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PAGE 5 - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2013
A Valentine Your
Heart Can Feel
I’m sure that most of
us have or will experience
a time period in February
when we absolutely wished
we could press the vaporize
button on the week of the
14th or at least that things
had been better leading up
to this day!
The month of Febru
ary is considered American
Heart Month, so I thought
we would draw some cor
relation between the simi
larities in all the hoopla that
surrounds the 14th to what
surrounds the heart in the
actual physiology of the
human body. I believe oft
times that “heart disease is
a gradual rejection of us by
our heart of what we as a
person still expect out of it,
after years of mistreatment
and bad habits.”
If we expect our heart to
perform well and feel good,
“we have to guard it against
unhealthy conditions con
sistently” or we will gradu
ally experience a decline in
performance, and eventually
the chest pressure and the
heart pains will begin and if
not remedied, may lead to a
heart attack, “possibly caus
ing permanent damage to
parts of the heart or worse,
death to the entire body.”
Cardiovascular diseases
kill way more people than
any other illness that affects
mankind, (it’s the number
one killer of Americans from
all causes of death) and in
addition tens of millions
are significantly disabled
by these disorders. Now
that our government is the
major medical care provider,
cardiovascular diseases are
costing American taxpayers
hundreds of billions of dol
lars every year, “so in that
way even the healthy have
to pay for other’s bad habits
that potentially lead to heart
disease.”
When we’re not careful
about the choices we make
daily and the habits we
form, “a toxic environment
will begin to grow in and
around the heart” causing
the heart to not only begin
to feel bad, but to also begin
pumping toxins throughout
the body until the whole
body becomes sick. It may
be a gradual process, but
if we can go back in time
and try to remember how
things were when our heart
was feeling good, strong
and protected, “we may be
able to pick up on some
good habits that got dropped
along the way.”
Exercise, good deep rest
Your Health
by Wade Yoder
Master Trainer & Fitness
Nutrition Specialist
and recovery, along with
good heart healthy foods,
time away from life’s stress
es for fun, relaxation and
stress relief’ are great things
that can show our heart that
we care about everything
it does for us and that we
don’t take it for granted! We
may be able to take short
cuts on these healthy habits
for awhile, and sometimes it
can take years before we re
alize the beginnings of heart
disease, or even worse a
heart attack where we either
lose our life or at the least
“life as we once knew it.”
Our heart knows if we
are doing things that only
mask symptoms to tempo
rarily suppress reactions to
mistreatment and negligence
and if we don’t get rid of
these habits that started the
problems in the first place,
such as inactivity, bad diet,
smoking, staying over
stressed, using drinks that
dehydrate instead of water
to hydrate, and staying at a
proper weight so as to not
overburden our heart, “it is
comparable to giving a gift
that appeals to the emotions
of someone you care about
on the 14th of February
without following it up for
the rest of the year with the
things that helped make the
relationship great in the first
place!”
It’s probably no co
incidence that the use of
medicine has exploded in
lockstep with packaged
and processed food as has
selfishness, divorce and
stress with the explosion of
heart disease over the past
30 years”...
The basic, simple and
wholesome things (such
as clean air, clean water,
healthy foods, exercise and
deep rest), is what our heart
responds to much more then
the things that come in a
box, bottle or a vial!
“I hope God blesses you
and the ones you care about
with a strong heart and clean
cardiovascular systems”-
Happy Valentines Day to
you and yours!
Thoughts About Valentine's Day
Relationships are hard!
There’s no amount of
chocolate or lingerie that
negates that fact. During my
time as a marriage counselor
I would remind troubled
couples just what they were
up against in forming their
union. It’s not just that men
and women think differently
or process information dif
ferently.
It’s two people from two
different backgrounds, two
types of families, two sets
of values, two different or
complimentary views, two
sets of different strengths
and weaknesses and how
those differences are dealt
with in coming together
to form a single entity—a
couple. That’s a bunch of
things to work through.
V You can bear your own
faults, and why not a fault in
your wife? Ben Franklin
The movie Valentine’s
Day, released in 2010, has a
pretty good depiction of the
ups and downs of getting
these two disparate beings
together and keeping them
together.
Shortly after we were
married, James and I came
up with what we refer to as
the Stubbs’ Family Rules.
They have served us well.
Stubbs’ Family Rules
1. Father, Son & Holy
Spirit First
2. No Stress (It is what it
is, so what’s next?)
3. Good Communication
4. No Arguing (Agree to
disagree until a discussion is
possible)
5. Always Gravy (Re
member to continue having
fun together and remember
ing why you fell in love)
6. Read & Study the Word
together. (Together, being
the operative word)
7. No Negativity (There
are no such thing as prob
lems, only matters to be
taken care of)
8. No Suffering in Silence
(That’s a biggy. Suffering
in silence equals fermented
unhappiness)
9. More Good Commu
nication (Can’t ever have
enough)
10. No Secrets.
The key to a happy mar
riage is separate bathrooms.
So says Kirk Douglas in his
autobiography, The Rag
man’s Son. I see the wisdom
of his statement and agree
with him. For one thing,
the marital schism of men
forgetting to put the toilet
seat down is eliminated.
I’ve often wondered about
that issue. I mean, wouldn’t
it be just as easy for women
to leave the seat cover up
or look before leaping, errr
seating?
I believe God gave us an
unlimited capacity for lov
ing. Of course, the things
we love must be prioritized.
For me it’s God, Husband,
and Country. I’ve never
forgotten listening to Dr.
Tony Evans on the radio
and his statement during his
sermon on marriage, “If a
husband and wife are too
much alike, one of them
would be redundant.” Let
me assure you that thinking
of that little pearl of wisdom
has kept me from having to
apologize profusely while
trying to get my foot out of
my mouth.
I go through a process
whenever I think I’m upset
with my husband. First, I
remember what a pain in the
patooty I can be. Next I give
him the benefit of the doubt
and wonder if I misunder
stood him. Then I remember
why I married him in the
first place. Heck, by that
time I’ve usually forgotten
what made me upset and he
will have done something
wonderful that makes me
upset trivial.
We talk. We laugh. And
we enjoy our silences just
as much. It’s the sharing of
our individual pursuits that
adds flavor to our marriage
and lives. I look forward to
our doing the puzzles from
the comics section of The
Telegraph each Sunday.
Sometimes we just take an
opportunity for an un
planned adventure. Nothing
fancy, maybe we go into a
store we’ve thought about
checking out instead of go
ing straight home. Or take
a drive just for the heck of
it. I love the insight James
Of This & That
Trenesia Y. Stubbs
Columnist
emaihtrenesia@pskl.net
gives when we discuss
world events. His views are
sometimes different. There
are times even when we
agree, we find we’ve come
to the same conclusion by
different routes.
V There just isn’t any
pleasing some people.
The trick is to stop trying.
Robert Mitchum. I love that
quote but it doesn’t work in
a good marriage.
I was feeling unusually in
secure one day while James
and I were dating when he
called to tell me, apropos of
nothing, that he was happy
we were such good friends.
Well, let me tell you I leapt
off the deep end and trans
lated his statement to mean
we were only good friends.
He was on a gig and only
had time to tell me what he
thought would make me
happy. FRIEND! FRIEND!
Fortunately for both of us,
I’d reigned in the insecurity
and remembered just how
important it is in love to be
good friends. Talking about
dodging bullets!
Letters To The Editor
Give Support
Editor, The Georgia Post:
I’m sure glad to see the
news reports of Sheriff
Richard Mack, and how
educationally supported by
the “Support Your Local
Police: and Keep Them
Independent” committees
of The John Birch Society.
This is a program to speak
out against federal interven
tion and control over the
local police departments.
He has called on his fel
low sheriffs throughout the
country to exercise their
authority and not allow
the federal agencies inter
vene in their jurisdictions.
Many sheriffs have already
adopted this approach and
reportedly have made clear
to federal agents that their
authority does not supersede
that of the sheriffs in local
matters.
I say that we should cheer
on and support police like
Sheriff Mack, concerned
citizens, and The John
Birch Society, who step up
to the plate to defend our
U.S. Constitutional rights
to life, liberty, truth, justice,
and the American way!
Dump the unconstitutional
Feds, and tell them to leave
our guns alone; tell them to
go suck an egg.
Google Sheriff Mack and
go to www.jbs.org for more
information.
Sincerely,
Ed Nemechek
Remarkable
Life
Editor, The Georgia Post:
Jerry died recently, he
was a very special young
man who had a remarkable
outlook on life and a unique
way of relating to others. He
was also a talented artist.
On the day God created
him, He realized that He had
given Jerry a tremendously
heavy burden to bear. But
God also knew that Jerry
would bring joy and happi
ness to those who knew him
and God was pleased and
may have taken off the rest
of the day.
I would also like to think
that Jerry is skipping hap
pily around heaven now as
only he could and that God
has asked Jerry to draw a
picture for Him.
Robert L. Lehane
233Sg) WSSh Yfms
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