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When we value Behavior we practice: 1. Judgment 2. Criticism 3. Measuring and comparing 4. Self-righteousness 5. We desire to better than others. 6. Results in separation 7. Based on fear When we value People  we practice: 1. Compassion 2. Empathy 3. Understanding 4. We want to help 5. We seek to connect 6. Based on love What do you value? OTHER POST: LILITH THE ANKH SYMBOL KNOWLEDGE OF SELF DOES SMOKING WEED MAKE YOU MORE CREATIVE?

1. One of man’s primary aim in life is to achieve is daily bread but to what purpose if he has no wife or children. 2. Earn Respect by your deeds and not by your words. 3. It does not take strength to lift the hair, it does not take sharp eyes to see the brightness of the sun nor does it take sharp ears to hear a thunderclap. 4. Better a little caution than a great regret. 5. The Sun that shines today is the sun that shone when thy father was born, and still will be shining when thy last grandchild passes into darkness. 6. A minute wasted is a time lost. 7. Mistakes are the best teachers. 8. You cannot travel through the road to success without a puncture or two. 9. Worry is a magnet that attracts negative thoughts 10. Putting Confidence in an unreliable man is like chewing with a sore tooth or trying to run on a broken foot.  OTHER POST: #1 #2 NOSTRADAMUS THE FRUITS OF HEAVEN

NAME:  Michel de Nostredame BORN: 14 December or 21 December 1503 (Julian calendar) Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Provence, France DIED:  2 July 1566 (aged 62) Salon-de-Provence, Provence, France OCCUPATION: Physician, author, translator, astrological consultant KNOWN FOR: Prophecy, treating plague BRIEFING:  Michel de Nostredame (depending on the source, 14 or 21 December 1503 – 2 July 1566), usually Latinised as Nostradamus,[a] was a French physician and reputed seer, who is best known for his book Les Propheties, a collection of 942 poetic quatrains[b] allegedly predicting future events. The book was first published in 1555 and has rarely been out of print since his death. Nostradamus's family was originally Jewish but had converted to Catholicism before he was born. He studied at the University of Avignon, but was forced to leave after just over a year when the university closed due to an outbreak of the plague. He worked as an apothecary for several years before entering th

There was once a woman who had heard of the Fruit of Heaven. She coveted it. She asked a certain dervish, whom we shall call Sabar: ‘How can I find this fruit, so that I may attain to immediate knowledge?’ ‘You would best be advised to study with me’, said the dervish. ‘But if you will not do so, you will have to travel resolutely and at times restlessly throughout the world.’ She left him and sought another, Arif the Wise One, and then found Hakim, the Sage, then Majzup the Mad, then Alim the Scientist, and many more…… She passed thirty years in her search. Finally, she came to a garden. There stood the Tree of Heaven, and from its branches hung the bright Fruit of Heaven. Standing beside the Tree was Sabar, the First Dervish. ‘Why did you no tell me when we first met that you were the Custodian of the Fruit of Heaven?’ she asked him. ‘Because you would not then have believed me. Besides, the Tree produces fruit only once in thirty years and thirty days’. OTHER POST:

AUTHOR: STEVE HARVEY YEAR PUBLISHED:Published January 27th 2009 by Amistad (first published January 1st 2009) PAGE COUNT: Hardcover, 232 pages ISBN: 0061728977 (ISBN13: 9780061728976) REVIEW: “Harvey offers surprising insights into the male mentality and gives women strategies for taming that unruly beast.” —Philadelphia Inquirer “Women should listen to Steve Harvey when it comes to what a good man is about. Steve Harvey dispenses a lot of fabulous information about men.” —Aretha Franklin The #1 New York Times bestseller from the new guru of relationship advice, Steve Harvey’s Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man is an invaluable self-help book that can empower women everywhere to take control of their relationships. The host of a top-rated radio show listened to by millions daily—and of cable TV’s The Steve Harvey Project—Harvey knows what men really think about love, intimacy, and commitment. In Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man, the author, media personality, and stand-up co

According to Jewish folklore Lilith was the first wife of Adam. She was banished from the Garden of Eden when she refused to make herself subservient to Adam Specifically, she refused to get into the missionary position with him during sex. When she was cast out, she was made into a demon figure, and Adam was given second wife, Eve, who was fashioned from his rib to ensure her obedience to her man. Other folktales describe of how Lilith captured Jewish babies in the night and ate them, and how she led young girls and young husbands astray. Although Lilith was demonized by early Jewish culture as a symbol of promiscuity and disobedience, many modern Jewish feminists see Lilith as positive figure, a model of woman as equal to man in the creation story. OTHER POST: THE ANKH SYMBOL KNOWLEDGE OF SELF THE TRUTH ABOUT HELL DOES SMOKING WEED MAKE YOU MORE CREATIVE?

1. Force a hand and it will fight you but convince the mind to do as you want it to think and you will have an ally. 2. Any man who tries to be good all the time is bound to come to ruin among the great number who are not good. 3. Truth is so precious that she should always be attended to by a bodyguard of lies. 4. Any man who cannot control his words cannot control himself and is unworthy of respect…But the human tongue is a beast that few can understand. 5. You must learn how to grab a sword not by its blade, which would cut you but by the handle which allows you to defend yourself. 6. Men are readier to repay an injury than a benefit because gratitude is a burden and revenge is pleasure. 7. Destroy your enemies by making them your friends. 8. The wife of a careless man is almost a widow. 9. Deceive the rich but don’t insult them. 10. The Sun, it can only be appreciated by its absence. The longer the days of the rain, the more the sun is craved but too many hot d

SOLOMON'S WISDOM AND JUSTICE Solomon was twelve years old when he succeeded his father to the throne. When the mourning period following his father's death ended, Solomon went to Gibeon to offer sacrifices to God. While Solomon was in Gibeon, God appeared to him and asked him what he desired. Solomon replied that all he asked was an understanding heart to lead and judge his people. Solomon's request pleased God since. Solomon had not asked for long life, nor for riches, nor for the death of his enemies, but for wisdom to rule his people with justice and understanding. God fulfilled his request and, in addition, assured him riches and honor if he would continue to cling to the ways of the Torah. Solomon was now gifted with Divine wisdom, which made him the wisest of all men that had ever lived. Soon an occasion arose which made Solomon's wisdom renowned. Two women appeared before him with a live child and a dead one. Both had given birth at the same time, but one mo

A visitor came to a Chishti pir. This visitor wanted to demonstrate his own knowledge of the Qur’an and intended to overpower the Chishti pir in a debate. When he entered, the Chishti pir took the initiative however and mentioned Yusuf and the dreams he has had according to the Qur’an. He then suddenly turned to his visitor and asked him if he could tell him about a dream, so that the visitor may give his interpretation thereof. After receiving permission the Sufi told that he has had a dream and both of them were in it. The Chishti pir then went on by describing the following dream event: “I saw your hand immersed in a jar of honey, while my hand was immersed in the latrine”. The visitor hastened to interpret: “It is quite obvious! You are immersed in wrong pursuits whereas I am leading a righteous life”. “But’, the Sufi said, “there is more to the dream”. The visitor asked him to continue. The Chishti pir then went on by telling this: “You were licking my hand and I was li

AUTHOR: BY MYSTERY YEAR PUBLISHED: Published February 6th, 2007 by St. Martin's Press PAGE COUNT: Hardcover, 240 pages ISBN: 0312360118 (ISBN13: 9780312360115) REVIEW: "One of the most admired men in the world of seduction" (The New York Times) teaches average guys how to approach, attract and begin intimate relationships with beautiful women For every man who always wondered why some guys have all the luck, Mystery, considered by many to be the world's greatest pickup artist, finally reveals his secrets for finding and forming relationships with some of the world's most beautiful women. Mystery gained mainstream attention for his role in Neil Strauss's New York Times bestselling exposé, The Game. Now he has written the definitive handbook on the art of the pickup. He developed his unique method over years of observing social dynamics and interacting with women in clubs to learn how to overcome the guard shield that many women use to deflect come-ons

A new study on the effects of smoking marijuana and its relation to creativity has some interesting results. The study consisted of 412 marijuana users (they couldn’t find 8 more?) and 309 non-users, and they attempted to answer the question: Does smoking marijuana make you more creative? Emily LaFrance, the co-author of the study and graduate student at Washington State University, says she first became interested in the topic when she noticed that a lot of her favorite artists admit they smoke marijuana. “This cannabis use was commonly thought to have been a cause of the creative success of many artists,” she explains. “I began to wonder about this commonly held idea – are cannabis users really more creative than non-users?” The study is called “Inspired by Mary Jane? Mechanisms underlying enhanced creativity in cannabis users” and was published in Consciousness and Cognition. It examined the participants over a variety of areas including psychological tests and measuring cr

1. A Viper crushed beneath you foot but left alive, will rear up and bite you with a double dose of venom. An enemy that is left around is like a half dead viper that you nurse back to health…Time makes the venom stronger. 2. Gold is gold whether it is in the hand of a prince or a beggar. 3. Fickle fate is a vicious goddess who brings no permanent good to anyone. 4. Opportunity is a haughty goddess who waste no time with those who are unprepared. 5. Advice is one thing that is freely given away but watch that you take only what is worth having. 6. The devil smiles when we make plans, he laughs when we are too busy but he trembles when we pray. 7. The worst lairs in the world are your own fears. 8. The law is like a spider’s web, only the small insects are caught in it. 9.  It is better to get a Job done with a gun and a kind word, than a kind word alone. 10. A good merchant hides his treasures and appear to have nothing. OTHER POST A CUP OF TEA THE ANKH SYMBOL BUDDHA'

The Buddha was sitting under a tree talking to his disciples when a man came and spat in his face. He wiped it off, and he asked the man, “What next? What do you want to say next?” The man was a little puzzled because he himself never expected that when you spit in someone’s face he should ask “What next?” He had no such experience in his past. He had insulted people and they had become angry and they had reacted. Or if they were cowards and weaklings, they had smiled, trying to bribe him. But the Buddha was like neither, he was not angry, nor in any way offended, nor in any way cowardly. But just matter-of-factly he said, “What next?” There was no reaction on his part. But Buddha’s disciples became angry, and they reacted. His closest disciple, Ananda, said, “This is too much. We cannot tolerate it. He has to be punished for it, otherwise, everybody will start doing things like this!” Buddha said, “You keep silent. He has not offended me, but you are offending me. He is new, a

AUTHOR: DRUNVAL MELCHIZEDEK YEAR PUBLISHED: Published May 1st, 2000 by Light Technology Publications PAGE COUNT: Paperback, 251 pages ISBN: 189182421X (ISBN13: 9781891824210) REVIEW: The sacred Flower of Life pattern, the primary geometric generator of all physical form, is explored in even more depth in this volume, the second half of the Flower of Life workshop. The proportions of the human body, the nuances of human consciousness, the sizes and distances of the stars, planets, and moons, even the creations of humankind, are all shown to reflect their origins in this beautiful and divine image. Through an intricate and detailed geometrical mapping, Drunvalo Melchizedek shows how the seemingly simple design of the Flower of Life contains the genesis of our entire third-dimensional existence. From the pyramids and mysteries of Egypt to the new race of Indigo children, Drunvalo presents the sacred geometries of the Reality and the subtle energies that shape our world. We are led

The ankh is an ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic symbol that was most commonly used in writing and in the art to represent the word for "life" and, by extension, as a symbol of life itself. The sign has a cross shape but with an oval loop in place of an upper bar. The origins of the symbol are not known, although many hypotheses have been proposed. It was used in writing as a triliteral sign, representing a sequence of three consonants, Ꜥ-n-ḫ. This sequence was found in several Egyptian words, including the words meaning "mirror", "floral bouquet", and "life". In art, the symbol often appeared as a physical object representing either life or substances such as air or water that are related to it. It was especially commonly held in the hands of deities, or being given by them to the pharaoh, to represent their power to sustain life and to revive human souls in the afterlife. It was also used as a decorative motif, one of the most common in ancient

Nan-in, a Japanese master during the Meiji era (1868-1912), received a university professor who came to inquire about Zen. Nan-in served tea. He poured his visitor’s cup full and then kept on pouring. The professor watched the overflow until he no longer could restrain himself. “It is overfull. No more will go in!” “Like this cup,” Nan-in said, “you are full of your own opinions and speculations. How can I show you Zen unless you first empty your cup?” OTHER POST: RAINBOW BRIDGE HONEST OLD MAN PRAYERS SHOULD NOT BE DISTURBED THE MAN WHO TURNED HELL INTO HEAVEN

AUTHOR:  DRUNVAL MELCHIZEDEK YEAR PUBLISHED: Published April 1st,1999 by Light Technology Publications PAGE COUNT: Paperback, 228 pages ISBN: 1891824171 (ISBN13: 9781891824173) REVIEW: Once, all life in the universe knew the Flower of Life as the creation pattern. Now a new dawn is streaming through the windows of perception. This book is one of those windows. Drunvalo Melchizedek presents the Flower of Life Workshop, illuminating the mysteries of how we came to be. DOWNLOAD PDF OTHER POST: MASTERY NO EXCUSES EAT THAT FROG THE ART OF WAR

Society is designed to keep us unconscious of our true nature. Religion is crowd control. Media is manipulation. History is a lie. Truth is not something outside to be discovered , it is something inside to be realized OTHER POST: TANTRA THESE DAYS THE TRUTH ABOUT HELL WHAT THEY REALLY SEE

Once upon a time, there was a man who had been the soul of kindness all his life. When he died, everyone assumed that he would go straight to Heaven, for the only possible place for a good man like him was Paradise. The man wasn’t particularly bothered about going to Heaven, but that was where he went. Now in those days, service in heaven was not all that it might be. The reception desk was extremely inefficient, and the girl who received him gave only a cursory glance through the index cards before her and when she couldn’t find the man’s name, she sent him straight to Hell. And in Hell, no one asks to check your badge or your invitation, for anyone who turns up is invited in. The man entered and stayed. Some days later, Lucifer stormed up to the gates of Heaven to demand an explanation from St Peter. “What you’re doing is pure terrorism!” he said. “You sent that man down into Hell, and he’s completely undermining me! Right from the start, there he was listening to peop

AUTHOR: BRIAN TRACY YEAR PUBLISHED: Published May 25th, 2010 by Carroll & Graf (first published January 1st, 2010) PAGE COUNT: Paperback, 304 pages ISBN: 1593155824 (ISBN13: 9781593155827) REVIEW: You don’t need to have been born under a lucky star, or with incredible wealth, or with terrific contacts and connections, or even special skills...but what you do need to succeed in any of your life goals is self-discipline. Unfortunately, most people give in to the two worst enemies of success: they take the path of least resistance (in other words, they’re lazy) and/or they want immediate gratification: they don’t consider the long-term consequences of the actions they take today.No Excuses! shows you how you can achieve success in all three major areas of your life: 1. Your personal goals. 2. Your business and money goals. 3. Your overall happiness. Each of the 21 chapters in this book shows you how to be more disciplined in one aspect of your life, with end-of-chapter exer

Many so-called religious people believe that hell exists somewhere outside of ourselves, as if in some kind of a geographical place. They say that in the afterlife, those who have sinned will be placed in hellfire and experience tremendous suffering, no matter how “heavenly” they might have lived on Earth. The truth of the matter, however, is that there is no hell is outside of ourselves, just like there is no heaven outside of ourselves. In reality, heaven and hell are states within our own consciousness, by-products of our minds. Here is a beautiful Sufi story pointing out what hell actually is: One day, Lal Shahbaz Qalandar was wandering in the desert with his friend Sheikh Baha ud- Din Zakariya. It was winter and evening time, so they began to build a fire to keep warm. They found some wood but they realized they had no fire. So Baha ud- Din suggested that Lal Shahbaz turn himself into a falcon and get fire from hell. Off he flew, but an hour later, he came back empty-

Rabiya, a great Sufi mystic, was passing…. It was the street she used to pass every day on her way to the marketplace because in the marketplace she would go every day and shout the truth that she had attained. And for many days she had been watching a mystic, a well-known mystic, Hassan, sitting before the door of the mosque and praying to God, “God, open the door! Please open the door! Let me in!” Rabiya could not tolerate it that day. Hassan was crying, tears were rolling down, and he was shouting again and again, “Open the door! Let me in! Why don’t you listen? Why don’t you hear my prayers?” Every day she had laughed, whenever she had heard Hassan she had laughed, but it was too much today. Tears…and Hassan was really crying, weeping, crying his heart out. She went, she shook Hassan, and said, “Stop all this nonsense! The door is open — in fact, you are already in!” Hassan looked at Rabiya, and that moment became a moment of revelation. Looking into the eyes of Rabiya, he

AUTHOR: ROBERT GREENE YEAR PUBLISHED: Published November 13th, 2012 by Viking (first published November 1st, 2012) PAGE COUNT: Hardcover, 318 pages ISBN: 0670024961 (ISBN13: 9780670024964) REVIEW: Mastery synthesizes the years of research Robert Greene conducted while writing the international bestsellers The 48 Laws of Power, The 33 Strategies of War, and The Art of Seduction and demonstrates that the ultimate form of power is mastery itself. By analyzing the lives of such past masters as Charles Darwin, Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein, and Leonard da Vinci, as well as by interviewing nine contemporary masters, including tech guru Paul Graham and animal rights advocate Temple Grandin, Greene debunks our culture’s many myths about genius and distills the wisdom of the ages to reveal the secret to greatness. With this seminal text as a guide, readers will learn how to unlock the passion within and become masters. DOWNLOAD PDF OTHER POST: EAT THAT FROG THE ART OF WAR THINK

When a lawyer looks at you, he calls you a client. When an artist looks at you, he calls you a fan. When a conductor looks at you, he calls you a passenger. When a doctor looks at you, he calls you a patient. When a banker looks at you, he calls you a customer. When a teacher looks at you, he calls you a student. When a politician looks at you, he calls you a constituent. When a soldier looks at you, he calls you a bloody civilian. OTHER POST: FIND IT TANTRA BE A MOON THESE DAYS

Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge. When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge. There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together. There is plenty of food, water, and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable. All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor. Those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by. The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing; they each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind. They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent. His eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster. You have been spotted, and when you and

AUTHOR: BRIAN TRACY YEAR PUBLISHED: Published January 1st, 2007 by Berrett-Koehler Publishers (first published 2001) PAGE COUNT: Paperback, Second Edition, 128 pages ISBN: 1576754227 (ISBN13: 9781576754221) REVIEW: The legendary Eat That Frog! (more than 450,000 copies sold and translated into 23 languages) provides the 21 most effective methods for conquering procrastination and accomplishing more. This new edition is revised and updated throughout and includes brand new information on how to keep technology from dominating our time. DOWNLOAD PDF OTHER POST: THE ART OF WAR THE EPIC OF GILGAMESH THINK AND GROW RICH THE ART OF SEDUCTION

Tantra is not concerned with your clothes, tantra is concerned with you. If you ask a question it shows where you are. It shows also that wherever you are you cannot see; that is why there is the question. A blind man asks, ”What is light?” and philosophy will start answering what is light. Tantra will know only this: if a man is asking ”What is light?” it shows only that he is blind. Tantra will start operating on the man, changing the man, so that he can see. Tantra will not say what is light. Tantra will tell how to attain insight, how to attain seeing, how to attain vision. When the vision is there, the answer will be there. Tantra will not give you the answer; tantra will give you the technique to attain the answer. Osho, Vigyan Bhairav Tantra, Vol 1 OTHER POST: THESE DAYS FIND IT BE A MOON THE TOP OF THE WORLD

Once there lived a very pious old man. As he had to travel to another city with a lot of luggage, he decided to undertake the journey on a train. When he went to buy a ticket, he was pleasantly surprised to see that the vendor was an old aquaintance. The vendor greeted the old man and said, “please do not bother to pay for your luggage. I will be on the same train so I will ensure no one questions you” The honest old man then asked the vendor how far he would be traveling. The vendor told him the name of a station. The old man, who had to travel further, replied, “And who will accompany me after that?” The vendor said, ” I will instruct the next guard to let you travel without any problems”. The old man insisted, “How far will that guard see me through?” The vendor again replied, “He will accompany you to the end of the journey.” The old man now said, “But my journey will not stop there.” The perplexed vendor now asked him, “How far will you be traveling?” The old man repl

AUTHOR: BY SUN TZU,  THOMAS CLEARY(Translator) YEAR PUBLISHED: Published January 11th 2005 by Shambhala (first published -450) PAGE COUNT: Paperback, 273 pages ISBN: 1590302257 (ISBN13: 9781590302255) REVIEW: Twenty-Five Hundred years ago, Sun Tzu wrote this classic book of military strategy based on Chinese warfare and military thought. Since that time, all levels of military have used the teaching on Sun Tzu to warfare and civilization have adapted these teachings for use in politics, business and everyday life. The Art of War is a book which should be used to gain advantage of opponents in the boardroom and battlefield alike. DOWNLOAD PDF OTHER POST: THE EPIC OF GILGAMESH THINK AND GROW RICH THE ART OF SEDUCTION HOW TO READ A PERSON LIKE A BOOK

Big House; Small Family, More Degrees; Less Common Sense, Advanced Medicine; Poor Health, Touched Moon; Neighbors Unknown, High Income; Less Peace of Mind, High IQ; fewer Emotions, More Knowledge; Less Wisdom, Multiple Affairs, No True Love, Lots of Virtual friends; No real friends to hang out, More Alcohol, Less Water, Lots of Humans; Less Humanity, Costly Watches but No time. OTHER POST: THOTH FIND IT BE A MOON THE TOP OF THE WORLD

WHAT IS COINPOT?: CoinPot is a brand new cryptocurrency micro wallet, designed to collect and combine faucet payouts and earnings from a number of different faucets/sources – such as Moon Bitcoin, Moon Dogecoin, Moon Dash, Moon Litecoin, Bonus Bitcoin and Bit Fun. All payments from Moon Bitcoin, Moon Dogecoin, and Moon Litecoin are made instantly and directly into your CoinPot account. This includes faucet claims, referral commission, and survey/offer earnings. Currently, CoinPot supports Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Dash, Dogecoin, Litecoin. If you formerly used Xapo to collect from faucets you should have received a notification informing you that they have moved over to CoinPot. What are Bitcoin Faucets? A “faucet” is a term used in the cryptocurrency world. It means a place where you can go to claim a small amount of crypto (like 1% of $.01). There are hundreds of faucets out there. Some are scams, some are real.   At first, I (like many others) dismissed this as a Ponzi scheme.

AUTHOR: N.K. SANDARS(TRANSLATOR) YEAR PUBLISHED: Published May 4th 2006 by Penguin Books Limited (first published -1750) PAGE COUNT: 120 PAGES ISBN: 0141026286 (ISBN13: 9780141026282) REVIEW: Miraculously preserved on clay tablets dating back as much as four thousand years, the poem of Gilgamesh, king of Uruk, is the world’s oldest epic, predating Homer by many centuries. The story tells of Gilgamesh’s adventures with the wild man Enkidu, and of his arduous journey to the ends of the earth in quest of the Babylonian Noah and the secret of immortality. Alongside its themes of family, friendship and the duties of kings, the Epic of Gilgamesh is, above all, about mankind’s eternal struggle with the fear of death. The Babylonian version has been known for over a century, but linguists are still deciphering new fragments in Akkadian and Sumerian. Andrew George’s gripping translation brilliantly combines these into a fluent narrative and will long rank as the definitive English Gil

A philosophy professor stood before his class with some items on the table in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with rocks, about 2 inches in diameter. He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was. So the professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles, of course, rolled into the open areas between the rocks. He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was. The professor picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up the remaining open areas of the jar. He then asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with a unanimous “Yes.” “Now,” said the professor, “I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The rocks are the important things – your family, your partner, your health, and your children – things that