“There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.”
~ Louis L’Amour
Month: March 2021
🌾 Today’s Poem ~ Clearing at Dawn
Clearing at Dawn
Li Bai
The fields are chill, the sparse rain has stopped;
The colours of Spring teem on every side.
With leaping fish the blue pond is full;
With singing thrushes the green boughs droop.
The flowers of the field have dabbled their powdered cheeks;
The mountain grasses are bent level at the waist.
By the bamboo stream the last fragment of cloud
Blown by the wind slowly scatters away.
Today’s Smile 😃
Joe: “Here I am.”
Pete: “Uh huh?”
Joe: “What are you other two wishes?”
👊 Today’s Power Thought ~ Fill Your Basket with the Right Stuff
Keep on picking positive thoughts and filling your basket with them. Before you know it, there won’t be any room left for a negative thought.
💡 Something to Think About
4 Things I avoid as much as possible:
- I avoid poor mouthing, negative people.
- I avoid people who are perpetually angry.
- I avoid people who can’t lighten up and enjoy life.
- I avoid people who don’t have a happy bone in their bodies.
4 Things I want more of:
- I want to be around people who enjoy life.
- I want to be around people who laugh easily.
- I want to be around people who have a song in their heart.
- I want to be around people whose eyes sparkle with love.
🌞 Today’s Inspiration ~ Life’s Important Things
“Tell the truth. Sing with passion. Work with laughter. Love with heart. ‘Cause that’s all that matters in the end.” ~ Kris Kristofferson
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Ever Experience Writer’s Block?
“I know people who have suffered writer’s block, and I don’t think I’ve ever had it. A friend of mine, for three years he couldn’t write. And he said that he thought of stories and he knew the stories, could see the stories completely, but he could never find the door. Somehow that first sentence was never there. And without the door, he couldn’t do the story. I’ve never experienced that. But it’s a chilling thought.” ~ Donald E. Westlake
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🤗 A Better Life ~ I Love Spring
I love spring. I enjoy the new green, birds nesting, and new flowers, and dandelions determined to make a home on my lawn. Spring symbolizes a sign of new life and happiness as the earth bursts into song. Don’t miss it. Don’t let a single day go by without enjoying spring. Yes, I really love spring.
🌾 Today’s Poem ~ A Song of Living
A Song of Living
Amelia Josephine Burr
Because I have loved life, I shall have no sorrow to die. I have sent up my gladness on wings, to be lost in the blue of the sky. I have run and leaped with the rain, I have taken the wind to my breast. My cheeks like a drowsy child to the face of the earth I have pressed. Because I have loved life, I shall have no sorrow to die. I have kissed young love on the lips, I have heard his song to the end, I have struck my hand like a seal in the loyal hand of a friend. I have known the peace of heaven, the comfort of work done well. I have longed for death in the darkness and risen alive out of hell. Because I have loved life, I shall have no sorrow to die. I gave a share of my soul to the world, when and where my course is run. I know that another shall finish the task I surely must leave undone. I know that no flower, nor flint was in vain on the path I trod. As one looks on a face through a window, through life I have looked on God Because I have loved life, I shall have no sorrow to die. Source
🍎 Today’s Health Question ~ Do Red Peppers Support Eye Health?
Bell peppers give you the most vitamin C per calorie. That’s good for the blood vessels in your eyes, and science suggests it could lower your risk of getting cataracts. It’s found in many vegetables and fruits, including bok choy, cauliflower, papayas, and strawberries. Heat will break down vitamin C, so go raw when you can. Brightly colored peppers also pack eye-friendly vitamins A and E.
