Fear can paralyze or become an opportunity to discover the courage we never thought we had. Face fear. Meet it head on. Conquer it.
Month: October 2020
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ The Importance of a Character
“Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for.”
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Beating Writer’s Block
“If you stuff yourself full of poems, essays, plays, stories, novels, films, comic strips, magazines, music, you automatically explode every morning like Old Faithful. I have never had a dry spell in my life, mainly because I feed myself well, to the point of bursting. I wake early and hear my morning voices leaping around in my head like jumping beans. I get out of bed to trap them before they escape.”
~ Ray Bradbury
💡 Something to Think About
NASA landed a space module on asteroid Bennu and collected samples. The space module lifted off and will return to Earth in 2023. NASA’s continuing quest to explore space inspires me to continue to push the boundaries of my interests and desire to learn and explore. What are you inspired to do? What do you want to explore?
👊 Today’s Power Thought ~ Don’t Flinch
Walk away from trouble when you can. When you can walk away, face trouble unflinching.
🤗 A Better Life ~ Is It Time to Let Go?
There are time when even the jaws of life cannot release the grip of control. Yet, doing our best, letting go, trusting the outcome, reduces stress and anxiety and brings a sense of peace.
🍎 Today’s Health Question ~ Do Most People Recover from COVID-19?
Answer: Most people who get COVID-19 recover from it
Reason: Most people who get COVID-19 have mild or moderate symptoms and can recover thanks to supportive care. If you have a cough, fever and difficulty breathing seek medical care early – call your health facility by telephone first. If you have fever and live in an area with malaria or dengue seek medical care immediately.
Today’s Smile 😃
Joe: “I’ve always had a poor relationship with my parents.”
Pete: “Really? When did you first notice it?”
Joe: “Right away. When I was first born, I didn’t speak to them for two years.”
🌞 Today’s Inspiration ~ A Lesson in Life
“Anyone can carry his burden, however heavy, until nightfall. Anyone can do his work, however hard, for one day. Anyone can live sweetly, patiently, lovingly, purely, until the sun goes down. And this is all that life really means.”
🌾 Today’s Poem ~ Character
Character
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The sun set, but set not his hope:
Stars rose; his faith was earlier up:
Fixed on the enormous galaxy,
Deeper and older seemed his eye;
And matched his sufferance sublime
The taciturnity of time.
He spoke, and words more soft than rain
Brought the Age of Gold again:
His action won such reverence sweet
As hid all measure of the feat.
