Joe: “My girlfriend asked me when I wanted to get married.”
Pete: “What did you say?”
Joe: “Apparently, ‘when I meet the right girl’ was the wrong answer.
Month: January 2022
🌞 Today’s Inspiration ~ Small Things Mean a Lot
“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.”
👊 Today’s Power Thought ~ Dealing with Difficult People
We can’t always get along with everyone. Disagreement are bound to happen. Some will get angry and walk away. Wise ones carefully parse their words and seek ways to navigate through the disagreement.
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ All the Pieces to a Story
“There’s the story, then there’s the real story, then there’s the story of how the story came to be told. Then there’s what you leave out of the story. Which is part of the story too.”
~ Margaret Atwood
🍎 Today’s Health Tip ~ Eating Healthy Without Dieting
Eating healthy can be easy, affordable and delicious. It’s all about making smart choices to build an overall healthy dietary pattern. A healthy diet can help reduce your risk of heart disease, stroke and lots of other things you’d rather avoid. Here are some tips to help you and your family adopt a healthier eating style:
INCLUDE
- Fruits and vegetables
- Whole grains
- Beans and legumes
- Nuts and seeds
- Fish (preferably oily fish with omega-3 fatty acids)
- Skinless poultry and lean animal proteins
- Plant-based proteins
LIMIT
- Sweetened drinks
- Sodium and salty foods
- Saturated fats and dietary cholesterol
- Fatty or processed red meats – if you choose to eat meat, select leaner cuts
- Refined carbohydrates like added sugars and processed grain foods
- Full-fat dairy products
- Tropical oils such as coconut and palm oil
AVOID
- Trans fat and partially hydrogenated oils – found in some commercially baked and fried foods
💡 Something to Think About
The place for winners and losers is on the playing field. In relationships, the only way to win is if everyone in the relationship wins.
🤗 A Better Life ~ Live Life with Hope
Live life with hope. Don’t give in to despair. Even in the tough times, lift the shades and keep an eye out for your rainbow. It’s going to show up. Never give up.
🌞 Today’s Inspiration ~ Hope, Hope, and Keep Hoping
“It is better to hope than to mope!” ~ Margaret Atwood
🌾 Today’s Poem ~ An Unbelieving Smile
An Unbelieving Smile
Rabindranath Tagore
An unbelieving smile flits on your
eyes when I come to you to take my
leave.
I have done it so often that you
think I will soon return.
To tell you the truth I have the
same doubt in my mind.
For the spring days come again
time after time; the full moon takes
leave and comes on another visit,
the flowers come again and blush
upon their branches year after year,
and it is likely that I take my leave
only to come to you again.
But keep the illusion awhile; do
not send it away with ungentle
haste.
When I say I leave you for all
time, accept it as true, and let a
mist of tears for one moment deepen
the dark rim of your eyes.
Then smile as archly as you like
when I come again.
eyes when I come to you to take my
leave.
I have done it so often that you
think I will soon return.
To tell you the truth I have the
same doubt in my mind.
For the spring days come again
time after time; the full moon takes
leave and comes on another visit,
the flowers come again and blush
upon their branches year after year,
and it is likely that I take my leave
only to come to you again.
But keep the illusion awhile; do
not send it away with ungentle
haste.
When I say I leave you for all
time, accept it as true, and let a
mist of tears for one moment deepen
the dark rim of your eyes.
Then smile as archly as you like
when I come again.
Today’s Smile 😃
Joe: “My girlfriend got me a get better soon card.”
Pete: “That’s nice, Joe. I didn’t know you were sick.”
Joe: “I wasn’t. She just wanted wanted me to get better.”
