Let go of an insular attitude and reach out. You’ll discover there are no strangers in your life, only friends waiting to meet you.
Month: August 2022
Today’s Power Thought ~ Attempt Something Great
If you want to attempt something great, ignore the trends and current fads, walk to the edge and find your way.
Today’s Health Tip ~ Are Green Peppers Good for You?
Green peppers are a popular vegetable because they are incredibly versatile and can be added to almost any savory dish. The compounds in green peppers can offer a wide array of health benefits.
Green Peppers Improve Eye Health
Green peppers are packed with a chemical compound called lutein. Lutein gives certain foods—including carrots, cantaloupe, and eggs—their distinctive yellow and orange coloring. Lutein is an antioxidant that has been shown to improve eye health. Lutein helps strengthen the part of the eye that often becomes damaged by blue light. Getting enough lutein in your diet may help prevent macular degeneration and cataracts from developing.
Green Peppers Prevent Anemia
Anemia is a condition that stems from not having enough iron in your blood. This can limit your production of healthy red blood cells, which carry oxygen throughout your body. The main symptoms of anemia include fatigue and weakness. Not only are green peppers high in iron, but they’re also rich in Vitamin C, which can help your body absorb iron more efficiently. This combination makes green peppers a superfood when it comes to preventing and treating iron-deficient anemia.
A Better Life ~ Life Awaits
There are only memories behind us, life is in front of us. Don’t fear the trip. Adventure awaits.
Today’s Inspiration ~ Practice Kindness
Practice kindness all day to everybody and you will realize you’re already in heaven now.
Today’s Smile
Joe: “When my mom was in labor, my head got stuck in her and midwife had to pull me out”
Pete: “Did it all turn out okay?”
Joe: “Yah, I got so excited, I couldn’t wait to see my new brother.”
Something to Think About
Life is filled with wonderful and unexpected surprises. I had a hip replaced on Monday, and on Friday I was walking unassisted and without pain. If our hearts are open to the life’s wonders we can grasp a sense of the miraculous..
Today’s Good Word ~ Boundaries
I have a wooden fence that marks the boundary of my property. If I stay inside my boundary I’ll never experience what is outside my boundary. When we push the boundaries of our thinking we dare to explore and contemplate things we’ve never thought about. We dare to explore things that may frighten us, excite us, or challenge us. Push the boundaries and discover what is waiting for you.
Today’s Poem ~ Just be Glad
Just be Glad
James Whitcomb Riley
O heart of mine, we shouldn’t
Worry so!
What we’ve missed of calm we couldn’t
Have, you know!
What we’ve met of stormy pain,
And of sorrow’s driving rain,
We can better meet again,
If it blow!
We have erred in that dark hour
We have known,
When our tears fell with the shower,
All alone!—
Were not shine and shower blent
As the gracious Master meant?—
Let us temper our content
With His own.
For, we know, not every morrow
Can be sad;
So, forgetting all the sorrow
We have had,
Let us fold away our fears,
And put by our foolish tears,
And through all the coming years
Just be glad.
Today’s Health Tip ~ Is Unfiltered Coffee Healthy for You?
The health benefits of filtered coffee & risks of unfiltered coffee
According to a study, 59 percent drank filtered coffee, 20 percent drank unfiltered coffee, 9 percent drank both types, and 12 percent didn’t drink coffee at all. And it’s clear that filtered coffee wins: “Unfiltered brew was associated with higher mortality than filtered brew, and filtered brew was associated with lower mortality than no coffee consumption,” wrote the study authors. The amount also made a difference. “Among coffee consumers, the reference group of 1 to 4 cups a day of filtered brew had the lowest mortality, and >9 cups a day of unfiltered brew had the highest mortality.”
