Recently, I read the following, “Whatever your problem or challenge may be, laugh at it. Laugh long and hard. Because you are forever and it is temporary.”  OK, so we are not really forever on this earth, but the reality of it is that this rings so true! It’s a matter of perspective! Our outlook portends our future and destiny!!  If you think negative thoughts, you’re outcome will mostly be negativity.  Conversely, if you have a positive outlook this can help reduce stress by eliminating, what some call, negative self-talk.  As you can see, our outlook, whether positive or negative, may affect our health.

The health benefits of positivity could include a longer life span and better psychological and physical well being possibly leading to better resistance to the common cold and lower rates of distress and depression.

Now this doesn’t mean that we ignore the unpleasantries of life.  They are going to be there.  That is just a part of life and living.  But our outlook and how we handle them is the difference.  If you have a more positive outlook you will handle these unpleasantries in a more productive way, and most likely again, with less stress!

The long and short of it is that we create our own destinies.  Yes, there are outside influences, but it is only us who hold the reigns and ultimately have the control.  Our outlook and attitude will guide the paths that we take.  This transcends all aspects of our lives.

While putting this together I read a post on Facebook and it led me to this post, 30 Things to Stop Doing to Yourself.   It started, “As Maria Robinson once said, “Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.”  Some pretty awesome and powerful stuff, yet quite simplistic as well.  I’m checking out some of their other posts as well.

With that said, have an awesomely, powerful New Year!!  It’s all up to us!!

Till next time….Marc It Sold!

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This is just absolutely ridiculous! That we as a society have stooped to this level is abominable. Shame on us! If this is the only way for some to get their point across with misinformation and the selling of fear, then we should be ashamed. What happened to good old debates? Yes, even then each side would have their own slant, but not a total distortion of the facts.

If we took a poll today, I doubt if 50% of the people could accurately relate what ‘end of life counseling’ or ‘single-payer system’ means.

Before we even get into that, what’s being discussed as healthcare reform is in reality health insurance reform. The insurance companies have run amok. I have no problem with a corporation making a profit. That’s capitalism as it should be. But you want to talk about death squads, well they are the real culprits. Insurance companies make life and death decisions about what coverages they will allow us based on the cost-benefit, but not to the insured, to the corporation and of course their good old actuarial tables. Yet, they have deep pockets (profiting from us) and lobbyists so all we are hearing is the rhetoric that they are spewing, which carries very little truth.

Pres. Obama did not say that government would make decisions about who gets care. Actually, quite the opposite. He said, “I don’t want bureaucracies making those decisions.” He also said, “The point is we want to use science, we want doctors and medical experts to be making decisions that all too often right now are driven by skewed policies, by outdated means of reimbursement, or by insurance companies.”

I think it’s very important for seniors to have counseling in regard to options, especially when it comes to Hospice care. I used them when I knew it was time for my mother. They were there for pain management and their goal was to make her comfortable so she could pass, when the time came, in her own home, not in a hospital bed with strangers, tubes and machines.

Comparing a single-payer system to socialism is absurd. One has absolutely nothing to do with the other. A socialized health care system is one in which all health care facilities and personnel are owned and operated by the government. A single-payer system refers to the funding of health care, not the services rendered. An example of such in the U.S. is Medicare. It is a single-payer system, not socialized medicine.

The difference between our present single-payer system, Medicare, and that of other countries such as a Canada, is that ours is for seniors and the disabled whereas theirs is a universal health care. In simplistic terms, we are just talking about our system, but on a larger scale.

People! Take the initiative to research what is being discussed instead of listening to pundits. It doesn’t take long to Google any of these topics mentioned here. The news is now big entertainment. With the proliferation of all the channels on the television, all these so-called pundits need to attract viewers. The majority can’t do that by just giving us the facts & letting us come to our own conclusions. It’s about sensationalism, whether it be from the right, left or middle.

While researching this post, I came across a very informative site www.FactCheck.org. It is produced by the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania. Want to learn more about Health Care and debunk some of the myths, check it out.

Till next time….Marc It Sold!

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