Life
Rabindranath Tagore
I slept and dreamt that life was joy.
I awoke and saw that life was service.
I acted and behold, service was joy.
Month: September 2019
Health Hack: What’s the Latest Time to Drink Coffee for a Good’s Night’s Sleep?
It takes a long, long time for caffeine to completely leave your system, with its zippy side effects gradually wearing off as time passes and your body metabolizes it. Typically, the half-life of caffeine is around four to six hours, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), meaning that four to six hours after consumption, about half of that caffeine is still in your system. At this point, you may still be feeling some stimulant effects of the caffeine. Then, another four to six hours later, half of that amount is gone. If you drink a cup of coffee containing 100 mg of caffeine at 10 a.m. (about one 8-ounce cup of coffee) as much as 25 mg may still be in your system when you lay down at 10 p.m., whereas if you drink 200 mg at 4 p.m. (two-ish 8-ounce cups), about 100 mg can still be in your system at 10 p.m.
Writers’ Wisdom: Dealing with Critics
“It’s none of their business that you have to learn how to write. Let them think you were born that way.” ~
Inspiring Quote ~ Love Life
“Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don’t wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it’s at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.” – Earl Nightingale
Grammar Tip: Sentence Writing
Don’t use unnecessary instances of “which,” “as,” “with,” and “while;” use modifiers instead.
Two example: 1. Change the sentence, “I drove down the freeway, which made me feel carsick” suffers from the “which.” TO: “I drove down the freeway, feeling carsick.” Example 2: “The teacher cleaned her desk while listening to The Beatles.” TO: “The teacher cleaned her desk, listening to The Beatles.”
Today’s Poem ~ Love Is
Love Is
Tagore
Love is an endless mystery,
for it has nothing else to explain it.
🍎 Health Hack: Good Health and Self-Compassion are Linked
Do you treat yourself as well as you treat your friends and family?
That simple question is the basis for a burgeoning new area of psychological research called self-compassion — how kindly people view themselves. People who find it easy to be supportive and understanding to others, it turns out, often score surprisingly low on self-compassion tests, berating themselves for perceived failures like being overweight or not exercising.
The research suggests that giving ourselves a break and accepting our imperfections may be the first step toward better health. People who score high on tests of self-compassion have less depression and anxiety, and tend to be happier and more optimistic. Preliminary data suggest that self-compassion can even influence how much we eat and may help some people lose weight.
🔤 Grammar Tip: Do We Have to Agree?
The Short Answer: Yes if we’re talking about subjects and verbs.
The subject and verb of a sentence must agree with one another in number whether they are singular or plural. If the subject of the sentence is singular, its verb must also be singular; and if the subject is plural, the verb must also be plural.
Example 1:
Incorrect: An important part of my life have been the people who stood by me.
Correct: An important part of my life has been the people who stood by me.
Example 2:
Incorrect: The two best things about the party was the food and the music.
Correct: The two best things about the party were the food and the music.
Inspiring Quote ~ The Size of a Heart
“Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold.” ~
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom: Why Write?
“Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose, or paint can manage to escape the madness, melancholia, the panic and fear which is inherent in a human situation.” ~
