The Power of Gratitude

This Thanksgiving reminds me of the power of gratitude--you know, just giving thanks. Giving thanks for all of the things we so often take for granted can bring so much more into your life.

People constantly think about all they don't have. That creates the evil of comparison with others.

A wise man once said you will always find people who have more than you, in money, smarts, strength, good looks, in health, in good fortune, and so on. And you will always find those that have far less than you. In all of those areas above.

The evil of comparing is that we tend to concentrate on those that have more than us, not less. And that is the evil of comparison; it creates envy and jealousy, only drives you away from the people that you admire, by envying them, not drawing them closer to you.

At one time, I complained about an aching knee. It kept re-occurring and bothering me, and I envied a man of similar age that I worked with who could run, even ran in marathons. The more I thought about the bad knee, the more mildly angry I got about my position as being mildly disabled and not being able to run or sprint.

Then one day as I approached a store, I saw a man come out, smiling, in a wheel chair with no legs. He was around my age. He could've been a veteran, don't know for sure. But he was happy and yakking away to another man. And all of a sudden my preoccupation with my knee ended, thinking to myself, look at the fact that I can walk---and he's happier than I am!

If we complain about things, we'll only get more of those things. What you think about, or visualize about (which is merely a mental movie of your thoughts), you will bring about. So if we concentrate on Thanks as in Thanksgiving (which is coming up tomorrow), we'll get more of the things that we're thankful about.

Don't think about your shortcomings. You'll only create more of a world in your mind of shortcomings. Think about all that you are grateful for. What you think about, and thank about, you will bring about. Gratitude brings more of the same into your life, of all the good things you've attained.

Visualize the best, visualize success, and you will bring that about. Remember that thoughts are things and thoughts have wings.

Greg Mangan
"VRT Man"

Dr. Ignarro's Miracle Molecule

Dr. Ignarro, a pharmaceutical professor, discovered a "miracle molecule" which will eliminate bypass surgery, lower and finally end arteriosclerosis, reduce plaque and eliminate arterial blood clots, lower blood pressure, and generally cure almost all problems of cardiovascular disease.

He won the 1998 Nobel Prize for this discovery, but unfortunately his work has never been given very much publicity, due to the fact that the medical profession is finding it too easy, too plentiful, too cheap as a cure for almost all heart maladies.

That miracle molecule is Nitric Oxide. It is the curative component which is found in Nitroglycerine, a vasodilator (expands and thus relaxes a narrowed artery, which reduces chest pain and eliminates heart attacks), and also is the vasodilator which ends impotence (found in Viagara and other E.D. drugs). This would end the need for cholesterol inhibitors like Lipitor or Crestor, because it elimates arteriosclerotic plaque build-up. Nitroglycerine is expensive and lasts only a few minutes, but the key molecule or compound in it can be found elsewhere in less expensive form.

Where to find this? The easiest source of Nitric Oxide (chemically depicted as NO) is an amino acid called L-Arginine. It suppresses an enzyme which inhibits the formation of Nitric Oxide. (Not to be confused with Nitrous Oxide (NO2), which is laughing gas). Believe it or not, it's the same compound found in smog, but it's usage on an individual in supplements that contain L-Arginine, or taking L-Arginine itself, can perform miracles in regards to your heart health. --

Greg Mangan
"VRT Man"