So a lot of people I know get excruciating migraines in the Washington, D.C. area.
I don’t know the statistical incident rate here for migraines, but anecdotally it seems significantly higher.
Is it the weather patterns, pollution, toxic chemicals or something else in this geographic area?
While medicine seems to be critical in actually getting rid of the migraine, I do notice that sustained use of ice packs or freezing water on the head also seems to help.
Cold generally constricts the blood vessels, so I am not sure why this provides migraine relief.
Note: I am not giving medical advise or guidance to anyone, but just sharing my experiences.
I would be interested to see a medical study done on treating migraines with freezing cold–from my experience, I think it definitely helps. 😉
Really impressed today going back to work after the 5-week Federal government shutdown…
And who is at the front gate, in the dark and freezing cold welcoming every single person back?
The director of the agency!
And not only that, but he is handing out morning donuts to the crew.
This was a truly spectacular display of leadership.
I’ve seen this only one other time in my 30-year career and that was at the Secret Service, where the director stood behind the dessert table at the agency holiday party serving out the ice cream.
Humility and giving are what true leadership is all about.
I am proud to serve under such leaders as these. 😉
A social experiment with hidden camera filming of a homeless child freezing on the streets of Manhattan…
See the people just walking on by–completely ignoring or plain unaffected by the suffering taking place literally right next to them.
Where is the compassion of the people?
Many are just rushing by, chatting away, and/or carrying fancy filled bags from nearby shopping excursions.
The bystanders walk past and practically over this boy’s shivering body lying in ragged shirt, without a coat, and lying half inside a big black garbage bag on the street.
I imagined G-d looking down on this extreme callousness of his creations ignoring the suffering of this boy and being quite upset.
Perhaps, there are unfortunately so many people now homeless , hungry, and begging in the streets that our minds and hearts have simply learned to “tune it out.”
The ending is really amazing…when the one person who comes over to care for the poor boy is a black homeless man–who ends up taking off his own coat and gives it to the child.
May G-d open our eyes to the pain of our brethren and grant us compassionate hearts to sincerely care one for each other. 😉
andyblumenthal 