May

24

2009

What is Faith?

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Category : Rejoice in our abilities, Uncategorized

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Faith is very friendly and sweet, and draws huge crowds everywhere he goes. There was a huge crowd following him as he walked to the waiting area for the plane we were going to board, it got my attention because flashes were going off, I thought it must be a celebrity
This is ‘Faith’

This dog was born on Christmas Eve in the year 2002. He was born with 3   legs – 2 healthy hind legs and 1 abnormal front leg which need to be   amputated. He of course could not walk when he was born. Even his mother did not want him

His first owner also did not think that he can survive. Therefore, he was thinking of ‘putting him to sleep’.

By this time, his present owner, Jude Stringfellow, met him and wanted to take care of him.
She is determined to teach and train this dog to walk by himself.  Therefore she named him ‘Faith’

In the beginning, she put Faith on a surfing board to let him feel the movements. Later she used peanut butter on a spoon as a lure and reward for him to stand up and jump around. Even the other dog at home also helped to encourage him to walk. Amazingly, only after 6 months, like a miracle, Faith learned to balance on his 2 hind legs and jumped to move forward. After further training in the snow, he now   can walk like a human being.

Faith loves to walk around now. No matter where he goes, he just attracts all the people around him.
He is now becoming famous on the international scene. He has appeared on various newspapers and TV shows.
There is even one book entitled ‘With a little faith’ being published   about him. He was even considered to appear in one of Harry Potter movies.

His  present owner Jude Stringfellew has  given up her teaching post  and plans to take him around  the world to  preach that even without a perfect body, one can have  a perfect soul’.

In life there are always undesirable things. Perhaps one will feel better if one changes the point of view from another direction.  I hope this message will bring fresh new ways of thinking to everyone and that everyone can appreciate and be thankful for each beautiful day that follows.  Faith is the continual demonstration of the  Strength  of Life
A small request: All you are asked to do is keep this circulating.

When faced with a defining moment, you can either define the moment or the moment defines you!

Have a great day!!

May

13

2009

Is Letting Our Hair Dry Naturally All that Good?

Posted by Sandy | Comments (0)

Category : drying hair

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Yes

  • If you have natural or manufactured curl that becomes fuzzy when you blow it dry.
  • If you want more time to do other things in the morning.
  • If your hair is intensely thick. I’d say add a little hair dryer heat to the scalp area to start the drying process.
  • If you shampoo your hair at night…..BUT, and that’s a BIG BUT never go to bed with wet or even damp hair. Damp hair is very elastic and weak. When you go to bed the friction between even damp hair and the pillow can cause damage to the cuticle or outside layer of your hair. Breakage! Shedding of the weaker hair.
  • If all you want to do is Fluff and go.
  • If all you do is flat iron your hair. Remember, your hair still needs moisture in it for protection from iron heat. apply a protective serum, first.
    Does your hair need help?

    Does your hair need help?

No

  • If you want volume at the scalp. As the hair dries the heaviness of the water in the hair weighs it down, like lead anchors. Even applying a volumizer at this time is silly, because a volumizer is applied to prop hair up, not to compete with water weighing the hair down.  It’s advisable only to add a serum or leave-in conditioner to the ends of your hair at this time.
  • If you want your hair to respond to your blow drying/ styling efforts. Once hair is completely dry, it takes more effort to style hair with a brush and dryer.  Hair that is wet is malleable and easy to put in whatever style you are able to do. Meaning the hair is responsive.But, hair that has thoroughly dried has hardened into it’s own particular shape. Thereby, making it virtually impossible to style your hair without adding water to it, again.

    What’s a girl to do?

  • If it’s in your genes to let your hair dry naturally,  let it dry naturally for 15 – 30 minutes after toweling your  ends of your hair.
  • Next apply protective serum to the ends.
  • Then apply volumizer to the scalp and push the roots of the hair up, for a little volume.
  • At this point your hair is sufficiently dry or moist to easily start styling fast and efficiently.

    • This is a similar style To Michelle O'Bama's

    This is a similar style To Michelle O'Bama's

  • The question remains should we let our hair dry naturally or should we modify? It depends on your hair type.
  • There are DVD’s that will interactively help you learn to style your hair in 10 minutes to get out the door fast, looking like you have been styled by a Pro.

    • You can do it!