Borrowing
Ralph Waldo Emerson
SOME of the hurts you have cured And the sharpest you still have survived But what torments of grief you endured From evils which never arrived!
Month: January 2020
🤗 Feel Good Hack ~ Enjoy the Sun, Rain, or Whatever the Weather
Get Outside More
Making time to go outside on a nice day also delivers a huge advantage; one study found that spending 20 minutes outside in good weather not only boosted positive mood, but broadened thinking and improved working memory.
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Let Perfection Go
If I waited for perfection… I would never write a word. ~ Margaret Atwood
Today’s Smile 😃
A cement mixer and a prison bus crashed on the highway.
Police advise citizens to look out for a group of hardened criminals.
🍎 Health Hack ~ Ditch the Dirty Doorknobs
Wipe down your office doorknob.
Using disinfectant wipes on commonly touched objects like doorknobs can reduce the spread of cold- and flu-causing viruses by up to 90%, according to researchers from the University of Arizona.
🌞 Inspiring Quote ~ You Are Worthy
Before you can win, you have to believe you are worthy. ~ Mike Ditka
🤗 Feel Good Hack ~ Learn to Adapt
Adaptability. Life changes far more frequently and more unpredictably than most of us would like. New obstacles range from a closed road on your normal commute to a natural disaster that destroys your home, ranging from the irritating to the devastating. The happiest people in life are . . . the ones who focus on finding the best way around the obstacle. Because they’re adaptable, they don’t have to worry about life’s unpredictability. . . . They simply find another way forward, and proceed.
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Make Time
You don’t find time to write. You make time. It’s my job. ~ Nora Roberts
Today’s Smile 😃
Guy: “I love you so much, I can’t live without you.”
Girlfriend: “Is that you or the beer talking?”
Guy: “It’s me talking to the beer.”
Today’s Poem ~ Equipment
Equipment
Edgar Guest
Figure it out for yourself, my lad,
You’ve all that the greatest of men have had,
Two arms, two hands, two legs, two eyes,
And a brain to use if you would be wise.
With this equipment they all began,
So start for the top and say “I can.”
Look them over, the wise and great,
They take their food from a common plate
And similar knives and forks they use,
With similar laces they tie their shoes,
The world considers them brave and smart.
But you’ve all they had when they made their start.
You can triumph and come to skill,
You can be great if only you will,
You’re well equipped for what fight you choose,
You have legs and arms and a brain to use,
And the man who has risen, great deeds to do
Began his life with no more than you.
You are the handicap you must face,
You are the one who must choose your place,
You must say where you want to go.
How much you will study the truth to know,
God has equipped you for life, But He
Lets you decide what you want to be.
Courage must come from the soul within,
The man must furnish the will to win,
So figure it out for yourself, my lad,
You were born with all that the great have had,
With your equipment they all began.
Get hold of yourself, and say: “I can.”
