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Letters to Me #10 : Humble & Arrogance

What is humility?

Why did I do hard? What shall I do this for? At first, it was because I found the most valuable thing. It was so much fun, happy, and I’m fun to learn. At that times, I was at a loss for the confusion of values. But after setting up the values, everything was so transparent. So I want to work wholeheartedly. My goal is always to work far harder. What I want to compliment myself on is that I have been wanted to work hard for a long time. But I was immature in many things. First, I tried to do it on my own. Second, I want to establish my own righteousness. Third, the most important thing is that I misunderstood the will of god. No matter what happened, I could not be grateful and hated God.

“What would God acknowledge? We truly must become the light of the world. We are destined to be the world-class light. Let us become the light that reveals God’s glory. And let us fulfill all the filial duty as God’s children so that God receives all the glory forever.“

What is arrogance?

So what is arrogance? I thought I have a good faith. But in tough situations, I could not be grateful and hated God. Why couldn’t I be thankful? Because I’m higher than God. Obviously there was a will of God, but I never thought about it. And I didn’t know anything about God’s thoughts and feelings. How painful the God is! He have been betrayed by a man for 6,000 years now. When I think of this, my situation is nothing and I am glad to understand the heart of God a little. When I received everything as gratitude, everything is appreciated. Now who should I be? I want to be the man who the God acknowledge.

“We have to work far beyond our ability. Always being out on the edge is where heaven will help us. That’s faith.“

Peace is up to you :0 Good luck!

How to use a franklin planner : Wholehearted

Franklin planner : Motivation

Franklin said, “God helps them that help themselves”. The Franklin Planner is a paper-based time management system created by Hyrum W. Smith. It is a groundbreaking time management system. Smith named his planning system after Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790), who famously kept a small private book, as detailed in his autobiography. The Franklin Day Planner was first produced in 1984. But in 1997, Franklin Quest and the Covey Leadership Center merged to become FranklinCovey. Covey is that person who we know. A core technique of the Franklin Planner system involves beginning each day with fifteen minutes of “solitude and planning“.

Weekly compass : Your role?

The Franklin Planner is different from other diary. The common diary is to manage your schedule, but Franklin Planner is to manage your life. We already know ‘7 Habits of Highly Effective People‘. In this book, Stephen Covey said ‘whole lives’. It is my all-time favorite book. When I was collapsed, I see this book. Franklin Planner is composed of ‘Big Three‘. Role & Governing value & Mission statement. ‘Weekly compass’ is very useful part of this diary. You can check each role & task. In a word, time management is to do the most precious thing first. What’s the greatest enemy? Time Bandit! I’m not saying specific person, but my habit. For example, I waste time in sleeping. Finally, all of those things is about ‘Role & Value‘. It is up to know ‘Who I am’.

if you change nothing nothing will change. -Tony Robbins

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Save our children : It is no one’s business

It is no one’s business

“On September 2, 2015, a three-year-old Syrian refugee, Aylan Kurdi, was found lying on the beach in Bodrum, Turkey.”

“On August 18, 2016, a five-year-old Syrian boy, Omran Daqneesh, was famous for Aleppo’s ‘boy in the ambulance’ and Aleppo’s bloodied boy.”

“Om October 21, 2016, a young refugee from Somalia who came to Germany to seek asylum and begin a new life in Europe was convinced by Neo-Nazis to throw himself from a tower block in Schmoelln, eastern Germany.”

Our neighborhood Hero

A former US Special Forces, David Eubank, 56, was running into the rain of bullets to save one children with a pink ribbon. He said, “If I die doing this, my wife and kids would understand”. Also I like this word, “I believe God sent me here, and I don’t think about security… but I always ask myself if I’m doing it out of pride.”

A photographer, Abd Alkader Habak, was dashing towards an ambulance with the child and his camera in his arms. He said “This child was firmly holding my hand and looking at me”. And at another shot, he was sobbing on his knees near the boy’s body. “I was overcome with emotion,” he told CNN. “What I and my colleagues witnessed is indescribable.”

Three Children of Syria : Save our children

Do you remember ‘Alan Kurdi‘? You already know it. He appeared dead on the beach. While trying to go to Europe to avoid civil war, his mother(35) and his brother(5) were drowned. Then all the world wanted to help Syria refugees.

Do you remember ‘Omran Daqneesh‘? He was rescued after being buried in collapsed buildings in Syria Aleppo. One picture shocked people all over the world. He was sitting in an ambulance with stained with blood and dust. I cannot repress my astonishment.

Bana Alabed, who broadcasted the current situation in real time, is also same. She got 233,653 followers. Her first words were “I need peace”. It was retweeted over 1000 times.

This three children informed the world of the misery of the Syrian civil war. They changed world’s movement for Syria.

What can we do?

He was overwhelmed. Habak collapsed. We can do everything!!!!! It will not end in one moment of sentiment!! We can do it and It has to be me!

We can do it!!!

Peace is up to you :0 Good luck!

Mark Manson “The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F”

Totally different two men

One man was expelled from school for drug problems. After graduation he wandered friends’ couches because he could not find a job. He spent every day as usual without any definite life goals or strong values. How awful! He doesn’t even have money! The other man is one of the most influential power bloggers in the United States with more than two million subscribers. He has written columns to various media and is receiving the attention of major media outlets such as CNN, New York Times, Time, Forbes, and Wall Street Journal for his keen insight and direct style. In addition, he established INFINITY SQUARED MEDIA LLC, a global consulting company, and operates it. As you may have already noticed, the above two men are identical. Mark Manson!

Mark Manson : Who is he?

Now his media power is second to that of the major media, and he got thousands of emails from the public who want to know the answer of the life day to day. He is busy touring more than 50 countries and teaching people around the world. His book ‘The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life’ was the 53-week bestseller at Amazon and topped the bestseller list of Amazon and New York Times. What is it to they? It can make the turning point in your life. ‘We will leave the most important thing behind and erase anything else!‘ It started from acknowledgment that that life involves pain, not the illusion that I am especially unhappy or the pretense that I should be superior to others.

Erase everything!! Admit the pain

Peace is up to you :0 Good luck!

The key to success in anything : Feedback

How can they grow faster?

When you look around the company, you must see these people. Someone who have a good hand at anything! They are growing fast because they work faster than others and also are good at relationships. What is the key? Ithai Stern, a management professor at Northwestern University, discovered a very interesting fact when he conducted a study to find out how they became executives of major company. Someone who successfully became executives often seek advice from their superiors. Their questions are “How did you achieve such a successful career? These are my weak points. How can I improve my skills?” They had no qualms about asking for advice. I am moved by this video.(Youtube : Change Ground)

“It is not necessary to do extraordinary things to get extraordinary results.”
– Warren Buffett

The key to success in anything : Can you?

It is hard to get feedback. It is so painful. I love movies about ‘Growing up’. There are moments when any of the main characters must experience. They realized their lack of skills, and they despair. Finally, they overcome it in a cool way through a lot of training. We in reality are pretty much frustrated. I wanted to grow up as fast as the main characters, but the reality was different. I thought I worked hard, but I didn’t grow up well. And I really don’t like getting a feedback and I feel bad. I couldn’t be honest with me. Warren Buffett is different. He boldly acknowledged his mistakes, learned from them, and moved on, in an annual meeting watched by thousands of people. I think Humility is the most important thing. I don’t say ‘false humility’, I want really true humility.

“Honesty is a very expensive gift. Do not expect it from cheap people.”
– Warren Buffett

More Tips : Stand on your own two feet

Although you get advice, It is not the end. You must listen and apply it to you constantly. Don’t you wonder Warren Buffett‘s daily routine? Who is he ask for some advice? In his room, there are no stock indicators or TV.(Wow) He read books all day. He has a meeting once a day and often enjoys meditation. Finally, the purpose of listening to others’ advice is to change me. My thoughts, my vision, my inner self must be all changed. When I am changed, I don’t need to be swayed by countless other people’s advice.

“I just sit in my office and read all day.”
– Warren Buffett

Peace is up to you :0 Good luck!

Fundamental thing for the fruitful New Year

During this last year

How was this year? When you look back on this year, how do you feel? Can it be a fruitful New year? If its problem is converted to ‘I’, It is a very hard problem. Sometimes I really don’t want to look back. Maybe I don’t want to face me. I just avoid it by saying that I don’t have any time to look back. Our thoughts and our words is not just what it appears to be. It depends on our fundamental things. For example, maybe you can’t think like ‘I can do something’. Why do you think like this? It depends on your faith to you, confidence, belief. These invisible and fundamental things is hard to be changed. That’s why it’s more valuable and more important.

For Fruitful New Year

Can you make your New year more fruitful? Are you confident? You think you can do anything? Or you think you can do nothing? From a personal standpoint, neither are important. Confidence isn’t not proportional to your fruitful New year. The problem is fundamental. International companies like Google, Amazon and Facebook already carry on fundamental things. ‘Growth mindset‘ of Kelly McGonigal is famous. Also Meditation, MBSR(Mindfulness-Based-Stress-Reduction program) and Logotherapy are conducted. Actually, so many people suggested the solution. The answers are overflowing. Just I hope you will follow your heart. In Nietzsche, you encounters a dragon, and “Thou Shalt”(meaning “you shall”) glitters on its scales. Kill the dragon. And you become the child.

“What matters is what’s inside your heart“

Peace is up to you :0 Good luck!

Antibiotics for Clostridium Difficile Colitis

What is C. Difficile Colitis?

Clostridium difficile (also called C. difficile) is a bacteria which can cause inflammation. It is known as ‘colitis’ in the large intestine or colon. If you get antibiotics, you can maybe get ‘C. difficile Colitis’. It can be said ‘Opportunistic infection‘. It means an infection caused by pathogens that take advantage of an opportunity not normally available, such as a host with a weakened immune system. C. difficile is infectious. C. difficile Colitis is common in old patients who are in hospitals and who are getting chemotherapy for cancer. I will show you antibiotics more in detail.

“Medicine is not only a science; it is also an art. Its does not consist of compounding pills and plasters; it deals with the very processes of life, which must be understood before they may be guided.” – Paracelsus

Causing antibiotics

Clindamycin and Methicillin have side effects that can cause C. difficile Colitis. I will introduce action mechanisms, characteristics and side effects of each antibiotics. First, Clindamycin binds to 23S rRNA of 50S(bacterial ribosome) to reduce synthesis of protein to. It can treat Anaerobic bacteria infection. Its side effect is, we already know, a C. difficile Colitis. Second, Methicillin irreversibly binds to transpeptidase of bacteria to inhibit cross linking of murein polymer. It is a 2nd generation penicillin which can be used for Skin and soft tissue and MSSA(Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus). Its side effects are ‘Hypersensitivity’, ‘Neurotoxicity’ and ‘C. difficile Colitis'(by Oral).

Treating antibiotics

Vancomycin and Fidaxomicin can treat C. difficile Colitis. Action mechanisms, characteristics and side effects are here. First, Vancomycin inhibits Murein polymerization to inhibit synthesis of cell wall. It can be used for Gram (+) bacteria. Its effects depend on IV and Oral administration. With IV administration, It can treat MRSA(Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus). With Oral administration, It can treat ‘Pseudomembranous colitis’ of C. difficile. Side effects are ‘Red man syndrome’, ‘Nephrotoxicity’ and ‘Ototoxicity’. Second, Fidaxomicin binds to RNA polymerase to inhibit ‘initiation stage’ of RNA synthesis. It can treat C. difficile Colitis and its side effects are ‘Nausea’, ‘Vomiting’ and ‘Abdominal pain’.

“I swear to fulfill, to the best of my ability and judgment, this covenant: I will not be ashamed to say “I know not,” nor will I fail to call in my colleagues when the skills of another are needed for a patient’s recovery.” – Hippocratic Oath

Peace is up to you :0 Good luck!

Tuberculosis treatment is not difficult

Tuberculosis treatment

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease usually caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB). The classic symptoms of active TB are a chronic cough with blood-containing sputum, fever, night sweats, and weight loss. Tuberculosis is spread through the air when people cough, speak or sneeze. The problem is that one-third of the world’s population is thought to be infected with TB. Being infected does not mean that you get tuberculosis. About 30 percent of the people who contact become infected and 10 percent of the infected people become tuberculosis patients, while the remaining 90 percent of the infected people stay healthy. More than 95% of deaths occurred in developing countries.

Tuberculosis treatment : 4 First line drugs

Ethambutol(EMB)
Pyrazinamide(PZA)
Isoniazid(INH)
Rifampin(RIF)

Action mechanism, Characteristics, side effects

Ethambutol, Pyrazinamide and Isoniazid inhibit the synthesis of cell wall. Mycobacteria has NAG-arabinogalactan and mycolic acid. Ethambutol inhibits the synthesis of NAG-arabinogalactan. Pyrazinamide inhibits FAS-1 and Isoniazid inhibits FAS-2. Synthetic mechanism of mycolic acid composed of FAS-1 and FAS-2. Rifampin combines with ‘DNA dependent RNA polymerase’ to inhibit translation. Side effect of Pyrazinamide, Isoniazid and Rifampin is ‘hepatotoxicity’. Particularly, Isoniazid inhibits cytochrome-P450 and hence acts as a source of free radicals. So we should beware Drug-Drug interaction. It is not difficult. 🙂

“Stopping TB requires a government program that functions every day of the year, and that’s hard in certain parts of the world. And partly it’s because of who tuberculosis affects: It tends to affect the poor and disenfranchised most” – Tom Frieden

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Medical services for Foreigner need “Emotional support”

Medical services in Korea

I heard some good news from home country. 1,000 foreigners attend and get medical treatment and counseling at the sites of medical services conducted at a total of 25 districts. For them, a total of 250, medical team such as doctors, oriental medical doctors, dentists, pharmacists, nurses, physical therapists and preliminary medical staffs such as college students went into service and volunteer interpreters and 2,000 staffs participated. Most of them who receive the services are legal foreign workers, but some day workers failed to sign up for health insurance. It means they can’t get proper treatment for medical bills.

Those who live from hand to mouth can’t afford to go for hospital, if they are not seriously ill.

Meaning of Medical services

Workers at the factory also spoke their mind that it was difficult to visit hospitals because of tight working hours and language barriers. I feel sorry that we can not solve all these problems at once. The medical team provided counseling and medical checkup such as blood sugar, blood pressure, body composition and physical therapy. Foreign workers suffered from musculoskeletal system disease a lot because most of them are doing physical labor. Last year, they discovered colon cancer as treating a worker from Bangladesh. I hope that the service which have good intentions is not transient. Of course, I am very thankful for their services.

Attention and emotional support

A STEP TOWARDS PEACE Medical services for Foreigner need "Emotional support" physical labor medical team Medical services medical bills language barriers foreign workers emotional support cultural performance Attention — A chimney with fire inside

What foreign workers who have been discriminated due to their country and race need most is attention and emotional support. The volunteers are also counseling them to have healthy thoughts and minds, not only doing medical services. The medical team leader said, “Many foreign workers are doing simple labor. So their health has deteriorated often for lack of proper treatment. They are deeply wounded by national or racial discrimination. We need a lot of attention to respect their rights to live and human rights.” I suggest cultural performance to be able to melt down the heart. It can amuse them.

“The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease” – Voltaire

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Is it possible Aspirin treat Cancer?

The willow tree & Aspirin

The poor soul sat sighing by a sycamore tree, sing all a green willow: Her hand on her bosom, her head on her knee, sing willow, willow, willow. (William Shakespeare) The willow tree! You maybe know its health effect. It is known for at least 2,400 years ago. Aspirin, also known as acetylsalicylic acid (ASA), is a medication used to treat pain, fever, or inflammation. It is a sort of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID).

Aspirin action of mechanism

Aspirin inhibits COX-1&2. COX(Cyclooxygenase) makes ‘Arachidonic acid’ become ‘Prostaglandin(PG)’. PG induces ultimately your fever. It plays a role in pain, fever, swelling. If aspirin inhibits COX, we can’t produce PG. So it works. Anti-inflammation is not the only effect of Aspirin. It also helps cardiovascular disorders. Why? It related COX-1&2. COX-1 makes TXA2(thromboxane A2) and COX-2 makes PGI2(Prostacyclin). TXA2 activates platelets to aggregate and induces vasoconstriction. But Prostacyclin is a thrombolytic vasodilator. Is it in collision with? Nope. Low dose of Aspirin only inhibits COX-1. So it can be helpful.

Aspirin in cancer prevention

There are many studies that Aspirin is effective against cancer. Is it a cure-all? But for a decade, they didn’t know how it worked. On 1 January 2017, Researchers from Oregon Health & Science University and Oregon State University found that Aspirin doesn’t affect cancer cell, but affect platelet. Owen McCarty said “During their transit in the blood, circulating tumor cells interact with platelets, which spur tumor cell survival by activating oncoproteins such as c-MYC. The inhibition of platelets with aspirin therapy reduces this signaling between platelets and tumor cells, thus indirectly reducing tumor cell growth.”