No! Is gratitude so foreign to you that you have to think like that.

Subhanallah killing yourself and taking innocent people with you. What's wrong with this man and others who say such thing

Connection Jason Silva a freestyle philosopher explains how our innate yearning to connect with others guides us to the experiences that impact us the most. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lH06jW6bsE

Patience Jack Kornfield a Buddhist teacher and best-selling author on why fulfilling your potential begins with inner trust. Find out how to believe the process and not rush your work. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZewrBN0FsU

Focus Having too many options and losing touch with the present is the quickest way to anxiety. Filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg explains how guiding your focus can help create profond clarity and gratitude. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61R1p3CadZg

@Che -Guevara said: I graduated from collage when the economy was going down the drain, to make a living I started driving limos. Most of the people that I picked were wealthy and uber-wealthy. For some reason, many of them would start a conversation. These people were rich but miserable, consumed by their job, always travelling and living in big houses that they never spent much time in, not to mention having kids that they hardly interact with and whose affection they buy with materials. I started assuming those that did not talk to me were the happy ones hehe. I also realized the more money you make, the more chunk you collect and the more you work is just to keep with your spending. I don't know about Europe, but in America, the system is setup in such a way that you work just to pay bills. Your time is spent living in the office, stuck in traffic, etc. You hardly get time for yourself and others. I come to appreciate simple pleasures of life. What's the topic about? Hehe. Hello Blue! Hello Che! I'm so sorry I missed your comment. It wasn't until I was going through my messages that I saw that you replied. I realised that I started reading from page 4 thinking my comment was the last one on page 3. Read page 1 to be updated about the topic. Tut tut tut. I agree it's all about enjoying the simple things in life. Eventually the lil things become the big milestones. We take alot of things for granted in our lives. Money can't buy happiness and i've never understood why some rich and also middle class people try to buy happiness with material things. Che it's important to make time for yourself during the day and do things you enjoy and to recharge. It varies individually what you like doing, one person might find peace in nature while another in coloring and another in spending quality time with loved ones. Find out what's your passion and things you love doing.

Gratitude Revealed is filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg's series of 16 film shorts that explores what gratitude is produced by his studio Moving Art. Utilizing a diverse array of styles, approaches and his 30-plus-year archive, Schwartzberg's films show why gratitude is important and what we can all do to live more gracious lives. I will start with love and the other 15 parts will follow. Love National Poetry Slam Champion In-Q shares a poem about the kind of love that sweeps you off your feet and lasts into your 80s.

@xabad said: ^ i was laughing blue because i always hijack threads and no one even figures out, your the only one to notice it. Kudos to you. Lil rebel

@xabad said: Blue, I had juiced cabbage is a cure for gastric ulcer, are you aware of this ? Yes! Not only cabbage but all green leafy vegetables will cure it.

@xabad said: Haye, Blue, my bad :D Anyways if you have something health wise to add feel free. There's a reason why you want to be a vegan. Xabad check out that book and lady since you into eating clean. After reading that book and watching Dr natasha's videos you will never go back to your old eating habits.

A good book that talks about gut health is: Gut and Psychology Syndrome written by Dr Natasha Campbell-McBride

Xabad this is all your fault, you opened the floodgate! get out ? Note to all of you: This is a health thread so stop hijacking with your political litter! You guys open another thread and discuss your African politics over there ?

@Holac said: Man, this is a great topic. @Bluelicious, you are deep. Thank you Holac. I get that often i'm a deep thinker.

@xabad said: ^ Why do you disagree ? Due to your scapegoating of the west you’re unable to be objective and have a neutral perspective. How would you explain that many rich people who have top careers and a good life prospect are depressed. Or many poor people who are unemployed and have a bad life prospect aren’t depressed. Or people who get depressed in the west and then emigrate to Africa to a different weather and lifestyle some even even set up a successful business so they get good life prospects but they are still depressed. By looking at those examples your whole comment got refuted. In other words it doesn’t depend on your location, weather or income but instead whatever you put in your mouth that reaches your stomach which affects your mood and brain. Food can either be medicine or poison to your body. The brain is interconnected with the stomach so whatever happens to and your stomach feels the same happens in your brain. That’s when people verbalise the feeling saying eg “ I feel depressed, nauseous, migraine, anxious, tired etc.. Poor gut health is caused by having more bad bacteria then good in your gut which is caused by a bad diet, medicine, antibiotica, stress, smoking, drugs, alcohol, toxins and sleep deprivation. The problems caused by poor gut health are illness, diseases, disorders and whole lot more major health problems. You fix your gut you fix your overall health.

@xabad said: More important than diet is the social cultural conditions, many of these depressed are minorities alienated from the majority culture and who feel lost. qurboojognimo leads to depression. Poor life prospects, the rat race and the gloomy weather all sap the soul of young people. How someone chooses that miserable filthy island over sunny africa is a mystery. I disagree your comment is false.

I was going to tell you my story but waves of pain drowned my voice. I tried to utter a word but my thoughts became fragile and shattered like glass. Even the largest ship can capsize in the stormy sea of love let alone my feeble boat which shattered to pieces leaving me nothing but a strip of wood to hold on to. Small and helpless rising to heaven on one wave of love and falling with the next I don't even know if I am or I am not. When I think I am I find myself worthless when I think I am not I find my value. Like my thoughts I die and rise again each day so how can I doubt the resurrection?Tired of hunting for love in this world at last I surrender in the valley of love and become free. - Rumi Your task is not to seek for love but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it. - Rumi Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation. - Rumi The wound is the place where the Light enters you. - Rumi

@Haatu said: The UK is also currently in a massive depression epidemic. Something like 1 in 4 people experience a mental health issue every year. The amount of patients that come in for depression is very worrying, especially the increase in prevalence in the younger demographic. The cause of the rising depression is the modern day diet. The modern diet consists of junk food, fast food, processed foods, alot of sugar and salt etc.. and that affects your gut health. Poor gut health is linked to depression. Your gut controls your mood, brain, health everything it's your second brain.

Mooge your pictures/video is not visible at least not to me. Xabad lool at baby making machines that was funny made me laugh.

@xabad said: I thought you say were vegan and dairy gives you problems. I am. I eat lactose free yogurt. There's lactose free dairy incase you didn't know. In your milk is wrong thread I said the following: " I’m a semi-vegan who still eats chicken, fish, eggs, yoghurt, cheese and occasionally drinks milk. In the near future i’m cutting out these products and become a full vegan." @Holac said: Hmm. What do you mean Yogurt makes Donald Trump's hands smaller, if you know what I mean. Holac get your mind out of the gutter lool. Yogurt improves overall health including at what you were trying to describe, that's what I meant. @Gheelle.T said: Holac, once you're passed the adolescent age , one's manhood muscles neither grow nor shrink contrary to popular beliefs and marketing ads by the growth formula/drug sellers. Eat your yogurt and worry not about Trump getting smaller lool Your comment made me laugh

@xabad said: I am social justice warrior , always support the underdog. On serious note I am an HSP. I'm a social justice warrior too and I like such people. That's my type of guy. I'm a HSP toooo.... that explains alot. We have so much in common @Mooge said: you are lovely woman Blue. you have a big heart too. Thank you Mooge you're so wonderful

Aawww what a cute boy. He must be heartbroken to find out he was abandoned and has no family. Obviously the boy either looks like one of the parent or a mix of both. Can they not look at the faces of these women and double check their stories. @Holac said: Somalis and boys. Would they be fighting over this child if it was a girl? Nope. Boys seem to be held a higher status then girls in Somalia. Girls are seen as maids.

@Holac said: I read somewhere yogurt is bad for men. if you know what I mean. Yogurt makes things only better. Do tell as I don't know what you meant.

Xabad I wanted to add that i'm impressed about your level of compassion and empathy. How you stand up for human (especially women) and animal rights. Also how you're against ill mannered people and believe in good conduct of manner and respecting people. Keep up the good work you're the man. The world needs more of you

By Carolanne Wright Contributing Writer for Wake Up World Could eating yogurt be a replacement for antidepressants? A group of scientists believe so. Groundbreaking research has shown that a common strain of probiotic can create GABA within the gut while also enhancing brain receptors for this neurotransmitter. Naturally produced GABA is a safe alternative to dangerous psychiatric drugs — it calms the nervous system, promotes tranquil sleep, minimizes anxiety and alleviates depression. This is good news for over 50 million people around the world who use antidepressants. Perils of a Prozac nation With a 400 percent increase of antidepressant use from 1994-2008, it looks as though the United States certainly is a Prozac Nation. An astounding one in five women between the ages of 40-59 use Prozac while nearly four percent of adolescents are on antidepressants. Second only to cholesterol drugs, prescriptions for antidepressants rose to an incredible 255 million in 2010 alone. World-wide, the sale of antidepressants totals over 20 billion dollars a year. This industry does not come without serious health risks. Side-effects of antidepressant drugs include: – Sexual dysfunction – Insomnia – Fatigue – Nausea – Blurred vision – Constipation – Restlessness, anxiety, agitation As if the above were not disheartening enough, antidepressants have been linked with increased suicide rates. There has to be a better way to foster emotional harmony. The sunny side of probiotics A common bacteria may hold the answer as a safe, natural and economical solution for depression along with its siblings — anxiety and insomnia. Canadian neuroscientist Jane Foster found that the microflora of the gut have a significant connection with the central nervous system. “The cross talk between the gut biome and the brain is continual. That’s the important take-home message. These are not two separate systems; they are two parts of a single system,” says Foster in the Psychology Today article “Your Back-up Brain.” John Cryan of the Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre at University College Cork in Ireland has taken this idea further by studying how lactobacillus bacteria in the gut specifically influence the brain. Cryan discovered that lactobacillus actually alters the brain-cell receptors for GABA in a positive manner, thereby reducing anxious behavior. The bacteria not only create more GABA receptors, but also produce the neurotransmitter itself which then circulates in the blood. All of this has a profound impact on emotional balance and the nervous system. As observed by Emily Deans, MD, “GABA is a nice glass of wine in front of the fire. GABA is restful sleep. GABA is tranquility and yoga.” It’s easy to cultivate a healthy dose of this calming neurotransmitter by traveling no further than the refrigerator. Simply enjoy foods like yogurt, kefir, miso, tempeh, kimchi or sauerkraut. After all, everyone could use a little GABA boost now and then. Article Sources “Look Around: 1 In 10 Americans Takes Antidepressants” Scott Hensley, NPR. npr.org “Antidepressants: Get tips to cope with side effects” Mayo Clinic staff. mayoclinic.com/health/antidepressants “Your Backup Brain” Dan Hurley, Psychology Today, November 01, 2011. psychologytoday.com “More than 1 in 10 Americans on Suicide-Linked Antidepressants” Anthony Gucciardi, Natural Society, October 20, 2011. naturalsociety.com/antidepressants-causing-suicide “Do Probiotics Help Anxiety?” Emily Deans, M.D., Psychology Today, June 17, 2012. psychologytoday.com “The Use of Anti-Depressants” Clay Tucker-Ladd, Ph.D., Psych Central. psychcentral.com/library/antidepressants “Acidophilus (Lactobacillus acidophilus)” Mayo Clinic. mayoclinic.com/health/lactobacillus/NS_patient-acidophilus

No point of having kids with a man who aint helping you with the house chores, giving you time for yourself, helping you with the kids and generally being there for you when you need him. That's a unreliable selfish man who doesn't respect women. He's taking more then he's giving and you're out of balance because of that. You should be a team and there should be a balance between giving and taking. Personally I can't live with a messy person who expects me to cook and clean for him and also depends on me for everything as if he's a lil child. It's his house too. No tolerance for that would kick him to the curb the first month. Obviously he needs a maid not me. @Dhagax-Tuur said: To the poster, I would say to you, keep your family unit together, come rain or shine. I think he's a lucky bastard to have a sensitive woman like you and not be in tune with your discomfort in the relationship. Some of us have been dealt the shittiest hand possible, and are keeping the wheels of the family wagon rolling. Guess, you ain't got a clue what you got until it's gone. Geedi, has got the better talo than I am able to dispense, but those are my two cents. Furthermore, it's bs to expect one person to shoulder the damn workload in the house and it's not Somali culture or a Muslim culture for that matter. The best of men are those that help around the home.. @xabad said: Saafinuura, walaal, my advice to you is visit your nearest family planning clinic and get informed on the different options you have regarding contraception. My hunch is you have more than 3 kids and your struggling to care of them. Haka sugin nin Soomaaliyeed inuu kaa caawiyo domestic chores and taking caring of the kids, forget it. For vast majority of Somali men, marriage is only about getting nookie. Your nothing more than a glorified maid to him; who presses his clothes, cooks his meals and cleans his house. It will be the best decision you've ever made. Take charge of your life now, you don't want to end up an obese single mother with 9 or 10 kids on welfare in a few years. Ku quus qaado asaagaa. Waa iga talo. Co-sign!