First Things First Today, September 21st on International Peace Day 2016! " May Peace Be With You and Yours, Our Wider Circles and All the Earth and Galaxy!!

 I thought to add the wider circles of Peace including the World since this is a hard-won day by a very motivated fellow who implored many delegates at the UN and around the world to adopt the resolution to create 'one day of peace' in all of the world. Why not make it a National Holiday so more people could take it easy and maybe celebrate with gatherings and such.

I would hope we could all find Five Golden Minutes for Peace at Nine am, at Noon, at 3pm, at 6pm and at 9 pm and midnight (should you be up that late) and even carry it over to Tomorrow at 6 am and 9am to cash in that Full Day of Peace Concept. Wow, all over the world, this idea could catch on and resonate with people, groups, states and nations to take the lead in Creating Pockets of Peace, minutes and hours of peace and well, days of peace in addition to the one planted like a Johnny Appleseed fellow. Follow up with some ideas from www.appleseedpermaculture.com or www.gaia.org for the bigger picture of how to restore the beauty and healing properties of people and plan0it earth or Planet Heart as I like to call it.

From an article in the NY Times, I learned of  The Sepsis Crisis. The day beckons but on the advocacy side, please learn about symptoms of Sepsis which the CDC (Center of Disease Control) is indicating is like a quiet epidemic with many cases at home not identified in a timely fashion (with many cases also overlooked in hospitals.) The numbers are likely 350 thousand deaths each year are likely linked to sepsis even if not identified as cause of fatality. Only 160K were officially linked to sepsis. Many people survive having sepsis with antibiotics but getting help in a timely manner, with every hour being a devastating delay. Sepsis is linked to half of all hospital deaths!

The  symptoms at home or in a medical setting need to be identified and asked by the person suffering (write a note in advance if too tired and needing to wait in an ER that reads: Sepsis Risk Alert: Please check me for Symptoms: Chills/ Fever, Disorientation, Shortness of Breath (and others that you may have). Sepsis is casued by the immune system over attacking an infection.This heightened defense causes inflammation in the entire body with many systems being compromised.

Blood clots and leaky blood vessels cut down circulation to organs. Blood preressure can drop and lead to septic shokc, multiple organ failure and heart not functioning. Death is a possible result in a short period of time, hours or days. Sepsis is likely on the rise due to an againg population and resistance to antibiotic drugs. Immediate attention is needed to prevent harm and death. Please pass wisdom on to those who may be elderly, compromised, very young (infants and others are also at risk.) Always calls someone if you are not feeling well and ask them to check on you by phone if not in person and check with your doctor. Good luck enjoying good health and a good day, everyday.