Have you seen a meteor shower and stood in awe? Have you seen a mother duck leading her ducklings to the water for their first swim and felt happy? Have you let a baby wrap his/her fingers around your little finger and felt the joy in that moment? There are hundreds of moments like these in our days if we slow down a bit and look.
Month: November 2021
🌞 Today’s Inspiration ~ Strive On, Never Quit
“Do not lose heart, even if you must wait a bit before finding the right thing. Be prepared for disappointment also, but do not abandon the quest.” ~ Albert Schweitzer
💡 Something to Think About
Not a day goes by without seeing criticism, anger, disrespect, and intolerance in the news or social media. It doesn’t seem to be helping, maybe it’s time to try love, respect, tolerance, and kindness.
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Bringing Life Alive in Your Stories
“I’m trying in all my stories to get the feeling of the actual life across—not to just depict life—or criticize it—but to actually make it alive. So that when you have read something by me you actually experience the thing. You can’t do this without putting in the bad and the ugly as well as what is beautiful. Because if it is all beautiful you can’t believe in it. Things aren’t that way.
~ Ernest Hemingway
Today’s Smile 😃
Joe: “I was raised as an only child.”
Pete: “How was that?”
Joe: “I like it, but it was annoying to my brother.”
🌞 Today’s Inspiration ~ Life is Sacred
“The best and purest human beings, from the beginning of time, have understood that life is sacred.”
🍎 Today’s Health Tip ~ What You Eat Can Affect Inflammation in Your Body
Research shows that what you eat can affect the levels of C-reactive protein (CRP)—a marker for inflammation—in your blood. That could be because some foods like processed sugars help release inflammatory messengers that can raise the risk of chronic inflammation. Other foods like fruits and veggies help your body fight against oxidative stress, which can trigger inflammation. The good news: Foods that are anti-inflammatory tend to be the same foods that can help keep you healthy in other ways, too. So eating with inflammation in mind doesn’t have to be complicated or restrictive.
Simple rules of thumb for anti-inflammatory eating:
- Eat more plants.
- Focus on antioxidants.
- Get your Omega-3s.
- Eat less red meat.
- Cut the processed stuff.
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Experience Joy in Writing
“Make writing a place of joy. If you only think of writing as this work, as this onus, difficult thing, eventually you will start avoiding it or at least you will not come to it with the enthusiasm and energy. It needs to be what you want to do, what you love to do. You have to give yourself permission to do scary, wonderful exciting things.” ~ Dorothy Allison
💡 Something to Think About
Life is enjoyed more when we stop getting angry or anxious about things we can’t control or influence.. Don’t forfeit your happiness to anyone or anything.
👊 Today’s Power Thought ~ What is Your Reason for Living?
What are you living for? Once you discover a powerful reason for living, you’ll have no problem getting fired up and getting into the day. You’ll be on a mission designed for you and you alone.
