Monday, April 18, 2005

Laugh to live

Did you know that laughing is good for you? It loosens muscles, lowers blood pressure and lowers levels of hormones that create stress and weaken immunity. Small children laugh on average 150 times per day, but as you get older you laugh less. If you could laugh 50 times per day you would be a lot healthier.

Wednesday, April 13, 2005

Source texts

For my history AS level I'm studying Oliver Cromwell. When I was doing a past paper I came across a source text which was taken from a letter written by Cromwell to his brother in-law telling his that his son had died. Upon reading the letter it sounded like he didn't care and he spent half the letter boasting about his victory. However in a different book I found the complete letter, and the tone was completely different from what was put across in the source text. Cromwell gave God the glory for his victory and comforted his sister and brother in-law in the fact that their son had died well and that he was a great soldier and a man of God who they would meet again in Heaven. Cromwell also Sympathized with them as he writes of how he also had lost a son to the war a year ago and God had helped him through.

Monday, April 04, 2005

Story

There was once a young man and he lent a large sum of fifty pounds to his friend so his friend could start up in business. When the time came that the young man wanted his money back he wasn’t sure how to get it back because he didn’t have it in writing and his friends honesty was somewhat to be desired. He was sitting at home and debating within himself what to do when his father caught sight of him looking slightly glum, so the young man told him the problem. The father said” I’ll tell you what, you send him a letter asking for the hundred pound he owes you and…”
The young man interrupted “but he only owes fifty.”
“Yes,” said the father “But ask him for a hundred and he will write back and say he only owed you fifty, and then you’ll have it in writing.”