treatment of a people who desperately want to be free to determine their own destiny is what gives rise to such anger and frustration that someone decides to “rain” rockets down on Israel.
I’m sorry I send this to the previous day.
Bost
January 3rd, 2009 at 1:16 am
Dafne
My name is Tarin Kowt. I too am in Gaza. I am 24 years old. I agree with Bost up to a point. Yes, Israel has been tough on us Palestinians, but our men are a stubborn bunch of selfish boys. They try to use the senseless logic on the rest of the world that they use to enslave their female population.
The rest of the world is not interested in what islam says is right. That is their religion. If they wish to have an islamic state so that they can continue to be barbaric to their female population, the rest of the world will just ignore their insane ravings.
These boys, want to be men, are only concerned with their needs and wishes. Forget that Israel and its people would not like to be killed indiscriminately by rockets from angry arab men. They bomb innocent israelis and claim that it is alright because their religion says it is okay to do it.
But if the israelis retaliate, they trot our the injured and weep and appeal to the world to come to their aid. If Madaline or the jews could invade and kill all these violent brats, Gaza and the rest of the world would be the better for it.
I say this knowing that it would mean the death of my father, brothers, and my slave master(husband) whom I was forced to marry.
Tarin Kowt
January 3rd, 2009 at 1:37 am
Dafne
I am no longer in Gaza. I am 31 years old. My husband died in battle with Israel about two years. I am so glad that monster is dead. I escaped to the west. Most of the women there have been indoctrinated with the belief that the man should be their master because Allah says so.
The women are kept ignorant. We are allowed very little if any schooling. Their animals are treated better than we are. Women with a little education who are put before the world to claim that islam is the protector of women are either lying for fear of retaliation by their male masters or just ignorant.
What do the men of Gaza contribute to the world besides violence? NOTHING!!!!!! One day when oil is no longer needed to power the world, islamic men will have to face the reality that they will no longer be able to use their religious dogma to enslave their female population. It cannot come too soon for the women of islam.
Meymaneh
January 3rd, 2009 at 2:17 am
The jews are bombing in one of the most densely populated places in the world. It is madness. The US should stop their mad dogs.
January 3rd, 2009 at 2:18 am
Dafne
I am Kushka. I feel the terrible onslaught of the jews daily. The smell of burning oil, chemicals, and the dead is every where. The wind brings the dust of crumbling buildings so forcefully into your lungs and mouth as to choke your every breath. i had nothing but hate for the jews for years. The conflict has taken the lives of three of my children. Only my 11 year old daughter survives.
I was told to read Michelle’s blog because she presented a forum for all to voice their opinions. Unfortunately no one told me how difficult it was to get on her blog to voice an opinion. At first I thought I was being rejected because my opinions were anti israeli. But after reading many who got in and voiced anti israeli sentiments I have decided to continue trying.
Dafne you have something when you say the women should unite against the maddness of the men. I do not know about the state of jewish women, but the women who have written in about the state of women in Gaza are stating the truth about our state here. We are but slaves to the desires of the men.
My children were taken from me and forced into religious schools that taught them to hate and to be willing to die in the name of the Koran’s teachings. I am the proud mother of two suicide bombers and the mother of a martyr who died at the hands of a jewish woman who killed him while he was trying to join his brothers in suicide martyrdom. I am afraid that they will come for my daughter when she is of age.
Since my husband was killed while smuggling in supplies 9 years ago, I have been a woman at the mercy of cruel men. Islam is no protector of women without a male in the household.
My sons were taken away from me and taught to hate jews and to distrust women. They were taught that the Koran said that women should be protected from themselves. We were seducers that had to be kept under the control of men less we lead them to hell.
One day they will come for my daughter and force her to die for their cause. It was my hope that America’s Obama would help us to live in peace with Israel. I now believe that our men don’t want this to happen. They will not be satisfied until they have wiped Israel off the map.
You have my prayers. I know what it is to lose a child. No Dafne you should not have to wake up to Gaza raining rockets on your head. We should not have to be at the mercy of Israel deciding our sovereignty. I am not trying to justify our rocket attacks upon you. I have no answers. But if this gets in then I would have lightened my anger and said something to the world about my feelings.
I wish you and yours the safety and blessing mine never got. May Allah see a way to bring us both and our countries peace.
Kushka
January 3rd, 2009 at 2:23 am
Why is it always time to dump on the men? Do women complain when we feed, protect, die for them. Is it only Anonz that is got something good going on?
Where are your comments on this crisis Mr.- no-it-all?
Is training so tough, you can’t find the time to give your advice on all this woman bitching?
John
January 3rd, 2009 at 7:50 am
CELL PHONES LINKED TO HEARING LOSS
As a busy working mother and active member of my community, I’m on the go a lot… and therefore, on my cell phone a lot too. That’s why I was concerned to hear about a study conducted by Naresh K. Panda, MS, DNB (Diplomate of the National Board of Examinations, New Delhi, equivalent to an MD), FRCSEd, professor and head, department of otolaryngology, at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research in Chandigarh, India, which found an association between cell phone use and hearing loss.
IT DOESN’T SOUND GOOD…
In his research, which was presented last September at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery, Dr. Panda and his colleagues found that people who had used cell phones for more than four years and who talked on them for more than an hour each day were more likely to suffer from high-frequency hearing loss (which can impact a person’s ability to hear s, f, t and z sounds) than those who used the phones less. Though this early study only evaluated 100 people — and only 30 qualified for the “more than four years of use” stipulation — the hearing loss seems directly connected to the cell phones. Hearing loss was slightly higher in the right ear, which was the ear most often used when on the phone.
Dr. Panda notes that he is hesitant to recommend dramatic changes in cell-phone use until larger studies can be completed. “Only further studies can rule out other environmental factors, like noise trauma, which could also contribute to hearing loss,” he says. He points out that larger scale studies would also allow researchers to pinpoint what’s responsible for the hearing loss, and if certain phone designs or hands-free devices could minimize the risk. But in the meantime, he recommends heeding the warning signs of hearing damage — ringing in the ears, a feeling of fullness in the ears or a warm sensation inside your ear — while using the phone. If you experience these symptoms, end your call — and make fewer of them.
This warning about potential hearing loss — even though it needs more research — also serves as a reminder about cell phone etiquette, since we’ve all witnessed (and been guilty of) cell phone usage at inappropriate times and in inappropriate places. What to do? Before you pick up your cell phone, consider whether it is a call you really need to make and whether it is really a good time to make it. Sometimes, the less said, the better.
Source(s): ??Naresh K. Panda, MS, DNB, FRCSEd, professor and head of the department of otolaryngology at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research in Chandigarh, India.
January 3rd, 2009 at 10:36 am
Dafne
You have my sympathies. I have experienced the terror of being shot at by people who hate us Indians for being Indians. My country is full of men who would wish to continue the violence. I may not be from Israel or Gaza, but I would like to join the woman’s movement for understanding. We as women need to free ourselves of the ignorance of men that perpetuates this type of violence.
I would also like to send my good wishes to my sisters in Gaza who must bear the terror of war while being brutalized by their on males.
God be with all of us in our time of need.
Anjali