This is something we should all read at least once a week!

Written by Regina Brett, 90 years old, of the local newspaper "The Plain Dealer", Cleveland, Ohio
"To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most-requested column I've ever written.
My odometer (BDay) rolled over to 90 in August, so here is the column once more:

1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.
2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.
3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch.
5. Pay off your credit cards every month.
6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.
8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.
9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.
10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.
12. It's OK to let your children see you cry.
13. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.
15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye.
16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.
19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.
20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.
21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.
23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.
24. The most important sex organ is the brain.
25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.
26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words 'In five years, will this matter?'
27. Always choose life.
28. Forgive everyone everything.
29. What other people think of you is none of your business.
30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.
31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
32. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
33. Believe in miracles.
34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.
35. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
36. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young.
37. Your children get only one childhood.
38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.
41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
42. The best is yet to come.
43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
44. Yield.
45. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift."

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This was e-mailed to me today. ~K

http://www.philippinenews.com/article.php?id=5519
Media Type: Online Print Version
Media Group: Internet
Article URL: http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?z2318119367&z=950243970
Outlet: Philippine News
Title: ‘Bagoong’ be gone!
Publication Date: 11/06/2009

Kaiser’s heart-healthy Pinoy recipes
DALY CITY – The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. This isn’t romance, it’s a fact. And a killer fact at that.
Cardiovascular diseases continue to be the biggest killer for Filipino Americans. Last week, Kaiser Permanente’s Daly City Medical Office reached out to 12 Filipino restaurateurs in South San Francisco, Daly City, Colma, San Bruno, San Mateo, San Jose and Union City to talk about healthy alternatives in preparing and serving Filipino dishes. Invited were representatives from Boracay Garden & Grill, Goldilocks Bakeshop, Kalesa, Karilagan, Lucky Chances Casino, Manila Eatery, Max, Nayong Pilipino, Ongpin, Tastebuds and Toppings.
The event took place in Daly City where, according to one source, almost 45,000 Filipinos live. The one place where a large concentration of Filipinos outside the Philippines can be found.
The choice is also strategic because, by Kaiser estimates, 52 percent of their members and an almost matching majority of their service staff members are Filipinos. Other Kaiser Permanente facilities are targeting majority members in their area, notably the Chinese in KP San Francisco and the Hispanics in KP Redwood City.
Doctors Charito Sico and Adeline Segundo, Registered Dietitian Suh-Yun Wu, and Registered Nurse Malou Aclan, were among the Kaiser staff who presented statistics vital to FilAm health. Senator Leland Yee opened with a speech, and Sico was the emcee.
Based on a 2008 study, the Asian growth spurt was 36.1 vs. 34.7 for Whites. A five-year projection says the Asian population could grow as much as 11,503. Highest among Asians would be Filipinos.
Segundo said one in four Filipinos has high blood pressure. Only 8 percent of Filipinos have their blood pressure under control against 25 per cent of the general population.
Segundo also said one out of four Filipinos has high cholesterol. One out of five adult Asian Americans affected with diabetes is Filipino.
Sico observed that Filipinos who arrived in the U.S. 10 years ago have increased their weight. Segundo identified the culprits stocked in the cupboard of many Filipino homes: bagoong, toyo and patis. Wu says she isn’t foreboding in counseling her patients, explaining that there are consequences to choices.
In a demo-cum-luncheon, fresh lumpia, pansit, kare-kare, pork adobo with eggplant, shrimp with coconut soup and leche flan were served, minus excessive sugar, salt and soy sauce. The “heart healthy traditional Filipino recipe” were selected from the American Heart Association’s Mula sa Puso booklet. But unlike traditional recipes, the nutrient values for single servings appear after each dish, including counts for calories, calorie percentage from fat, protein, carbohydrate, cholesterol, sodium and fats (saturated, polyunsaturated and monounsaturated).
Some of the restaurateurs realized the value of offering healthy alternatives on their menu (grilled instead of fried, reduces salt, sugar and soy sauce). But some argued that they may lose customers put out by the lite flavor or that the additional expense of a healthy alternative may drive their costs up.
Many Filipino eateries are clustered up north in California. Some of the fusion restaurants add Thai, French and other ingredients that would shoot up the nutrient value of traditional dishes already laden with other ingredients. In the weekends, some Filipino diners would drive miles to reach an authentic Filipino restaurant to take a break from the weekly taco or Mickey Ds. In the face of such a determined diner, offering healthy alternatives may not be a happy option.
Symptoms of diabetes, hypertension and high cholesterol are not generally felt, adding to the woes of health care providers. Unlike a painful bout with gout, which in itself is a deterrent against wolfing down sweet meats and other dishes with internal organ ingredients.
Sico says this initial effort may result in short- or long-term goals, depending on the response they get. Kaiser does not intend to enforce nutrient values like the FDA. Instead, they will run healthy menus they collect from their health forum in their newsletter (with a reach of 2,000 physicians and employees), their external newsletter distributed to members from Daly City to San Jose and their public affairs newsletter sent to federal, state and local officials, and business and community leaders throughout San Mateo county.
Are the days of Pinoy food labeling upon us?