Joe: “My boss told me he was getting complaints about me. So, I ask him, ‘What are they?'”
Pete: “What did your boss say?”
Joe: “He said, complaints are what people make when they’re not happy.”
Month: June 2022
Something to Think About
When I go regularly to the gym I find that my pulse rate lowers, my muscles get toned, and I feel better abut myself. If I stop going to the gym, my thoughts take on a different view: the scale must be wrong. The cleaners shrunk my pants. Maybe I’ll look better with an untucked shirt. LOL I think I’ll keep going to the gym. The gym story signifies doing what’s right for the body. When we do what’s right for our emotional state, relationship state, spiritual state, we are doing what’s right for those aspects of our person.
A Better Life ~ Some Days
I had great plans for today. Before going to bed I made a checklist of things I was going to accomplish. I set my alarm fifteen minutes early. My coffee maker was ready. I woke, exercised, and showered, turned the coffee on, and sat down to breakfast. It was all falling in place until it didn’t. A knock on the door by a neighbor whose car wouldn’t start. She needed a ride to a dental appointment, I took her to her dentist and returned home. An hour later I’m waiting for her in the parking lot. She came out forty-five minutes later. Her dentist had an emergency extraction. Some days are like today. There’s nothing you can about it. It’s as if the day has a mind of its own. It’s going to show us who’s boss, and it’s not us. Well, my check list is still intact for tomorrow. I made a neighbor happy. A plumber is a bit richer. My day turned out okay. My neighbor brought me a plate of fish tacos for dinner. Grateful for good neighbors.
Today’s Good Word ~ Story
Story – Def: a description, either true or imagined, of a connected series of events
I love a good story. At the moment, I’m reading a page turner. It’s grabbed ahold of my attention and it’s had to set my electronic copy down. Our lives are stories. Each day we’re writing a new chapter with our words and actions. The plot is constantly shifting and we shift with the plot to adapt to it. If we’re not careful, the story we’re writing takes control and unfolds along the plot line. If we’re aware of our story, we can decide if we like where our story is heading and if we want to change the plot lines. If we’re not happy with our story, we can change the characters, setting, central challenge, and how we resolve the challenge. You and I are writers whether we write or not. Each day we are writing a new chapter to our life’s story.
Today’s Inspiration ~ When You Love Someone
“When you love someone, you love the person as they are, and not as you’d like them to be.”
~ Leo Tolstoy
Today’s Health Tip ~ What Is Your Urine Telling You?
Your urine can tell you a lot about your health and your habits. . . . Changes in the smell and color of your urine are typically harmless, but sometimes they can indicate a medical problem. Normal, healthy urine is usually mildly yellow with a slight odor.
Urine can range in odor:
- Forty percent of people can smell a change in urine after they eat asparagus, sometimes called “asparagus pee.”
- Dehydration can produce an ammonia like odor
- A urinary tract infection can produce sweet-smelling urine. (3)
- Fruity-smelling urine can be a sign of type 2 diabetes.
- Foul-smelling urine can indicate a sexually transmitted infection. (4)
Urine can also vary in color:
- Clear urine is a sign of good hydration and potential overhydration.
- Pale yellow urine is an indicator of good hydration.
- Dark yellow urine is a sign to drink more fluids.
- Amber-colored urine can indicate dehydration.
- Orange urine can be caused by various foods or medications or be a sign of potential liver problems.
- Pink or red urine can be caused by foods or medications or it can also be a sign of blood in the urine.
- Blue or green urine can be caused by medications or food dyes, but it can be a sign of bacteria or the rare condition known as blue diaper syndrome, too.
- Dark-brown urine can be a sign of liver or kidney problems.
- White urine can occur when your body contains excess calcium or phosphate, or it may indicate a urinary tract infection.
Today’s Smile
Joe: “I went to the orthodontist and she made a mold of my teeth.”
Pete: “How did it work out, Joe?”
Joe: “I think she got the wrong impression of me.”
Today’s Poem ~ I Arise from Dreams of Thee
I Arise from Dreams of Thee
Percy Bysshe Shelley
I arise from dreams of thee
In the first sweet sleep of night,
When the winds are breathing low,
And the stars are shining bright
I arise from dreams of thee,
And a spirit in my feet
Has led me — who knows how? —
To thy chamber-window, sweet!
The wandering airs they faint
On the dark, the silent stream, —
The champak odors fall
Like sweet thoughts in a dream,
The nightingale’s complaint,
It dies upon her heart,
As I must die on thine,
O, beloved as thou art!
O, lift me from the grass!
I die, I faint, I fall!
Let thy love in kisses rain
On my lips and eyelids pale,
My cheek is cold and white, alas!
My Heart beats loud and fast
Oh! press it close to thine again,
Where it will break at last!
Something to Think About
When we ask a question, our mind tracks the question the way radar tracks planes crossing through the skies. When we’re stuck on a question that’s leading us down a dark path (e.g., why does this person hate me?), our mind conjures up all kinds of illusionary thoughts and conspiracies. When we change our question our mind doesn’t ask why we changed the question, it hooks on to the new question. If it is a positive question, our minds flood with innovative ways to bring about a positive outcome (e.g., How can I make my spouse/partner feel unconditionally loved?).
Today’s Power Thought ~ Where Change Can Happen
We can save lots of time by stop trying to change other people. The only person we can change is ourselves. It takes heaps of courage to see the things in ourselves that need changing.
