“Find the key emotion; this may be all you need know to find your short story.”
~ F. Scott Fitzgerald
Month: November 2021
💡 Something to Think About
Someone needs to hear a kind word. Someone needs to be encouraged. Someone needs to know tomorrow will be better than today. There’s plenty of work for you to do. No need for boredom.
Today’s Smile 😃
Joe: “I got fired from my job at the orange juice factory.”
Pete: “Why?”
Joe: “I just couldn’t concentrate.”
🤗 A Better Life ~ The Sun is Shining Above the Clouds
The day may bring clouds and rain. But, there’s sun shining above the clouds. You got this and tomorrow will be even better than today. Believe it.
🌾 Today’s Poem ~ Promises Like Pie-Crust
Promises Like Pie-Crust
Christina Rossetti
Promise me no promises,
So will I not promise you:
Keep we both our liberties,
Never false and never true:
Let us hold the die uncast,
Free to come as free to go:
For I cannot know your past,
And of mine what can you know?
So will I not promise you:
Keep we both our liberties,
Never false and never true:
Let us hold the die uncast,
Free to come as free to go:
For I cannot know your past,
And of mine what can you know?
You, so warm, may once have been
Warmer towards another one:
I, so cold, may once have seen
Sunlight, once have felt the sun:
Who shall show us if it was
Thus indeed in time of old?
Fades the image from the glass,
And the fortune is not told.
If you promised, you might grieve
For lost liberty again:
If I promised, I believe
I should fret to break the chain.
Let us be the friends we were,
Nothing more but nothing less:
Many thrive on frugal fare
Who would perish of excess.
Today’s Smile 😃
Joe: “I asked my wife if she fantasizes about me.”
Pete: “What did she say?”
Joe: “She she fantasizes about my putting the toilet seat down and picking up my clothes.
🌞 Today’s Inspiration ~ Trust Your Instincts
Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else’s.
~ Billy Wilder
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Getting Inside the Character’s Head
“I try to write as the character would write, and I never forget that the average man, from the fields, the streets, the bars, the offices and even the gutters of his country, has acquired a vividness of speech that goes beyond anything I could invent, and that if I stick to this heritage,.I shall attain a maximum of effectiveness with very little effort.” ~ James M. Cain
🍎 Today’s Health Tip ~ Which is the Healthiest Fruit Juice
The Winner is Pomegranate Juice
Pomegranate is the healthiest juice because it contains the most of every type of antioxidant. It wins in all categories. And it’s thought that it might do some very good things; it may protect against some cancers, such as prostate cancer. It might also modify heart disease risk factors, and it could be healthy for your heart. So pomegranate was the clear winner.
👊 Today’s Power Thought ~ Learn as you Go
Don’t wait for an RSVP, take the initiative and lead the way. Never done it? No big deal. You’ll learn as you go.
