Month: October 2019

✒️ Writers’ Wisdom: Awareness

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“I am aware of being in a beautiful prison, from which I can only escape by writing.”
― Anaïs Nin

✨ Inspiring Quote ~ Act Now!

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“Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.” ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

✨ Inspiring Quote ~What is Driving You?

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“Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart.” ~  Roy T. Bennett

🍎 Health Hack: Reduce Stress & Lower Blood Pressure

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7 Ways to Reduce Stress and Lower Blood Pressure

When it comes to preventing and treating high blood pressure, one often-overlooked strategy is managing stress. If you often find yourself tense and on-edge, try these seven ways to reduce stress.

  1. Get enough sleep. Inadequate or poor-quality sleep can negatively affect your mood, mental alertness, energy level, and physical health.

  2. Learn relaxation techniques. Meditation, progressive muscle relaxation, guided imagery, deep breathing exercises, and yoga are powerful relaxation techniques and stress-busters.

  3. Strengthen your social network. Connect with others by taking a class, joining an organization, or participating in a support group.

  4. Hone your time-management skills. The more efficiently you can juggle work and family demands, the lower your stress level.

  5. Try to resolve stressful situations if you can. Don’t let stressful situations fester. Hold family problem-solving sessions and use negotiation skills at home and at work.

  6. Nurture yourself. Treat yourself to a massage. Truly savor an experience: for example, eat slowly and really focus on the taste and sensations of each bite. Take a walk or a nap, or listen to your favorite music.

  7. Ask for help. Don’t be afraid to ask for help from your spouse, friends, and neighbors. If stress and anxiety persist, talk to your doctor.

Harvard HealthBeat

Feast Day of St. Francis of Assisi

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Peace Prayer of Saint Francis

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace:
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
where there is sadness, joy.

O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console,
to be understood as to understand,
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
Amen.

Today’s Smile 😃

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My astronaut girlfriend has dumped me.

She said she needs space.

🔤 Grammar Tip: Are You Suffering from Fragments?

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A fragment resembles a sentence in two ways. Both groups of words begin with a capital letter and conclude with an end mark—usually a period [.] but sometimes a question mark [?] or an exclamation point [!].The one important difference is that a fragment does not contain a main clause. Like an engine, the main clause powers a complete sentence, propelling the reader through the development of an idea. A fragment, missing this essential component, stalls on the page. When you analyze a group of words looking for the main clause, you have to find three things: a subject, a verb, and a complete thought. If one of these three items is missing, a fragment results.

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✒️ Writers’ Wisdom: Get it Down!

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“Get it down. Take chances. It may be bad, but it’s the only way you can do anything good.” ~  William Faulkner

Today’s Poem ~ The Great Way

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The Great Way

Wu Men

The Great Way has no gate;
there are a thousand paths to it.
If you pass through the barrier,
you walk the universe alone.

A Random Thought

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Every experience we have in life shapes us for what we have yet to face. RC

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