“Cats gotta scratch. Dogs gotta bite. I gotta write.”
Don’t Take Your Troubles to Bed
Edmund Vance Cooke
Disappointments happen. There is no vaccine for it. Shrug it off. Take a moment to learn something from it. Then move on. Better things are waiting for you.
Answer TRUE: Drinking in moderation is OK. But consuming alcohol in excess can lead to the deterioration of your immune system, Stanford says. There’s evidence from both human and animal research that overconsumption of alcohol decreases immune reactivity, reducing the body’s ability to fight infection, Wedner says. The 2015-20 Dietary Guidelines for Americans advises women who choose to drink to have no more than one a day; men should consume no more than two drinks a day.
There’s light years of difference between living in a house and living in a home. A home is a place where I feel welcome. It is a place of safety and refuge. It is a place where I am loved as I am, bruises, scrapes, scars and all. A Home is a place of love and forgiveness. It’s not the size of the house that’s important. It’s the size of the hearts inside the house that make it a home.
“The only one who can make you give up is yourself.”
Comfort
Robert W. Service
Say! You've struck a heap of trouble —
Bust in business, lost your wife;
No one cares a cent about you,
You don't care a cent for life;
Hard luck has of hope bereft you,
Health is failing, wish you'd die —
Why, you've still the sunshine left you
And the big, blue sky.
Sky so blue it makes you wonder
If it's heaven shining through;
Earth so smiling 'way out yonder,
Sun so bright it dazzles you;
Birds a-singing, flowers a-flinging
All their fragrance on the breeze;
Dancing shadows, green, still meadows —
Don't you mope, you've still got these.
These, and none can take them from you;
These, and none can weigh their worth.
What! you're tired and broke and beaten? —
Why, you're rich — you've got the earth!
Yes, if you're a tramp in tatters,
While the blue sky bends above
You've got nearly all that matters —
You've got God, and God is love.
I going to get on it, go after it, and chase it until I hit my goal. No stopping. No quitting. No giving up.
“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”
Joe: “My wife complained I didn’t treat her like I did when we were first dating?”
Pete: “What did you do?”
Joe: “I took her to dinner and a movie, and dropped her off at her parent’s house.”
