“Believe in your infinite potential. Your only limitations are those you set upon yourself.”
~ Roy T. Bennett
Month: October 2021
Today’s Smile 😃
Joe: “I told my boss, what happened wasn’t my fault.”
Pete: “What did your boss say?”
Joe: “My boss said, “I know. I’m just blaming you.”
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Persistence and a Never Quit Attitude
“You must keep sending work out; you must never let a manuscript do nothing but eat its head off in a drawer. You send that work out again and again, while you’re working on another one. If you have talent, you will receive some measure of success – but only if you persist.” ~
🌾 Today’s Poem ~ Sundown
Sundown
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The summer sun is sinking low;
Only the tree-tops redden and glow:
Only the weathercock on the spire
Of the neighboring church is a flame of fire;
All is in shadow below.
Only the tree-tops redden and glow:
Only the weathercock on the spire
Of the neighboring church is a flame of fire;
All is in shadow below.
O beautiful, awful summer day,
What hast thou given, what taken away?
Life and death, and love and hate,
Homes made happy or desolate,
Hearts made sad or gay!
On the road of life one mile-stone more!
In the book of life one leaf turned o’er!
Like a red seal is the setting sun
On the good and the evil men have done,–
Naught can to-day restore!
🍎 Today’s Health Tip ~ Benefits of Dark Leafy Green Vegetables
Dark Leafy Greens – A Nutritional Bonanza
Dark green leafy vegetables are great sources of nutrition. Salad greens, kale and spinach are rich in vitamins A, C, E and K, and broccoli, bok choy and mustard are also rich in many of the B-vitamins. These vegetables also contain an abundance of carotenoids-antioxidants that protect cells and play roles in blocking the early stages of cancer. They also contain high levels of fiber, iron, magnesium, potassium and calcium. Furthermore, greens have very little carbohydrates, sodium and cholesterol.
Eating dark green leafy vegetables is vital to a healthy, balanced diet. There are many ways to enjoy a meal with leafy greens:
Make a salad: Keep salads interesting by varying their colors, textures and varieties. Perk them up with small tender leafy greens such as romaine lettuce, spinach and arugula mixed with different kinds of tomatoes, cucumbers and carrots.
Wrap it up: Make a wrap with tuna, chicken or turkey and add romaine lettuce, spinach, arugula, and other veggies for some extra flavor.
Add to soup: Add greens with larger, tougher leaves such as collard greens, kale or mustard greens into your favorite soup.
Stir-fry: Add chopped spinach, bok choy or broccoli to chicken or tofu stir-fried with olive or canola oil with some garlic, onion or ginger.
Steamed: Steaming collard greens, mustard greens, kale or spinach until they are slightly soft.
In an omelet: Add steamed broccoli and/or spinach to an egg-white omelet for a vitamin and iron rich meal.
💡 Something to Think About
If you feel the door to opportunities is locked, don’t walk away and feel sorry for yourself. Start banging on the door. If no one opens the door, bang harder and louder, soon someone will open the door to stop the banging. Step through and run for the sunshine.
🌾 Today’s Poem ~ i carry your heart with me
i carry your heart with me
e. e. cummings
i carry your heart with me (i carry it in
my heart) i am never without it (anywhere
i go you go, my dear; and whatever is done
by only me is your doing, my darling)
i fear
no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet) i want
no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true)
and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you
my heart) i am never without it (anywhere
i go you go, my dear; and whatever is done
by only me is your doing, my darling)
i fear
no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet) i want
no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true)
and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you
here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which grows
higher than soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that’s keeping the stars apart
i carry your heart (i carry it in my heart)
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Write While You Feel the Fire
“Write while the heat is in you. The writer who postpones the recording of his thoughts uses an iron which has cooled to burn a hole with. He cannot inflame the minds of his audience.”
~
Today’s Smile 😃
Joe: “I get so much exercise at work I cancelled my gym membership.”
Pete: “What do you do?”
Joe: “I jump to conclusions, push my luck, and dodge deadlines.”
🤗 A Better Life ~ Cooking Lentil Soup
I put the mixings in the slow cooker for lentil soup this morning. The soup will cook all day. About an hour before dinner, I’ll add small Italian noodles. Life, at times, can be like cooking lentil soup. There are things we have to do that need the right ingredients coupled with our patience if they are to turn out right.
