Is today a tough day? We all have them. You’ve learned to fly through stormy weather. You’ll make it through. There will be bumps, turbulence, and white knuckle time. You’ll make it and rise above the storms. You’ll fly in the sunlight and land safely.
Month: April 2021
Today’s Smile 😃
Joe: “I went to the med center and walked into a surgeon’s office.”
Pete: “What was wrong?”
Joe: “I told her, ‘I keep thinking I’m a moth. She said, “You need to see a psychiatrist.”
Pete: “What did you say?”
Joe: “I’ll leave if you turn the light off.”
👊 Today’s Power Thought ~ Recipe for Making It
Morning recipe: Get up. Get going. Leave it all on the table. Don’t quit. Repeat tomorrow and every day that follows.
💡 Something to Think About
Small, simple acts of kindness change the world. Yesterday, while waiting for a flight, I saw a man help a mom who was struggling with two small children and a baby. The baby kicked off a shoe. The man walked a dozen steps to pick it up and hand it to her. It doesn’t sound like much, but it was a big deal to the mom.
🌾 Today’s Poem ~ I Am Not Yours
I Am Not Yours
Sara Teasdale
I am not yours, not lost in you,
Not lost, although I long to be
Lost as a candle lit at noon,
Lost as a snowflake in the sea.
You love me, and I find you still
A spirit beautiful and bright,
Yet I am I, who long to be
Lost as a light is lost in light.
Oh plunge me deep in love — put out
My senses, leave me deaf and blind,
Swept by the tempest of your love,
A taper in a rushing wind.
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Enjoy What You 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
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Is It Time for Conflict?
Conflict & Crises Make the Story Interesting
Conflict and crisis are important to fiction because most readers find trouble interesting. If characters are best friends who always get along or have no age and personality difference, readers might not find them compelling. If characters do not have internal or external conflict to meet, deal with, and overcome (or fail to overcome), then readers may find the story uninteresting.
🤗 A Better Life ~ You Have So Much Potential
Peel away doubts, fears, pessimism. C’mon, you can do it. You’ve only scratched the surface of your potential.
🍎 Today’s Health Question ~ Do You Know the 5 Lifestyle Changes That Can Add Years to Your Life?
Five Lifestyle Choices That Can Help You Live Longer
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Maintain a healthy body weight.
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Don’t smoke.
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Engage in at least 30 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity most days of the week.
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Consume no more than one alcoholic drink a day for women, no more than two drinks for men.
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Eat a healthy diet with fewer processed foods that is high in fiber, low in sodium, and includes lots of fruits and vegetables.
🌾 Today’s Poem ~ To Him Who Ever Thought with Love of Me
To Him Who Ever Thought with Love of Me
Gerard Manley Hopkins
To him who ever thought with love of me
Or ever did for my sake some good deed
I will appear, looking such charity
And kind compassion, at his life’s last need
That he will out of hand and heartily
Repent he sinned and all his sins be freed.
Or ever did for my sake some good deed
I will appear, looking such charity
And kind compassion, at his life’s last need
That he will out of hand and heartily
Repent he sinned and all his sins be freed.
