Category Archives: health

Being a Hero should not be embarrassing and neither is it hard

Posted on July 28, 2014 by dfolstad58

So you happened to be in the right place at the right time. A man is down on the ground, his face is so swollen he’s unrecognizable, there’s blood and your heart is beating a mile a minute. You immediately … Continue reading →

Posted in health, Thinking Out loud, Uncategorized | Tagged 911, hereo, hero, organ donor, registration, right place, three, Transplant | 1 Comment

Take your gift with both hands!

Posted on July 24, 2014 by dfolstad58

I subscribe to just two magazines, one is Toastmasters Magazine. It arrives each month with stories, and tips from around the world with respect to the international organization that is Toastmasters. The magazine this time included information about Koala Lumpur (use … Continue reading →

Posted in health, Thinking Out loud, Toastmasters | Tagged attitude, choices, etiquette, Gift, lazy hazy, Nat King Cole, summer, thankfulness, Toastmasters | Leave a comment

Optimist or Pessimist – which are you?

Posted on May 8, 2014 by dfolstad58

The story goes that psychologists doing a study picked two boys, one a pessimist and the other an optimist. They put the pessimist in a room filled with toys all wrapped up. In no time at all he had opened … Continue reading →

Posted in health, humor, music related | Tagged attitude, choices, life, optimism, pessimil, pessimism, viewpoint | Leave a comment

Add or Subtract?

Posted on April 21, 2014 by dfolstad58

I wonder what it is about wasting time that to me is scary. So valuable, yet so easily wasted, so easily slipping through my fingers. I did an inventory and realized that daily there are some things I want to … Continue reading →

Posted in health, music related, Thinking Out loud | Tagged better use of time, content, discussion, feed jake, inventory, opinion, Time, time wasting | Leave a comment

Swimming in the Rain, part of life

Posted on April 17, 2014 by dfolstad58

In my late teens I lived in North Burnaby, BC, and there was an outdoor pool where I went swimming. It rains year round in Vancouver, not constantly, just year round. The times I liked to go swimming the best … Continue reading →

Posted in health, Thinking Out loud | Tagged attitude, joy, life, patience, rain, spiderman kissing, weather | 4 Comments

Skinny, Rich and Happy

Posted on April 2, 2014 by dfolstad58

Skinny, Rich, and Happy. This is the headline of a recent ad, I didn’t even read the ad, but the title caught my eye. I like the idea of all three, a truthful confession however I consider myself happy albeit … Continue reading →