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"In 1935, Erwin Schrödinger, in an attempt to explain the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum physics, he proposed an experiment where a cat is placed in a box with a sealed vial of poison that will break open in the random time. Since no one knows when or if the poison has been released until the box is opened, during that period of time the cat can be thought of as both alive and dead.
Just like schrodinger's cat, [everything before you embark on it], can be thought of as both good and bad. It is only by opening the box that you'll find out which it is."

- Big Bang Theory

If you're at school or university and reading this - here are a few tips :)

1.) Don't settle: When choosing your path in life, choose something that really interests you, otherwise you'll wake up one day when you're 40 coming to the realisation that you've wasted half your life doing something you arent really passionate about and want to start over. Dont let that happen. Increase the chances of starting on the right food from the start by choosing carefully from the start.

2.) Try out as many extra-curricular activities as possible whilst you can! Anything that seems kinda interesting - try it. And even anything that your friends are pushing you to tag along to - go with them! Even if you have a busy timetable - make time for it. Why? Because sometimes you don't know what you'll enjoy until you try it, and one of these sideline things may turn out to be your passion and your future career. Not only that, but its exactly at these kind of places you're most likely to meet people that may change your life. You never know! If nothing else - it adds to your experiences of life. So do it! Try out as much as life has to offer, especially when you're at a time in your life when choosing your path is so vital!

3.) Hold on to the good 'uns. By this I mean - if there are people who you get on with and like, in school/ university - dont let time and distance push you apart once you leave. Keep in touch, make the effort; Because friends dont grow on trees.

• “Virgin Mary” for preventing or fighting off a cold: It is a Bloody Mary made without vodka. The drink is known commonly in England and Australia as a Bloody Shame or Holy Mary!
  It is essentially tomato juice (lycopene is a good antioxidant), with the extra spices usually in a Bloody Mary. Contains chilli (expectorant), horseradish (expectorant), lemon (vit C and helps liver)

1. Fill a glass with ice.
2. Add:

* 1 tsp Horseradish (expectorant)
* (3 dashes Tabasco sauce) or, better would be fresh or dried chilli (expectorant)
* (3 dashes of Worcestershire Sauce optional)
* Dash of lime/ lemon juice (vit C)
* 3 dashes of celery salt or better would be to make do with a celery garnish.
* 3 dashes of pepper
* 1 oz clam juice (optional)

3. Fill with tomato juice. (contains lycopene, a good antioxidant)
4. Pour from one glass to another until mixed.
5. Garnish with lemon juice and/or lime (vit C), celery and/or cucumber and/or cocktail shrimp.

• "Blaster Bates" is a type of non-alcoholic fruit drink, believed to be first founded in Cheshire and named after local personality Blaster Bates. The ingredients are simply mixed in a blender

 Contains:
* 4 oz. Orange Juice (home-squeezed preferably)
* 2 oz. Milk (or better might be a milk alternative like rice milk, soy milk, oat milk)
* 1 Banana
* 1/4 cup Blueberries
* 1/4 cup Raspberries

• Morir Soñando, literally "Die dreaming" is a popular beverage of the Dominican Republic, usually made of orange juice, milk, cane sugar, and chopped ice. Sometimes vanilla extract is also added, or evaporated milk is used instead of regular milk.

Contains:
* 2 cups of milk (or better is a milk alternative eg rice, soy, oat milk)
* Juice from 2 large oranges (or can be substituted for lemons or limes)
* Sweetener as needed, in the form of apple puree, Agave syrup, and/ or xylitol (take care with xylitol - laxative effects in some people! I recommend to put about 1tsp in a glass)
* Plenty of crushed ice
It should be tangy but slightly sweet, like tart-sweet lemonade.

• Virgin piña colada or piñita colada (it literally means "strained pineapple" in Spanish: piña, pineapple + colada, strained))
  

* 3cl (one part) coconut cream or rice milk
* 9cl (3 parts) pineapple juice (or blended pineapple chunks)
* crushed ice
Garnish with pineapple slice and maraschino cherry

• Safe Sex on the Beach – cranberry juice, grapefruit juice, and peach nectar.
  

Salient:

1.     prominent or conspicuous: salient traits.
2.     projecting or pointing outward: a salient angle.
3.     leaping or jumping: a salient animal. Lion salient.

Belief/ attitude --> affects your potential --> affects what actions you make --> affect the results you get --> affect your beliefs/ attitudes

So how do you change your beliefs to make this whole cycle a positive one?
1.) Repeat to yourself the belief you want to reach. Repetition helps chisel it into you. And repeat it to yourself with your mind and body. (back to the emotion comes from motion concept..) "Yes I can!" It worked for Obama!
2.) You can change a belief by having a new experience that shatters the old belief. If there's something you think is impossible, but then you manage to do it - you realise you can lots of things. eg If you can do a firewalk on coals, or skydive, surely you have the courage to do something like ask out that cute girl you've had your eye on.. 
3.) Visualization can change a belief. If you see yourself reach your goal in your minds eye clearly, it improves your chances of getting the result you desire, because it affects your attitude and belief. Sports people use this technique a lot. It works because the mind doesnt know the difference between something it vividly imagines and something that actually happens.

There are lots of things we know we should do:
We should spend more time with our family
We should be nicer to our loved ones
We should make more money
We should eat more healthily
We should put more enthusiasm into our work
We should volunteer for a cause we believe in and give more to charity
We should succeed in our efforts

Turn your shoulds into musts.
Otherwise you should all over yourself! and this makes nothing better.
If you turn your shoulds into musts, and not just intellectual musts. It's a must where you passionately feel "That's IT! No more should! Should is not exceptable to me for another second!" These musts are in your very being, they will become part of you and you won't go back.

Things have momentum.
You can do the right thing for a while and see no change for the better. It doesnt mean there wont be any change.
If you've been gathering momentum creating a problem for 20 years, it's unlikely to change overnight.
Keep working at it. Dont give up. The momentum will get weaker with time until eventually the new habit sees results.

In every situation, how you feel about your position in the situation depends on 3 things:

1.) What are you focused on:

2.) What does it mean

3.) How you react to the situation given 1+2.

For example,
Someone is supposed to meet you for dinner at 7pm and it's now 7.30pm and they havent called and you can't reach them.
Some people focus on feeling angry becuse of what they think the situation means: eg "how could they do this to me! how could they be so inconsiderate! they dont care about me! maybe they're out scooting around with someone else they like better than me!" When they show up, you'll be fuming and react accordingly. Not a happy situation for you or the person who was late!

Some people focus on feeling worried "I hope nothing bad's happened to them. Maybe they were in an accident! Maybe they were held up at the store! maybe they are being mugged right this second! I hope they arent hurt!" When they show up, you'll be relieved but you'll have wasted all that negative emotion which was most likely unjustified. And they may feel guilty for having made you worry. Again, not the best situation.

Other people may think they've been stood up coz they're not good enough, and the person probably never really liked them anyway and they just feel sorry for themselves.

Other people focus on thoughts like "ah they probably will have a good reason. I bet it's not personal. I'll hear it when they get here. In the meantime, I'm gonna get me my book out and enjoy this meal on my own." These people won't feel as negatively as the first two groups of people, and when the person does show up, they are less likely to react in a way that will make the situation blow up and have negative repercussions.

You decide what you focus on. You decide how you interpret every situation. It's your decisions that therefore control how you feel.
Always focus on what you have, not on what you don't have.
Focus on what you are in control of, not on what is in control of you.
Always focus on where you want to go, not on where you're afraid of going. Focus on what you want to happen, not on what you're afraid of happening. The thing is, if you focus on the thing you're afraid of, you might unconsciously steer towards it. This by the way explains how people manage to drive into the one tree on the street if they lose control of their car. So take care what you focus on!
This may also partly explain why some people smile in funerals - They think to themselves "It's inappropriate to smile, don't do it, dont smile, dont.. " and what do they end up doing? yep. ok might be another factor going on there too but it might be partly the focus.

Bear in mind that if you focus on the positive, there is no guarantee life will be good and rosey and lovely. There are no guarantees in life. Maybe the person who hasnt turned up really was in an accident or really is having an affair. But if you focus on the negative, you are far far more likely to create problems for yourself. And with a positive state of mind you are better equipped to handle whatever comes your way.


Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14CH-kogTyk&NR=1

People set themselves goals like:
"I want to look like a supermodel"
or
"I want to be a successful millionaire"

But why do they want to be a millionaire? It's not to get lots of pieces of paper with numbers on them. It's for the *feeling* that comes with it - whether it be freedom, or power, or the happiness that comes with the ability to change the world by using the money to do various services for the world, or whatever.  Money will give you some kind of emotion which is what you're after.

Why do people want to look like a model? It's so that they *feel* good about themselves - so that they *feel* sexy and attractive, or perhaps so that they *feel* better qualified to attract the love of their lives. And why do they want to attract the love of their life? For the feelings of love, intimacy, passion, joy..

It's the feeling, the emotion, behind the goal that people are after. And sometimes, that emotion can be reached without ever even reaching the in-between goal that people think they need to reach in order to unlock this emotion.

This doesnt mean you have to abandon your goals. It just means that you dont need your goals to feel this emotion. You can feel these emotions now, and feeling them now can help you reach your goals quicker.

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p2SRut9uHU&feature=related