“You know that fiction, prose rather, is possibly the roughest trade of all in writing. You do not have the reference, the old important reference. You have the sheet of blank paper, the pencil, and the obligation to invent truer than things can be true. You have to take what is not palpable and make it completely palpable and also have it seem normal and so that it can become a part of experience of the person who reads it.”
Month: September 2021
🌞 Today’s Inspiration ~ Be Kind to Yourself
“When you say ‘yes’ to others, make sure you aren’t saying ‘no’ to yourself.” ~ Paulo Coelho
👊 Today’s Power Thought ~ The Art of Listening
Listening as Gift
Listening is an important gift we can offer others. Listening and engaging in a conversation that draws the other out, can help the other work through issues, relieve stress, or come to a greater awareness of available options.
It’s Fall and Time for Pumpkin or Squash
Pumpkin and Squash are Healthy Foods
Although sometimes called winter squash because they keep so well when weather turns cold, butternut, buttercup, spaghetti, turban squash and other varieties are actually harvested in the fall.
Squash – and its close cousin pumpkin – are healthy eating choices.
Members of the squash family are high in dietary fiber and beta carotene, which helps your body make vitamin A and contributes to the health of your skin, eyes and immune system. Squash is low in calories and has a low glycemic index. A serving of winter squash has only 39 calories, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Foods that are lower on the glycemic index include “good carbs” and don’t make your blood sugar spike. The high fiber content of squash also makes it a filling choice.
Today’s Smile 😃
Joe: “My doctor told me told me to avoid all unnecessary stress and cut down on drinking.”
Pete: “Are you following your doctor’s advice?”
Joe: “Yes. I ignored my doctor’s bill and only drank one six pack instead of two.”
💡 Something to Think About
I see lots of lights shining in darkness. Each time someone helps a friend, family member, or neighbor, a light shines. Each time someone stands up for what is right in the face of intense opposition, a light shines. Let your light shine.
👊 Today’s Power Thought ~ Saying Nothing or Saying Something?
Some talk and talk and talk and say nothing. Others think, reflect, and speak only when he/she has something meaningful to say.
🤗 A Better Life ~ Be Yourself
Don’t be like everyone else, be yourself. That’s all you need to do. You are great just by being YOU!
💡 Something to Think About
We can’t help the thoughts that come into our mind. Often, we cannot choose how long they decide to stay. We can, however, choose whether or not we’ll listen to them. If the thoughts are not uplifting, empowering, and optimistic, push on in spite of them. Don’t give in to fearful, negative, anxiety-ridden thoughts. They’ll leave when they discover we’re not setting a place for them at the table.
🌾 Today’s Poem ~ Our Prayer of Thanks
Our Prayer of Thanks
Carl Sandburg
For the gladness here where the sun is shining at
evening on the weeds at the river,
Our prayer of thanks.
evening on the weeds at the river,
Our prayer of thanks.
For the laughter of children who tumble barefooted and
bareheaded in the summer grass,
Our prayer of thanks.
For the sunset and the stars, the women and the white
arms that hold us,
Our prayer of thanks.
God,
If you are deaf and blind, if this is all lost to you,
God, if the dead in their coffins amid the silver handles
on the edge of town, or the reckless dead of war
days thrown unknown in pits, if these dead are
forever deaf and blind and lost,
Our prayer of thanks.
God,
The game is all your way, the secrets and the signals and
the system; and so for the break of the game and
the first play and the last.
Our prayer of thanks.
