Honey4Boyz

Our first women's doubles have created history by winning the badminton French open title recently. Before the tournament, one of them was grounded for 6 weeks due to a hamstring injury and the other shuttler has to practise alone making uncertain even their participation. Despite all odds, they performed so well against their opponents, who were two-time world champions. They were shining examples of those who are not defined by their setbacks. They have set their minds to run a marathon not a sprint.  A marathon is a test of endurance, which makes you question everything - your beliefs, body, stamina and your psychology.  Your genes do not define you. Your  illness, pains, struggles, losses and suffering   do not define you. Your trust in God will give you faith, hope, courage and perseverance to finish this race.  Just like a marathoner who is committed to the time spent in training, running practice, building muscles, stretching, diet, rest and recovery, we must also prepare ou

Why is life so complicated? Is ignorance better than truth? I am convinced that there's such a striking parallel between our spiritual state and physical health (don't know which causes which to come first). I feel helpless watching my health and loved ones like a roller coaster. To make matters more complex, we inherited the thalassemia blood disorder. In short, our body does not make enough of a protein called hemoglobin, an important part of red blood cells. Less hemoglobin, less red blood cells in the bloodstream, less oxygen to carry to all the cells in the body. Naturally, we are anemic, and need to put in effort to maintain our strength for our daily activities. Luckily there are body signals that are hard to ignore, eg always feeling tired, weak or short of breath.  How should we live with thalassemia? We must do whatever we can to increase oxygen and help our digestion to move faster. Things that will help : -  1. be physically active 2. spend time in nature  3. take a