“Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose or paint can manage to escape the madness, melancholia, the panic and fear which is inherent in a human situation.” ~ Graham Greene
Month: May 2021
👊 Today’s Power Thought ~ Discover Your Own Beat
Are you trying to match your step to the rhythm others are walking? Why not discover the rhythm of your heart and walk to its beat?
🌾 Today’s Poem ~ Life in a Love
Life In A Love
Robert Browning
Escape me?
Never—
Beloved!
While I am I, and you are you,
So long as the world contains us both,
Me the loving and you the loth,
While the one eludes, must the other pursue.
My life is a fault at last, I fear—
It seems too much like a fate, indeed!
Though I do my best I shall scarce succeed—
But what if I fail of my purpose here?
Never—
Beloved!
While I am I, and you are you,
So long as the world contains us both,
Me the loving and you the loth,
While the one eludes, must the other pursue.
My life is a fault at last, I fear—
It seems too much like a fate, indeed!
Though I do my best I shall scarce succeed—
But what if I fail of my purpose here?
It is but to keep the nerves at strain,
To dry one’s eyes and laugh at a fall,
And baffled, get up to begin again,—
So the chase takes up one’s life, that’s all.
While, look but once from your farthest bound,
At me so deep in the dust and dark,
No sooner the old hope drops to ground
Than a new one, straight to the selfsame mark,
I shape me—
Ever
Removed!
🌞 Today’s Inspiration ~ Do You Believe the Best?
“It’s a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.” ~ W. Somerset Maugham
🤗 A Better Life ~ Hold On
Sooner or later life teaches us that the issues of living are not always clear. Life is easily muddled. There are times when all we can do is hold on and see where life is taking us. It takes courage to hold on as we work through the messiness.
Today’s Smile 😃
Joe: “Pete, do you know the difference between an oral and rectal thermometer?”
Pete: “No, what is it, Joe?”
Joe: “The taste.”
🍎 Today’s Health Question ~ How Many of Life’s Simple 7 Do You Practice?
“Volumes of research point to at least seven behaviors, called Life’s Simple 7, that can dramatically lower the burden of heart disease, stroke and dementia. Not smoking, eating a healthy diet, exercising regularly, maintaining a healthy weight, and keeping blood glucose, blood pressure and cholesterol levels in a healthy range have the potential to collectively wipe out a vast majority of heart disease and stroke and prevent or delay a significant number of dementias.”
💡 Something to Think About
If we ride on a carousel all day we end up close to where we started. Life’s like riding a carousel. If we want something different, we have to get off the carousel.
🤗 A Better Life ~ Enjoy the Day
Some days are better than others. It doesn’t matter, they are all our days. We have to work through the tough ones, dance through the easy ones. Enjoy each day. Be grateful for its gifts.
🌾 Today’s Poem ~ Life is Fine
Life Is Fine
Langston Hughes
I went down to the river,
I set down on the bank.
I tried to think but couldn’t,
So I jumped in and sank.
I set down on the bank.
I tried to think but couldn’t,
So I jumped in and sank.
I came up once and hollered!
I came up twice and cried!
If that water hadn’t a-been so cold
I might’ve sunk and died.
But it was Cold in that water! It was cold!
I took the elevator
Sixteen floors above the ground.
I thought about my baby
And thought I would jump down.
I stood there and I hollered!
I stood there and I cried!
If it hadn’t a-been so high
I might’ve jumped and died.
But it was High up there! It was high!
So since I’m still here livin’,
I guess I will live on.
I could’ve died for love–
But for livin’ I was born
Though you may hear me holler,
And you may see me cry–
I’ll be dogged, sweet baby,
If you gonna see me die.
Life is fine! Fine as wine! Life is fine!
