Head Outdoors
A few minutes in the sunshine raises vitamin D levels, and that’s good for your bones, your heart, and your mood. Plus, being outside means you’re more likely to move your body instead of parking it in front of the TV or computer. Choose nature over city streets, if you can. One study found that people who strolled in urban green spaces were calmer than people who walked in built-up areas.
Month: October 2019
🖋 Writers’ Wisdom ~ Stories Surround Us
There’s no such thing as the middle of nowhere. Something is happening everywhere. You just have to find the story in it.” ~
Today’s Poem ~ Possession
Possession
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
That which we had we still possess,
Though leaves may drop and stars may fall;
No circumstance can make it lessOr take it from us, all in all.
That which is lost we did not own;
We only held it for a day–A leaf by careless breezes blown:
No fate could take our own away.
I hold it as a changeless law
From which no soul can ever sway or swerve,
We have that in us which will draw
Whate’er we need or most deserve.
Even as the magnet to the steel
Our souls are to the best desires;
The Fates have hearts and they can feel-
-They know what each true heart requires.
We think we lose when most we gain;
We call joys ended ere begun;
When stars fade out do skies complain,
Or glory in the rising sun?
No fate could rob us of our own-
-No circumstance can make it less;
What time removes was but a loan,
For what was ours we still possess.
✨ Inspiring Quote ~ Becoming
I must be willing to give up what I am in order to become what I will be.” ~
📖 Writer’s Tip ~ Gaining Inspiration
“I need only walk for 15 minutes or so and in that space, I will likely discover something. I just have to be looking and listening.” ~ Kayo Chingony
🖋 Writers’ Wisdom ~ Born to Write
If you are a singer, you must sing. If you are a dancer, you must dance. If you are a writer, you must write. Don’t suffocate your heart.” ~
Today’s Poem ~ Choose
Choose
Carl Sandburg
THE single clenched fist lifted and ready,
Or the open asking hand held out and waiting.
Choose:
For we meet by one or the other.
Today’s Smile 😃
I just got a photo from a speeding camera through the mail.
I sent it right back – way too expensive and really bad quality.
✨ Inspiring Quote ~ Miracles & Mysteries
“We must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind us to the fact that each moment of life is a miracle and mystery.” ~ H.G. Wells
🍎 Health Hack ~ Trade Screen Time for a Healthy Activity
Go Offline
Checking your email and social media a lot? Sure, your friends’ and family’s latest updates are just a click away, but do you really need to see pictures of your cousin’s latest meal? Let it wait until morning. Set a time to log off and put the phone down. When you cut back on screen time, it frees you to do other things. Take a walk, read a book, or help your cousin chop veggies for her next great dinner.
