Thunderstorms are predicted for this part of south Texas over the next few days. We need the rain. The Texas sun baked the ground. Without the rain and storms, we wouldn’t enjoy the sun. Without the hot sunny days, we wouldn’t enjoy the rain. That’s the way it is with life. Sometimes, it takes missing something to appreciate what we had.
Month: October 2021
🤗 A Better Life ~ Start The Journey Today
The day one stops trying to be something they’re not begins the journey to what they are meant to be.
Today’s Smile 😃
Joe: “My girlfriend emailed me photos of our weekend together, but I couldn’t open any of the files.”
Pete: “That’s too bad,Joe.”
Joe: “I’ve always had trouble with emotional attachments.”
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Approaching the Act of Writing
“You can approach the act of writing with nervousness, excitement, hopefulness, or even despair — the sense that you can never completely put on the page what’s in your mind and heart. You can come to the act with your fists clenched and your eyes narrowed, ready to kick ass and take down names. You can come to it because you want a girl to marry you or because you want to change the world. Come to it any way but lightly. Let me say it again: you must not come lightly to the blank page.” —Stephen King , On Writing
🍎 Today’s Health Tip ~ The Importance of Cardio Exercise
It’s Time for Cardio – Get Your Playlist Ready
There’s a reason why so many people are focused on cardio at the gym. (Not to knock strength training—that’s important, too!) Fitness trainer and running coach Meghan Takacs says that cardio benefits the body, brain, and mental well-being. “Cardio is a really effective way for managing stress—especially right now when so many people are feeling overwhelmed,” she says. One reason for this is because cardio-based exercises—including both the elliptical and running—can release endorphins, known as the “feel good chemicals” in the brain. . . . Regular cardio can help someone maintain good heart health as well as lower their risk for diabetes, high blood pressure, and other health issues.
👊 Today’s Power Thought ~ It’s Time to Set Out
Turn the darkness into light. It starts with opening one’s eyes to what is possible, making a commitment to set out, and then setting out. C’mon, what are you waiting for? We need you.
🌞 Today’s Inspiration ~ Life is a Gift
“When I look back on my past and think how much time I wasted on nothing, how much time has been lost in futilities, errors, laziness, incapacity to live; how little I appreciated it, how many times I sinned against my heart and soul-then my heart bleeds. Life is a gift, life is happiness, every minute can be an eternity of happiness.” ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
🌾 Today’s Poem ~ Still Here
Still Here
Langston Hughes
I been scared and battered.
My hopes the wind done scattered.
Snow has friz me,
Sun has baked me,
My hopes the wind done scattered.
Snow has friz me,
Sun has baked me,
Looks like between ’em they done
Tried to make me
Stop laughin’, stop lovin’, stop livin’–
But I don’t care!
I’m still here!
