RoastMe is currently the fastest growing non-default subreddit on the whole of reddit, and there is a pretty good reason for it.
Everyone loves witnessing a good roasting, and that’s exactly why this particular sub has been set up. Basically, people who are brave enough post a picture of themselves holding a piece of paper which asks people to roast them. Then, if you haven’t already guessed, they get roasted by the kind folk of reddit. HARD.
Usually, abuse like this both in real life and over the internet isn’t cool, at all, but in this case, people have quite literally asked for it – so we can’t really defend them. And the resulting roasts are SERIOUSLY brutal.
Well done, reddit. You have done it yet again.
We sometimes lose sight of the fact that every day we have a choice.
We can choose to connect to those around us, or we can choose to close ourselves off. Some days we may not feel like reaching out to others, but on days when we can, you never know just what may come of it.
We’re busy.
I know. I’m caught in that cycle, too. When I do get a moment to breathe and do something for myself, sometimes I just want the time to clear my mind and, blessedly, saynothing. There’s nothing wrong with that.
But during our more generous moments…
Maybe we could stretch ourselves a bit further — stretch to offer human warmth and conversation to someone who deserves it simply for being another person in our midst. Stretch to brighten someone’s day, knowing that maybe we’ll be turned down, and maybe we won’t. Stretch to keep ourselves open to the world and to other people, even if naysayers would have you believe it’s safer to stay tight and closed off. Stretch simply to tell the world that we won’t be automatons who use our energy and light only for the tasks required to survive but that we will be people who reallylive.
That’s what happened when Brooke Ochoa went to lunch by herself. She could have kept her gaze fixed to her phone, barely taking in the information from the environment around her. But she tuned in. She noticed people. She noticed Delores. And what came of that is truly beautiful. Enjoy.
“Today I Went to eat at a restaurant for lunch and I saw this elder lady coming from afar so I waited to hold the door for her, she was very thankful and sweet. She then told the waitress, “table for one”, so I waited and hesitated but then I walked over and said, “I’m eating by myself too would you like to have lunch together?” She was ecstatic! Come to find out she spent the last decade living with her mom who recently passed away and her aunt who recently was put into a nursing home, so she has been having a hard time being alone. We had a wonderful talk, and she just kept smiling and saying thank you for listening to me, which made me smile too! Her words healed my heart just as much as i healed her lonely one. By far the best decision I’ve made all year!!! Her name is Delores, and we will be having lunch every Thursday from now on.”
If you’ve been the victim of an assault, testifying against your attacker can be terrifying.
In 2014, three young children were removed from their Ohio home after suffering unspeakable acts of abuse.
The kids were so traumatized, it took them months to even begin to open up to investigators about what had happened to them. When it came time to go to court, two of them had to testify from a separate room because facing their attackers was just too traumatic.
Sadly, this is all too common.
To help cope with the pressure, Ellen O’Neill Stephens and Celeste Walsen, founders of the Courthouse Dogs Foundation, believe they have a solution: dogs in the courtroom to comfort witnesses.
“When a person is reliving a traumatic event, they experience physiological reactions similar to what they had when the event was taking place,”
“This adversarial system [of testifying in front of your attacker] is brutal. A lot of people come out damaged by it.”
The dogs “typically stay quietly next to the witness (or at their feet in court) while they talk about their experience, and have been shown to greatly alleviate the stress that comes with disclosing abuse and discussing traumatic experiences.”
“For some children, this helps make the difference between being able to testify in court and completely shutting down,” the founders write.
Courthouse dogs are trained for two years to help people get through these difficult ordeals.
The Courthouse Dogs Foundation was founded in 2004, and currently employs 87 dogs working in 28 states. The not-for-profit mainly uses Labradors or golden retrievers.
The mission of Courthouse Dogs Foundation is to “promote justice with compassion through the use of professionally trained facility dogs to provide emotional support to everyone in the justice system”.
And that’s a mission we can all get behind.
For more on these amazing dogs, and to donate, visit the Courthouse Dogs website. Make sure you also check out the Reddit AMA on the topic — it’s fascinating.
Good deeds are contagious, as the saying goes.
And they certainly don’t need to be grand gestures. Even seemingly small, positive actions we take in our everyday lives can also have amazing consequences.
This story is proof of that.
Tim Young and Paul Hullings from New Jersey are hearty firefighters that live for their work.
They recently worked tirelessly for 12 hours to clear out a fire. After which, being completely exhausted, they went to a cafe around 6 a.m to request the strongest cup of coffee the barista could muster.
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Their waitress that day was Liz Woodward and she just happened to overhear the two firefighters discussing their tiresome battle. Eventually, when Tim and Paul went to pay, they were greeted with a nice surprise. Instead of their bill, they were given this message.
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Emotionally, they thanked the kind waitress for her warm gesture. On Facebook, Tim recounts the event : “Such a selfless and kind act. I definitely urge my friends to make a trip out and support the business, and if Liz happens to be your waitress, tip big.”
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But the story doesn’t end there. The firefighters learned that Liz’s father, Steve, is quadriplegic and has been paralysed for five years. Liz set up a donation page in winter to fund a wheelchair accessible vehicle so that she can take her father places. Tim urged people on Facebook to donate to Liz’s crowd-fund : “Turns out, the young lady who gave us a free meal is really the one that could use the help…”
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Within a few days, she had gathered more than $70,000 – far more than the $17,000 needed for a wheelchair accessible van.
Liz and her family couldn’t be more grateful to the two firemen : “All I did was pay for their breakfast. I didn’t expect anything more than a smile,” says the waitress “It goes to show that you just have to be kind to each other and that even the smallest gesture can change a life.”
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This story is proof that kindness pays off – sometimes a thousandfold, good on everyone involved in this.
For me this story is a great testament to just how contagious – and effective- kindness can truly be. Even small kind gestures can give results you least expected.
“It’s very unusual to see a bear and a wolf getting on like this” says Finnish photographer Lassi Rautiainen, 56, who took these surprising photos. The female grey wolf and male brown were spotted every night for ten days straight, spending several hours together between 8pm and 4am. They would even share food with each other.
“No-one can know exactly why or how the young wolf and bear became friends,” Lassi told the Daily Mail. “I think that perhaps they were both alone and they were young and a bit unsure of how to survive alone…It is nice to share rare events in the wild that you would never expect to see.”
“It’s very unusual to see a bear and a wolf getting on like this”
This unlikely pair was spotted by Finnish photographer Lassi Rautiainen
He photographed the female grey wolf and male brown bear every night for ten days straight
“No one had observed bears and wolves living near each other and becoming friends in Europe”
The two “friends” were even seen sharing food
“No one can know exactly why or how the young wolf and bear became friends”
“I think that perhaps they were both alone when they were young and a bit unsure of how to survive alone”
“I came across these two and knew that it made the perfect story”
“It seems to me that they feel safe being together”
A Japanese Method For Healing, Each Finger Is Tied To Two Organs
Jean Shin Jyutsu is a traditional Japanese healing art. It is an extremely simple practice that anybody can do themselves anywhere at anytime. It’s one of the most convenient forms of healing since it requires no drug or herb. Just two hands and a little know-how is all that’s needed to get lasting results.
To understand this most basic medicine, we must first understand the ancient Japanese medical philosophy. Basically, our bodies function by a paired organ system. Each organ has another organ partner, resulting in five pairs.
All of the paired organs harmonize with one another in a healthy balance. Each organ system has a specific pathway of energy, called a meridian, that travels the body. The energy that moves through the pathway is called Ki.
Each organ system also governs our emotional body. This bridges the gap between our physical body and our emotional body. When Ki flows properly through the meridians, we experience positive emotions, such as feelings of happiness and well-being. If Ki gets stuck, negative emotions arise, such as anger, fear and grief.
Emotions also have physical manifestations. When we are happy, we are generally healthy, but negative emotions have specific symptoms.
All of the meridians end on a corresponding finger. We have the ability to restore the proper flow of Ki by pressing on each finger depending on which emotion and resulting physical ailment we are experiencing. While breathing deeply and calmly, press on the tip of the finger with your thumb and index finger of the opposite hand. Do this for one to five minutes depending on how you feel.
A graph for seeing the correlations between each paired organ, the governing emotions, the physical symptoms and the finger looks like this:
Thumb – stomach and spleen – anxiety, nervousness and depression – stomach pain, cramps and indigestion.
Index finger – kidneys and bladder – fear, disappointment, confusion and insecurity – muscle aches, toothaches and urinary tract disorders.
Middle finger – liver and gallbladder – anger, irritability and indecision – frontal headaches, migraines, fatigue, skin problems, vision problems and menstrual irregularities.
Ring finger – lungs and large intestine – sadness and grief – asthma, bronchitis, frequent sickness and ringing in the ears.
Small finger – heart and small intestine – anxiety, nervousness, and a lack of self-confidence – heart disease, infections and bone disorders.
A full massage of all the fingers can help relax and harmonize the whole body. If there is pain in a certain spot, it usually indicates that there is stagnation of Ki in the area, and it needs to be pressed.
Jean Shin Jyutsu is used to facilitate healing on the emotional and physical levels as well as promoting general well-being.
Did you know that eating garlic every day on an empty stomach can work wonders for your health? Many people are unaware of all of the benefits of this healing food.
Scientists have conducted several studies and the results all showed that eating one garlic clove on an empty stomach increases the power of garlic and it works as a natural antibiotic. Why is it so effective when eaten on an empty stomach? Because the bacteria in your body are overexposed in the morning and they can’t defend themselves against its powerful effects.
So what does it do?
People with hypertension have had relief of symptoms, it enhances blood circulation, prevents heart issues, and helps the liver and bladder to function more efficiently.
It works as an effective remedy for all types of stomach problems, including diarrhea, and stimulates appetite. It’s a superb treatment for nerve problems, but only if you consume it on an empty stomach. It helps improve digestion, which is how it boosts appetite. It has strong antioxidant and antibiotic properties that filter toxins from your stomach.
If you have a stressful life (and who doesn’t?) try having some right away upon waking as it helps control stress and stop excess production of stomach acid that forms when you are stressed or nervous.
Garlic and Alternative Medicine
Garlic is an alternative medicine for detoxification. Experts say garlic is so powerful that it flushes harmful worms and bacteria from your body and helps prevent diseases like diabetes, depression, typhus, and some types of cancer.
Eating garlic can also help treat tuberculosis in several ways. You need to eat an entire bulb of garlic each day, you can divide the bulb into several parts and eat it however you like, but it retains more health benefits raw or when slightly browned in the oven. You can also try a sauce of garlic with egg yolks and oil, don’t boil it, that will cause it to lose many of its medicinal and beneficial properties.
If you are allergic to garlic don’t eat it raw, if you still feel an irritation stop using it completely.
Precautions:
Studies suggest avoiding garlic if you are on medications for HIV/AIDS as it can have side effects.
It’s important to consult your doctor before you start taking any supplement.
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You ultimately become what you repeatedly do. If your habits aren’t helping you, they’re hurting you. Here are a few examples of the latter that will steal your happiness if you let them:
1. Focusing on everyone’s story except your own.
Don’t be so satisfied with the success stories of others and how things have gone for them that you forget to write your own. Unfold your own tale and bring it to life. You have everything you need to become what you are capable of becoming. Incredible change happens when you decide to take control. This meansconsuming less and creating more. It means refusing to let others do your thinking, talking, and deciding for you. It means learning to respect and use your own ideas and instincts to write your passage.
If you want your life story to soar to new heights, you’ve got to clear a path, reduce the time-sinks and burdens weighing you down, and pick up the things that give you wings. Keep your best wishes and your biggest goals close to your heart and dedicate time to them every day. If you truly care about what you do and you work diligently at it, there’s almost nothing you can’t accomplish.
2. Waiting for the perfect moment.
Don’t buy into the myth of the perfect moment. Moments aren’t perfect; they’re what you make them. So many people wait around for the stars to align to do what they’re here to do. The perfect moment, the perfect opportunity, the perfect state of being, etc. Wake up! These states of perfection are myths. They do not exist.
Your ability to grow to your highest potential is directly related to your willingness to act in the face of imperfection. You will come to succeed not byfinding a perfect moment, but by learning to see and use life’s imperfections perfectly.
3. Working for nothing more than a paycheck.
Work without interest is imprisonment. Even if you aren’t super-passionate about your work, you’ve got to at least be interested in it. When you design a lifestyle in which your work is something you suffer through daily strictly to pay your bills, you end up spending your entire life wishing you had someone else’s.
Think about it. This is your life; your work will fill a large percentage of it. It’s not all about the money; it’s about you. Ignore the propaganda, especially from people who say, “Don’t let your work define you.” Reverse this message and mediate on it: “I will do work that defines me.” When the essence of who you are defines at least some slice of the work you do for a living, that work generates fulfillment.
Bottom line: Interest in your work puts quality in your output and happiness in your mind. Don’t settle for a paycheck. Shuffle around until you find work that interests you.
4. Harboring feelings of hate.
As Martin Luther King Jr. so profoundly said, “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” Truth be told, when we harbor feelings of hate, it eventually gets the best of us. It takes control of us. We forget why we hate, what we hate, and whom we hate – we simply hate for the sake of hating. And then, naturally, we begin to hate ourselves too.
Everything and everyone you hate rents permanent space in both your head and heart. So if you want to eliminate something or someone from your mind, don’t hate. Instead, disconnect yourself, move on, and don’t look back.
5. Holding tight to worries and fears.
Someday when you look back over your life you’ll realize that nearly all of your worries and anxious fears never came to fruition – they were completely unfounded. So why not wake up and realize this right now. When you look back over the last few years, how many opportunities for joy did you destroy with needless worry and negativity? Although there’s nothing you can do about these lost joys, there’s plenty you can do about the ones that are still to come.
You will find that it’s necessary to let some things go simply for the reason that they’re heavy on your heart and soul. Let go of them. Don’t clamp shackles to your own ankles. It’s incredibly easy to enjoy more of your life right now, no matter what the situation. It’s just a matter of letting go of the layers of nonsense that are weighing you down.
Let go of your worries and fears, of your rage and jealousy, of your need to always be right and control others. Let go of your pretentiousness and your need to have everything your way. Underneath all these layers of nonsense there is a happy, productive person. When you start peeling them off and simply appreciating everything for what it is, life can be wonderfully fulfilling.
6. Dwelling on difficulties.
A bad day is just a bad day. Choose not to make it anything more. Times of adversity will inevitably affect the conditions in which you live and work; yet you don’t have to let it affect who you are and where you’re headed. Take note of the setbacks and adjust to them, but don’t expand on them by making them a bigger part of your life.
Every day brings new lessons and new possibilities. There is always a way to take the next step forward on the path you’ve chosen. Events may be terrible and inescapable at times, but you always have choice – if not when, then how, you may endure and proceed onward.
7. Constantly seeking fleeting contentment.
There are two variations of contentment in life – fleeting and enduring. The fleeting type is derived from instants of material comfort, while the enduring type is attained through the gradual growth of your mind. At a glimpse it might be difficult to decipher one from the other, but as time rolls on it becomes vividly obvious that the latter is far superior.
Enduring contentment sustains itself through life’s ups and downs, because through them your mind remains confident and at peace. On the other hand, when life’s fleeting changes have the ability to ruffle your mind into a frenzy, even the most elaborate physical comforts won’t make you any happier for very long.
8. Trying to make a big difference all at once.
If you want to make a difference in the world, start with the world around you. Making a big difference all at once is usually impossible, and the process of trying is extremely stressful. However, instantly making a difference in a few lives is entirely possible and usually fairly easy. You just have to focus on one person at a time and start with the one closest to you.
Work to make a bunch of small splashes, and let the ripples spread naturally. If you want to change a person’s mind or mood, sometimes you have to change the minds or moods of the people around them first. For instance, if you make one person smile, their smile just might make others smile too. In this subtle way, you can touch the masses with your thoughtfulness without stressing yourself out.
9. Holding on to someone who hurts you.
Sometimes you have to walk away from people, not because you don’t care, but because they don’t. When someone hurts you time and time again, accept the fact that they don’t care about you. It’s a tough pill to swallow, but it’s necessary medicine. Do NOT strive to impress them any further. Waste not another second of your time trying to prove something to them. Nothing needs to be proven. Do not act with any thought of them ever again.
10. Over-amplifying the importance of physical attractiveness.
Infatuating yourself with someone simply for what they look like on the outside is like choosing your favorite food based on color instead of taste. It makes no sense. It’s innate, invisible, unquantifiable characteristics that create lasting attraction.
Just as some people enjoy the smell of mint, while others prefer the scent of cinnamon, there is an undeniable, magnetic draw that attracts you to the qualities of certain people, places, and things. Sometimes it’s even the scars your soul shares with them that reels you in and creates the very hinges that hold you together in the long run.
Well done, reddit. You have done it yet again. 
“This adversarial system [of testifying in front of your attacker] is brutal. A lot of people come out damaged by it.”
For more on these amazing dogs, and to donate, visit the Courthouse Dogs website. Make sure you also check out the Reddit AMA on the topic — it’s fascinating. 
All of the paired organs harmonize with one another in a healthy balance. Each organ system has a specific pathway of energy, called a meridian, that travels the body. The energy that moves through the pathway is called Ki.
Each organ system also governs our emotional body. This bridges the gap between our physical body and our emotional body. When Ki flows properly through the meridians, we experience positive emotions, such as feelings of happiness and well-being. If Ki gets stuck, negative emotions arise, such as anger, fear and grief.
Emotions also have physical manifestations. When we are happy, we are generally healthy, but negative emotions have specific symptoms.
All of the meridians end on a corresponding finger. We have the ability to restore the proper flow of Ki by pressing on each finger depending on which emotion and resulting physical ailment we are experiencing. While breathing deeply and calmly, press on the tip of the finger with your thumb and index finger of the opposite hand. Do this for one to five minutes depending on how you feel.
A graph for seeing the correlations between each paired organ, the governing emotions, the physical symptoms and the finger looks like this:
Thumb – stomach and spleen – anxiety, nervousness and depression – stomach pain, cramps and indigestion.
Index finger – kidneys and bladder – fear, disappointment, confusion and insecurity – muscle aches, toothaches and urinary tract disorders.
Middle finger – liver and gallbladder – anger, irritability and indecision – frontal headaches, migraines, fatigue, skin problems, vision problems and menstrual irregularities.
Ring finger – lungs and large intestine – sadness and grief – asthma, bronchitis, frequent sickness and ringing in the ears.
Small finger – heart and small intestine – anxiety, nervousness, and a lack of self-confidence – heart disease, infections and bone disorders.
A full massage of all the fingers can help relax and harmonize the whole body. If there is pain in a certain spot, it usually indicates that there is stagnation of Ki in the area, and it needs to be pressed.
Jean Shin Jyutsu is used to facilitate healing on the emotional and physical levels as well as promoting general well-being.
So what does it do?
People with hypertension have had relief of symptoms, it enhances blood circulation, prevents heart issues, and helps the liver and bladder to function more efficiently.
It works as an effective remedy for all types of stomach problems, including diarrhea, and stimulates appetite. It’s a superb treatment for nerve problems, but only if you consume it on an empty stomach. It helps improve digestion, which is how it boosts appetite. It has strong antioxidant and antibiotic properties that filter toxins from your stomach.
If you have a stressful life (and who doesn’t?) try having some right away upon waking as it helps control stress and stop excess production of stomach acid that forms when you are stressed or nervous.
Garlic and Alternative Medicine
Garlic is an alternative medicine for detoxification. Experts say garlic is so powerful that it flushes harmful worms and bacteria from your body and helps prevent diseases like diabetes, depression, typhus, and some types of cancer.
Eating garlic can also help treat tuberculosis in several ways. You need to eat an entire bulb of garlic each day, you can divide the bulb into several parts and eat it however you like, but it retains more health benefits raw or when slightly browned in the oven. You can also try a sauce of garlic with egg yolks and oil, don’t boil it, that will cause it to lose many of its medicinal and beneficial properties.
If you are allergic to garlic don’t eat it raw, if you still feel an irritation stop using it completely.
Precautions:
Studies suggest avoiding garlic if you are on medications for HIV/AIDS as it can have side effects.
It’s important to consult your doctor before you start taking any supplement.
Sources
