I hear the birds singing, I’m going to sing along with them. I may sing off key, the birds don’g mind. Together, we’ll spread a bit of joy.
Month: April 2020
🍎 Today’s Health ~ Should Groceries be Disinfected?
Groceries & COVID-19
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) doesn’t recommend disinfecting grocery items, since there’s currently no evidence of human or animal food or food packaging associated with transmission of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. If you’re concerned, put away your groceries, wash your hands thoroughly and wait a few hours to use anything you purchased. “By then, any virus lingering on a container will be significantly reduced. If you want to use something immediately, you can wipe the package down with an alcohol-based disinfectant. . . . Rinse fresh produce before putting them away. They don’t need to be disinfected and should be washed simply with water, not soap and water.
Today’s Poem ~ Opportunity
Opportunity
Berton Brailey
With doubt and dismay you are smitten
You think there’s no chance for you, son?
Why, the best books haven’t been written
The best race hasn’t been run,
The best score hasn’t been made yet,
The best song hasn’t been sung,
The best tune hasn’t been played yet,
Cheer up, for the world is young!
No chance? Why the world is just eager
For things that you ought to create
Its store of true wealth is still meagre
Its needs are incessant and great,
It yearns for more power and beauty
More laughter and love and romance,
More loyalty, labor and duty,
No chance—why there’s nothing but chance!
For the best verse hasn’t been rhymed yet,
The best house hasn’t been planned,
The highest peak hasn’t been climbed yet,
The mightiest rivers aren’t spanned,
Don’t worry and fret, faint hearted,
The chances have just begun,
For the Best jobs haven’t been started,
The Best work hasn’t been done.
🌞 Today’s Inspiration ~ You Are Unique
“We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities.”
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ A Reason for Writing
“Practice any art, music, singing, dancing, acting, drawing, painting, sculpting, poetry, fiction, essays, reportage, no matter how well or badly, not to get money and fame, but to experience becoming, to find out what’s inside you, to make your soul grow.”
~ Kurt Vonnegut
Today’s Smile 😃
Tom: “My wife is upset with me.”
Bill: “What did you do?”
Tom: “I remembered the car seat, the stroller, and the diaper bag. Yet, she can’t understand how I forgot the baby.”
Today’s Poem ~ Risk
Risk
Author Unknown
To laugh is to risk appearing a fool
To weep is to risk appearing sentimental
To reach out for another is to risk involvement
To expose your feelings is to risk
exposing your true self
To place your ideal, your dreams before a crowd
is to risk their loss
To love is to risk not being loved in return
To live is to risk dying
To hope is to risk despair
To try is to risk failure
Yet risks must be taken
Because the greatest hazard in life is risking
NOTHING
The person who risks nothing
Does nothing
Has nothing
Is nothing
Self-realisation is harder than
Self Sacrifice
🍎 Today’s Health Tip ~ Make H2O a BFF
Drink water
There are three main ways for toxins to leave your body: through urine, poop, and sweat. Drinking lots of water helps them on their way (and if you didn’t pick up on it yet, plants and moving daily will too). In addition having a hydrated body is a happy body, so fill up that water glass and throw away the soda.
COVID-19 Is a Bummer – It Can’t Stop Good Things From Happening
COVID-19 Is a Bummer – It Can’t Stop Good Things From Happening
Here are a few of the good things I witnessed or experienced today:
- I’m healthy. I feel great. I have food in the fridge. Looks like my cup is overflowing.
- So many of my blog readers have great, inspiring blogs. Thank you for making a difference!
- Today is one of those days when my soul feels at rest and I know. A moment of grace. Grateful.
What I share are seemingly small and inconsequential things, but they are priceless to me.
Grateful for all the above.
If you’d like to share the good things you’ve witnessed on my blog, Email me (ray.brese@gmail.com) a short list (1 to 5 things. I’ll post and attribute them to you in the way you choose to be acknowledged (e.g., anonymous, name, Word Press blog (etc.).
👊 Today’s Power Thought ~ Don’t Let Go
Hope has tossed me a life line and I won’t let go, gripping it with both hands.
