Get Your Gratitude right here!

I have no idea where these stats came from, or if they are even true, but they were sent to me as an email and I loved them. Whether the numbers are exactly right or not does not matter. What matters is that we all take care of ourselves and everyone around, because if you are in a place to help others, YOU ARE BLESSED.

If you could fit the entire population of the world into a village consisting of 100 people,

maintaining the proportions of all the people living on Earth, that village would consist of

57 Asians
21 Europeans
14 Americans (North, Central and South)
8 Africans

There would be:
52 women and 48 men 
30 Caucasians and 70 non-Caucasians
30 Christians and 70 non-Christians
89 heterosexuals and

11 homosexuals

6 people would possess 59% of the wealth and they would all come from the USA

80 would live in poverty 
70 would be illiterate
50 would suffer from hunger and malnutrition
1 would be dying
1 would be being born 
1 would own a computer

1 (yes, only one) would have a university degree

If we looked at the world in this way,

the need for acceptance and understanding would

be obvious.

But, consider again the following :

If you woke up this morning in good health, you have more luck than one million people, who won’t live through the week.

If you have never experienced the horror of war, the solitude

of prison, the pain of torture, were not close to death from

starvation, then you are better off than 500 million people.

If you can go to your place of worship without fear that

Someone will assault or kill you, then you are luckier than

3 billion (that’s right) people.

If you have a full fridge, clothes on your back, a roof over your head and a place to sleep, you are wealthier than 75% of the world’s population.

If you currently have money in the bank, in your wallet and a few coins in your purse, you are one of 8 of the privileged few amongst the 100 people in the world.

If your parents are still alive and still married,

you’re a rare individual.

 If you can read this,

you’re extremely lucky,

because you don’t comprise one of those 2 billion

people who can’t read.

 AND SO?

Work like you don’t need the money.
Love like nobody has ever hurt you.
Dance like nobody is watching.
Sing like nobody is listening.
Live as if this was paradise on Earth.t or kill you, then you are luckier t

Solving the Aches and Pains of Runners

 The Mysterious Causes of Back, Hip, Knee, Foot and Leg Pain for Runners  

 Do you have aches and pains for no apparent reason from running? You are not alone.  

There is a common theme these days I have noticed that combines BAD posture and the yearning to run races of 3-26 miles!  

Just imagine running or walking over 50,000 steps per week, and that’s for beginners, each little joint abnormality may not be much, but multiply it 50,000 times a week and you’ve got some major problems after months of running, maybe even after weeks.  

This leads to 1) knee pain 2) hip pain 3) low back pain 4) foot pain 5) degeneration of joints and eventually arthritis and much, much more.  

 Fortunately, I have some solutions for you that have worked for tons of my clients.  

 Here is Tip # 1 – Please stay tuned for more tips  

 Sitting position at desk   

 Problem   

Your phone, computer screen, client, etc. force you to turn to one side of your desk more often than not, which cause your upper body to be twisted on top of your hips, and it will stay like this all the time because this posture is the most dominant posture in your life recently. 

When you stand, sit, walk, run, drive and more your body will habitually be turned to that one side (just like at your desk).  

The problem with this is that when you try to run with this posture your hips and legs are pointing one way as your torso points another! This creates a lot of wear and tear and unnecessary pounding in the lower body.  

 Solution    

1) Check your posture to see if you are crooked. Start by standing up with your feet pointed forward and assume your natural posture. Now look down at your hands and hips. Do you see one side more forward than the other? If so this is how you run! Not good.  

2) Whichever side is forward when you looked down is the side that needs to be stretched backwards. Use both of the following stretches below for the side that is forward on you.  

Stretch for Right Side Forward

 

Stretch for Left Side Forward

 

3) Keep your entire body facing whatever you are doing at the desk, i.e. don’t have your legs pointing one way and your body the other way.  

4) Now practice this new-found straight forward when you run!