“Exercising is a good analogy for writing. If you’re not used to exercising you want to avoid it forever. If you’re used to it, it feels uncomfortable and strange not to. No matter where you are in your writing career, the same is true for writing. Even fifteen minutes a day will keep you in the habit.” ~ Jennifer Egan
Month: February 2022
🍎 Today’s Health Tip ~ Popcorn Can Be a Healthy Snack
Health Benefits of Popcorn
Popcorn contains lots of fiber and antioxidants, which can help prevent some serious health conditions. In addition to being high in fiber, popcorn also contains phenolic acids, a type of antioxidant. Popcorn is a whole grain, an important food group that may reduce the risk of diabetes, heart disease, and hypertension in humans. popcorn has a low glycemic index (GI), meaning that it may help you maintain your blood sugar levels more easily and avoid fluctuation associated with foods high in GI. Diets with a lot of low-GI foods can help people with type 1 or type 2 diabetes improve their glucose and lipid levels. Eating popcorn without a lot of added salt or butter may help you lower your blood pressure or lower the risk of developing high blood pressure.
🤗 A Better Life ~ Make it a Special Day
Surprise the special person in your life today. Wrap it in love and let him/her know how much he/she is loved. You don’t need a special reason, it’s a special day because he/she is in your life.
Today’s Smile 😃
Joe: “My psychologist told me I had an inferiority complex.”
Pete: “What did you say?”
Joe: “I said, ‘That may be true, but it’s not a very good one.'”
👊 Today’s Power Thought ~ So Many Opportunities
Each challenge is an opportunity to grow. Each setback is an opportunity to set out again. Each time we fall is an opportunity to rise. Each criticism is an opportunity to learn.
🌾 Today’s Poem ~ your little voice
your little voice
e. e. cummings
your little voice
Over the wires came leaping
and i felt suddenly
dizzy
With the jostling and shouting of merry flowers
wee skipping high-heeled flames
courtesied before my eyes
or twinkling over to my side
Looked up
with impertinently exquisite faces
floating hands were laid upon me
I was whirled and tossed into delicious dancing
up
Up
with the pale important
stars and the Humorous
moon
dear girl
How i was crazy how i cried when i heard
over time
and tide and death
leaping
Sweetly
your voice
💡 Something to Think About
We’re all love apprentices learning to love throughout our lives. The more we learn to love, the more our being is consumed with a desire to love and love all. Everything else pales in significance.
Today’s Smile 😃
Joe: “A girl I met at the bar told me I had the worst hair she’d ever seen.”
Pete: “How did you react?”
Joe: “I hugged her and told her I supported the visually impaired.”
🌾 Today’s Poem ~ Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight
Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight
Mark Twain
Goodnight, Sweetheart, goodnight —
The stars are shining bright,
The snow is turning white,
Dim is the failing light,
Fast falls the glooming night, —
All right!
Sleep tight!
Goodnight.
👊 Today’s Power Thought ~ Being Secure in One’s Self
When I am Secure in Myself:
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- I share the credit with others.
- I admit my shortcomings.
- I feel confident in the direction I’m heading.
- I build others.
- I applaud the success of others.
- I welcome both praise and criticism.
