Saving Lives, One At A Time

Saving lives, One at a time

Cristina: Don't give up on yourself. Let us help you.

Patient: Will you be there?

Cristina: Every step of the way.

Sunshine and city lights will guide you home.

Maybe I Am Finding Myself Once More

Maybe I am finding myself again as I lose some fragments of contention from the unattended shards sprawled on the floor scintillating for your trifling attention

I am picking up myself again from the sullied nights of defenestration my fingers bleeding from the slivers of rage, and the cold pangs of remorse and I am again cleansing for recuperation

I guess we can’t have it all How can I chase the ones that I love without mangling my body on a collision? When will fate rendezvous with luck and happiness cross my stale mate affliction?

The complexity of human relations is wearing me down to capitulation So I left some of the pieces on the floor and picked up morsels that weren’t there before

I am reconstructing my architecture once more and maybe the next time we quake to perdition the topple would be more kinder and I wouldn’t have to resist like the door’s tinsel - I would let you in because there’s nothung left for destruction

elusive happiness

I don't want to be stuck in this pensive sadness. Today, I have chosen to get back up (again) and see what life has to offer. Today, I have chosen not to beat myself up. Today, I have decided to get better. 

It'll get better. I hope.

Brain processes more thoughts, feelings during meditation

Meditation is more than just a way to calm our thoughts and lower stress levels: our brain processes more thoughts and feelings during meditation than when you are simply relaxing, a coalition of researchers has found. “The study indicates that nondirective meditation allows for more room to process memories and emotions than during concentrated meditation,” says a co-author of the study.

Jian Xu, Alexandra Vik, Inge R. Groote, Jim Lagopoulos, Are Holen, Øyvind Ellingsen, Asta K. Håberg, Svend Davanger. Nondirective meditation activates default mode network and areas associated with memory retrieval and emotional processing. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2014; 8 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00086

The left images show the brain during concentrative meditation, while images to the right show the brain during nondirective meditation. Credit: NTNU

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