If you exercise regularly, your overall risk of a heart attack is about half that of people who are sedentary and out of shape. Regular exercise reduces risk of death from all causes, including heart disease and cancer. With routine exercise, you may reach a level of physical fitness comparable to an inactive person 10 to 20 years younger.
How exercise promotes longevity
Regular exercise may help you live longer by:
• Increasing the size of your coronary arteries and reducing atherosclerosis
• Decreasing the level of cholesterol in your blood
• Lowering blood pressure slightly
• Helping to control weight
Source: 8 Ways to Lower Your Risk of Heart Attack or Stroke, 2002, p15. 3p
Month: September 2019
🔤 Grammar Tip: Active or Passive Voice?
Verbs in the active voice show the subject acting. Verbs in the passive voice show something else acting on the subject. Most writers consider the active voice more forceful and tend to stay away from passives unless they really need them.
ACTIVE: Tim killed the chicken hawk.
PASSIVE: The chicken hawk was killed by Tim.
✨ Inspirational Quote: Let Your Heart Be Your Guide
Pursue what catches your heart, not what catches your eyes.” ~
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom: Go to Your Creative Space
“Dance above the surface of the world. Let your thoughts lift you into creativity that is not hampered by opinion.” ~
Today’s Poem ~ Hope
Hope
Sri Chinmoy
May my mind every morning become
As beautiful as hope ‘ dawn ‘ rays.
Today’s Smile 😃
I asked my Mom if I was ugly.
She said, “I told you not to call me Mom in front of people.”
🔤 Grammar Tip: Ever Misplace a Modifier?
A misplaced modifier is simply a word or phrase describing something but not placed near enough the word it is supposed to modify. The modifying word or phrase is not dangling; no extra words are needed; the modifier is just in the wrong place.
Incorrect: I had to take down the shutters painting the house yesterday.It sounds like the shutters painted the house! Place the modifying phrase painting the house near or next to the word it is meant to modify.
Correct: Painting the house yesterday, I had to take down the shutters.
Today’s Poem ~ Song of Love
Song of Love
Victor Hugo
If there be a velvet sward
By dewdrops pearly drest,
Where through all seasons fairies guard
Flowers by bees carest,
Where one may gather, day and night,
Roses, honeysuckle, lily white,
I fain would make of it a site
For thy foot to rest.
If there be a loving heart
Where Honor rules the breast,
Loyal and true in every part,
That changes ne'er molest,
Eager to run its noble race,
Intent to do some work of grace,
I fain would make of it a place
For thy brow to rest.
And if there be of love a dream
Rose-scented as the west,
Which shows, each time it comes, a gleam,—
A something sweet and blest,—
A dream of which heaven is the pole,
A dream that mingles soul and soul,
I fain of it would make the goal
Where thy mind should rest.
✨ Inspiring Quote: Surviving the Storm
“And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.” ~
Today’s Smile 😀
Laugh a Little
A turtle is crossing the road when he’s mugged by two snails. When the police show up, they ask him what happened.
The shaken turtle replies, “I don’t know. It all happened so fast.”
