Month: March 2020

Today’s Poem ~ Bright Star

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Bright Star

John Keats

Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art-
Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night,
And watching, with eternal lids apart,
Like nature’s patient, sleepless Eremite,
The moving waters at their priestlike task
Of pure ablution round earth’s human shores,
Or gazing on the new soft-fallen mask
Of snow upon the mountains and the moors;
No-yet still stedfast, still unchangeable,
Pillow’d upon my fair love’s ripening breast,
To feel for ever its soft fall and swell,
Awake for ever in a sweet unrest,
Still, still to hear her tender-taken breath,
And so live ever-or else swoon to death.

🌞 Today’s Inspiration ~ Push On

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“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.” Maya Angelou

🍎 Today’s Health Tip ~ 10 Tips in Dealing with COVID-19

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Did I disinfect my fob? Opps, my nose is itchy, don’t scratch. I’ve washed my hands twenty times today and it’s only noon! Sound familiar? The Mayo Clinic provides 10 excellent tips in dealing with COVID-19. I list them below. Dear readers, stay strong, stay healthy. We can do it.

  1. Pause for a moment and collect your thoughts. Pandemics can be overwhelming, and remaining as calm as possible can help.
  2. Clean your hands frequently with soap and water or hand sanitizer. Both are effective. This is particularly important when coming home from outside, before meals and after using the restroom.
  3. At the beginning of the day and when you get home, disinfect items that are frequently touched by yourself or others. Such items could include cellphones and cellphone cases, door handles and keyboards. Regular household disinfectants are effective. Disinfecting surfaces and items, and cleaning your hands will reduce transmission.
  4. It is reasonable to change out of your work clothes before or when you get home. Launder frequently with normal detergent. No extra laundering or special handling is needed.
  5. If you are sick, stay home and try to limit your contact with others, especially vulnerable adults.
  6. Cover your mouth and nose when sneezing, try to pinch your nose to avoid the sneeze, cough into your sleeve, and wash your hands if you accidentally soiled them with respiratory secretions.
  7. Avoid all contact with elderly or immunocompromised family members. Social distancing is essential to minimize the spread of COVID-19. This is particularly important for those who are most vulnerable.
  8. Reserve masks for when you are symptomatic and need to be around others at home.
  9. Get adequate sleep and eat sensibly. A healthy immune system is important.
  10. Social distancing is important, but keep in contact with friends and family. Relationships are important for mental health. Call, text or use other methods to virtually connect and check on your loved ones.

🌞 Today’s Inspiration ~ No Fear

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Confronting and overcoming challenges is an exhilarating experience. It does something to feed the soul and the mind. It makes you more than you were before. It strengthens the mental muscles and enables you to become better prepared for the next challenge. ~ Jim Rohn

👊 Today’s Power Thought – Silence is Golden

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I am alone but not lonely – I’ve made silence my friend and I will listen.

✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Who Said It Was Easy?

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“Writing is the hardest work in the world. I have been a bricklayer and a truck driver, and I tell you – as if you haven’t been told a million times already – that writing is harder. Lonelier. And nobler and more enriching.” Harlan Ellison

Today’s Smile 😃

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Al: Bill, What do Alexander the Great and Winnie the Pooh have in common?

Bill: Gosh, I don’t know.

Al: Same middle name.

🤗 Feeling Good Hack ~ Live On

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“The next time someone tries to make you feel bad about feeling good,
respond by continuing to live well.” ~ Gina Greenlee

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 ~ Preventing COVID-19 on Trips to the Grocery

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A Good Idea to Prevent COVID-19 When Grocery Shopping

Here’s an easy tip to observe during the COVID-19 outbreak: If you are venturing to the grocery store or any environment where you might be exposed to the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 (even just a local park), wear eyeglasses or sunglasses. That can help protect you from infection through your ocular (eye) surface, which is one of the portals through which the virus may travel into the body and, eventually, to the lungs.

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