Hi [fname]

This has already been a tough year for our family.  Having two parents that have serious health concerns and moving office and home closer to them has been difficult and emotionally draining.  Packing up and leaving a home where you have lived for 19 years is difficult at best as the feeling of leaving a part of yourself behind is quite real.  That’s the bad news.  The good news is that we are now in a town, both office and home, that is beautiful and clean and in a home that is brand new and really nice.  We are now much closer to my parents and are able to spend more time in giving help and encouragement.  I am thankful that my parents are still with us and, even through health difficulties, are exhibiting a strong fortitude to continue on.  I am thankful that my parents have taught me the importance of gratitude and thankfulness.  It’s quite easy to be thankful when everything is going your way, but maybe a little more difficult when life seems to be smacking you in the eye every day.  I have learned how to be thankful in times of plenty and how to be thankful in times of true need.  Actually what we have or don’t have should have no bearing on our thermometer of thankfulness.  I have learned through first-hand experience to be thankful for the gift of health, healing and well-being and how important it is to take the gift of health and nourish it as much as possible.

What are you thankful for this year?  As you gather around your Thanksgiving table in a couple of weeks consider asking each person to name two things they are especially thankful for this year.  Chances are a lot more than two things will be mentioned.  In our “hurry up and get it now” society, we often over-look nor take the time to express thankfulness or remind ourselves of all the blessings of life.  After that great (hopefully healthy) Thanksgiving dinner, take a walk outside.  Notice the beautiful colors, the cool breeze, the warmth of the sun, the freshness of rain, the beautiful snow, the birds, the wildlife, the plants, the sky and the fresh air.  These are things to be thankful for yet we usually take them for granted.  As you walk think about all the positives and blessings in your life---faith, family, friends, job, health, home, food, etc. Over half of the world’s population no nothing of the blessings that we take for granted here in the North America.

Consider the following facts. Then count your blessings.

·  If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep ... you are richer than 75% of people in this world.

·  If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish someplace ... you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy.

·  If you woke up this morning with more health than illness ... you are more blessed than the million who will not survive this week.

·  If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation...you are ahead of 500 million people in the world.

·  If you can attend a church or other places of worship without fear of harassment, arrest, torture, or death ... you are more blessed than three billion people in the world.

·  If your parents are still alive and still married ...you are very rare (and your parents too!).

·  If you hold up your head with a smile on your face and are truly thankful ... you are blessed because the majority can, but most do not.

·  If you can hold someone's hand, hug them or even touch them on the shoulder ... you are blessed because you can offer healing touch.

·  If you can read this message, you are more blessed than over two billion people in the world that cannot read at all.
 
The staff of Oasis Advanced Wellness expresses our gratitude to you in allowing us to be a partner in your health.  We send many blessings to you during this season of Thanksgiving…

Take Care & Be Well,
Dr. Lanphier
Founder / CEO 

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· In a Canadian study of 2,400 women, researchers found that exercising, combined with not smoking or indulging in alcoholic drinks, lowered the long-term risk of breast cancer by 70%.
 
· People with diabetes who took 20 grams of rice bran a day reduced their need for insulin or medication.
 
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