
In this world of turmoil we live in, there is hope.
I’ve been thinking about the years when my children were younger. There is a bit of longing for those little bitty ones that made me laugh and cry! Baby Luke was really quiet for one of his naps. When I opened up the door, he had stuffed all of his pants with clothes and called them fat pants. He brought them into the living room and lined them up. I have no idea where he came up with that…ha! It’s interesting how we tend to long for what has passed or what is yet to come. Somewhere along the way we need to convince ourselves that now is pretty great too.
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When considering well-being, think of your physical, emotional, and spiritual self as a 3 legged stool. When one of those aspects of your life is off-balance you are going to fall. You can be in top physical shape but if you are an emotional wreck, you fall. You’re spirituality will suffer if you are not taking care of yourself physically etc.
We know that stress causes emotional, physical, and spiritual troubles.
A few of the causes of stress:
There are ways to attack stress:
A few of the benefits of exercise
Ezra Taft Benson, talk given at President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s second annual Council on Physical Fitness, Cascade, Maryland, September 8, 1958.
I love this recipe! I can toss the ingredients into the breadmaker and a few hours later slice it up for dinner.
Put ingredients into the breadmaker in the order listed.
1 1/3 C boiling water
2/3 C rolled oats
1/3 C molasses
1 TB oil
2 TB honey
1 C spelt flour (or wheat, or white)
2 ¼ C wheat flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp yeast
Set your breadmaker on the wheat setting.
The other day I was reading about natural honey (since I love sweets!) and came across some really cool facts I thought I would share. Natural honey is wonderful as a food and also as a medicine. There are many different grades of honey, depending on factors such as where it is sourced and what containers it was stored in.
This is a version of my fabulous sister-in-law’s recipe. Grow some mint and try this. Mint is very easy to grow but be selective where you put it because it is invasive. This is a great container plant.
Mint Syrup
1 ½ C sugar
1 C water
6-8 sprigs of fresh mint
Combine water and sugar. Bring to boil to dissolve sugar. Remove from heat and add mint. Let sit for several minutes. Strain leaves.
Fruit & Mint Lemonade
½ C mint syrup (or to taste) You can serve this without the mint syrup–but you will be missing out!!
Fresh pureed fruit (raspberry or strawberry is wonderful) you can use frozen.
Or you can be daring and try mango or blueberry!
1 Can of lemonade or fresh lemon juice, water and sugar to taste
Mix and serve chilled