by Ralph
on February 11, 2011
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I love to say serendipity.
It tests my verbal dexterity as it trips from my lips. But I love the magic that serendipity brings to life even more. Serendipity is a fairy tale ending to a boring tale. It is discovering magic in the mundane; finding gold in the trash can and meeting your soul mate in a fender bender. In short it is an unexpected but wonderful outcome.
I am revisiting Serendipity today to emphasize the importance of making yourself open to opportunities . Today I want to urge you not to wait and hope for serendipity. I suggest that you stalk her relentlessly. [continue reading…]
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by Ralph
on February 8, 2011
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No Pain, No Gain!
There is good reason to spice up your life with chili peppers. Besides the heat, peppers contribute to your good health. Peppers are good sources of vitamins (A and C) but hot peppers also contain capsaicinoids which have many wonderful properties. These (the most common form is capsaicin) cause the ‘hot’ experience when we eat them. The hotness is not sensed by the taste buds. Chili peppers work directly on the pain receptors in the mouth. The enjoyment of the ‘heat’ from these peppers is truly pain. The hotness of peppers is measured in scoville units. Bell peppers have zero scoville units while habanero peppers register 200,000 to 300,000 scoville units. But what benefits do you get from those scoville units? [continue reading…]
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