Pete: “I was talking to a girl in a bar last night and she said, “Hey, let’s exchange numbers.”
Joe: “How did that work out?”
Pete: “I said, “Won’t that confuse people who are trying to call us?”
Month: May 2020
🍎 Today’s Health Tip ~ Lovin’ My Vitamin D
Vitamin D and You . . . Make it your friend
Scientists are still figuring out exactly how well vitamin D can treat or even keep you from getting the virus. One study showed taking vitamin D drops in the winter helped lower the number of Japanese schoolchildren who got the flu. It’s clear it’s an important part of a healthy immune system. Your body can’t fight germs well if it doesn’t have enough. . . . A tablespoon of cod liver oil has a whopping 1,360 IU of vitamin D. If that doesn’t sound tasty to you, try foods like swordfish, salmon, tuna, and sardines. Orange juice and dairy products such as yogurt and milk are good choices, too. So are beef liver, egg yolks, and fortified cereals.
👊 Today’s Power Thought ~ Building Blocks for Tomorrow
The past holds only memories, good and bad. Today is where I will walk, work, and love and build for tomorrow.
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:
- A neighbor chatted with me on today’s walk. His wife and he are moving. They are excited about their move and I am happy for them. I’ll miss them. They are great examples of being a good neighbor. Good Luck on your move my friends. Grateful for you.
- Yikes, I stepped onto a fire ant hill today – they let me know it. Seven bites on my ankle in a matter of seconds. Grateful I did not get more bites. Grateful I know how to handle the bites. Now if the fire ants knew I meant no harm … LOL. Happy I can laugh about it.
We’re another day closer to victory. We’ve got a clear road ahead and no radar traps. It’s all going to work out. Hang in there.
The little things are priceless treasures to me. They brighten my day. I hope your day is filled to overflowing with the little things that make life worth living.
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.).
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Writing for Children
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“Anyone who writes down to children is simply wasting his time. You have to write up, not down. Children are demanding. They are the most attentive, curious, eager, observant, sensitive, quick, and generally congenial readers on earth. They accept, almost without question, anything you present them with, as long as it is presented honestly, fearlessly, and clearly. I handed them, against the advice of experts, a mouse-boy, and they accepted it without a quiver. In Charlotte’s Web, I gave them a literate spider, and they took that.” ~ E. B. White
🤗 Feel Good Hack ~ Changing a Relationship
“Dealing” With a Difficult Person
Visualize the person with whom you’re having difficulty as a perfect, enlightened being radiating a pure, tranquil light, says Sluyter. But she’s stuck in an eggshell, and all the actions you find difficult or problematic are just this person trying to peck away at that shell. Now visualize yourself gently helping to peel away that shell so she can become her best, enlightened self. Next time you see that individual, you’ll frame your relationship in this new context.
🌞 Today’s Inspiration ~ Life’s Lessons
“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.”
~ Albert Einstein
🌾 Today’s Poem ~ Never Trouble Trouble
Never Trouble Trouble
St. Clair Adams
I used to hear a saying
That had a deal of pith;
It gave a cheerful spirit
To face existence with,
Especially when matters
Seemed doomed to go askew,
‘Twas Never trouble trouble
Till trouble troubles you.
Not woes at hand, those coming
Are hardest to resist;
We hear them stalk like giants,
We see them through a mist.
But big things in the brewing
Are small things in the brew;
So never trouble trouble
Till trouble troubles you.
Just look at things through glasses
That show the evidence;
One lens of them is courage,
The other common sense.
They’ll make it clear, misgivings
Are just a bugaboo;
No more you’ll trouble trouble
Till trouble troubles you.
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Writers’ Routines
“When I’m writing a book I get up at seven. I check my e-mail and do Internet ablutions, as we do these days. I have a cup of coffee. Three days a week, I go to Pilates and am back by ten or eleven. Then I sit down and try to write. If absolutely nothing is happening, I’ll give myself permission to mow the lawn. But, generally, just sitting down and really trying is enough to get it started. I break for lunch, come back, and do it some more. And then, usually, a nap. Naps are essential to my process. Not dreams, but that state adjacent to sleep, the mind on waking.” ~ William Gibson
🌞 Today’s Inspiration ~ Look for It, It’s There
“Every day may not be good… but there’s something good in every day.”
~ Alice Morse Earl
