it’s 73F today. very sunny, very warm, very….homesick..
mom told me last night that it was snowing there in China,
there will be a snow storm tomorrow.
I want to go back there and be cold be shivering with them.
but it’s so sunny in the other side of the world.
but aren’t these bokehs like snow??
except they’re in a magical surrounding,
I’m feeling much better now.
I’m always amazed at God’s creations.
And I always believe there is a purpose for everything and every one.
this flu season, we all need something to fight off the germs!
Have a nice weekend everyone!!
“Echinacea is popularly believed to be an immunostimulator, stimulating the body’s non-specific immune system and warding off infections. A study commonly used to support that belief is a 2007 meta-analysis in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.The studies pooled in the meta-analysis used different types of echinacea, different parts of the plant, and various dosages. This review cannot inform recommendations on the efficacy of any particular type of echinacea, dosage, or treatment regimen. The safety of echinacea under long-term use is also unknown.”
Echinacea angustifolia was widely used by the North American Plains Indians for its general medicinal qualities.[15] Echinacea was one of the basic antimicrobial herbs of eclectic medicine from the mid 19th century through the early 20th century, and its use was documented for snakebite, anthrax, and for relief of pain. In the 1930s echinacea became popular in both Europe and America as a herbal medicine. According to Wallace Sampson, MD, its modern day use as a treatment for the common cold began when a Swiss herbal supplement maker was “erroneously told” that echinacea was used for cold prevention by Native American tribes who lived in the area of South Dakota.Although Native American tribes didn’t use echinacea to prevent the common cold, some of the tribes did use echinacea to treat some of the symptoms that could be caused by the common cold: The Kiowa used it for coughs and sore throats, the Cheyenne for sore throats, the Pawnee for headaches, and many tribes used it as an analgesic, including the Sioux from South Dakota.
Native Americans learned of E. angustifolia by observing elk seeking out the plants and consuming them when sick or wounded, and identified those plants as elk root.–wiki
for more info on this herb, check here nccam.nih.gov/health/echinacea/ataglance.htm
today is my 28th birthday.
today 28 years ago, my mother was suffering.
my dad said, ” I don’t celebrate my birthday
because your grandma is still alive. what I do
is to go and visit her, to show her appreciation
of what she has done for me.”
I was reborn in Christ in spirit.
many many years ago He suffered, and died,
so that I could live FOREVER.
so today I thank my mom(and dad) for giving
me my life,
and I thank Jesus Christ for giving me eternity.
can’t think of anything to describe this photo.
let it be.
read a really good quote though:
“Today friendship has fallen on hard times.Few men have good friends,much less deep friendships.Individualism,autonomy,privatization,and isolation are culturally cachet,but deep,devoted,vulnerable friendship is not.This is a great tragedy for self,family,and the Church,because it is in relationships that we develop into what God wants us to be.Friendships are there to be made if we value them as we ought-and if we practice some simple disciplines of friendship.–Kent Hughes”
Elder Neil A. Maxwell:
“Secularism’s approach often stops short of the cosmic computations that need to be made about what produces true happiness. For instance, is it really good for the individual to have too much leisure time, too much affluence, and to live in a society that is too permissive? When is help truly helpful? Is a certain proximate pleasure going to produce ultimate pain?
For those who believe we are all going to be around forever, it is both natural and wise to concern ourselves with such questions and also with such principles which are also going to be around forever.
The adventure of orthodoxy consists, therefore, of having eternal principles “fitly framed together” so as to reduce human misery and to facilitate human happiness.
It is the orthodox orchestration in applying the gospel of Jesus Christ that keeps us happy and helps us to avoid falling off the straight and narrow path, for on the one side there is harsh legalism and on the other syrupy sensualism. Little wonder that man needs careful and precise help, the guidance of the Spirit, in order to navigate under such stressful circumstances.
Little wonder we so need those eternal perspectives which come from looking at life through the lens of the gospel!”
Elder Jay E. Jensen Of the Seventy:
“When we understand the great plan of happiness, we are gaining an eternal perspective, and the commandments, ordinances, covenants, and the experiences, trials, and tribulations can be seen in their true and eternal light.
Remember, however, that Satan will dim the brightness of hope and eternal perspective by the dark, compelling urgency of now. “
President Gordon B.Hinckley:
“There is a goal beyond the Resurrection, that is exaltation in our Father’s kingdom. … It will begin with acceptance of him as our Eternal Father and of his son as our living Redeemer. It will involve participation in various ordinances, each one important and necessary. The first of these is baptism by immersion in water, without which, according to the Savior, a man cannot enter into the kingdom of God. There must follow the birth of the Spirit, the gift of the Holy Ghost. Then in succession through the years will come, for men, ordination to the priesthood, followed by the blessings of the temple for both men and women who are worthy to enter therein….They include the … endowment of obligations and blessings that motivate us to behavior compatible with the principles of the gospel. They include the sealing ordinances by which that which is bound on earth is bound in heaven, providing for the continuity of the family.”
Elder LeGrand Richards:
“God bless you to realize where you came from and the great privileges that are yours. If the veil were rolled back and you could just see one glimpse of God’s great eternal plan concerning you and who you are, it would not be hard for you to love Him, keep His commandments, and live to be worthy of every blessing that He has had for you since before the foundations of the world were laid”.
Elder Dallin H. Oaks:
“Hold ourselves in readiness to act on the Lord’s timing. He will tell us when the time is right to take the next step. For now, we simply concentrate on … what we have been asked to do today.”
Elder Neil A. Maxwell:
“Patience … helps us to realize that while we may be ready to move on, having had enough of a particular learning experience, our continuing presence is often a needed part of the learning environment of others.”
Elder Neil A. Maxwell:
“A mere hundred years from now today’s seeming deprivations and tribulations will not matter unless we let them matter too much now. Some deprivations are but delayed blessings, which, if endured well, constitute the readying of reservoirs into which a generous God will pour ‘all that he hath.’ Indeed, it will be the Malachi measure: ‘There shall not be room enough to receive it.’ (Mal. 3:10.)”
I decided to delete my other account named: lightharvest last night, I really never liked that name
but I was in a hurry because I was in a hurry!
Hong Nuo is really not my real name, I started using it in most of my public ID even in some of my photos
because of its value and meaning to me.
it literally and simply means Rainbow Promise, the Promise that God gave the world that He’d never destroy
it with flood. His promises never fail.
this is also a name I’m going to give to my child(daughter if it’s going to be) someday, as God has promised.
so, I’m back!
