Joe: “I went to a bar last night and tried my best pickup line, she laughed at me.”
Pete: “What did you say?”
Joe: “I said, ‘Can I take your photo so I can show Santa what I want for Christmas.”
Month: September 2022
Power Thought ~ Stop Searching
Do you want to meet someone who will love, understand, and accept you as you are? Look in the mirror and say hello.
A Better Life ~ Kindness is Super Healthy
Did you know that witnessing kind acts and participating in them makes you healthier?
According to a study, “Witnessing acts of kindness produces oxytocin, occasionally referred to as the ‘love hormone’ which aids in lowering blood pressure and improving our overall heart-health. Oxytocin also increases our self-esteem and optimism, which is extra helpful when we’re in anxious or shy in a social situation. . . .When you are kind to another person, your brain’s pleasure and reward centers light up, as if you were the recipient of the good deed—not the giver. This phenomenon is called the “helper’s high.”
” No dieting or supplements required. Be kind to everyone you meet and you’ll feel a lot better.
Today’s Poem ~ A Song
A Song
Laurence Binyon
For Mercy, Courage, Kindness, Mirth,
There is no measure upon earth.
Nay, they wither, root and stem,
If an end be set to them.
There is no measure upon earth.
Nay, they wither, root and stem,
If an end be set to them.
Overbrim and overflow,
If you own heart you would know;
For the spirit born to bless
Lives but in its own excess
Today’s Inspiration ~ There’s Always a Solution – Keep Grinding
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For every obstacle there is a solution. Persistence is the key. The greatest mistake is giving up!”
~ Dwight D. Eisenhower
Today’s Good Word ~ Direction
What direction are you moving toward? Is it a direction that will make you more fully human, more authentic? Is it a direction that will make you more loving and compassionate toward others. Sometimes we’re not moving, we’re stuck trying to figure out what direction we should move toward. In my experience, it is the stepping out in any direction and trusting that it is the right direction. We can have no certitude what we choose is the right direction. We can trust, if we put our heart into our journey, make an honest effort to do good, that the direction we choose will end up being the right direction.
Today’s Power Thought ~ No Defeats
You are not defeated when you fail. You are defeated when you quit and refuse to try again. Never quit. Never give up.
Today’s Smile
Joe: “I was washing my car with my son when he suddenly asked me a question.”
Pete: “What did your son ask?”
Joe: “He said, “Do you think we could a sponge instead.”
A Better Life ~ Don’t Waste a Moment
World wide life expectancy ranges from 84.7 (Hong Kong) to 52.8 ((Central African Republic (source). Life is short by any measure. Why waste a moment being angry, holding tight to resentments. Enjoy every moment of the life you have. Love those close to you as if you’ll never see them again. Be generous with your funds, you can’t take it with you.
Something to Think About
Sometimes we’re our own worst enemy. We wonder why things don’t work out quite the way we want them to. We can blame others, blame God, or claim we have bad luck. We seldom choose to look at ourselves and examine what we are doing that causes things to happen the way they do to us.. It takes heaps of courage to take the journey within. It takes heaps of courage to ask a close friend to be completely honest with us. We can’t change until we know and understand what it is that we need to change.
