The Teacup

There was a couple who used to go to England to shop in the beautiful stores. This was their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. They both liked antiques and pottery and especially teacups.

One day in this beautiful shop they saw a beautiful teacup. They said 'May we see that? We've never seen one quite so beautiful.' As the lady handed it to them, suddenly the teacup spoke.

'You don't understand,' it said. 'I haven't always been a teacup. There was a time when I was red and I was clay. My master took me and rolled me and patted me over and over and I yelled out, let me alone,' but he only smiled and said, 'Not yet.'

'Then I was placed on a spinning wheel,' the teacup said, 'and suddenly I was spun around and around and around.'

'Stop it! I'm getting dizzy!' I screamed. But the master only nodded and said, 'Not yet.'

'Then he put me in the oven. I never felt such heat. I wondered why he wanted to burn me, and I yelled, and I knocked at the door.'

'I could see him through the opening and I could read his lips as he shook his head and said, 'Not yet.'

'Finally the door opened, he put me on the shelf, and I began to cool.'

'There, that's better,' I said. 'And he brushed and painted me all over. The fumes were horrible. I thought I would gag.' 'Stop it, stop it!' I cried. He only nodded and said, 'Not yet.'

'Then suddenly he put me back into the oven, not like the first one. This was twice as hot and I knew I would suffocate. I begged. I pleaded. I screamed. I cried. All the time I could see him through the opening nodding his head, saying, 'Not yet.'

'Then I knew there wasn't any hope. I would never make it. I was ready to give up. But the door opened and he took me out and placed me on the shelf. One hour later he handed me a mirror and said, 'Look at yourself and I did.'

'That's not me; that couldn't be me. It's beautiful and I'm beautiful,' I said.

'I want you to remember, then,' came his reply, 'I know it hurt to be rolled and patted, but if I just left you, you'd have dried up. I know it made you dizzy to spin around on the wheel, but if I had stopped, you would have crumbled. I know it hurt and it was hot and disagreeable in the oven, but if I hadn't put you there, you would have cracked. I know the fumes were bad when I brushed and painted you all over, but if I hadn't done that, you never would have hardened.'

'You would not have had any colour in your life, and if I hadn't put you back in that second oven, you wouldn't survive for very long because the hardness would not have held. Now you are a finished product. You are now what I had in mind when I first began with you.'

Author Unknown

 

 

Massage  By  Lisa

Lisa Hauer, CMT

(703) 309-9018

www.massagebylisa.net

 

FW: Spring Bliss :)

 

Good Morning!

 

At long last spring is here, and with it many changes are around the bend.  In the Chinese tradition, this time of year is associated with the element of Wood and the Liver.  It is a perfect time to begin a cleanse or restart your exercise program.  With the increase of daylight and warm weather, it is a blessing to watch as the earth comes alive once again.  In the hussle and bussle of life, remember to enjoy this magical time of year and take time to nurture and care for yourself. 

 

Many bright blessings to you,

 

 

Massage  By  Lisa

(703) 309-9018

www.massagebylisa.net

 

Bra and Health

 

 

Bra & Health

Please pass it on to all ladies & to the men so they can also inform their mothers, wives, sisters etc.

Do you wear bra for the whole day and even at home?  

It's a message for your health.

 

For years, a lot of articles with regards to the causes of breast cancer point to an unhealthy diet and lack of exercise as the major links to this disease which happens to be the biggest killer among women during these last two decades.

These studies would have been most credible if it were not for the fact that several women including Linda McCartney who have been religious vegetarians and exercise- freaks have also been unfortunate in suffering breast cancer.

Perhaps the most convincing article I have ever read with regards to this matter is one which links breast cancer to the wearing of bras.

In the "Bra and Breast Cancer Study" in the United States ,

It was discovered that women with breast cancer had a history of sporting tighter and longer bra-wearing than did the women who had not (yet) developed the disease.

In fact, virtually the entire cancer group wore bras over 12 hours.

When a woman wears a tight bra, she subjects her breasts to pressure, closing off the lymphatic pathway from the breast to the nodes.

This causes fluid built-up swelling, tenderness and cyst formation.

Toxins must be flushed out via the lymphatic.

However, a bra-constricted breast cannot adequately perform this cleansing process, resulting in toxin accumulation in the breast.

Truthfully, bras are creating droopy, weak breasts..... .the breast relies on the bras for artificial support; the body loses its ability to support the breast by itself.

This is why many women feel uncomfortable without the bra.

 

What is the solution to breast cancer then?

DON'T WEAR A TIGHT BRA!

And maybe sleep without them.

 

There is a remarkable success rate for recovery from fibrocystic breast disease within 10 days to two weeks of going bra-free.

Many women have tried going bra-less and recorded a miraculous improvement in their health!

 Bra burning is no longer a feminist issue... It is now a battle between life and death. We should make others more aware of the hazards of wearing...

 

... Please pass this on to every female you know.

 

Maryam Iraniparast

PhD Student

Statistics-Biostatistics

Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science

University of Waterloo

 

Ext. 36729

A Gifted Psychic

Please check out Pavlina at www.pavlinab.com.  She is a wonderful healer and gifted psychic as well as a friend of mine for many years.  She has just created her own website and it is almost as amazing as her!

 

 

 

Massage  By  Lisa

Lisa Hauer, CMT

(703) 309-9018

www.massagebylisa.net