My day’s not half over. I made a check list and I haven’t hit one of them. Right from the get go unexpected events and calls took my life in a direction I didn’t foresee. I can fight it or enjoy the ride. I think I’ll grab a Texas sized glass of iced tea and enjoy the ride. My credit card will have to wait to get paid (LOL). Have the best day ever.
Month: August 2020
💡 Something to Think About
Our senses constantly receive stimuli. Often, we react to the stimuli with thinking about an appropriate response. If we can slow down our response time to the stimuli to think about an appropriate way to respond, imagine how many problems we might resolve and how many new problems we will not create.
👊 Today’s Power Thought ~ Be Ready, Your Time is Coming
Work hard, don’t quit, adapt where necessary, and don’t look back. Good things are heading to your door. Be ready to answer the doorbell when it rings.
🌞 Today’s Inspiration ~ Nothing Can Stop You – Dream On!
“My spirit is unconquerable. Fearless I will face each foe for I know I am capable. I don’t care whats probable, through blood sweat and tears I am unstoppable.”
~ Anthony Robles
🌾 Today’s Poem ~ I Am The Rock
I Am the Rock
Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
I am the Rock, presumptuous Sea!
I am set to encounter thee.
10Angry and loud or gentle and still,
I am set here to limit thy power, and I will!
I am the Rock!
I am the Rock. From age to age
I scorn thy fury and dare thy rage.
Scarred by frost and worn by time,
Brown with weed and green with slime,
Thou may’st drench and defile me and spit in my face,
But while I am here thou keep’st thy place!
I am the Rock!
I am the Rock, beguiling Sea!
I know thou art fair as fair can be,
With golden glitter and silver sheen,
And bosom of blue and garments of green.
Thou may’st pat my cheek with baby hands,
And lap my feet in diamond sands,
And play before me as children play;
But plead as thou wilt, I bar the way!
I am the Rock!
I am the Rock. Black midnight falls;
The terrible breakers rise like walls;
With curling lips and gleaming teeth
They plunge and tear at my bones beneath.
Year upon year they grind and beat
In storms of thunder and storms of sleet,—
11Grind and beat and wrestle and tear,
But the rock they beat on is always there
I am the Rock!
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ You Know What You Want to Write
“Don’t ever write anything you don’t like yourself and if you do like it, don’t take anyone’s advice about changing it. They just don’t know.”
~ Raymond Chandler
🍎 Today’s Health Question ~ Can We Protect Ourselves from Free Radicals?
True or False: Eating the right foods will help protect our cells from damage by free radicals.
Answer
True: Put down the fries and hot dog and enjoy fruits and vegetables.Your body produces harmful free radicals when it’s defending itself against infection, Marino says. Free radicals are molecules associated with chronic conditions such as heart disease, diabetes and cancer. Antioxidants – substances that are abundant in many plant-based foods – help protect your cells from damage caused by free radicals.
Foods that are high in antioxidants include:
- Artichokes
- Beans.
- Beets.
- Blackberries.
- Blueberries.
- Dark chocolate.
- Pecans.
- Plums.
- Strawberries.
- Red cabbage.
- Spinach.
- Sunflower seeds.
- Walnuts.
Today’s Smile 😃
Joe: “Having a degree in counseling has really helped in online dating.”
Pete: “How’s it helped?”
Joe: “I’m able to better handle rejections.”
💡 Something to Think About
Treasure each moment. Give everyone who passes your way a kind word or a smile (the mask thing puts a damper on smiling but it won’t stop my eyes from sparkling). We have the moment, it is ours, the future is uncertain. Treasure the moment.
