Here’s a Tip:
Keep going. Don’t let life’s changes throw you off track, but remember that most extenuating circumstances are temporary. Gain more clarity by staying the course and channeling your energy in a positive direction.
Month: June 2020
🌾 Today’s Poem ~ You May Count that Day
You May Count that Day
George Eliot
If you sit down at set of sun
And count the acts that you have done,
And, counting, find
One self-denying deed, one word
That eased the heart of him who heard—
One glance most kind,
That fell like sunshine where it went—
Then you may count that day well spent.
But if, through all the livelong day,
You’ve cheered no heart, by yea or nay—
If, through it all
You’ve nothing done that you can trace
That brought the sunshine to one face—
No act most small
That helped some soul and nothing cost—
Then count that day as worse than lost.
Today’s Smile 😃
Joe: “I bought a guitar online so I could learn to play it.”
Pete: “How’s it going?”
Joe: “The guitar doesn’t work.”
Pete: “What’s wrong with it?”
Joe: “I should have known there were problems when the seller told me no strings attached.”
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Surprising the Reader
“And I love the twist. I love to fool you once, I love to fool you twice, and on the very last page, quite often – very last paragraph sometimes – I like to just play with your perception one more time in a way that makes everything that came before just a little bit different.”
~ Harlin Corbin
🌞 Today’s Inspiration ~ It’s All Going to be Okay!
The sun will shine again. No matter… how painful and hard the rain may beat down on me.
👊 Today’s Power Thought ~ Yah, It’s Good!
The music’s playing, my feet are tapping, and I’m singing along. Life’s making me smile, the darkness isn’t going to get me down.
🌾 Today’s Poem ~ The Mountain and the Squirrel
The Mountain and the Squirrel
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The mountain and the squirrel
Had a quarrel,
And the former called the latter “Little Prig”;
Bun replied,
“You are doubtless very big;
But all sorts of things and weather
Must be taken in together,
To make up a year
And a sphere.
And I think it no disgrace
To occupy my place.
If I’m not so large as you,
You are not so small as I,
And not half so spry.
I’ll not deny you make
A very pretty squirrel track;
Talents differ; all is well and wisely put;
If I cannot carry forests on my back,
Neither can you crack a nut.”
🤗 Feel Good Hack ~ Optimism Works
Peek Out the Window – Good Things are Heading Your Way
“Optimists use their imagination to rehearse success,” in other words, they play positive mental videos of preferred outcomes, much like sports figures do. Michael Jordan, for example, once stated that he never plays a game that he hasn’t first visualized. Another trait is that “Optimists think that they have great capacity for stretching” – they believe that their personal best is yet to come.
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Writing Advice
“The worst advice a young writer can get is “Write what you know.” Imagination is more important than experience.”
~ Joe Haldeman
Today’s Smile 😃
Joe: “I want to give a shout out to sidewalks.”
Pete: “Why’s that, Joe?”
Joe: “They’re keeping me off the streets.”
