No sane person would repeatedly place his/her hand on a hot stove. Yet, isn’t that what we metaphorically do when we are trudging along trying to make a poor decision work? A better decision may be to slam the brakes on attempting to make the poor decision work and replace it with a better decision.
Month: November 2021
🍎 Today’s Health Tip ~ Is Decaf Coffee a Healthy Choice?
Like Your Coffee But Want to Cut Back on Caffeine
Decaf coffee beans are washed in solvents to remove 97% of the caffeine content prior to roasting. Decaf coffee is not caffeine free, as each cup contains about 0–7 mg. However, this is much less than the amount found in regular coffee. Decaf coffee contains similar amounts of antioxidants as regular coffee. These include mainly chlorogenic acid and other polyphenols. Decaf coffee causes significantly less acid reflux than regular coffee. Drinking more than two cups a day may also help reduce the risk of developing rectal cancer.
👊 Today’s Power Thought ~ A Grateful Person
A grateful man or woman realizes that whatever he/she has accomplished holds the fingerprints of all the people that helped him/her on the journey.
Today’s Smile 😃
Joe: “I spent last night deciding what are my three favorite things.”
Pete: “What did you decide, Joe?”
Joe: “My three favorite things are eating my family and hating commas.”
🤗 A Better Life ~ Are You Ready to Discover?
If we’re open to it, each day is a day of discovery. We’ll discover insights about ourselves and others. We may discover a new road that opened to us. Keep your eyes and heart open to all you can discover on your journey throughout the day.
🌞 Today’s Inspiration ~ The Secret of Success
“The secret of success is to find a need and fill it, to find a hurt and heal it, to find somebody with a problem and offer to help solve it.” – Robert H. Schuller
Today’s Smile 😃
Joe: “My girlfriend said she’s a compulsive liar.”
Pete: “What did you do?”
Joe: “Nothing. I don’t believe her.”
🍎 Today’s Health Tip ~ Having Trouble Sleeping?
It Might be Time to Give Up Caffeine & Other Stimulants
Caffeine (found in coffee, black tea, energy drinks and chocolate) and nicotine are well-known stimulants of the central nervous system and have an obvious detrimental effect on sleep. Even a cup of coffee in the morning can affect your ability to get to sleep 16 hours later.
Meanwhile, alcohol is a well-known sedative used commonly to hasten sleep, but in fact it is highly disruptive to normal sleep patterns. Moreover, as the effect of the alcohol wears off over a few hours, most people are awoken by headaches, sweating, dehydration and the need to urinate.
Reducing or eliminating your intake of these chemicals can have a major impact on your sleep quality and duration. If you must indulge, try to do so at least four hours before bedtime.
👊 Today’s Power Thought ~ You’re Going to Surprise Lots of Folks
Learn from every setback. Rise from every fall. Keep believing the best is just ahead. Never stop moving ahead. You’ll surprise lots of people how far you’ll go.
🌾 Today’s Poem ~ Trust Love
Trust Love
Rabindranath Tagore
“Trust love even if it brings sorrow.
Do not close up your heart.”
“Ah no, my friend, your words are
dark, I cannot understand them.”
“Pleasure is frail like a dewdrop,
while it laughs it dies. But sorrow is
strong and abiding. Let sorrowful
love wake in your eyes.”
“Ah no, my friend, your words are
dark, I cannot understand them.”
“The lotus blooms in the sight of
the sun, and loses all that it has. It
would not remain in bud in the
eternal winter mist.”
“Ah no, my friend, your words are
dark, I cannot understand them.”
Do not close up your heart.”
“Ah no, my friend, your words are
dark, I cannot understand them.”
“Pleasure is frail like a dewdrop,
while it laughs it dies. But sorrow is
strong and abiding. Let sorrowful
love wake in your eyes.”
“Ah no, my friend, your words are
dark, I cannot understand them.”
“The lotus blooms in the sight of
the sun, and loses all that it has. It
would not remain in bud in the
eternal winter mist.”
“Ah no, my friend, your words are
dark, I cannot understand them.”
