Month: May 2019

Longevity Tip ~ Go Blue

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Eat Lots of Blueberries &Salmon

Senior athlete Fred Winter is still competing in track and field events at the ripe old age of 100. His secret? He eats loads of blueberries and salmon . . . Though Fred eats them for their health benefits, scientists now believe that low levels of inflammation are the key to living a long life. Inflammation is believed to cause a number of chronic diseases. Blueberries are loaded with antioxidants and salmon is rich in omega-3 fatty acids which can both help reduce inflammation.

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Healthy Living ~ 5th of 12 Best Foods for Healthy Skin

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Sweet Potatoes

Sweet potatoes are an excellent source of beta-carotene, which acts as a natural sunblock and may protect your skin from sun damage.

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Writer’s Wisdom ~ The Thesaurus is Your BFF

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Yes, the thesaurus is your friend: “The Thesaurus is to the writer what a rhyming dictionary is to the songwriter–a reminder of all the choices–and you should use it with gratitude. If, having found the scalawag and the scapegrace, you want to know how they differ, then go to the dictionary.” ~ William Zinsser

Love Song ~ Rainer Maria Rilke

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Love Song
 

 Rainer Maria Rilke
 

 How can I keep my soul in me, so that
 It doesn’t touch your soul? How can I raise
 It high enough, past you, to other things?
 I would like to shelter it, among remote
 Lost objects, in some dark and silent place
 That doesn’t resonate when your depths resound.
 Yet everything that touches us, me and you,
 Takes us together like a violin’s bow,
 Which draws one voice out of two separate strings.
 Upon what instrument are we two spanned?
 And what musician holds us in his hand?
 Oh sweetest song

Today’s Reflection ~ Use What You’ve Got

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“You are an instrument of God. Don’t leave the instrument sitting in its case, my son. Play! Leave no part of your instrument unexplored. Why settle for ‘Three Blind Mice’ when you can can play the ‘Gloria’?” ~ Abraham Verghese

Longevity Tip ~ Enjoy the Outdoors

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Recent studies have shown that there is longer life expectancy associated with spending time outdoors. Better air quality, found in areas with more vegetation, is known to increase longevity. Being close to parks and nature trails can also encourage exercise, which helps maintain heart health. Time spent outside also increases social engagement and can improve mental health.

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Healthy Living ~ 4th of 12 Best Foods for Healthy Skin

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Sunflower Seeds

In general, nuts and seeds are good sources of skin-boosting nutrients. Sunflower seeds are an excellent example. One ounce (28 grams) of sunflower seeds packs 37% of the RDI for vitamin E, 32% of the RDI for selenium, 10% of the RDI for zinc and 5.4 grams of protein.

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Writer’s Wisdom ~ Learning to Write Well

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“Writing is learned by imitation. If anyone asked me how I learned to write, I’d say I learned by reading the men and women who were doing the kind of writing I wanted to do and trying to figure out how they did it.” ~ William Zinsser

It Might Have Been ~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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It Might Have Been
 

 Ella Wheeler Wilcox
 

 We will be what we could be. Do not say, 
     "It might have been, had not or that, or this." 
 No fate can keep us from the chosen way; 
     He only might who is.
 

 We will do what we could do. Do not dream 
     Chance leaves a hero, all uncrowned to grieve. 
 I hold, all men are greatly what they seem; 
     He does who could achieve.
 

 We will climb where we could climb. Tell me not 
     Of adverse storms that kept thee from the height. 
 What eagle ever missed the peak he sought? 
     He always climbs who might.
 

 I do not like the phrase, "It might have been!" 
     It lacks all force, and life's best truths perverts: 
 For I believe we have, and reach, and win, 
     Whatever our deserts.

Today’s Reflection ~ Hope

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Hope gives us the courage to confront our circumstances and the capacity to surmount them. ~ Jerome Groopman

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