A Few Lessons The Four Seasons Teach Us
They teach us about the stages of life.
They teach us that each season brings its own gifts.
They teach us life can’t be rushed, it is to be enjoyed.
They teach us that change happens.
Month: February 2022
🌞 Today’s Inspiration ~ Make Your Opportunities
“Don’t wait for the right opportunity: create it.” ~ George Bernard Shaw
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Have a Good Story Idea? Be Flexible
“If you have a good story idea, don’t assume it must form a prose narrative. It may work better as a play, a screenplay or a poem. Be flexible.” ~Hilary Mantel
Today’s Smile 😃
Joe: “I’m suffering from separation anxiety.”
Pete: “What’s troubling you, Joe?”
Joe: “I’m afraid my ex will come back.”
🍎 Today’s Health Tip ~ 5 Foods for Healthy Eyes
Eat more of these foods to maximize your eye health.
Studies show that five foods can help prevent cataracts, clouding of the lens within the eye, dry eyes and glaucoma. They may also protect against age-related macular degeneration, the most common cause of irreversible vision loss in the elderly.
1. Carrots – Carrots contain beta-carotene, which the body uses to make vitamin A. Vitamin A is important to the health of your eyes. Without it or in insufficient quantities, low vitamin A levels can lead to dry eye, corneal scarring, night blindness and vision loss.
2. Kale – Dark green leafy vegetables like kale, spinach and broccoli are rich in the antioxidants lutein and zeaxanthin, which are present in high concentrations in the retina. These antioxidants act as a filter and protect the retina from damaging blue light.
3. Red peppers – Orange and red fruits and vegetables like red peppers, oranges, strawberries, broccoli, and kiwi contain vitamin C, another antioxidant, which may help prevent the development of cataracts.
4. Salmon – Fish, especially salmon, are packed with omega-3 fatty acids. Omega-3 fatty acids help promote the visual health of the retina and can help prevent dry eyes. Salmon, sardines and herring have the most omega-3s, but flounder, halibut and tuna are also good sources.
5. Oysters – Oysters are loaded with zinc, which may be able to slow the progression of age-related macular degeneration. Zinc is also found in turkey, eggs, peanuts and whole grains.
🤗 A Better Life ~ Enjoy Life
Put on your dancing shoes. Turn up the music. Enjoy life. Step away from the blues and light it up, if only for a few minutes. You’ll feel better.
👊 Today’s Power Thought ~ Not Making Progress?
Feeling stuck, going in circles and not making progress? What questions are guiding you? Identify the questions guiding you and you’ll discover the source that’s blocking your progress. Change the questions and you’ll move forward.
🌾 Today’s Poem ~ The Song Maker
The Song Maker
Sara Teasdale
I made a hundred little songs
That told the joy and pain of love,
And sang them blithely, tho’ I knew
No whit thereof.
I was a weaver deaf and blind;
A miracle was wrought for me,
But I have lost my skill to weave
Since I can see.
For while I sang – ah swift and strange!
Love passed and touched me on the brow,
And I who made so many songs
Am silent now.
Today’s Smile 😃
Joe: “My psychiatrist told me I had an obsessive-compulsive disorder.”
Pete: “Was your psychiatrist certain?”
Joe: “I’m not sure, I only called ten times to make sure she was certain.”
🤗 A Better Life ~ Become the Master of Your Fears
Each time we dare to face one of our fears, we gain strength. We let ourselves know that fear will not stop us from living the life we deserve to live. Don’t give in to your fears. Become their master.
