By “use a solar timepiece” I’m not talking about sundials, nice though they are. It’s obviously important to know the time, and it’s obvious when our battery powered watch has stopped. However, the failure is never usually catastrophic. The watch usually slows down over a period of time. With such problems, and also changing the [...]

“Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend” Proverbs 27:17 Reading inspirational quotes from others will allow them to sharpen our personality. Reading the wise quotes of Solomon, will impart wisdom to ourselves. An extremely useful technique to fill in any areas in which we feel that we are lacking.

“Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend” Proverbs 27:17 Reading inspirational quotes from others will allow them to sharpen our personality. Reading the wise quotes of Solomon, will impart wisdom to ourselves. An extremely useful technique to fill in any areas in which we feel that we are lacking.

“Yes you can” is the motto of father and son team Dick and Rick Hoyt. They are truly an inspiration to humanity.

It is said lightning never strikes the same place twice. However, I’ve always said “Like you’d care about that if you were the first place it struck?” Well, to reduce the likelihood of being struck by lightning, it would be useful to learn the nature of lightning, and know if a strike is imminent. Lightning [...]

Long hot summer? Mosquitoes dining out on your blood? Vitamin B12 is said to help reduce the likelihood of your blood being used as the local mosquito delicacy. Apart from which it contains salt, very useful in such hot climatic conditions in increasing the cooling efficiency of your body.

I used to catch colds very regularly. I realized just how regularly when my landlord once commented that every time he saw me each month I had a cold. Recognizing this I’ve since taken steps to reduce the likelihood of contracting colds by following a few simple steps when I feel the very first minor [...]

On waking you may have caught a chill overnight, and feel the onset of a cold. Taking vitamin C, particularly in the form of a fruit starter for breakfast can stop the cold before it gets started. At other times when I used to catch colds I would concoct a vitamin C cocktail with vitamin [...]

There is only so much we can dig up out of the ground and use. So rather than digging more items up, and finding places to put the products produced, it helps us all to recycle what we can. “What does it matter if I don’t?” The accumulated effect of each individuals actions has an [...]

Apart from being beneficial to the environment, reducing wastage, and not paying for something you’re not using – switching off the light when not in use does help in other ways. It focuses the concentration on the area of operation and the task in hand. It helps to quell the idea of “I’ll come back [...]