You learn to write the same way you learn to play golf… You do it, and keep doing it until you get it right. A lot of people think something mystical happens to you, that maybe the muse kisses you on the ear. But writing isn’t divinely inspired – it’s hard work. ~ Tom Clancy
Month: November 2020
🌾 Today’s Poem ~ The Peace of Wild Things
The Peace of Wild Things
Wendell Berry
When despair grows in me
and I wake in the night at the least sound
in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,
I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things
who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars
waiting for their light. For a time
I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.
🌾 Today’s Poem ~ My Inner Peace
My Inner Peace
Sri Chinmoy
My inner peace
Does not select anybody,
Does not reject anybody.
My inner peace
Always self-givingly projects itself.
👊 Today’s Power Thought ~ It Makes Sense
It’ lighter and easier to live today by letting go of yesterday.
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ The Writer’s Problem
“\A writer’s problem does not change. He himself changes and the world he lives in changes but his problem remains the same. It is always how to write truly and having found what is true, to project it is such a way that it becomes a part of the experience of the person who reads it.”
Today’s Smile 😃
Joe: “My girlfriend’s dog died, so to cheer her up I went out and got her an identical one.”
Pete: “That was nice, Joe. Was she happy?”
Joe: “No, she was upset. She wanted to know what she was going to do with two dead dogs.”
🌞 Today’s Inspiration ~ Life is Ahead, Let Go of What’s Behind
“In the carriages of the past, you can’t go anywhere.”
💡 Something to Think About
The longest and most difficult journey is the distance from the head to the heart.
🤗 A Better Life ~ Moving from Me to We
The more that ME becomes WE, the more meaningful and happier we become.
🍎 Today’s Health Question ~ What is a Good Resting Heart Rate?
Your resting heart rate is the number of times your heart beats per minute when you’re at rest. A good time to check it is in the morning after you’ve had a good night’s sleep, before you get out of bed or grab that first cup of java!
For most of us, between 60 and 100 beats per minute (bpm) is normal.1 The rate can be affected by factors like stress, anxiety, hormones, medication, and how physically active you are. An athlete or more active person may have a resting heart rate as low as 40 beats per minute. Now that’s chill!
When it comes to resting heart rate, lower is better. It usually means your heart muscle is in better condition and doesn’t have to work as hard to maintain a steady beat. Studies have found that a higher resting heart rate is linked with lower physical fitness and higher blood pressure and body weight.
