A thief broke into the police headquarters during the night and took all the toilets.
Cops report they have nothing to go on.
Month: December 2019
🌞 Inspiring Quote ~ A Great Day Awaits
Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Today’s Poem ~ The Great Yes
The Great Yes
C.P. Cavafy
For some people the day comes
when they have to declare the great Yes
or the great No. It’s clear at once who has the Yes
ready within him; and saying it,
he goes from honor to honor, strong in his conviction.
He who refuses does not repent. Asked again,
he’d still say no. Yet that no—the right no—
drags him down all his life.
🍎 Health Hack ~ A New Years’ Goal – Quality Sleep
Improve Your Sleep Hygiene.
Sleep hygiene? Yes, it’s an important practice in our increasingly connected world. To get a good night’s sleep, cut screen use (phone, TV, laptop) in bed, limit naps, and establish a relaxing nighttime routine.
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Keep on Believing!
“Keep working. Keep trying. Keep believing. You still might not make it, but at least you gave it your best shot. If you don’t have calluses on your soul, this isn’t for you. Take up knitting instead.” ―
🤗 Feel Good Hack ~ I Can’t To . . .
Change Your Thought Patterns, Change Your Life
Here’s a great way to alter your thought patterns the next time you feel the heaviness of obligation taking hold when you are about to engage in any health behavior: Change your “I have to” statement to an “I get to” sentence. Complete this sentence: “I get to _________ (health behavior), which allows me to __________ (something you want to do or be). Simply by changing your thoughts, you will undoubtedly start to feel better about getting moving and doing something positive for yourself.
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Simple Truths
“Prefer the familiar word to the far-fetched. Prefer the concrete word to the abstract. Prefer the single word to the circumlocution. Prefer the short word to the long. Prefer the Saxon word to the Romance.” ―
Today’s Smile 😃
“A man is at the funeral of an old friend. He approaches the dead man’s wife, and asks if he could say a word.
The wife says that yes, he could. The man stands up, clears his throat, and says ‘Plethora.’
The wife smiles, and says ‘Thank you, that means a lot.'”
Today’s Poem ~ The Human Seasons
The Human Seasons
John Keats
Four Seasons fill the measure of the year;
There are four seasons in the mind of man:
He has his lusty Spring, when fancy clear
Takes in all beauty with an easy span:
He has his Summer, when luxuriously
Spring’s honied cud of youthful thought he loves
To ruminate, and by such dreaming high
Is nearest unto heaven: quiet coves
His soul has in its Autumn, when his wings
He furleth close; contented so to look
On mists in idleness—to let fair things
Pass by unheeded as a threshold brook.
He has his Winter too of pale misfeature,
Or else he would forego his mortal nature.
🤗 Feel Good Hack ~ Becoming Resilient
Develop a more positive attitude. Being positive makes you see all of the good things in your life that you may be missing out on because you’re focusing on the negative things. It will also make you more open to more opportunities and possibilities because you’ll be looking at life with a “can do” attitude.[1]
- It’s true. Being more positive will not only make it easier for you to deal with challenges, but it will help you embrace new ones.
- If you catch yourself complaining or whining, try countering your negative comment with two positive ones.
- Though you shouldn’t feel like you’re faking it when you’re acting positive while feeling sad on the inside, you should know that the more you fake it, the more you’ll slowly begin to see the brighter side of life.
- One way to be more optimistic is to surround yourself with happier people who make you appreciate life more.
