Volunteer!
Poland, 1939. Witold Pilecki was married, husband to Maria, and father to two children. A farmer, an amateur painter, a volunteer for Christian charities. But things would not be peaceful for long. Hitler invaded Poland on September 1. Pilecki and a friend cofounded the Tajna Armia Polska (Secret Polish Army), a resistance force largely underground, carrying out raids against both the Nazis and the Soviets.
The guy comes up with an incredible and daring plan. He planned
Coincidence!
How do you know you are in love?
[Don’t look at me. I’m clueless.]
Here’s what they say: “We both like ….” Or “Our stars aligned.” Or “God said so.” Or whatever.
Apparently there are “signs” that you may not have been aware of, or looking for, as happened to Verona Koliqi and Mirand Buzaku.
Both are from Kosovo, though Verona has lived in the U.K. for the longest time. They ran into each other during one of her visits to Kosovo from the U.K.
Said the
Physician?
You have heard it said, “When the cat is away, the mice will play.” But I say unto you, “When the doctor is away, the patient will live!”
That’s what scientists have recently found—at least as far as cardiologists are concerned (hopefully not dermatologists).
In a recent study in the Journal of the American Heart Association, researchers looked at survival of those who suffered heart attacks … when their doctors were away at a five-day meeting—the
Stuff!
You wanna go to Denali (aka Mt. McKinley) in Alaska? Be careful. You might step into poop!
Michael Loso, a glacier geologist, recently calculated that 36,000 of the most intrepid, attempting to scale the peak in the seventy years between 1951 and 2012, have deposited up to 215,000 lbs of solid human waste, on to the Kahiltna glacier, on the way to the summit.
For those of you mathematically challenged, that’s about 6 lbs per climber!
Apparently these brave folks catch
Stress?
You thought stress was bad for you? Maybe not always.
There is a large and growing movement lauding the values of “positive stress.” Devotees extol the values of jumping into a freezingly cold shower, suffering extremes of temperatures, partaking of restrictive diets, punishing themselves with horrendous exercise routines, etc. Stepping into your discomfort zone.
Said Zachary Rapp, a practitioner, and co-founder and CEO of several health start-ups:
This workout
Abe Kuruvilla is the Carl E. Bates Professor of Christian Preaching at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (Louisville, KY), and a dermatologist in private practice. His passion is to explore, explain, and exemplify preaching.