Discover yourself.

If you like to know how you can discover yourself, diligently read this post. If you think you are your real self and wish to confirm how true is it, this post is also for you to read. When you are yourself, everyone will respect you more and treat you kindly. Best of all, you will always feel good about yourself and this will reflect out onto others, making them feel even more certain about your sense of self.

If you want to discover yourself you should be able to believe and rely on yourself. If you don't have a solid foundational sense of yourself, you will be inclined to listen to what others have to say all the time and to be swayed by their insistence on what is wrong, right, and appropriate. When the self sense of others envelops your own self sense, you're not likely to find yourself.

It's a fact that we are caught in a trap of family and social restrictions. It is often the case that we are not doing what we really want to do, but are doing something because we think we should want to do it. We have absorbed some values that are not consistent with our true nature. We are living according to those (false) values and are creating internal conflict within ourselves. This leads to stress, discomfort and unhappiness.

Allow your soul to give your body what it needs for you to discover yourself. Ask yourself the question, "If I could be anything in this world, and be guaranteed success, what would I be?" or "If I had to choose some words to describe the kind of person I'd love to be, what would those words be?" Adventurous? Loving? Open? Honest? Hilarious? Optimistic? Realistic? Motivated? Resilient? Don't be afraid to choose words that are considered negative because that proves you're a whole, not a lopsided and you will find yourself soon.

More so, are you advised or compelled to belief in anything? Not all beliefs can work with your true nature. Sometimes a belief will set restrictions that will restrain you from discovering your real nature and live a fulfilled life. As for me, I want a fulfilled. When I grow older, I should neither regret nor feel sorry... I imagine the kind of mental agony I will experience when I grow older, when my damaged and dead cells are not able to be repaired and be replaced as it is able now, when my muscles, tendons, bones, etc. are less active and I need more rest, and my dreams are never fulfilled.

If there's something you want, no matter how hopeless it seems, go for it. So years from now when you look back, you'll never regret and wish you gave it one more shot. Doing what you love, with the people you love, improves your mood, your health and your whole life. So, find your life path.

If you hold any hidden fear or negative feelings about your self, you will find it hard to discover yourself.

For more tips, read:
Find Inner Peace Through Your Thoughts
How to Survive in the Chaotic World

How Much Water Should You Drink Everyday?

I have been receiving emails after I posted - Functions Of Water In Our Bodies - on this blog. I think the best way to respond to the emails is to write something like "How Much Water Should You Drink Everyday?
Don't forget you can contact me for questions or further explanation on a HEALTH topic through my email address - oasis4calm[at]gmail[dot]com. My contact is also on the About Me page.

Everyday you lose water through your breath, perspiration, urine and bowel movements. For your body to function properly, you must replenish its water supply by consuming beverages and foods that contain water.

An average healthy adult needs an adequate intake of 2.2 to 3 litres of water a day. A sufficient water intake is needed to combat dehydration, which saps energy, causes fatigue and reduces concentration. A standard of '8 to 12 ounces a day' is recommended.

Our bodies loss on average 2.5 litres of water a day. In order to maintain a healthy body that 2.5 litres needs to be replaced. Our bodies take in about 20% of the liquid required through foods, fruits, vegetables and beverages leaving the remaining to be drunk as water. Generally consuming an amount of water which means that you are not ever thirsty will mean you are getting around the required litres. Lack of water can lead to dehydration, a condition that occurs when you don't have enough water in your body to carry out normal functions.

There are factors which will alter the amount of daily water intake required.
* Exercise - Exercising causes increased fluid loss. Prolonged exercise causes sodium fluid loss from sweating.
* Temperature - In warmer temperatures, it is important to increase water intake.
* Illness - It is important to boost water intake when suffering from illness like diarrhea, fever or when vomitting as these symptoms cause the body to lose fluids.

You can judge whether you're drinking enough by the colour of your urine. If it's a pale straw colour then your fluid intake is probably fine. If your urine is dark yellow, you probably need to drink more. For more on these, click here!.

For those who want to know if it's really dangerous for them to drink too much water, the answer is YES!
Drinking too much water can lead to a condition known as water intoxication. When too much water enters the body's cells, the tissues swell with the excess fluid, excess water outside the cells (the serum) draws sodium from within the cells out into the serum in an attempt to re-establish the necessary concentration. As more water accumulates, the serum sodium concentration drops. It is a condition known as hyponatremia. Water intoxication is most commonly seen in infants under six months of age and sometimes in athletes. You can click here for more.

The kidneys of a healthy adult can process fifteen liters of water a day. You are unlikely to suffer from water intoxication, even if you drink a lot of water, as long as you drink over time as opposed to intaking an enormous volume at one time.

For more health tips, read:

Note on Our Health 
The Immune System
7 Healthy Eating Tips