Month: February 2020

Today’s Poem ~ I Taught Myself to Live Simply

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I Taught Myself to Live Simply

Anna Akhmatova

I taught myself to live simply and wisely,
to look at the sky and pray to God,
and to wander long before evening
to tire my superfluous worries.
When the burdocks rustle in the ravine
and the yellow-red rowanberry cluster droops
I compose happy verses
about life's decay, decay and beauty.
I come back. The fluffy cat
licks my palm, purrs so sweetly
and the fire flares bright
on the saw-mill turret by the lake.
Only the cry of a stork landing on the roof
occasionally breaks the silence.
If you knock on my door
I may not even hear.

🍎 Today’s Health Tip ~ Enjoy the Fat (Well, the right kind)

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Today’s Smile 😃

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Joe: I have the perfect son.
Pete: Does he smoke?
Joe: No, he doesn’t.
Pete: Does he drink whiskey?
Joe: No, he doesn’t.
Pete: Does he ever come home late?
Joe: No, he doesn’t.
Pete: I guess you really do have the perfect son. How old is he?
Joe: And, he will be six months old next Wednesday.

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🌞 Today’s Inspiration ~ Reality of Love

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“You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.” ~ Dr. Suess

🖋 Writers’ Wisdom ~ What’s the Secret to Good Writing?

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“Have something to say, and say it as clearly as you can. That is the only secret.”

~ Matthew Arnold

🍎 Today’s Health Tip ~ Pass the Spinach

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Spinach – A good source of magnesium

Too little magnesium may trigger headaches and fatigue, compounding the effects of stress. One cup of spinach helps you stock back up on magnesium. Don’t like spinach? Other green, leafy vegetables are good magnesium sources. Or try some cooked soybeans or a fillet of salmon, also high in magnesium.

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✒️ Writer’s Wisdom ~ What Are You Feeling?

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It’s better to write about things you feel than about things you know about. 

~ L. P. Hartly

🤗 Feel Good Hack ~ Dare to Love

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Open your heart. Let down the walls you think are protecting you, as they are only limiting you and your connections with others. Open your heart to giving and receiving the love you deserve.

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Today’s Poem ~ Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day

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Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day (Sonnet 18)

William Shakespeare

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
  Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
  Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
  And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
  Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
  And often is his gold complexion dimmed,
  And every fair from fair sometime declines,
  By chance, or nature's changing course untrimmed:
  But thy eternal summer shall not fade,
  Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st,
  Nor shall death brag thou wand'rest in his shade,
  When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st,
    So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
    So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

Today’s Smile 😃

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Question: Can February march?

Answer: No, but April may.

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