"MAYBE IT'S TIME TO REST ON OUR LAURELS."
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Pandemic has brought up a lot of things I need to heal through, and this is one of them: the idea of the "perpetual achievement". Sound familiar?
We glooorify it. What you did today is good, yeah - but what about what you'll do TOMORROW? You'd better be going higher, stronger, faster - never stop, don't you dare. Post the next ig picture. Generate tomorrow's tiktok content. Hope for likes. Touched the sky? Blow a hole through the atmosphere and torpedo straight on to the next burning star. The you from yesterday? We don't know her. We're better. Upgraded. V 2.0.
I've been living my life like this for years now, but the past 2 years have forced us all to BE slowed down and re-evaluate.
Don't get me wrong. Ambition & achievement are wonderful. (There are certainly many more things I want to achieve, and much coming up that I'm going to be sharing with you guys. Never stop dreaming.) But dreaming becomes a problem when it turns living into a nightmare, because you can't stop trying to put distance between yourself and yourself. Stop being the shadow you are continually trying to win. It's EXHAUSTING. Aren't you exhausted? I am.
So maybe the truth is this: that we were put on this earth to do ONE good thing with our lives. ONE properly good thing.
And maybe that's winning a great Waterloo style battle, or achieving a certain dream. Maybe it's finishing one great performance. One great thesis. A beautiful painting. An espresso magnum opus.
And then - we let that be enough. And we rest on our laurels. "Greatness" does not have to be continually proven. Likes are transient, clout & remembrance fade. Do what you do because you love it, and it is good, and it fulfils you. If when your day comes to an end you can say "I did this one thing to the best of my ability and it was good" - that is enough, hero. Be at peace. The bards will sing of that one deed. The song will be equally wonderful without infinite stanzas.
So rest on your laurels, goddesses. You've earned it.
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battle of waterloo 在 與芬尼學英語 Finnie's Language Arts Facebook 的最佳解答
記得細個讀啲西史,應該會記得exile呢個字。
拿破崙喺滑鐵盧戰役(the battle of Waterloo)之後,就係被exiled去 the island of Elba。
After suffering a crushing defeat at the battle of Waterloo, Napoleon was exiled to Elba.
著名嘅J Pop團體放浪兄弟,英文/日文都係EXILE。
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【疾病知多D】一場被痔瘡耽誤的勝利?
〈常用外用痔瘡藥速查〉
大家相不相信痔瘡(Haemorrhoid)原來可以改寫歷史?
嗱!據說當年拿破崙就是因為痔瘡發作而無法騎馬,結果慘遭滑鐵盧。
最後這場滑鐵盧之役(Battle of Waterloo)更加成為了拿破崙的成名戰役。
不過拿破崙恐怕未必想用這場仗成名……
所以痔瘡顯然遠較豬隊友還要可怕……
好!言歸正傳,如何KO痔瘡?
其實大家可能已經聽過市面上有一些外用痔瘡藥能夠紓緩痔瘡的症狀。
至於常用的劑型主要有軟膏(Cream)、油膏(Ointment)、栓劑(Suppository)三種。
其中說到痔瘡,軟膏、油膏一般俗稱「痔瘡膏」,至於栓劑則一般俗稱「痔瘡塞」。
至於常用的成分一般主要有以下五個:
一、局部麻醉劑(Local Anaesthetics),例如Benzocaine、Cinchocaine、Lidocaine (Lignocaine)
顧名思義,局部麻醉劑主要在人體局部範圍內暫時阻斷神經末梢的傳導功能,截斷疼痛的感覺,紓緩痔瘡所帶來的痛楚。
在副作用上,長期使用便可能會出現皮膚致敏(Skin Sensitisation)、全身性過敏反應,所以一般建議不宜連續使用超過5至7天。[1]
二、收斂劑(Astringent),例如尿囊素(Allantoin)、氧化鉍(Bismuth Oxide)、次沒食子酸鉍(Bismuth Subgallate)、秘魯香脂(Peru Balsam)、金縷梅萃取物(Witch Hazel Extract)、氧化鋅(Zinc Oxide)
收斂劑主要能夠凝固皮膚、黏膜裡的蛋白質並形成一種保護膜,便可能會減少黏液分泌、滲出液流出,從而有助減少患處受到刺激。
其中秘魯香脂還有輕微的消毒功效,便同時可能會減少患處出現感染的機會。
三、外用類固醇(Topical Corticosteroid),例如Hydrocortisone
外用類固醇能夠消炎、消腫,紓緩痔瘡的症狀。
其中針對痔瘡,如果是Hydrocortisone的話,一般不建議18歲以下人士使用,同時不建議連續使用超過7天。[2]
四、護膚劑(Skin Protectant),例如鯊魚肝油(Shark Liver Oil)
鯊肝油一般宣稱自己可以促進患處癒合、組織修復,不過暫時還是沒有足夠證據充分支持這種功效。[2]
五、酵母萃取物(Yeast Cell Extract)
酵母萃取物主要是啤酒酵母(Brewer's Yeast)的水溶性萃取物,據說能夠增加血管新生(Angiogenesis),同時促進膠原蛋白(Collagen)合成,一般宣稱自己可以促進患處癒合、組織修復。[1]
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Reference:
1. Alan Nathan. Non-prescription Medicines. Pharmaceutical Press. 3rd ed. 2006:175-184.
2. Alison Blenkinsopp, Paul Paxton, John Blenkinsopp. Symptoms in the pharmacy: a guide to the management of common illness. Wiley-Blackwell 5th ed, 2006:130-138.