Joe: “My girlfriend told me I have no respect for her personal space.”
Pete: “What did you say?”
Joe: “I told her it was totally ruining our bath together.”
Month: December 2021
👊 Today’s Power Thought ~ Maybe the Right Path Isn’t Right Path
Don’t give up if a door closes on you. Practice discernment and patience. Was it the right path for you? Are you being pulled toward a different path? You’ll know if you should continue to knock on the door or to let it go and take a different path.
🍎 Today’s Health Tip ~ Can Eating Cherries Help You to Sleep?
How CherriesHelp with Sleep
If you’re experiencing insomnia lately, it turns out you’re not alone. Insomnia affects millions of people. Tart cherries can aid sleep by increasing the amount of melatonin, a sleep hormone. Melatonin, which is produced naturally in your body by your brain’s pineal gland and can be taken as a supplement, partially controls your body’s sleep-wake cycle. Tart cherries have a small amount of both melatonin and tryptophan, an amino acid used in production of serotonin and melatonin. “Because tart cherries have different enzymes in them, they actually keep the tryptophan in the body longer,” says Czerwony. “So it not only does it get you to sleep sooner, but it keeps you asleep for longer.”
💡 Something to Think About
Don’t give in to despair, anxiety, or fear. Hold on, stay strong, act prudently, the tide always turns and one day it’s going to be rising for you. Count on it.
🌾 Today’s Poem ~ Peace My Heart
Peace, My Heart
Rabindranath Tagore
Peace, my heart, let the time for
the parting be sweet.
Let it not be a death but completeness.
Let love melt into memory and pain
into songs.
Let the flight through the sky end
in the folding of the wings over the
nest.
Let the last touch of your hands be
gentle like the flower of the night.
Stand still, O Beautiful End, for a
moment, and say your last words in
silence.
I bow to you and hold up my lamp
to light you on your way.
the parting be sweet.
Let it not be a death but completeness.
Let love melt into memory and pain
into songs.
Let the flight through the sky end
in the folding of the wings over the
nest.
Let the last touch of your hands be
gentle like the flower of the night.
Stand still, O Beautiful End, for a
moment, and say your last words in
silence.
I bow to you and hold up my lamp
to light you on your way.
👊 Today’s Power Thought ~ Put the Odds in Your Favor
Balance the impulse to act with collecting facts. Acting on impulse may “feel” right but it’s a lot like gambling. Collect the facts and stack the odds in your favor.
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Writing Practice Tip
“Just go outside and look at something and write it down and you’ll find it is a very nice piece of writing.”
Today’s Smile 😃
Joe: “My son and I were playing chess and he said, ‘Let’s make this interesting.'”
Pete: “What did you do?”
Joe: “We quit playing chess and went out for an ice cream.”
🤗 A Better Life ~ You’ve Got a Chance
Whatever is happening in your life at the moment, you’re alive, you’ve got a chance to get through it and thrive. Don’t let it go.
