Poems by Kids around the world

Im trying to publish these stories as quickly as I can and I find that putting it on blogspot gets it indexed in the search engine quicky... so here goes...

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StoryTeller Stories by Kids

These are old stories from my old web site. I lost the web pages to them due to some server problem in 1997 and didnt bother reviving them. Since I got my confidence and work ethics back, I have restored the database, rewrote the topic & story pages in PHP (it was previously in Java servlets) and brought back 50,000 kids stories written since 1997!!!!

Im an Expert Stories Page 1
Im an Expert Stories Page 2
Im an Expert Stories Page 3

Great Stories about anything Page 1
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Great Stories about anything Page 6


J.C. - Bought in Blood
Karleigh Friel - "YOUR MY ANGEL"
Latine - Me and a Book
Steven - Another Day
Megan - Dreams
Kim - untitled
Megan - The Game of Politics
Floneisha Thomas - Grandmother
Alli Watson - Just A Dream
Tashara - Love
Violetta - My sister is a rebel
Emily - Windows
Samara - Truth
Megan - Another Try
Samara - Understand
Dennis - Australia
Chela - Me
Ameera - The Cats' Freedom War: Revenge
nikki - super rosie and wonder kitty p
Ash - Prayer Of Love
Jade Goodes - Why does she have to go?
jackie - My Dog Nicky
SHANTEL BLACKBURN - GOOD GIRL
Cara - Onion
Megan - Color Reactions
sandra - first school days
Rachel - The wonders of a stream
Steve Stenzhorn - The Aspects of Life
Svetii - Best Friends
Johnathon - Fear
Sally - The Flying Seashells-Part One
Elise - The Great Darkness - chapter 5
Lizzy - If
Christina - The Legend of the Shadows (par
louise peacock - i am sooooo ugly
Anna - Fangs On Red #7 (This time it'
Tracey Yeung - The Letters (Chapter 7,8)
Minami - The White Assasins Part 4:The
Anna - All But One 5
Wendy - I have a pet
Ksenia - The Doll (part 5)
J.C. Barson - The Oogleburger.
tobias - forest awakening
Rachel - Cliqued (Chapter 1 Part 1)
Shateria - The Day I Was Ten Feet tall
gretchen - The Big Adventure - Chapter On
Julia - The Disappearing Girl Part 4
Lauren - The Caves-pt 12
FollowYourDreams - The Bully: Second Half of Ch.
Anna - Another Side #6: The Attack
Amy - Spolit prt 2
C. Juster - HACKER HAVOC: The Legend Of Br
Breanna - The Chinese Fireball
Erin Norris - The Powerpuff Girls Go To Mars
Laura - The Kiko Story
Steve - the powers that be prologue -
Kayla - haoolllween
Leanne - Silent #9
Alexa - My Dad

Getting Better

Things are starting to turn around. I am able to work 12 hours days again. Something just clicked and I can focus and work through problems. In Jan & Feb, I revived an old site, finished a new project and starting another.

I am back to my old self again!!

You are what you think

The last 3-4 weeks, I have been exposed to lies, treachery, sadness, heartache on an extreme level. I have gone "crazy" and reacted badly in ways I never imagined I would stoop to. This is one of the most valuable lessons I have in my life to date.

I got crazy because I followed my basic instinct and just reacted and constantly ask stupid why questions. E.g., why are they doing this? why is this happening to me? why can't they see this is wrong?....

After all that, I have come to the conclusion that I cannot control or understand why people do things. I now choose to accept that people do things for reasons beyond my understanding. There is no right or wrong because I'm not in their shoes. I can only accept what they do as their right (even if what they did is hateful to me). I can only choose how I think about it. I now refuse to think in terms of stupid whys. I now choose to ask better questions like how can I learn from the situation. What good can I make out of it? How can I be a better man and choose a better path and maybe lead others out of it?

By doing this, I can direct my emotions to a better place. I now believe we can choose to hate or love, be angry or be at peace, be hurt by others or understand them, etc. It is up to me. Everything starts and end with me.

Our Subconcious Mind

Our mind is very powerful. It has an impact on us much more than we realise. It can easily affect the way we feel and even our health. A good example is the placebo effect. This is when we are given any kind of medication, if we believe in it or the doctor, it will actually help us recover even if the medication or drug is just a sugar pill. This placebo effect is so noticeable, that no drug trials are done without some sort of control subjects to cater for the placebo effect. Quite often during drug trials, the placebo drugs get better results than the actual drug tested!

Anyway I am starting to tap into my subconcious mind after reading some motivational books. It basically says, you are what you think. I believe that if you become more aware and interactive with your subconcious mind, there is a lot to be gained from it. For example, now when I am struggling with a decision, I will think about it before sleeping. Then when I wake up, somehow the answer will come to me in various form of thougts. Sometimes it may be a memory related to it, or a few possible solutions... Sometimes it even comes in different way like, I will feel like doing something else and when I do it, it has an impact on the the earlier question.

Just have faith and let it come to you... There is always an answer to all our questions.

Mindfulness

This is something that I have just come across. I've been told by a good friend that meditation is the key to happiness. I didn't quite believe or understood this. Now I'm starting to see glimpses of how it can be. This discovery come from my journey to recovery from a difficult relationship. At first it was all about getting out of depression and seeing possibilities of happiness in my life.

Then it was about controlling the negative emotions. For example, I would get upset at things that happen today, through my past experiences. Then I started to let the past go by not associating everything that happened to me in the past. Instead of saying "here we go again" when something bad happen, I would think that this was just a separate and new incident. This is difficult because we layer our life with our past experiences. So I started to see things in a positive way. I learnt that I had a choice in how I see things and that had an impact on my feelings. If something happen during the day and I view it as a negative event, my mood and attitude would be affected. However, if I saw it as a neutral or positive event, the end result would be much better. This was great! This mind shift was great for getting rid of the anger, hate and resentment. It was a huge step forward for me.

Now I am starting to discover mindfulness. It goes a step beyond. It's about looking at life beyond positive and negative. It's about experiencing the moment for what it is. Neither positive or negative, but just IT. I didnt get it at first. The Aha! moment came I came across a lecture by a tibetan monk asking, "When you are in a shower, where are you?". Most people are probably thinking about their upcoming day's events like their next meeting or shopping trip. Then you are not in the shower... Your body is, but your mind isn't. You are not enjoying your shower. You are not feeling the water running over your body. Remember the first time you had a shower in a luxury hotel or a new home? You would take the time to savour the moment. However after a hundred such shower, you will just treat it as normal and let your mind wander to other things.

We let our mind wander and dont slow down to enjoy the moment. If we can slow down and enjoy each moment, no matter what we are doing, then life is a constant joy! No matter how mundane or boring.

Magnesium - Wonder supplement?

I never used to believe in supplements and drugs to improve my life. Then again, I thought eating junk food was OK ;). After passing my 40th birthday, I started to be more conscious of my mental and physical health. At one stage I was having constant diarrhea. I thought it was just food poisoning, however the usual remedies did not stop this. After months of this (I know, I should have seen a doctor), I did some research on the net and found a suggestion that I try Magnesium. I did and the diarrhea stopped almost immediately!

I did more research about Magnesium and found out that it has lots of other benefits. Firstly, Magnesium is vital in the processing of other supplements and minerals in our body. Our diets nowadays is lacking in Magnesium because the soil nowadays do not contain much of it anymore. Most people are lacking in Magnesium. Some of the benefits of Magnesium that I have experience first hand are:

1. Diarrhea. Everytime I stop taking Magnesium for about a week, my diarrhea reappears. However taking Magnesium also makes your stool very dark and it becomes very stick and sludgy. Make sure you also take a lot of veges along with it. Now I believe I probably had IBS (irritable bowel syndrome).
   
2. Insomnia. Magnesium is a muscle relaxant. You should take it at night. It helps you relax and sleep. Not so much like a sleeping pill, just overall calmness.
3. Cramps. This really helps when you are cramping or have restless leg syndrome. I've heard that Magnesium also reduces jaw clenching and stomach muscle cramps when you take MDMA (Ecstasy).
   
4. Erectile Dysfunction. This is a new one. Lately I've not been performing as well as I want to and I've read that Magnesium is a vaso dialater, which means it helps bloodflow by dialating the blood veins. I've increased my daily dosage to 150mg (recommended daily dosage is 400mg) a day and I've found my morning hardness to have improved. Always a good sign. Placebo? I'll take anything that makes a difference :)
   

Some other reported benefits of Magnesium:

1. Headaches and migranes. My wife have had bad migranes just before her periods. She has tried everything for 20 years, from changing her pills, other medications, etc. Then she tried magnesium for a month, her migrane went away! When she forgets to take Magnesium, her migrane returns even when she is not aware she has forgotten taking it.
2. Lower blood pressure. This is a very important indicator of health. My pressure is now 120/70. Not bad for a 45 year old. No high blood pressure medication yet.

What happens when you don't have enough Magnesium?:

1. Loss of appetite
2. Nausea, vomiting, fatigue and weakness.
   
3. Numbness, tingling, muscle contractions and cramps.
4. Seizures (sudden changes in behaviors caused by excessive electrical activity in the brain).
5. Personality changes.
6. Abnormal heart rhythms and coronary spasms can also occur.

Magensium is very important to every major organs of your body especially your heart muscles and kidney. It also contributes to the absorption of most nutrients that your body needs.

Where to get magnesium? Try these:

1. Bananas
2. Nuts
3. Leafy green vegetables
4. Milk
   

Here are some good links for Magnesium... Try it, it has not much side effect apart from being dangerous is you have low blood pressure, I think. Anyway check it out and consult your doctor (this is to cover my bum legally).

NIH Fact sheet on Magnesium
University of Maryland article on Magnesium
An article linking lack of Magnesium to Asthma, ADD, Diabete, etc