Ibbii Champ

* Perception Vs. Reality:

If you think you are getting happier as you get older, the research says you are right, the researchers found that those in the 40-45 age bracket are the second least likely to be depressed. The least likely to be depressed is the 55-69 age-group.

All of this makes tremendous sense. In the midlife you are getting good at handling difficult situations that used to really throw you when you were younger. An added benefit of the middle years is a growing sense of identity. Somewhere in the middle, you are getting hold of who you are-finally.

That is not to say we can expect to fly through our 40’s without any turbulence. Midlife is a transitional time, comparable in many ways to adolescence. Short of having bad skin, a person in “middlescence” can greatly resemble the adolescent with wide-sweeping change: physically, emotionally, psychologically and socially.

You might call these twinges midlife growing pains. Everyone feels them, but the question is to what degree? For some they may be incapacitating. For others they serve as healthy reminders that they are in a growth spurt.

* Change as opportunity:

It’s interesting to note that, in Chinese, the word crisis is made up of two characters: one represents danger, the other opportunity. There will always be people who are devastated by change. But, more and more, we are finding people who view change as an opportunity rather than a threat. Turn midlife into a midlife crisis by pretending that every thing is supposed to stay the same. But it is not.

Based on my own experiences, the lives of others, and a review of fiction and scholarship about midlife, I am convinced that the second half of human life is a profound opportunity for transformation. It is a chance to live by new rules and to catch a second, and deeper, wind.

Drug addiction is the greatest menace of modern times. It is the biggest treat to all levels of human life in all over the world. “Drug“ or

“ Narcotics“ means all those things that produce a state of numbness or sleepiness. Unfortunately more and more people are taking to narcotics like Heroin, Hashish, Alcohol, Sleeping pills, etc. particularly the number of Heroin addicts now runs into millions.

Almost every country of the world has never been free from traditional drugs like opium, alcohol, etc. the addicts get them by hook and crook. These drugs did not pose any great danger in the past, but with Heroin the situation has become very alarming,  Another  curse  which is more in the drugs market is known as “Sheesha“. This curse not only harms the young boys but also the young girls, school and college students. This drug is some kind of smoking, which not only effects your tonsils but also you’re liver.

According to a survey in the world wide every fourth person is Heroin addicts. This situation is very precarious and calls for immediate attention and prompt action. Narcotics are generally used on the pretext of lessening mental tension. Unemployment, poverty, inequality, injustice, exploitation, insecurity, price-hike, family disputes, frustration, deprivation and disappointed increase mental tension. In the absence of proper outlets mentally disturbed people use narcotic to release mental tension. Then easy available of narcotic increased drug abused. Drug dealers in collusion with the anti narcotic agencies, sell narcotic with impunity again a lot of profit from selling drugs has also made it a lucrative business to become rich over night. Besides bad company perverted taste, wayward society and detachment from religion contribute to drug addiction.

Drug addiction is full of many disadvantages. Firstly, it destroys a person physically, mentally, morally and spiritually. It being a great villain cuts the ground under the victim’s feat. Secondly it deprives a person of his honor and prestige. People abuse, curse and boycott him. They make a butt of ridicule and a laughing stock by calling him “Jahaz“. Thirdly addiction gives birth to all sorts of crimes like borrowing begging, stealing, robbery and prostitution. Fourthly drug mafia kill people, create disturbance, disrupt economy, black mail the government and commit other acts of terrorism for the promotion of their unholy business. Fifthly drug addiction deprives a country and nation of its status and prestige in the eyes of other countries and nations. In short as drug addiction thrives the society begins moving towards destruction. It is necessary to curb every form of drug abuse. Some steps can help a great deal in this regards.

• Mass media and intelligentsia should create general awareness against the evil.

• The parents should be alert and keep a strict watch over their children.

• It should make stick laws. All channels producing and supplying drug must destroyed. The culprits should be dealt with an iron hand.

• More and more rehabilitation centers should be set up for the treatment of the addicts.

• Economic prosperity general welfare and social justice can decrease the number of addicts.

♣ Burn:

You can usually self-treat first and second-degree burns smaller than a quarter on child or smaller than a silver dollar on an adult. First-degree burn, like most sunburns and scalds, are red and painful. Second-degree burns, including severe sunburns or burns caused by brief contact with oven coils, blister, and ooze and are painful. Third degree burns are charred and white or creamy-colored. They can be caused by chemicals, electricity or prolonged contact with hot surface. Usually they are not painful because nerve endings have been destroyed, but they always require a doctor’s care.

Here’s what to do for those minor burns that qualify for self treatment.

♣ Douse That Flame:

The most important thing is to stop the burning process. Flush your burns with lots and lots of cold water-15 to 30 minutes worth. As the burning stops, the pain is eased. But do not use ice or ice water-they can make your burn worse.

It is contact burn, run the injured part under cold water, if it is hot grease or splattered hot material, immediately run cool water over the burn for 15 to 30 minutes.

If it is acid, lye or other corrosive burn, immediately remove the affected clothing, and immediately afterward put the burned portion of your body under running water for 15 to 30 minutes. If the clothing sticks to the burn, rinse water over the clothing for the same amount of time, then go to the doctor. Do not attempt to pull the clothing off yourself.

If you get this substance in your eye, immediately pour water on the eye from the nose outward so the substance is not swept into your other eye.

♣ Butter For Your Bread:

You would not try smother a fire with a giant of butter, would you? The same goes for a burn, food on burn can hold the heat in your tissue and make the burn worse. It also might cause an infection. Do not use any of those other old-time folk remedies either; no vinegar, potato scrapings or honey.

♣ Help it Heal:

Starting 24 hours after you are burned, wash your injury gently, once a day, with soap and water or a topical antiseptic solution containing povidone-iodine. Keep it covered, dry and clean between washings.

♣ Soothe With Aloe:

Two or three days after you burn, break off a fresh piece of aloe and use the plant’s natural healing moisture, or squeeze on an over-the-counter aloe cream. Both have analgesic action that will make your wound feel better.

♣ Antimicrobial Cream:

An over the counter antibiotic ointment containing the active ingredients polymyxin B sulfate or bacitracin will discourage infection and speed your healing.

♣ When To See A Doctor:

Burns the demand a doctor’s immediate attention include those that you are not sure are first- or second degree; are third degree; are larger than quarter or silver dollar mentioned above; are on infants under one year old or people over 60; are on the face, hand, feet, pelvic and pubic area, or in the eyes; show sign of infection, including a blister filled with greenish or brownish fluid or that becomes hot again or turns red; do not heal in 10 days to two weeks,