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inothernews:

“You look at the picture when they’re inaugurated and four years later, they’re visibly older.  It’s like they went in a time machine and fast-forwarded eight years in the span of four years.”

— Former White House physician CONNIE MARIANO, on how the stress of the presidency affects our Commanders-in-Chief.

Above, the Washington Post’s interactive guide showing those effect on President Obama from Jan. 2009 (left) to today.

Let’s take a moment and pray that our country’s leaders learn how to handle stress better - also take care of their bodies and minds more commpassionately! 

(via npr)

Khenpo Choga teaches this as well - the cause of beauty is having beautiful thinking and this life and past lives!

(via hellogiggles)

peoplemag:

“We have wept with you.” 

-President Barack Obama, speaking during a vigil for the victims of the Connecticut shooting.

The words that President Obama spoke during the vigil were incredibly heartfelt and moving. He spoke of transcendence and love and what all humans have in common. To me, this offered a glimpse of the world leader of the future - one with fierce compassion and brilliant wisdom, plus skillful means that unites rather than polarizes. I am so grateful that this country I call home is lead by an honorable man who is so easy to love, respect, and admire. May he have a long and healthy life and even after his presidency continue to  inspire all those he meets to live with integrity and work for the benefit of others. Buddha Bless America!!!

(via hellogiggles)

unconsumption:

Donate your functioning but unused iPod or other MP3 player to a great cause:

Hopefully, by now you’ve seen the video clip of “Alive Inside,” the documentary capturing the wondrous results of elderly nursing home patients being re-introduced to the music of their youth. … Daniel Cohen, the man who initiated bringing mp3 players into nursing homes and thus sparked filmmaker Michael Rossato-Bennet into making the documentary, is in need of more music players.

“There’s a huge need for iPod donations at many public and private nursing homes, where the interest from patients who miss their favorite music is far greater than the arrival of donated iPods to our collection centers,” writes Music & Memory, Cohen’s organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for the elderly through music.

If you have an old iPod that’s gathering dust, consider donating it to Music & Memory. The organization checks out—Cohen is the actual guy the documentary crew followed around for a year—so you can be sure your old iPod will go to good use. “We’ll accept old, new, used, and even broken or damaged iPod players that our volunteer team can check and repair if possible for use in one of our centers,” says Music & Memory. “Our residents don’t mind a few case scratches or decals.”

Click here for info on how to donate.

(via Help Out Music & Memory, Org from “Alive Inside” Doc, With Your Old iPod - Core77)

Let’s do something!

(via peacecorps)

Hooray! Revolutionary step toward providing young girls with healthier role models and promoting healthy body image!

mothernaturenetwork:

Israel outright bans too-skinny models

It’s a confusing world — while the average woman is a size 14 in the United States, that is also the line where plus-sized clothing starts (generally, size 14 and up). But a plus-sized model is usually around a size 8 or so (the woman in the image above, for example is a plus model), while ‘straight-sized’ models are size 0-2.

Israel’s new law mandates that models working in Israel prove that they are not malnourished, by producing medical records. (The country will use World Health Organization standards, wherein a body-mass index below 18.5 is indicative of malnutrition.) In addition, any advertisement published for the Israeli market must include a disclosure line if the model was digitally altered to look thinner.”