Q: Learning to give your time and energy in service to a just cause does not only create a better world, it also provides great personal satisfaction and helps you be more loving.  Identify a cause you believe in and locate a related volunteer organization in your area.  For instance, if you’re passionate about animal rights and environmentalism, you could volunteer with your local animal shelter or conservation group. Taking time to consider occasions in which you acted out of spite, hate, or anger.  Thinking about these failures, both big and small, and recognizing that you were in the wrong, will lead you to act in a better, more loving way in the future.  While you should not hold on to or obsess over your mistakes, it is important to reflect on them to discover how you can respond in more loving ways in the future.  For instance, if you got angry at a coworker and yelled at him, think the situation over to find out both how you can make it right and how you can avoid repeating the same mistake next time. Perhaps you’ll conclude that when you feel angry, instead of responding immediately, it’s best if you take five minutes to practice deep breathing exercises and calm down before confronting someone who frustrates you. Love is infectious.  When you are around people who are full of love for you, themselves, and others, you will have a hard time not becoming more loving yourself.  Find friends who support you and minimize the time you spend with negative, spiteful individuals. Even if someone blatantly disrespects and dislikes you, you should be prepared to forgive them.  To be more loving, you must let go of hate and anger.  This applies not only to others, but to yourself, as well.  Don’t hold on to your failures.  Learn from them, then let them go.  Picture your negative memories and thoughts as little red balloons.  In your mind’s eye, imagine you’re letting them go and watching them float up into space until they are out of sight. At the end of each day, write down the best things that happened during the day in a journal.  Writing down information makes you more likely to retain it, so by writing down positive experiences, you’ll be able to act in a more loving way.  For instance, you might write, “My friend Abu is so kind.  I am thankful to have a friend like him.”  Actively making a note about your appreciation for your friends, family, and coworkers -- as well as nonhuman good things like animals, the sun, and earth  -- can help you become more loving.
A: Serve others. Reflect on your personal mistakes. Surround yourself with people who are loving. Practice forgiveness. Write down positive experiences.

Q: If your bronchitis symptoms last for more than one week without any sign of improvement, make an appointment with your physician.  Additionally, if your symptoms are getting progressively worse, consult your doctor.  Schedule an appointment with your doctor if your cough persists for over one month. Call the doctor as soon as possible if you begin coughing up blood, having difficulty breathing, developing a fever, or feeling especially weak or ill. You should also schedule an appointment if your feet begin to swell, as congestive heart failure can cause backup of fluid into the lungs, resulting in a chronic cough. Sometimes people mistake this for bronchitis. Contact your doctor if you begin coughing up a bad-tasting fluid. This is usually caused by stomach acid coming up from the stomach and dripping down into the lungs during sleep. A doctor will prescribe an acid-reducing medication to deal with this particular type of bronchitis. A doctor may prescribe an antibiotic if he or she suspects that a bacterial infection is setting in. Be aware that there is no concrete evidence that antibiotics are helpful in the resolution of acute bronchitis if it is viral, not bacterial.  Under normal circumstances, a doctor will not prescribe an antibiotic. Bronchitis is most commonly caused by a virus and antibiotics only fight bacterial infections. If you begin coughing up more mucus or if that mucus becomes thicker, you may have a bacterial infection. This is when your doctor will usually prescribe an antibiotic as the appropriate treatment. These antibiotic treatments usually last anywhere from five to 10 days. These medications are usually used to treat asthma. They might be prescribed if your bronchitis makes it difficult to breathe. A bronchodilator generally comes in the form of an inhaler. The medicine is sprayed directly into the bronchial tubes, where it opens the tubes and clears out mucus. If you have chronic bronchitis, you may need long-term therapy to strengthen your weakened lungs. Pulmonary rehabilitation is a special breathing exercise program. A respiratory therapist works with you one-on-one, designing an exercise plan that will slowly build up your lung capacity while helping you to breathe more easily.
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Know when to see the doctor. Discuss antibiotics with your doctor. Find out about prescription bronchodilators. Consider checking into pulmonary rehabilitation.