“Every great dream begins with a dreamer.”. ~ Harriet Tubman
Life is better with friends in it. Friends to share the joys. Friends to share the sorrows.Friends to celebrate. Want a friend? Be a friend.
What is your positive core? That is, what are the things that you do especially well? When we define our positive core, it opens up all kinds of new directions for us. We can now focus attention on what we do well. It’s difficult to completely identify our positive core by ourselves. We need to sit down with someone who knows us. Go to a coffee shop and brainstorm your positive core. Between the two of you, you will generate a well-defined list. You’ll be ready to take off on an exciting adventure.
Joe: “My girlfriend is a very bad cook.”
Pete: “How so?”
Joe: “She uses the smoke alarms as a timer.”
Sugary drinks like sodas, fruit juices, and sweetened teas . . . increase the risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes, even in people who are not carrying excess body fat (2Trusted Source).
Sugar-sweetened beverages are also uniquely harmful for children, as they can contribute not only to obesity in children but also to conditions that usually do not develop until adulthood, like type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (3Trusted Source, 4Trusted Source, 5Trusted Source).
Healthier alternatives include:
“Lord, help me to do great things as though they were little, since I do them with your power; And little things as though they were great, since I do them in your name!” ~ Blaise Pascal
Let Me Live by the Side of the Road
Sam Walter Foss
Let me live in a house by the side of the road,
Where the race of men go by—
The men who are good and the men who are bad,
As good and as bad as I.
I would not sit in the scorner’s seat,
Or hurl the cynic’s ban;—
Let me live in a house by the side of the road
And be a friend to man.
I see from my house by the side of the road,
By the side of the highway of life,
The men who press with the ardor of hope,
The men who are faint with the strife.
But I turn not away from their smiles nor their tears—
Both parts of an infinite plan;—
Let me live in my house by the side of the road
And be a friend to man.
I know there are brook-gladdened meadows ahead
And mountains of wearisome height;
And the road passes on through the long afternoon
And stretches away to the night.
But still I rejoice when the travelers rejoice,
And weep with the strangers that moan,
Nor live in my house by the side of the road
Like a man who dwells alone.
Let me live in my house by the side of the road
Where the race of men go by—
They are good, they are bad, they are weak, they are strong,
Wise, foolish—so am I.
Then why should I sit in the scorner’s seat
Or hurl the cynic’s ban?—
Let me live in my house by the side of the road
And be a friend to man.
In every relationship something works. Why focus on a disagreement that only builds barriers? Focus on what is working and make more of it. When two people agree on what is working, they center their attention on creatively building the relationship. It’s always a choice, we can choose to focus on what is working and make more of it. Or, we can choose to focus on what isn’t working and create an atmosphere of blame, shame, and defensiveness.
We don’t know if we’ll be a heavy gale or a gentle breeze. Whatever we are, if we give it all we’ve got we will have touched the hearts of those who have passed our way.
The more that you do good for others the more that good flows back to you. It may not flow back to you in the way expected but it will flow back in abundance.
