A guy shows up to work at 9 a.m. The boss yells, “You should’ve been here at 8.30!”
The guy says, “Why? What happened at 8.30?”
Month: February 2020
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Great Characters
“All the great writers root their characters in true human behavior.”
~ Ben Kingsley
Today’s Poem ~ Cheer
Cheer
Robert W. Service
It's a mighty good world, so it is, dear lass,
When even the worst is said.
There's a smile and a tear, a sigh and a cheer,
But better be living than dead;
A joy and a pain, a loss and a gain;
There's honey and may be some gall:
Yet still I declare, foul weather or fair,
It's a mighty good world after all.
For look, lass! at night when I break from the fight,
My Kingdom's awaiting for me;
There's comfort and rest, and the warmth of your breast,
And little ones climbing my knee.
There's fire-light and song — Oh, the world may be wrong!
Its empires may topple and fall:
My home is my care — if gladness be there,
It's a mighty good world after all.
O heart of pure gold! I have made you a fold,
It's sheltered, sun-fondled and warm.
O little ones, rest! I have fashioned a nest;
Sleep on! you are safe from the storm.
For there's no foe like fear, and there's no friend like cheer,
And sunshine will flash at our call;
So crown Love as King, and let us all sing —
"It's a mighty good world after all."
🤗 Feel Good Hack ~ Crying is Okay
Cry if you need to—for a while.
Some people are more emotional than others. But repressing your emotions doesn’t always help. If you do repress them, it’s like holding a beach ball under the water. You can do it for a while, but it will eventually come back to the surface—and sometimes in an explosive manner. So have a good cry once in a while. Let the emotions out in order to help yourself think more clearly afterwards.
🍎 Health Tip ~ Power Proteins for Good Health
Power Proteins
“Power protein” sources with a variety of complex heart-protective phytonutrients include tuna, salmon, nuts (and nut butters) and seeds. Omega-3 fatty acids found in fatty fish and seeds can help lower triglycerides, limit blood clots and arrhythmias and reduce the risk of heart attack. When it comes to fish, she says the best choices are wild or fresh salmon and wild, fresh or light-canned tuna as well as herring and mackerel. The recommendation is to eat at least two 3- to 6-ounce servings of fish per week. While nuts and seeds are naturally high in fat and calories, they still provide a good source of heart-healthy unsaturated fat and protein. Choose dry roasted, unsalted nuts or seeds such as almonds, walnuts, peanuts, and sunflower, chia or pumpkin seeds.
👊 Today’s Power Thought ~ Inner Strength
I am strong – stronger than any challenge I face.
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Keep on Writing
“I’ve written about 2,000 short stories; I’ve only published 300 and I feel I’m still learning. Any man who keeps working is not a failure. He may not be a great writer, but if he applies the old fashioned virtues of hard, constant labor, he’ll eventually make some kind of career for himself as a writer. ” ~ Ray Bradbury
Today’s Smile 😃
My friend ask me to round up her 4 cats.
I said, “Five.”
🤗 Feel Good Hack ~ Be Kind to Yourself
Treating ourselves with kindness
When we fail to meet our own standards, we are often much harsher and more cruel to ourselves than we ever would be to a friend, or even someone we don’t like very much. Self-compassion reverses that pattern. In moments of difficulty or when making mistakes (especially when making mistakes), you treat yourself as you would treat a good friend in the same situation – with encouragement, sympathy, patience, and gentleness.
Today’s Poem ~ Faith
Faith
Alfred Lord Tennyson
I.
Doubt no longer that the Highest is the wisest and the best,
Let not all that saddens Nature blight thy hope or break thy rest,
Quail not at the fiery mountain, at the shipwreck, or the rolling
Thunder, or the rending earthquake, or the famine, or the pest!
II.
Neither mourn if human creeds be lower than the heart’s desire!
Thro’ the gates that bar the distance comes a gleam of what is higher.
Wait till Death has flung them open, when the man will make the Maker
Dark no more with human hatreds in the glare of deathless fire!
