May you be blessed

May you be blessed
with all things good.

May your joys, like the stars at night,
be too numerous to count.

May your victories be more abundant
than all the grains of sand
on all the beaches,
on all the oceans
in the world.

May lack and struggle
only serve to make you stronger
and may beauty, order, and abundance
be your constant companions.

May every path you choose
lead to that which is pure and good and lovely.

May every doubt and fear
be replaced by a deep, abiding trusts
as you observe evidence of Higher Power
all around you.

And when there is only darkness
and the storm of life are closing in
may the light at the core of your being
illuminate the world.

May you always be aware you are loved beyond measure
and may you be willing to love unconditionally in return.

May you always feel protected and cradled
in the arms of God,
like the cherished child you are.

And when you are tempted to judge,
may you be reminded that we are ALL ONE
and that every thought you think
reverberates across the universe,
touching everyone and everything.

And when you are tempted to hold back,
may you remember that love flows best
when it flows freely
and it is in giving that we receive
the greatest gift.

May you always have music and laughter
and may a rainbow follow every storm

May gladness wash away every disappointment
May joy dissolve every sorrow
and may love ease every pain.

May every wound bring wisdom
and may every trial bring triumph
and with each passing day

May you live more abundantly than the day before.
May you be blessed
and may others be blessed by you.

This is my heartfelt wish for you, my dearest Vicky

May you be blessed!

菸害

繼4/20 的“Antedrug傻很大！ ”之後，又看到一項持續了30年關於抽菸對於壽命、健康影響的研究，由奧斯陸大學和挪威公衛研究所的教授Meyer所發表。

這個研究始於1974年，找了年紀在35-49歲，分別住在三個郡的中年男女，先做基本的心血管篩檢，之後三十年從挪威人口登記來記錄死亡人數，並在2006年到2008年間對存活者做追蹤問卷調查；根據參與者的抽煙習慣，區分為從不吸菸、以前吸菸、每天抽1-9根、每天10-19根、以及每天抽超過20根菸的重度抽菸者。

結果顯示最初參與的54,075人當中，已經有13,103人死亡，重大的發現就是30年之中死去的45%男性屬於重度抽菸者，相對於從不抽菸的只有18%，相似的情況，有33%女性重度抽菸者死亡，從不抽菸的僅有13%。這個結果顯示出吸菸之於死亡率影響多麼的巨大

由問卷調查發現，心血管疾病罹患率方面也有近似結果，男性從不抽菸而患心肌梗塞的有10%，重度抽菸者為21%；女性從不抽菸的是4%，而重度抽菸者為11%，也發現中風、糖尿病和吸菸有密切的關連。

大約三分之二中年男性重度抽菸者，以及二分之一女性重度抽菸者，是在三十年間死亡，或是患有心血管疾病，從不抽菸的人就少了很多，顯示吸菸對於壽命和健康的殘害非常之巨大，具體呈現出抽菸和不抽菸後果之間的差異。這項研究結果所顯示出吸菸造成的危害，和其他許多研究菸害的結果並無二致，但是它提供一個長期的、生活中絕對真實風險的描繪。

香菸之所以會有害健康，主要由於菸草在燃燒後產生多元芳香環化合物，這些多環化合物很容易崁進染色體當中，多元芳香環在體內經過代謝之後也會產生環氧化物，化學反應性更強，造成細胞病變，因此癌症、心血管病變、心臟變形…接踵而至。只要下定決心，有戒菸藥Champix相助，遠離菸癮其實並非難事。至於不信邪、非抽不可的，當然有抽菸的自由，但是吞雲吐霧的時候，遠離公眾場所，應當尊重旁人不想聞到菸味、不受二手煙害的權利！菸害申訴專線：0800-531-531。

30-year follow-up study: 'Tremendous' impact of smoking on mortality and cardiovascular disease. 8-May-2009

戒煙藥Champix的副作用[1],[2]

A genius says goodbye for good

Mr. Gabriel García Márquez, a great Latin American writer and Nobel Prize winner for literature, has said goodbye to the public life due to complications in his health: lymphatic cancer.

He has sent a letter to his friends and thanks to the Internet we are all able to share it. This short text is really inspiring and should be known generation after generation.

If for an instant God forgot that I am just a puppet, and He gave me one more piece of life, I would take advantage of that time, the best I could.

I would probably not say everything I think, but definitely think all I say.

I would value things not for what they are worth, but for what they represent.

I would sleep less and dream more. For every minute we close our eyes we loose 60 seconds of light.

I would continue where others have stopped and I would rise when others sleep.


If God allowed me one more piece of life, I would dress simpler, would wallow in the sunlight leaving uncovered not only my body but my soul.

I would prove to men how wrong they are to think that they stop falling in love as they get older since they actually start getting older as soon as they stop falling in love.

I would give wings to the children, but I would leave him alone so that he learned how to fly on his own.

To the old, I would show them how the death comes not with the aging process but with forgetting.

So many things I have learned from you ...


I have learned that everybody wants to live at the top of the mountains forgetting that is how we climb all that matters.

I have learned that when a newborn grabs his father thumb, he takes a hold of him forever.

I have learned that a man has the right to look down on somebody only when he is helping him get up.

So many things I have learned from all of you.


Always tell what you feel and do what you think.

If I knew that today it would be the last time that I will see you, I will embrace you strongly to be the guardian of your soul.

If I would know that these would be the last minutes that I will see you, I would say to you “I love you” and wouldn´t assume that you would know it.

There is always morning where life gives us another opportunity to make things good.

Keep always close to you, your dear ones, and tell them how much you need them and love and take care of them. Take time to say, “I am sorry”, “forgive me”, “please,” “ thank you” and all the nice and lovely words you know.

Nobody would remember you if you keep your thoughts secret. Force yourself to express them.

Show your friends and dear ones how much you care about them.

Send this to the people you care or love. If you don't do it, tomorrow will be the same as today. And it will not matter either…. Now is the time to send it.

For you with much love and care.
Gabriel García Márquez