HAWAII won for well-being again//ALOHA defined//c was by, talked to steven again
THE WELLNESS SURVEY 2012: doctors were typically in better health than the average person and those who "are engaged in their work" were likely to lead healthier lives.
In 2011, the index defined the happiest person in America as a tall, Asian-American male 65 or older, a resident of Hawaii, who's married with children, religious, owns their own business(s) and earns more than $120,000 a year.
It's important to note that individuals and communities are malleable, however, with the right policies put in place by healthcare groups and local businesses, big changes can happen which will improve everyone and everything.
"People can really change over time," she said. "You might think people or even communities are the way they are, but we've seen from five years of research that people are able to change and sustain that change." (i'd like to see more proof of that; i think people get better at covering things up and become better actors. grrrr).
A Hawaiian psychologist chalked up Hawaii being THE PLACE TO LIVE AS: a relaxing natural landscape and a local culture that prizes collectivism - (all people helping all other people, instead of every human looking out for themself) or (do unto others as you would have others do unto you - the golden rule thing). The Hawaiian culture lives this, the article says, its their way of life. (hmmm i always heard hawaiians don't like white people and they call us How-leh (spelled Haole) in the Hawaiian language, means "foreign" or "foreigner".
"Thank aloha spirit that's hard to define," ALOHA" is the most popular Hawaiian word known and spoken around the world. The Hawaiian word "Aloha" is among the most sacred and powerful of all Hawaiian words. Speaking it over time is said to have the power to transform one's attitude, heal one's negative emotions, and help to protect and guide one's lifetime journey. ALOHA is a Hawaiian word meaning; "Love, Compassion, Welcome, Hello, Good Wishes and Good Bye ..." (Reminds me of the word Shalom, meaning good health and good vibes and hello and goodbye, etc.) It is ackowledgement of the other person, kind of like namaste. I respect you. You respect me. What is the true meaning of the "Hawaiian Aloha Spirit" ..? The Hawaiian Aloha Spirit like Love itself is beyond any total description (as in, the important things in life aren't "things") like a Sunrise, Aloha must be experienced, felt within, and then passed onto others ... impressioned
LOKOMAIKA'I ( pronounced: Loh koh mai' kah ee ) which in Hawaiian is translated to mean: "the good inside, good will, good disposition, generosity, grace, kindness, humanity, benevolence, beneficence" and last but not least; "Loving Kindness..." says Dr. Ching ...
As Ching spoke, she was driving into a parking lot and an attendant left her booth to hand the ticket to Ching, who couldn't reach the ticket.
"A perfect example of what I mean," said Ching, a former president of the Hawaii Psychological Association. "[Hawaiian culture] has been composed of a lot of people with values that have to do with a sense of collectivism. All people working together at all times."
As for the stunning scenery, "I love not having seasonal affective disorder because we have the sun, all the colors are brighter here, the sky has a different kind of blue, the green is greener ... it soothes you."
must be nice. i wonder how key west does next to it, the climate is supposed to be similar. what are typhoons like?
did one load of laundry, fed the animals. its very cold out. was going to go to timeshare and changed my mind. too cold. don't want to push it. shopped at target for supplies and fed a stray at the small walmart. need to try to coax it to a cage and get it fixed! most important part of this hobby, the fixing part.
its supposed to be cold all month, around 60 and then 40 at night?!! what is this all about. its march, it should be summer by now. grrrrr. i'm still grumpy and the 2 cats thing at the pound is still upsetting me because those two should have been saved. we had this happen ONE time before where a young woman from wells fargo bank "decided" her kitten should go to the back room at the pound rather than with no kill rescue, even with me from no kill rescue (a one in a thousand chance of me being there) standing there willing to take it, which the desk grinning even explained to her, as no one expected her to want the kitten dead instead. an incredibly lucky kitten to arrive at the same time i arrived. like sophie's choice, but POINTLESS death and choice because she chose the back room of the kill shelter FOR NO REASON!! they brought it straight in the back and killed it as they had already explained to her that they were FULL!! no matter how many times it was explained to that superficial woman who was driving a beamer, she was OBLIVIOUS, VACUOUS, THICK AS A PLANK!!. the public. wow doing rescue is making me hate humans. what a surprise. really get to see it all with this, though a LOT of it is IGNORANCE. you can't know what no one has explained to you. but what about when IT IS EXPLAINED and you still choose death? its dead because the woman driving the beamer is an ass, or even worse a murderer who derives pleasure in killing or hurting other living things, which is also the definition of evil. its that simple.
ate healthy food. c was by briefly - he needs a mortgage he says, his daughter just got married and the young couple needs a house. hope it works out. when isabel did this, her daughter moved a year later, house sat empty, sold at a loss, total disaster and then to top it off divorced within 3 years. hmmmm.
the steven saga continues. not up to writing it now. grrrr.
In 2011, the index defined the happiest person in America as a tall, Asian-American male 65 or older, a resident of Hawaii, who's married with children, religious, owns their own business(s) and earns more than $120,000 a year.
It's important to note that individuals and communities are malleable, however, with the right policies put in place by healthcare groups and local businesses, big changes can happen which will improve everyone and everything.
"People can really change over time," she said. "You might think people or even communities are the way they are, but we've seen from five years of research that people are able to change and sustain that change." (i'd like to see more proof of that; i think people get better at covering things up and become better actors. grrrr).
A Hawaiian psychologist chalked up Hawaii being THE PLACE TO LIVE AS: a relaxing natural landscape and a local culture that prizes collectivism - (all people helping all other people, instead of every human looking out for themself) or (do unto others as you would have others do unto you - the golden rule thing). The Hawaiian culture lives this, the article says, its their way of life. (hmmm i always heard hawaiians don't like white people and they call us How-leh (spelled Haole) in the Hawaiian language, means "foreign" or "foreigner".
"Thank aloha spirit that's hard to define," ALOHA" is the most popular Hawaiian word known and spoken around the world. The Hawaiian word "Aloha" is among the most sacred and powerful of all Hawaiian words. Speaking it over time is said to have the power to transform one's attitude, heal one's negative emotions, and help to protect and guide one's lifetime journey. ALOHA is a Hawaiian word meaning; "Love, Compassion, Welcome, Hello, Good Wishes and Good Bye ..." (Reminds me of the word Shalom, meaning good health and good vibes and hello and goodbye, etc.) It is ackowledgement of the other person, kind of like namaste. I respect you. You respect me. What is the true meaning of the "Hawaiian Aloha Spirit" ..? The Hawaiian Aloha Spirit like Love itself is beyond any total description (as in, the important things in life aren't "things") like a Sunrise, Aloha must be experienced, felt within, and then passed onto others ... impressioned
LOKOMAIKA'I ( pronounced: Loh koh mai' kah ee ) which in Hawaiian is translated to mean: "the good inside, good will, good disposition, generosity, grace, kindness, humanity, benevolence, beneficence" and last but not least; "Loving Kindness..." says Dr. Ching ...
As Ching spoke, she was driving into a parking lot and an attendant left her booth to hand the ticket to Ching, who couldn't reach the ticket.
"A perfect example of what I mean," said Ching, a former president of the Hawaii Psychological Association. "[Hawaiian culture] has been composed of a lot of people with values that have to do with a sense of collectivism. All people working together at all times."
As for the stunning scenery, "I love not having seasonal affective disorder because we have the sun, all the colors are brighter here, the sky has a different kind of blue, the green is greener ... it soothes you."
must be nice. i wonder how key west does next to it, the climate is supposed to be similar. what are typhoons like?
did one load of laundry, fed the animals. its very cold out. was going to go to timeshare and changed my mind. too cold. don't want to push it. shopped at target for supplies and fed a stray at the small walmart. need to try to coax it to a cage and get it fixed! most important part of this hobby, the fixing part.
its supposed to be cold all month, around 60 and then 40 at night?!! what is this all about. its march, it should be summer by now. grrrrr. i'm still grumpy and the 2 cats thing at the pound is still upsetting me because those two should have been saved. we had this happen ONE time before where a young woman from wells fargo bank "decided" her kitten should go to the back room at the pound rather than with no kill rescue, even with me from no kill rescue (a one in a thousand chance of me being there) standing there willing to take it, which the desk grinning even explained to her, as no one expected her to want the kitten dead instead. an incredibly lucky kitten to arrive at the same time i arrived. like sophie's choice, but POINTLESS death and choice because she chose the back room of the kill shelter FOR NO REASON!! they brought it straight in the back and killed it as they had already explained to her that they were FULL!! no matter how many times it was explained to that superficial woman who was driving a beamer, she was OBLIVIOUS, VACUOUS, THICK AS A PLANK!!. the public. wow doing rescue is making me hate humans. what a surprise. really get to see it all with this, though a LOT of it is IGNORANCE. you can't know what no one has explained to you. but what about when IT IS EXPLAINED and you still choose death? its dead because the woman driving the beamer is an ass, or even worse a murderer who derives pleasure in killing or hurting other living things, which is also the definition of evil. its that simple.
ate healthy food. c was by briefly - he needs a mortgage he says, his daughter just got married and the young couple needs a house. hope it works out. when isabel did this, her daughter moved a year later, house sat empty, sold at a loss, total disaster and then to top it off divorced within 3 years. hmmmm.
the steven saga continues. not up to writing it now. grrrr.
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Hope you continue to feel better and our sun warms us up. Why is March so cold this year.
Our City is talking with Miami Dade County to try and open a Shelter in our
end of the county. I sure would volunteer help for them. Maybe I would feel
much better too. I hope it goes through. As it takes a while for them to come down this way for Pickups etc. The rescues are doing the best they
can too. Have a great week. XO
I\'m moving to Hawaii! It may just fix what ails me!!!!
Wow, that is tough. I don\'t meet any of that criterion. The closest thing is maybe religious but I don\'t really feel that I am over religious. So I guess I don\'t score in any way...Oh well, I\'m too ignorant to know I\'m not happy, lol.
Thanks for all the info, as usual. You are always a fount of information. Hugs, Estel
a statistical profile of the saddest person in America, Healthways found just about the polar opposite:
a woman between the ages of 45 and 64 who lives in the Huntington, West Virginia area, has an annual household income of less than $1,000 a month and is likely unemployed and looking for work. She is of \"other\" ethnicity, meaning a Pacific Islander, a native Hawaiian, a Native American or a person of mixed race. She is also separated with no children.
\"West Virginia ranks at the bottom in almost every domain,\" said Nikki Duggan, Director of Well-Being Operations.