Seeking Goodness

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When her mother died, Mary Latham’s world fell apart.  For years she felt “adrift” with “raw emotions.”

Mary then focused upon something her mother had advised:  Look for the good, and it will certainly be there.  It will always outweigh the tragedies.

After three years had passed, Mary embarked upon a national quest to discover that goodness.  While traveling in her mother’s blue Outback, she searched for “simple acts of kindness.”

Calling this journey “More Good,” Mary found plenty of it.  She entered as a stranger, but left as a friend in many a home along the way.  Hosts would tell her their inspiring stories, and Mary would document them for an upcoming book.

To date, Mary's clocked 38,000 miles and has only seven more states to visit.  She’s stayed in homes on all sides of the political divide.  It hasn’t mattered.  When you come right down to it, “there is really only one underlying common factor,” and that is goodness.

Resources

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/article/New-York-woman-has-been-on-a-three-year-road-trip-14036771.php

Copyright June 30, 2019 by Linda Van Slyke   All Rights Reserved

Fat Fighters

Salud!    (Photo by Julius Schorzman)

There’s a substance called “brown fat” that’s found mostly within the bodies of “hibernating mammals and babies.”

However, it’s also found within the necks of human adults.  When activated, brown fat can help to burn calories quickly.  Caffeine has recently been found to

stimulate this activation, thus helping to fight obesity.

Coffee has also been shown to offset diabetes by modulating glucose levels,

Resources

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2019/06/24/coffee-could-help-burn-fat-new-study-says/1545452001/

Copyright June 29, 2019 by Linda Van Slyke   All Rights Reserved

Sluggish Trains

(Photo by Sanjay Acharya)

When you come right down to it, it’s the little things that can make or break a situation.

This was certainly the case in Japan recently.  After a slug infiltrated an electrical device, the rail system suffered a massive power failure.  Numerous train trips were canceled, and “other services” were delayed.

Although all this occurred in May, it took weeks to find the cause. The impaired device was eventually discovered, along with a burnt slug within it.

Resources

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/24/dead-slug-blamed-for-power-failure-on-japanese-railway-system

Copyright June 28, 2019 by Linda Van Slyke   All Rights Reserved