Onions can be helpful!

In 1919 when the flu killed 40 million people there was this Doctor that visited many farmers to see if he could help them combat the flu. Many of the farmers and their family had contracted it and many died. The doctor came upon this farmer and to his surprise, everyone was very healthy. When the doctor asked what the farmer was doing that was different the wife replied that she had placed an unpeeled onion in a dish in the rooms of the home, (probably only two rooms back then).
The doctor couldn't believe it and asked if he could have one of the onions and place it under the microscope. She gave him one and when he did this, he did find the flu virus in the onion. It obviously absorbed the bacteria, therefore, keeping the family healthy. Now, I heard this story from my hairdresser in AZ. She said that several years ago many of her employees were coming down with the flu and so were many of her customers. The next year she placed several bowls with onions around in her shop. To her surprise, none of her staff got sick. It must work.. (And no, she is not in the onion business.) The moral of the story is, buy some onions and place them in bowls around your home. If you work at a desk, place one or two in your office or under your desk or even on top somewhere. Try it and see what happens. We did it last year and we never got the flu. If this helps you and your loved ones from getting sick, all the better. If you do get the flu, it just might be a mild case. with this most interesting experience about onions:
Weldon, thanks for the reminder. I don't know about the farmers story...but, I do know that I contacted pneumonia and needless to say I was very ill...I came across an article that said to cut both ends off an onion put one end on a fork and then place the forked end into an empty jar...placing the jar next to the sick patient at night. It said the onion would be black in the morning from the germs...sure enough it happened just like that...the onion was a mess and I began to feel better. Another thing I read in the article was that onions and garlic placed around the room saved many from the black plague years ago. They have powerful antibacterial, antiseptic properties.
LEFT OVER ONIONS ARE POISONOUS
Onions are a huge magnet for bacteria, especially uncooked onions. You should never plan to keep a portion of a sliced onion. It's not even safe even if you put it in a zip-lock bag and put it in your refrigerator. It's already contaminated enough just by being cut open and out for a bit, that it can be a danger to you (and doubly watch out for those onions you put in your hotdogs at the baseball park!).If you take the leftover onion and cook it like crazy you'll probably be okay, but if you slice that leftover onion and put on your sandwich, you're asking for trouble. Both the onions and the moist potato in a potato salad, will attract and grow bacteria faster than any commercial mayonnaise will even begin to break down. Also, dogs should never eat onions. Their stomachs cannot metabolize onions.
Please remember it is dangerous to cut onions and try to use it to cook the next day, it becomes highly poisonous for even a single night and creates Toxic bacteria which may cause Adverse Stomach infections because of excess Bile secretions and even Food poisoning. Proof: when you have paint fumes in a room, peeled and cut onions in a bowl of water neutralizes the fumes, so, it does the same for germs and bugs.

Now there is a P. S. to this for I sent it to a friend in Oregon who regularly contributes material to me on health issues. She replied

THIS IS MEN`S WORLD OR....

If he calls you and your phone is off, he thinks you’re cheating….then he sends an SMS saying “don’t tell me the battery story coz I know that line”
If u TREATS him nicely, he says u are TOO IN LOVE, moving too fast;
If u doesn’t, he says u are PROUD.
If u DRESS NICELY, he says u are trying to LURE other men;
If u DON,T, he says u are RURAL.
If u ARGUES with him, he says u are STUBBORN, too manly;
If u keep QUIET, he says u have no BRAINS, a walkover
If u are SMARTER than him, you’re a SHOW-OFF;
If he's SMARTER than u, he is GREAT.
If u doesn’t LOVE him, he tries to POSSESS u;
If u LOVES him, He takes you FOR GRANTED. (Very true huh?)
If u doesn’t MAKE LOVE to him, he says u DON, T LOVE him;
If u DO, he says u are CHEAP.
If u tell him your PROBLEMS, he says u are TROUBLE;
If u DON,T, he says u don't TRUST him.
If u SCOLDS at him, u are treating him like a CHILD;
If he SCOLDS at u, it’s because he CARES for u.
If u BREAKS your promise, u cannot be TRUSTED;
If he BREAKS his, it is circumstances beyond his CONTROL.
If u SMOKES, u are a BAD girl;
If he SMOKES, he is a GENTLEMAN.
If u do WELL in your career, it's LUCK;
If he does WELL, it’s definitely BRAINS.
If u HURT him, u are CRUEL;
If he HURTS you, you are too SENSITIVE!!

LUCK FAVORS THOSE WHO HELP THEMSELVES

A flood was threatening a small town and everyone was leaving for safe ground except for one man
who said, “God will save me. I have faith.” As the water level rose a jeep came to rescue him, the man
refused, saying “God will save me. I have faith.”
As the water level rose further, he went up to the second story of his house, and a boat came to help him.
Again he refused to go, saying, “God will save me. I have faith.” The water kept rising and the man climbed
On to the roof. A helicopter came to rescue him, but he said , “God will save me. I have faith.” Well, finally
He drowned. When he reached his Maker he angrily questioned, “I had complete faith in you. Why did you
Ignore my prayers and let me down? ”The Lord replied, “Who do you think sent you the jeep, the boat and the
Helicopter?
The only way to overcome a fatalistic attitude is to accept responsibility and believe in the law of cause and effect
rather than luck. It takes action, preparation and planning rather than waiting, wondering and wishing to accomplish
any goal in life

Did the Priest lie or not? Have a go

A distinguished young woman on a flight from Ireland asked the Priest beside her:

Woman: "Father, may I ask a favour?"

Priest: "Of course. What may I do for you?"

Woman: "Well, I bought an expensive woman's electronic hair dryer for my mother's birthday that is unopened and well over the Customs limits, and I'm afraid they'll confiscate it. Is there any way you could carry it through Customs for me.......... Under your robe perhaps?"

Priest: "I would love to help you, dear, but I must warn you: I will not lie."

Woman: "With your honest face, Father, no one will question you." When they got to Customs, she let the priest go ahead of her.

Custom Officer: "Father, do you have anything to declare?"

Priest: "From the top of my head down to my waist, I have nothing to declare." The official thought this answer strange, so asked,

Custom Officer: "And what do you have to declare from your waist to the floor?"
Priest: "I have a marvellous instrument designed to be used on a woman, but which is, to date, unused."

Custom Officer: (Roaring with laughter, said) "Go ahead, Father." Next!!
Now............................................. TRULY, DID THE PRIEST LIE?

Mean Moms

Someday when my children are old enough to understand the logic that motivates a parent,I will tell them, as my Mean Mom told me: I loved you enough to ask where you were going,with whom, and what time you would be home.I loved you enough to be silent and let you discover that your new best friend was a creep. I loved you enough to stand over you for two hours while you cleaned your room,a job that should have taken 15 minutes. I loved you enough to let you see anger, disappointment, and tears in my eyes. Children must learn that their parents aren't perfect..

I loved you enough to let you assume the responsibility for your actions even when the penalties were so harsh they almost broke my heart.But most of all, I loved you enough to say NO when I knew you would hate me for it.
Those were the most difficult battles of all. I'm glad I won them, because in the end you won, too. And someday when your children are old enough to
understand the logic that motivates parents, you will tell them Was your Mom mean?

I know mine was. We had the meanest mother in the whole world!While other kids ate candy for breakfast,we had to have cereal, eggs, and toast.
When others had a Pepsi and a Twinkie for lunch,we had to eat sandwiches. And you can guess our mother fixed us a dinner that was different from what other kids had, too. Mother insisted on knowing where we were at all times. You'd think we were convicts in a prison.

She had to know who our friends were and what we were doing with them.
She insisted that if we said we would be gone for an hour, we would be gone for an hour or less.We were ashamed to admit it, but she had the nerve to break the Child Labor Laws by making us work.

We had to wash the dishes, make the beds, learn to cook, vacuum the floor, do laundry, empty the trash and all sorts of crueljobs. I think she would lie awake at night thinking of more things for us to do.

She always insisted on us telling the truth,the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. By the time we were teenagers, she could read our minds
and had eyes in the back of her head.Then, life was really tough!

Mother wouldn't let our friends just honk the horn when they drove up
They had to come up to the door so she could meet them. Because of our mother we missed out on lots of things other kids experienced.

None of us have ever been caught shoplifting, vandalizing other's property or ever arrested for any crime. It was all her fault.Now that we have left home, we are all educated, honest adults.We are doing our best to be mean parents just like Mom was.

I think that is what's wrong with the world today.
It just doesn't have enough mean moms!

Ways to Turn Down Strange Men

Man: Haven’t I seen you some place before?
Woman: Yes, that’s why I don’t go there anymore.

Man: Is this seat empty?
Woman: Yes and this one will be if you sit down.

Man: Hey baby, what’s your sign?
Woman: Do not enter.

Man: Can I buy you a drink?
Woman: Actually, I’d rather have the money.

Man: How did you get to be so beautiful?
Woman: I must have been given your share.

Man: Your face must turn a few heads.
Woman: And your face must turn a few stomachs.

Man: Go on, don’t be shy. Ask me out.
Woman: Okay, get out.

Man: I think I could make you very happy.
Woman: how? Are you leaving?

Man: What would you say if I asked you to marry me?
Woman: Nothing. I can’t talk and laugh at the same time.

Man: Can I have your name?
Woman: Why? Don’t you already have one?

Man: Shall we go see a movie?
Woman: I’ve already seen one.

Man: Where have you been all my life?
Woman: Hiding from you.

DISABITILITIES SHOULD NOT STOP YOU FROM REACHING THE TOP

"Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the face." This was Helen Keller’s advice to a five-year-old blind child in 1932. It can as well be regarded as a summary of Helen’s approach to life. Helen Keller was possibly the most remarkable person ever to grace this planet. Born in 1880 she was left deaf and blind as a result of a childhood illness at the age of 19 months. Nevertheless, Helen became an articulate spokesperson for the dignity of all individuals. She fully explored all her potentials to touch lives around her. She provided solution where there were difficulties. She never subdued her potentials under the weight of physical challenges and disabilities.

She realised early in life that her potentials were not mere substance but rather that they were great ideas which convey possibility status on all things around her. Helen Keller was once quoted as saying that “When your heart and mind can look into the past, into your reserve of memory, select its most choice ideas from it and project it into the future, then you have begun the journey of exploring your potential”. Exploring your potentials will require the full participation of your heart and your mind. It would require you to cast your mind back and project into the future. It would require you to make choices- valuable and well informed choices.

Will you be rich or poor, well-educated or ignorant, loved or abandoned, alive with a new intensity and purpose or merely drifting upon the tide of circumstances, these are clear choices that depend only on your inner clarity about who you are and what you want your life to mean, both to yourself and all those who will come to know you. All men and women dream but only some have the courage of their convictions. Most, through default, float upon the sea of mediocrity, responding to biological and social needs but creating nothing new, ennobling, or in some measure liberating. Helen Keller was deaf and blind, yet she chose to make a difference. She espoused greatness and success; she did not wallow in mediocrity, neither did she succumb to the frailties of natural disabilities.

Many, unfortunately, are capable of going through their days without entertaining a single original idea, content with acquiescing to the propaganda of vested interests. A few, however, think about their potential and what they can do to explore and expand it. These are the ones who push the race forward, stretching the limits of consciousness further into the realm of new possibilities. You cannot succeed in anything alone. Your success is a wave that carries others, inviting them to examine their own potentiality. You vibrate at a higher frequency when you choose excellence; you influence others with your presence alone. The urge to be more than you are right now, to express a nobler speech, a finer mind, a more uplifting outlook, a larger reach of resources is the urge of life itself to explore its dimensions.

Helen Keller’s advice to that five year-old blind child in 1932 is still relevant to everybody today; in spite of all adversities, “Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the face.” Reject mediocrity, aim only for the best!

HOW MUCH DOES A MIRACLE COST?

A little girl went to her bedroom and pulled a glass jelly jar from its hiding place in the closet.
She poured the change out on the floor and counted it carefully.
Three times, even. The total
had to be exactly perfect.
No chance here for mistakes.

Carefully placing the coins back in the jar and twisting on the cap, she
slipped out the back door and made her way 6 blocks to
Rexall's Drug Store with the big red Indian Chief sign above the door.

She waited patiently for
the pharmacist to give her some attention, but he was
too busy at this moment.
Tess twisted her feet to make a scuffing noise. Nothing. She cleared her throat with the most disgusting sound she could muster. No good. Finally she took a quarter from
her jar and banged it on the
glass counter. That did it!

'And what do you want?' the pharmacist asked in an annoyed
tone of voice. I'm talking to my brother from Chicago whom I haven't seen in ages,' he
said without waiting for a
reply to his question.

'Well, I want to talk to you about my brother,' Tess answered back in the same annoyed tone. 'He's
really, really sick...
and I want to buy a miracle.'

'I beg your pardon?'
said the pharmacist.

'His name is Andrew and he has something bad growing inside his head and my Daddy says only a miracle can save him now. So how
much does a miracle cost?'

'We don't sell miracles here, little girl. I'm sorry but I can't help you,' the pharmacist said,
Softening a little.

'Listen, I have the money to
pay for it. If it isn't enough,
I will get the rest. Just tell
me how much it costs.'

The pharmacist's brother was
a well dressed man. He stooped down and asked the little girl,
'What kind of a miracle
does your brother need?'

' I don't know,' Tess replied with her
eyes welling up. I just know he's really sick and Mommy says
he needs an operation.
But my Daddy can't pay for it, so I want to use my money.'

'How much do you have?' asked the man from Chicago.
'One dollar and eleven cents,' Tess answered barely audibly.
'And it's all the money I have, but I can get some more if I need to.'
'Well, what a coincidence,' smiled the man. 'A dollar and eleven cents---the exact price of a
miracle for little brothers. '

He took her money in one hand and with the other hand he grasped her mitten and said, 'Take me to where you live. I want to see your brother and meet your parents. Let's see if I have the miracle you need.'

That well dressed man was Dr. Carlton Armstrong, a surgeon,
specializing in neuro-surgery.
The operation was completed
free of charge and it wasn't
long until Andrew was home again and doing well.

Mom and Dad were happily talking about the chain of events that had
led them to this place.

'That surgery,' her Mom whispered. 'was a real miracle’. I wonder how
much it would have cost?'
Tess smiled. She knew exactly how much a miracle cost..
one dollar and eleven cents....plus the faith of a little child.

In our lives, we never know how many miracles we will need.
A miracle is not the suspension of natural law, but the operation of a higher law.