So, fat people are up in arms against the world. They resent being teased by every Tom, Dick and Harry who bumps into them. And they are trying to convince the world that being fat is actually good for you. Well, being fat definitely does have some advantages:
- For one, it adds some diversity to our society. Imagine a world where human culture is anorexia.
- Another advantage is that they are already prepared for famine… If ever there is a food shortage, they have all the fat in their bodies to burn up before there is a dearth of energy in their bodies.
- One of the greatest advantages, of course, is that they are exceedingly hard to kidnap! I mean, imagine Arshad Warsi trying to conk Adnan Sami in the head and trying to stuff him into a 5-foot gunny bag in Munnabhai M.B.B.S.!
- They are endearing! Santa Claus wouldn’t be half as fun if he were as thin as a rake. How would his belly shake like jelly when he laughed?
- Everyone knows that an opera isn’t over until the fat lady sings. Not the thin, short, small, tall, plump or slim lady… it has to be the fat lady.
- For the opposite sex, there is so much more to go around!
- They are bulletproof! I once read somewhere that a fat man was shot and the bullet got stuck in the layers of fat under his skin. Who needs bulletproof vests when you can be fat?
- They can have competitions that thin people can’t: Whose belly is bigger, better and fatter?
- They are always picked last for sports and first in the buffet line!
- They always have more personal space in crowded buses. You know, a jolt could cause them to lose balance and fall on you. So why take chances? Give them their space. Better be safe than sorry.
- And finally, of course, it is so much better to be full than empty…
Meanwhile, some scientists claim that curvier women live longer than thin women. Ha, nice try! But think they’ll fall for it?
Till next time.
"Nuggets of Wisdom" by Haristotle:
It is quite common knowledge that the adjective form of 'night' is 'nocturnal'. However, and rather strangely at that, not many people know the adjective form of 'day'. It is 'diurnal'. The adjective form of 'week' is 'hebdomadal'. 'Intercalary' is the adjective form for a day or a month inserted in the calendar to harmonize it with the solar year (e.g. 29th February). It is also the adjective form for a year having such an addition.
"It seems you have a lot of 'time' on your hands!"
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Neurolinguistic Programming
In the early 1970s in America Richard Bandler, then a young college student studied the work of Fritz Perls and later Virginia Satir and found that he could reproduce their high-level therapy skills to a degree that even surprised him. Bandler seemed to have a natural ability to mimic (model) the language patterns by Virginia and Fritz.
At the University of California at Santa Cruz, Bandler who was well versed in the teachings of patterns in mathematics and computers teamed up with a college professor, John Grinder to help him understand the processes that were at work. Soon Bandler and Grinder, who used what he knew about patterns in linguistics, created a new model for personal growth called NeuroLinguistic Programming.
Bandler and Grinder had set out to model the hypnotic skills of Milton Erickson. They had astounding results. They built a communication model about human "thinking" and "processing" and used that model of how we see images, hear sounds, reproduces smells and tactile experiences in our mind to track and model the structure of subjective experiences.
Sounds very complicated but really it works very simply. Here is an example as used by Paul McKenna - probably the best & most successful hypnotist in the world.
Close your eyes and think of a negative memory. Become involved in the situation as best as you can. Feel the emotions that you felt, see the things you saw and hear the things you heard.
Now take that memory and project it onto a mental screen seeing yourself in the picture. Put a frame around the picture and view it as if it is an old photograph. Next drain all the colour from the picture and shrink the screen to the size of a matchbox.
Have the feelings associated with the picture decreased in any way?
Another good example of NLP involves Anchors. Have you ever smelt a certain perfume or aftershave and had it remind you of a certain person or situation? Gone to a certain place that brings feelings long forgotten flooding back? Or been in any situation that creates emotional responses that would not normally be associated with it? Well if you can answer yes to any of these then you have experienced anchors. Some anchors are associated with positive feelings and some with negative emotions. However, you should be aware that anchors can be consciously installed or already existing ones altered. Here is an example:
Think of a time when you were really happy. If you can't think of one then imagine something that would make you feel really happy. See what you would see, hear what you would hear and feel what you would feel. Really get into the picture and try to experience it as though it were happening now.
Now brighten the colours and make them richer. Increase the volume. Make the picture bigger, brighter, louder. That's it and more and more....
Now press your first finger against your thumb and fully experience your happy feelings. Do this everyday for 2 weeks and you will create an anchor that will instantly recreate these feelings. Whenever you want to feel like that again just press your thumb and first finger together and wham the feelings will come flooding back! Don't believe me? Just try it and see!!! hypnosis
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