Month: August 2019

🌤 The Instinct of Hope ~ John Clare

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The Instinct of Hope

John Clare

Is there another world for this frail dust
To warm with life and be itself again?
Something about me daily speaks there must,
And why should instinct nourish hopes in vain?
‘Tis nature’s prophesy that such will be,
And everything seems struggling to explain
The close sealed volume of its mystery.
Time wandering onward keeps its usual pace
As seeming anxious of eternity,
To meet that calm and find a resting place.
E’en the small violet feels a future power
And waits each year renewing blooms to bring,
And surely man is no inferior flower
To die unworthy of a second spring?

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🌈 Inspirational Quote: Eyes Up Ahead

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open roadAlways look at what you have left. Never look at what you have lost.

~ Robert Schuller

🍎 Health Hack: Almonds for a Healthy Heart

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Almonds

  • One Of the World’s Healthiest Foods

Almonds are rich in healthy fats, fiber and protein, these nuts are made for more than snacking. Use slivered almonds as a topping for oatmeal or yogurt, add them to muffin recipes, or use almond flour in place of regular flour in pancakes.

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Say it Again, Again, and Again

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I Am Loved

🔤 Grammar Tip: Will You Come to My Aid or Aide?

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The difference between Aid and Aide

Aid means help or assistance.
To aid means to help or to assist.
An aide is a helper or an assistant. (In other words, an aide is a person.)

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✒️ Writers’ Wisdom: One Sentence at a Time

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“Don’t overthink it. Just write.” ~ Andrew Mayne

🌤 Song of Hope ~ Thomas Hardy

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Song of Hope

Thomas Hardy

O sweet To-morrow! –
   After to-day
   There will away
This sense of sorrow.
Then let us borrow
Hope, for a gleaming
Soon will be streaming,
   Dimmed by no gray –
   No gray!

While the winds wing us
   Sighs from The Gone,
   Nearer to dawn
Minute-beats bring us;
When there will sing us
Larks of a glory
Waiting our story
   Further anon –
   Anon!

Doff the black token,
   Don the red shoon,
   Right and retune
Viol-strings broken;
Null the words spoken
In speeches of rueing,
The night cloud is hueing,
   To-morrow shines soon –
   Shines soon!

🌈 Inspiring Quote: Don’t Stop – Keep Going

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When you can’t change the direction of the wind — adjust your sails.

~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

🍎 Health Hack: Walking & Weight Loss

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Walking is a lower-impact exercise, meaning it doesn’t stress your joints. According to Harvard Health, it’s estimated that a 155-pound (70-kg) person burns around 167 calories per 30 minutes of walking at a moderate pace of 4 mph (6.4 km/h). A 12-week study in 20 women with obesity found that walking for 50–70 minutes 3 times per week reduced body fat and waist circumference by an average of 1.5% and 1.1 inches (2.8 cm), respectively (6 Trusted Sources). To get started, aim to walk for 30 minutes 3–4 times a week. You can gradually increase the duration or frequency of your walks as you become more fit.

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Say it Again, Again, and Again

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I’ll shake it off, get up, and get moving.

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