The Real Essence Of Love

Written by: Maria Elouisa E. Enerlan

Date written: March 28, 2013

What is the real essence of love? Have you ever asked yourself this simple question about love? Have you ever been in love? Some people may always giggle, laugh, and maybe in an instant sob when asked about this so much abused words. There are like a thousand of things that we could always point out if love is in the brink of the topic. Oftentimes, we would have a blank stare for finding the right answer. It could be the most thrilling, yet, could also be the most painstaking experience anyone could ever have. Let me just say it again why love should be defined in a much higher grounds.

All over the world, people tend to be paranoid of looking for their perfect mate. There are so many men and women walking around the corner and coming out of nowhere searching for the right person for them. Being in this kind of situation is like passing on a very crucial stage of our life. It is hard to find one yet, but even harder to be alone. In case you already found the right person to fill the colors in your once dull and boring life, I would say “Congratulations!”

You always find different ways to keep him at your side at all times, but honestly, it does not end there. In a certain relationship, adversity is always around and befalls along the way, leaving you helpless and in pain. In its most severe level of one’s life, some would breakdown and cry, yet, still love the person wholeheartedly. It may seem ironic, but anyone could always encounter this kind of situation if we love someone so dearly.

We just need to know that there is no assurance to live in an eternal “blissful romance” in this age of time. Even if you have been together for so many years, it is not always a guarantee to bind two people altogether as one. “Love could not be measured in moments of time, but on the timeless moments spent together.”

After so many sleepless nights and painful weeps, you’ll have to move on. In life, we have to learn things in a hard way. In love, we must put aside the pain and then move on with life and try to lift our heads up high. We have to at least pick up the pieces of a broken glass and try to ponder on some important things, so that we would realize what is best for us.

Yes it’s true that love is the most indescribable feeling and it is beyond explanation in this infinite world. If love is in the air, the feeling would be as if there are butterflies in your stomach. You can’t eat, can’t sleep, and sometimes you’re of your “sanity”, but if these feelings fade away - did you ever ask yourself if where will you go or what will you do? Perhaps, we try to stop and think to consider if what will be our reply to the questions asked. If others are always taking the risk to love and be hurt, no one could ever change the fact that it is like a game, one person wins and the other one lose. If one person loses on his journey to love then it’s time for you to learn from your own mistakes and in the end you’ll have to say, “Let’s just charge this experience.” Well, at some point of your life you have learned something out of loving.

Many people had already searched for the true meaning of love. There are many questions that are left unanswered and just want a brilliant answer at the right nick of time. Perhaps, God gave us love for us to learn how to share it with others. Learn to never abuse it and try to avoid misconceptions. No one could ever define it especially if one has never experienced it. One thing for sure, love in its truest sense teaches us to bring it back to God, who is the only supreme being in this world, who is always forgiving of our sins, and is the source of all the goodness in us. If each one of us never fails to remember and love Him, nothing could ever go wrong. No heartaches, no failed relationships, no wars, no chaos, and everything will fall perfectly at the right place because we would certainly know the real essence of love with God's grace.

Stop Skin Asthma

"As I went to my visit doctor for a check-up with my allergic condition, I came across with this article in a magazine which I find it very informative not only to me, but to others as well who are experiencing the same condition. I hope by reading this article it will give you enough information on how to prevent your condition of skin asthma."

Source: Good Health Magazine

Author by: Dr. Angela G. Sison-Aguilar

Title: Stop Skin Asthma

Education is your first line of defense.

SKIN ASTHMA (also known as atopic eczema or dermatitis) is an itchy, chronic skin condition that can develop early in childhood, and may persist until adult life. Some kids may also develop allergic rhinitis and even bronchial asthma. These two conditions, like skin asthma involve hyper-reactivity of the person's immune system. All three often have a genetic component.

IDENTIFY TRIGGER FACTORS

There are times when the child is symptom-free. If exposed to trigger factors, the condition may flare up and require medication. Mild symptoms may not make an impact on his daily activities, but severe outbreaks may disrupt his schooling and sleep, and even affect his psychological and emotional well-being. First, identify the trigger factors. Then teach him, family members, and caregivers to avoid these at all costs.

SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION

The severity of the reaction needs to be assessed by a dermatologist. He will guide you as to initial remedies, depending on the degree of the flare up.

Usually, emollients in the form of creams, lotions, and gels keep moisture in, and protect the commonly dry skin of patients with dermatitis. These are mostly over-the-counter preparations. These also keep irritants away by forming a barrier between the skin and the potential trigger factors.

OTHER COURSES OF TREATMENT

1. If the break out is more severe, your dermatologist may prescribe the use of mild but potent corticosteroids to be applied on the skin one to two times daily. Treatment is usually extended for about 48 hours. If the skin gets infected due to scratching, the doctor might prescribe additional antibiotics.

2. Some kids respond to anti-allergy medications. These may be tried for a week or two, provided that it does not cause sleepiness during daytime.

3. More serious conditions require extended or additional treatment. Medications that suppress the immune reaction of the skin may be prescribed. In difficult cases, bandaging, photherapy, and systemic treatments are given.

POTENTIAL TRIGGER FACTORS

* IRRITANTS - Wool or synthetic clothing, soaps, detergents, perspiration, disinfectants, topical anti-microbials

* CONTACT ALLERGENS - Preservatives in topical medications, metals, latex

* FOOD - Cow's milk, eggs, peanuts, wheat, soya, fish, shellfish

* INHALANT ALLERGENS - House dust, mites, animal dander, cockroach, pollens, molds

* CLIMATE - Extremes of temperature and humidity, and seasonal variation in the pattern of atopic eczema

* ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS - Hard water, cooking with gas, proximity to road traffic, environmental tobacco smoke

Falling In Love

Written by: Maria Elouisa E. Enerlan

Date written: March 14, 2013

When you think of your past love, you may see it as a failure. When time comes that you find a new love, you might see the past as a teacher. In the game of love, it doesn’t really matter if who won or who lost. What is important is that you know when to hold on and when to let go. You would know if you really love someone when you want him or her to be happy even if their happiness means that you’re not a part of it. Everything happens for a reason and what’s best for each other. If the person you really love doesn’t love you back, don’t be afraid to love someone else again, for you’ll never if the relationship is for keeps not unless you give it a try. You would never love a person you love not unless you took the risk for love.

Love strives in hurting. If you don’t get hurt, you wouldn’t learn how to love. We should all know that love doesn’t hurt all the time. Though the hurting is still there to test you and help you grow to a much better person. Don’t find love, let love find you. That’s why it’s called “FALLING IN LOVE” because you don’t force yourself to fall. You just fall. We should always remember that you can’t finish a book without closing its chapters. If you want to go on, then you have to leave the past as you turn the pages of a book. Love can’t be destroyed by a single failure or won by a single caress. It is a lifetime venture in which we are always learning, discovering, and growing.

The greatest irony of love is letting go when you needed to hold on and holing on when you needed to let go. We lose someone we love only when we are destined to find someone else who can love us even more that we could love ourselves. When it comes to “FALLING OUT OF LOVE”, it would take some time to heal and get back on your feet. Just don’t make the same mistake of doing the same thing that made you stumble for the first time. To love is to risk rejection, to live is to risk dying, to hope is to risk failure. Despite of it all, you should gain enough courage to take a risk because life would mean nothing if we didn’t try to risk something that is important or dear to us. In order to reach for another is to risk in being involve into something that would bring great meaning to our lives, to show your feelings is one way of showing your true self to the other person.

How should we define love? Fall but do not stumble. Be constant but not too persistent. Share and never be unfair. Understand and try not to be too demanding. Hurt but never keep the pain.

Love is like a knife. It could stab the heart or it could carve wonderful images into the soul that would always last for a lifetime. Love is supposed to be the most wonderful feeling. It should inspire you and give you so much joy and strength within yourself, but sometimes the things that you give could also hurt you in the end. Loving people means giving them the freedom to choose who they want to be and where they want stay. Loving someone means giving him the freedom to find his way back home, whether it leads them towards you or away from you. You should always be thankful for all the heartaches and the tears, for the gloomy days and years wasted because this helps you understand that there were the things that helped you grow.

Love is a painful risk to take, but we should learn to accept it no matter how scary or painful it is. Only then you’ll experience the fullness of humanity and that is love. Only love can hurt your heart, fill your desire, and tear you apart. Only love could make you cry and only love knows why you are experiencing the feeling of being in love. If you’re not ready to cry, if you’re not ready to take the risk, if you’re not ready to feel the pain, then you’re not ready to fall in love. There would be a time in our lives when we are afraid to fall in love because every time we do, we get hurt. That’s when I realized why it’s called falling in love.