St Matilda, Patron saint of large families
Matilda was the daughter of Count Dietrich of Westphalia and Reinhild of Denmark. She was also known as Mechtildis and Maud. She was raised by her grandmother, the Abbess of Eufurt convent. Matilda married Henry the Fowler, son of Duke Otto of Saxony, in the year 909.
she devoted herself to building three convents and a monastery, was left in charge of the kingdom when Otto went to Rome in 962 to be crowned Emperor (often regarded as the beginning of the Holy Roman Empire), and spent most of the declining years of her life at the convent at Nordhausen she had built. She died at the monastery at Quedlinburg on March 14 and was buried there with Henry. Her feast day is March 14th.
Albert Einstein
Today is the birthday of Albert Einstein, born march 14th 1879. He was the son of of a jewish engineer in Ulm, Germany.
Einstein's theories of special and general relativity drastically altered man's view of the universe, and his work in particle and energy theory helped make possible quantum mechanics and, ultimately, the atomic bomb.
Albert Einstein, one of the most creative minds in human history, died in Princeton in 1955.
Deppresion and Meditation
While doing some research on Depression and Meditation, it seems that this is a wonderful natural remedy combined with the correct Depression drugs.
First, mediation helps calm the body and mind and find some inner peace. It gives the body some much time needed to relax and rejuvenate.
Meditation causes your body to release endorphins and neurotransmitters such as serotonin, which is a chemical that helps to prevent depression and seems to help keep our moods under control by helping with sleep, calming anxiety, and relieving depression.
If you suffer from clinical depression, then you’ll know that it can affect your whole body, leaving you feeling lethargic, unmotivated and physically exhausted. If you are experiencing any of these physical symptoms of depression, then you may find that you become physically inactive and prone to stewing on negative thoughts. It’s a vicious cycle - depression leads to inactivity and low energy levels, which then lead to more time spent chewing on negative thoughts, which then leads to deeper depression and even lower energy levels.
For this reason, i think physical exercise is a help if you are feeling depressed. I know that it can be hard to motivate yourself to be physically active if you are feeling down, but exercise is one of the most powerful natural remedies for depression. Gentle forms of exercise such as walking will be of tremendous benefit (and will get you outside for some fresh air .
If you can bring yourself to become physically active and also to put some time aside to meditate, it seems that it will be engaging in one way to help out in the battle against depression.
Today, started of with playing organ for school mass, and come home to write my blog. I think it,s time to go and paint a suncatcher today. Oh, I just realised, I cant have my usual chicken sandwich today being friday, so out comes some fish,uuummmmm.
I have heard a interesting point from a catholic point of view but dont know if it,s true or not. I was told that what ever one gives up for lent, one can have or do on Sundays, even during lent. Anyone know if this is true, please let me know.
For now, have a good day and cherio
In Christe Regge Et Maria
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