The Daily Lily

I love fashion and dressing up! Dressing up is what we called fashion when Barbara and I were teens. My teen friend, Barbara, and I had a little fashion show and entertained our dailylily.com friends. What a blast! No Starbuck coffee or Barbara ice tea. Just cold water and that was the drink to beat the heat! She even knows how to make that taste just right. You go girl!

We sure missed Needles (Tammy) and Chickenfarmer (Wendy) but, they were riding roller coasters at Busch Gardens with their boys. I invite you now just click and enjoy the show with my friend, Barbara.

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Laughter? Let’s talk about the “Etiquette of laughter.” Is there such a thing as etiquette when it comes to laughter? Do we need a written prescription to take to the pharmacy to get our laugher? Do we need insurance to pay for laughter? Maybe Laughter should be written in the new health care bill?

Norman Cousins wrote in his book, Anatomy of an Illness, “When you laugh, endorphins, the body’s natural pain-killers, are released.”

The Word of God records the words of a wise man, “A merry heart does good, like medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones.” Proverbs 15:13, 15

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Here’s some good news from AARP if you follow this plan you will walk about 1.666 miles per day and reap the following benefits.

This resolution could improve your life in many ways: “I will walk 50 miles every month.” Just half an hour of walking each day at a brisk pace of 3.5 MPH will get you there. Here are seven things you could accomplish within a matter of months:

1. Get Fit
Aerobic Capacity: 19% increase
Physical function: 25% increase
Risk of disability: 41% decrease

2. Save on annual medical bills
Normal-weight retiree: $3300
Overweight retiree: $2500
Entire country: $1.4 trillioin

3. Improve cardiovascular health
Heart disease: 32% lower risk
Stroke: 33% lower risk
Type 2 diabetes: 71% lower risk

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“I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see. The longer I live, the more my mind dwells upon the beauty and the wonder of the world.” ~John Burroughs

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The Daily Lily with CCI has contributed to the Special Olympics Virginia for the plane pull featuring one of our very own, Chris M. Please send your thoughts and prayers their way as Chris and friends move this plane for a special cause. Please visit their website below and see their challenge and the corporate donation we have given. Please fell free to contribute again if you like. We want to see them meet their goal.

The plane pull is on Saturday, September 6th and we look forward to seeing you out there!
Thanks again for your support and contributions! Sincerely, Chris M.
Special Olympics Virginia - Good Guys Plane Pull Page

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A Happy Mind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dr. William Menninger

“Let us define mental health as the adjustment of human beings to the world and to each other with a maximum of effectiveness and happiness. Not just efficiency, or just contentment—or the grace of obeying the rules of the game cheerfully. It is all of these together. It is the ability to maintain an even temper, an alert intelligence, socially considerate behavior, and a happy disposition.

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This year, I will strengthen my muscles along with my mind and spirit. Start looking for ways to build, train and flex together in ‘07. I hope to start posting some exercise tips. Like to hear from all of you if you have questions, ideas or thoughts on exercising for health. When we are healthy and energized we can do more and have more time and energy to show Jesus Christ to the world.

Let’s work our muscles together in ‘07.