Alone, I can’t stop global warming. Alone, I can’t end hunger. Alone, I can’t end wars and terror. I can help my neighbors. I can be a listening ear to one who is suffering. I can recycle. I can make myself a man of peace. When we all do what we can, we are not alone, we are connected and together great things suddenly happen.
Month: April 2022
🍎 Today’s Health Tip ~ Eat A Plant Based Diet for a Healthier You
Make Plants the Main Attraction
A substantial amount of research shows that people who eat a plant-based diet — mainly fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and legumes — live longer and enjoy better health than people whose diets consist mainly of animal-based foods like meat. Many cultures developed their cuisines around plant foods out of necessity. Traditionally, animal protein was expensive, so limited quantities were available. Mediterranean, Latin American, and Asian cultures are known for pairing healthy plant foods with lean protein (fish, chicken) and monounsaturated fat (olive oils, nuts).
These diets can have substantial health benefits. For example, a Mediterranean-style diet has been found responsible for:
- longer life expectancy
- reduced heart disease
- relief from rheumatoid arthritis
- lower rates of Parkinson’s disease
- lower rates of Alzheimer’s disease
Source: Harvard Medical School: Healthbeat Newsletter (April 4, 2022)
🌾 Today’s Poem ~ A Hymn to Love
A Hymn to Love
Robert Herrick
I will confess
With cheerfulness,
Love is a thing so likes me,
That, let her lay
On me all day,
I’ll kiss the hand that strikes me.
I will not, I,
Now blubb’ring cry,
It, ah! too late repents me
That I did fall
To love at all–
Since love so much contents me.
No, no, I’ll be
In fetters free;
While others they sit wringing
Their hands for pain,
I’ll entertain
The wounds of love with singing.
With flowers and wine,
And cakes divine,
To strike me I will tempt thee;
Which done, no more
I’ll come before
Thee and thine altars empty.
🤗 A Better Life ~ Laughter is Good Medicine
It’s true, laughter is good medicine. The research says it strengthens our immune system, lessens pain, and boosts our mood. Children laugh much more than adults. Is it time to stop taking ourselves so seriously and lighten up, just a tad? Here’s hoping you have a wonderful, belly shaking, tears flowing laugh heading your way.
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ What Do You See in Your Marble?
Make The Marble
Michelangelo reputedly said, “I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.” Writers must free their angels as well. But first you need the marble. The marble in this case is all the primary material that will come to form the basis of your novel. For many of us, that involves research.
🌞 Today’s Inspiration ~ Be Fearless
“Easy is not a option..No days off..Never Quit..Be Fearless..Talent you have Naturally..Skill is only developed by hours and hours of Work.” ~ Usain Bolt
👊 Today’s Power Thought ~ Is It Really What You Want?
Do you know what you want? How focused on a scale of one to ten are you focused on getting what you want? Is it time to increase focus and intensity? If what you want is really what you want you’ll have no problem turning up focus and intensity. If you find it challenging to turn up your focus and intensity it may be time to revise what you’re really after.
Today’s Smile 😃
Joe: “The hospital called and told me my ex girlfriend was admitted and was serious.”
Pete: “What did you say?”
Joe: “I told them I was only looking for a casual relationship.”
💡 Something to Think About
I like independent thinkers, folks who are not afraid of questioning. Thinking for ourselves is an important human right. When we forfeit our way of thinking for someone else’s thinking, we forfeit control over our lives. Question, question, and question. Seek the truth the best you can. When we think for ourselves we may stumble and fall, but it is our stumble and fall, we’ll learn from it.
Today’s Smile 😃
Joe: “I don’t know what I’d do without my mother-in-law.”
Pete: “How so, Joe?”
Joe: “But I often dream about life without her.”
