Joe: “My ex is a vet and that was why we broke up.”
Pete: “What Happened?”
Joe: “She was always trying to put me down.”
Month: April 2022
🌞 Today’s Inspiration ~ Just Dance
“You look ridiculous if you dance You look ridiculous if you don’t dance So you might as well dance.”
🤗 A Better Life ~ Slow Down, Just for a Moment
You know you are out of balance if all you think about is work, tasks to be accomplished, and the next thing to do. When we’re out of balance we have to pedal harder to prevent ourselves from tipping. Today, take time to find some balance. It doesn’t have to be big. Skip a business lunch and go for a gentle walk, grab a bite from a food truck. Tonight, leave the news alone. It’ll still be there in the morning. Hold hands and kiss the partner in your life. You’ll both feel better.
🌾 Today’s Poem ~ Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day (Sonnet 18)
Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day (Sonnet 18)
William Shakespeare
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate.
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer’s lease hath all too short a date.
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimmed;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance, or nature’s changing course, untrimmed;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade,
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st,
Nor shall death brag thou wand’rest in his shade,
When in eternal lines to Time thou grow’st.
So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
🍎 Today’s Health Tip ~ Kissing Has Substantial Health Benefits
Kissing Is Good for Your Health
- Turns out that kissing — even your family and friends — has loads of mental and physical benefits that make getting your smooch on totally worth it. Here’s what the science says.
- Kissing boosts your happy hormones – Kissing triggers your brain to release a cocktail of chemicals that leave you feeling oh so good by igniting the pleasure centers of the brain.
- Kissing helps you bond with the other person – Oxytocin is a chemical linked to pair bonding. The rush of oxytocin released when you kiss causes feelings of affection and attachment.
- Kissing can reduce your cortisol levels — potentially improving your feelings of self-worth.
- Kissing relieves stress – kissing also lowers cortisol levels and stress. Kissing and other affectionate communication, like hugging and saying “I love you,” impacts the physiological processes related to stress management.
- Kissing can improve your immune system – Swapping spit can boost your immunity by exposing you to new germs that strengthen your immune system. One 2014 study found that couples that kiss frequently share the same microbiota in their saliva and on their tongues.
- Kissing, regardless of whom you’re kissing, can have a positive impact on your emotional and physical wellbeing.
- Kissing makes both parties feel good about themselves and can help strengthen relationships of all kinds, so kiss and kiss often. It’s good for you!
👍 Today’s Good Word ~ Smile
Smile – Def: to make the corners of your mouth go up so that you look happy or friendly.
A warm smile. It’s one of the best gifts we can give to another. A warm smile lifts the spirits of all it touches. A warm smile is the outward manifestation of your inner joy and happiness. Practice making a warm smile, it will lift your spirits and cast out any doom and gloom. A warm smile is like the bright sun shining after a heavy rain. The earth smiles back at the sun. Your smile is like the sun after a storm, you’ll make another’s day. Keep smiling.
👊 Today’s Power Thought ~ Let it Go
There’s no future in the past. Let the past go, look toward today and tomorrow.
🌞 Today’s Inspiration ~ Don’t Let Go
“Night is always darker before the dawn and life is the same, the hard times will pass, every thing will get better and sun will shine brighter then ever.” ~ Ernest Hemingway
Today’s Smile 😃
Joe: “My dad is suffering from seizures.”
Pete: “That’s too bad, Joe.”
Joe: “So far they’ve take his car, iPhone, and house.”
🤗 A Better Life ~ Making Choices
What does this day hold for you? Who knows? How we frame the events of our day can make all the difference in how we feel about the day. The other night a friend text me and suggested we go out for dinner. I was planning to watch a basketball playoff game. After a moment’s thought, I chose to go out for dinner. I can always watch a replay of basketball game, I can’t watch a replay of a pleasant conversation over a good meal. It was a good decision.
