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Stress-Free: Heal Yourself with Generosity
By: guest18 Date: January 1, 2015, 5:30 pm
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Acts 20:35 I have showed you all things, how that so laboring
you ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the
Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to
receive.
Stress-Free: Heal Yourself with Generosity
By Lorie Johnson
CBN News Medical Reporter
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
From preventing cancer and heart disease to building
self-esteem, overwhelming evidence proves generosity is good for
your mental and physical health. Dr. Michael McKee, a
psychologist at Cleveland Clinic, develops ways to enhance the
inner healing response of patients.
"There are tremendous health benefits to giving," he said. "We
know that the giving tends to reduce blood pressure, slow heart
rate," McKee said. "Again, giving reduces stress. It reduces
depression.
..."So, people who feel powerless or worthless find a new
purpose and value by seeing their actions help others, and they
tend to live longer and healthier lives.
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Re: Stress-Free: Heal Yourself with Generosity
By: guest18 Date: January 1, 2015, 5:30 pm
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Purpose Finds 95-Yr-Old Woman Who Prayed to Die
Friday, December 26, 2014
Not long ago, Mrs. Vitolo didn't care whether she lived or died.
After a bad fall, she had to leave her New Jersey home and move
in with her daughter in Virginia.
Before long, depression set in.
"I would pray, 'Jesus, call me home.' But my daughter says, 'No,
He don't want you yet,'" she said.
Mrs. Vitolo's daughter, Anne Farrell, was worried for her
mother. So she prayed a simple prayer for purpose.
"I'm putting it all in Your hands and I'm trusting You that
you're gonna make a way for her, to have, you know, to find her
purpose here," she recalled praying.
....And He did. Anne saw an ad on a bulletin board that
volunteers were needed to make items for orphans in India.
Mrs. Vitolo found her purpose: She has made 12 blankets so far,
and counting. ..."What that lady is doing, it's amazing because
something that is giving her life, is also breathing in life and
nurture to a child in another country,"....
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Re: Stress-Free: Heal Yourself with Generosity
By: Dave Date: January 2, 2015, 12:47 pm
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I've heard of this therapy being used and that it has good
results. I'll try the blanket thing when I get to 95!!!!!! At
the moment I'm still using "speaking to yourself,with psalms and
hymns and spiritual songs, and making melody in your heart to
the Lord" I suppose that could be conceived as giving to
oneself; but the Lord has His ways of getting us too give others
and it's usually not a monetery thing. Giving out of an
abundance should be relatively easy, but giving from the heart
is usually a lot more costly.
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Re: Stress-Free: Heal Yourself with Generosity
By: guest18 Date: January 2, 2015, 10:44 pm
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[quote author=Dave link=topic=260.msg2938#msg2938
date=1420224466]
At the moment I'm still using "speaking to yourself,with psalms
and hymns and spiritual songs, and making melody in your heart
to the Lord" ...[/quote]
I'm still using that too. And as you know I love to share songs
with others. Although they might have to turn the volume down
sometimes or cover their ears. ;D
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Re: Stress-Free: Heal Yourself with Generosity
By: Dave Date: January 2, 2015, 11:17 pm
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Heartsong, you have a generous spirit,thanks for your songs.
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