What is Alzheimers-Disease
Alzheimer's disease (AD), a neurodegenerative disease, is the most common cause of dementia and characterized clinically by progressive cognitive deterioration together with declin...
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Friday November 27, 2009
Inspirational
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I just want to let you all know that I have been on DS for almost two years now. When I first joined, I had recently been discharged from a two week stay at Two Rivers Psychiatric Hospital. I have come a long way and thanks to Daily Strength, I was able to grow, learn, and share. Knowing my triggers and Using Affirmations and Cognitive Therapy has been a big help in my recovery....
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As I watch our stock market tumbling I find myself feeling cynical, how did these folks get us IN to this mess! I then remember one of the the coolest coolest things about my job....THE PEOPLE...I get inspired all over again and I have to think we will all be ok. When I do talks in schools or community groups I tell kids about the long haul medicine entails&nb...4 Recommendations23 Comments
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This was actually reported by a teacher.
After Christmas, a teacher asked her young pupils how they spent their holiday away from school.
One child wrote the following: we always used to spend the holidays with grandma and grandpa. They used to live in a big brick house but grandpa got retarted and they moved to Florida. Now they live in a tin box and have rocks painted green to look like grass. Th...2 Recommendations19 Comments -
I sent this message out to everyone on my list before I began my weekend.
Smell a beautiful flower, smile at a stranger, lift your face to the sun, blow a kiss to the moon...
and I added this to my journal
This weekend I will,
be creative, get things done,
have fun, realise a future, stay happy.
I had forgotten what a powerful thing writing that can be.
So powerful that I am inspired to share wha...5 Recommendations9 Comments -
one of the happier moments in my life in the last year is the happiness that is brought by this cute little smiley stuffed animal. i now know it's official name: the fisherprice love to learn puppy. it all started 9 months ago when i was in the goodwill store looking for a stuffed animal (little one) for our dogs. all the little one...1 Recommendation12 Comments
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An older, tired-looking dog wandered into my yard; I could tell from his collar and well-fed belly that he had a home and was well taken care of.
He calmly came over to me, I gave him a few pats on his head; he then followed me into my house, slowly walked down the hall, curled up in the corner and fell asleep.
An hour later, he went to the door, and I let him out.
The next day he was back, greet...1 Recommendation10 Comments -
THINKING WOMAN
One morning the husband returns after several hours of fishing and decides to take a nap.
Although not familiar with the lake, the wife decides to take the boat out. She motors out a short distance, anchors, and reads her book.
Along comes a Game Warden in his boat. He pulls up alongside the woman and says, "Good morning, Ma'am. What are you doing?"
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Where Is the BC Located?
A minister’s widow, who was old-fashioned, was going camping for a week in California. She was nervous about the bathroom facilities and decided to write a letter to the campground owner. But as she was writing, she couldn't bring herself to write toilet. After much thought, the widow settled on bathroom commode, but when she wrote the word, it still sounded too ...1 Recommendation10 Comments -
Dreams Can Come True
If you take the time to think about what you want in life…
Get to know yourself
Find out who you are
Choose your goals carefully
Be honest with yourself
Don’t become preoccupied with yourself
Or think about yourself so much that you analyze every word and action
Find many interests and pursue them
Find out what is important to you
Find out what you are good at
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My son Brandon is a wonderful writer. Sometimes I am not so sure he is hangling what is going on with me. He has been very good and we do not but heads tooooo much and hope we do not. I am not sure he is dealing with what is going on the best. I have told him what I have a few weeks ago and he was upset of course but he seemed to have adjust to it as time has gone on. I think I have wrote before ...1 Recommendation9 Comments
