“A story isn’t a charcoal sketch, where every stroke lies on the surface to be seen. It’s an oil painting, filled with layers that the author must uncover so carefully to show its beauty.” ―
Month: November 2019
✨ Inspiring Quote: Kindness & Suffering
“I really like human beings who have suffered. They’re kinder.” ~ Emma Thompson
Today’s Poem ~ Love is More Thicker than Forget
love is more thicker than forget
e.e. cummings
love is more thicker than forget
more thinner than recall
more seldom than a wave is wet
more frequent than to fail
it is most mad and moonly
and less it shall unbe
than all the sea which only
is deeper than the sea
love is less always than to win
less never than alive
less bigger than the least begin
less littler than forgive
it is most sane and sunly
and more it cannot die
than all the sky which only
is higher than the sky
🤗 Feel Good Hack ~ Keep Learning
Never Stop Learning
Learn from everyone and everything. Be like a kid in the candy store and learn from everybody around you. . . .Learn from every one. . . . Never close your mind. Stay open to new worlds and new possibilities.
Today’s Smile 😀
Why did the coffee file a police report?
It got mugged.
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ To True to be True
“Some stories have to be written because no one would believe the absurdity of it all.” ―
🤗Feel Good Hack ~ Forest Bathing
Breathe in Nature
We all know how good being in nature can make us feel. We have known it for centuries. The sounds of the forest, the scent of the trees, the sunlight playing through the leaves, the fresh, clean air — these things give us a sense of comfort. They ease our stress and worry, help us to relax and to think more clearly. Being in nature can restore our mood, give us back our energy and vitality, refresh and rejuvenate us.
Today’s Poem ~ Longing
Longing
Matthew Arnold
Come to me in my dreams, and then
By day I shall be well again.
For then the night will more than pay
The hopeless longing of the day.
Come, as thou cam’st a thousand times,
A messenger from radiant climes,
And smile on thy new world, and be
As kind to others as to me.
Or, as thou never cam’st in sooth,
Come now, and let me dream it truth.
And part my hair, and kiss my brow,
And say My love! why sufferest thou?
Come to me in my dreams, and then
By day I shall be well again.
For then the night will more than pay
The hopeless longing of the day.
✨ Inspiring Quote ~ Dare to Be Great
“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” —Robert F. Kennedy
🍎 Health Hack ~ Leg Cramps Be Gone
Tips for Avoiding Leg Cramps
Most cramps will go away on their own within a few seconds to minutes. Stretching or massaging the muscle will help it relax. Heat is soothing to tense muscles. Apply a heating pad or warm wet washcloth to help loosen up the muscle.
To avoid leg cramps in the future, drink plenty of fluids before and during exercise. Muscles need fluid to contract and relax properly. Prevent tightness by warming up your leg muscles before you work out with some walking in place or a slow jog. After each workout, stretch out your leg muscles for a few minutes. Do another set of stretches before bed if you tend to get cramps while you sleep. For cramps that are especially severe, frequent, or disruptive to sleep, a prescription muscle relaxant like cyclobenzaprine (Flexeril), metaxalone (Skelaxin), or methocarbamol (Robaxin) may help.
