“Don’t look back until you’ve written an entire draft, just begin each day from the last sentence you wrote the preceeding day. This prevents those cringing feelings, and means that you have a substantial body of work before you get down to the real work which is all in the edit.” ~ Will Self
Month: February 2022
👊 Today’s Power Thought ~ Surprise Yourself
Put no limitations in your mind. “Remove the words “if, maybe, later, can’t, too much, from your vocabulary. No excuses, never quit, dogged determination. You’ll surprise lots of folks, especially yourself.
🤗 A Better Life ~ Yes, You Can Go Further Than Most
There will always be people smarter and more talented than you. Don’t let that hold you back, you can out work, out hustle, persist and go further than most.
💡 Something to Think About
High inflation, Omicron, threats of war, global warming, rising crime rates all important issues, but we can’t let every threat and challenge keep us from living. There’s much more going on than what we read in the headlines. Get up, get out, connect with friends and neighbors, you’ll find it’s a pretty good world we live in.
🌾 Today’s Poem ~ And Death Shall Have No Dominion
And Death Shall Have No Dominion
Dylan Thomas
And death shall have no dominion.
Dead men naked they shall be one
With the man in the wind and the west moon;
When their bones are picked clean and the clean bones gone,
They shall have stars at elbow and foot;
Though they go mad they shall be sane,
Though they sink through the sea they shall rise again;
Though lovers be lost love shall not;
And death shall have no dominion.
And death shall have no dominion.
Under the windings of the sea
They lying long shall not die windily;
Twisting on racks when sinews give way,
Strapped to a wheel, yet they shall not break;
Faith in their hands shall snap in two,
And the unicorn evils run them through;
Split all ends up they shan’t crack;
And death shall have no dominion.
And death shall have no dominion.
No more may gulls cry at their ears
Or waves break loud on the seashores;
Where blew a flower may a flower no more
Lift its head to the blows of the rain;
Though they be mad and dead as nails,
Heads of the characters hammer through daisies;
Break in the sun till the sun breaks down,
And death shall have no dominion.
Today’s Smile 😃
Joe: “Pete, did you hear about the new squirrel diet?”
Pete: “No, what is it?”
Joe: “It’s just nuts.”
🌞 Today’s Inspiration ~ Live With No Regrets
“It is better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret.”
~ Jackie Joyner-Kersee
🍎 Today’s Health Tip ~ Improve Your Odds of Avoiding Hearing Loss
The right vitamins and minerals may also prevent hearing loss? Stock your fridge with foods that contain these vitamins and minerals, which can play an important role in supporting healthy hearing.
Potassium – Potassium loss is one factor that can contribute to age-related hearing loss, since your inner ear fluid is sensitive to disruptions in potassium levels. . . . Potassium-rich foods: dried apricots; leafy greens; lentils; prunes; many fruit or vegetable juices; raisins; beans; milk; yogurt; sweet potatoes; avocados; bananas.
Magnesium – Magnesium may help prevent hearing damage caused by exposure to loud noise levels. Magnesium is a free radical scavenger that can help protect your ears against this type of damage. Magnesium may also play a role in relieving ringing in the ears, known as tinnitus. Magnesium-rich foods: whole wheat, spinach, quinoa, almonds, peanuts, cashews, dark chocolate, black beans, edamame, avocados, cultured yogurt, tofu.
Folate – Folate can help fight off free radicals that balloon after exposure to loud noises and contribute to inner ear damage. Additionally, folate can help the body reduce its levels of homocysteine, an amino acid that can compromise the ear’s vascular system and impair blood flow into the inner ear. Folate-rich foods: asparagus, beef liver, lentils, beans, spinach, lettuce, avocados, egg yolks, bananas, mushrooms, broccoli and more.
Vitamin D – Vitamin D is well known for its ability to optimize bone health, and the three small bones in your middle ear are no exception. The bones use vibration to help transmit sound from the outer ear to the inner ear; if they soften or weaken, it could have a negative impact on a person’s hearing.Vitamin D-rich foods: oily fish, such as salmon or herring; mushrooms; egg yolks; and some commercially available foods that are labeled as having been specially fortified with vitamin D, such as cow’s milk, orange juice and breakfast cereals.
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ 10 Writing Tips
10 Writing Tips from Ian Rankin
- Read lots.
- Write lots.
- Learn to be self-critical.
- Learn what criticism to accept.
- Be persistent.
- Have a story worth telling.
- Don’t give up.
- Know the market.
- Get lucky.
- Stay lucky.
🌾 Today’s Poem ~ The Tree of Song
The Tree of Song
Sara Teasdale
I sang my songs for the rest,
For you I am still;
The tree of my song is bare
On its shining hill.
For you came like a lordly wind,
And the leaves were whirled
Far as forgotten things
Past the rim of the world.
The tree of my song stands bare
Against the blue –
I gave my songs to the rest,
Myself to you.
