The Utopia of NowWritten by Julia Allworth
Where am I running? What am I looking for? It seems like a funny idea and yet I, like many others, am running towards a utopia that I will never find. Sometimes I think that human beings are designed this way, programmed in constant search of a light at end of tunnel.What does it take to live peacefully in moment? How can I be fully satisfied with status quo? Perhaps I need to live for today – accept life way it is exactly at this moment and stop trying to change things. The universe is in constant change and yet all I really want to do is hold still – to be still in a moment where there is no fear, no pain, hurt, guilt or shame. Is this peaceful moment now? If it doesn’t feel like it can I imagine it and then it will appear? If I imagine it is now – will it stay? I am always advising others that no matter what our situation, we are always in full control of our own actions. Perhaps this peacefulness I seek is a choice. Maybe I have to choose to let binding emotions go – to release fear, guilt, shame, anger, resentment and all other harmful emotions and just be still. Just exist in peace with myself regardless of where I am and what my circumstance. Will this choice to allow peace in moment have any impact on my destiny? If energy is always flowing then I always have energy inside of me. If my energy goes from negative to positive will my life change? My guess is yes – and I think reason is simple: 1)LIKE ATTRACTS LIKE: If my energy is positive I have more positive energy coming in to my life. If negative energy surrounds me I will act as a magnet for more negative energy.
| | How Is Mesothelioma Treated?Written by Linda Woodhouse
Most people who develop mesothelioma have worked on jobs where they inhaled asbestos particles. However, they may have been been exposed to asbestos dust and fibre in other ways. This could include working with asbestos or by home renovation using asbestos cement products or even by washing clothes of a family member who worked with asbestos. The resulting disease is rare form of cancer in which malignant (cancerous) cells are found in mesothelium, a protective sac that covers most of body's internal organs. Mesothelioma occurs more often in men than in women and risk increases with age, but this disease can appear in either men or women at any age. About 2,000 new cases of mesothelioma are diagnosed in United States each year. Although reported incidence rates have increased in past 20 years, mesothelioma is still a relatively rare cancer. There are various procedures used for treatment of mesothelioma. The type of treatment depends on location of cancer, stage of disease, and patient's age and general health. A common treatment of disease is by means of surgery by removal of part of lining of chest or abdomen and some of tissue around it. For cancer of pleura, a lung may be removed in an operation called a pneumonectomy. Sometimes part of diaphragm, muscle below lungs that helps with breathing, is also removed.
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