It’s easy to criticize, condemn, and portray people who hold different views than us as evil, foolish, or ignorant. Often, these projections are made onto whole groups, e.g., those who hold different political views, without ever knowing the individual and why the individual feels the way he/she feels. There is no dialogue. There is no attempt to understand. There is no effort to dig deeper into either one’s own views or the views of the other. When we lose our fear of dialogue or discovering that we may possible be wrong, divisiveness remains in control.
Month: October 2022
Today’s Power Thought ~ It’s Only a Number
Age is a number. I’ve met folks in their twenties who are old. I’ve met folks in their nineties who are as alive with the joy of life as a young person. Love life, live it to the fullest. Don’t fear life. Dance with it and be grateful for it.
A Better Life ~ Spread it Around
Why not be contagious today? Pass on smiles and kind words. Pass on a heightened sense of optimism that today is going to be a great day and tomorrow will be even better. You know you have a great smile, put it to work. Treat a friend to a cup of coffee and good conversation. You just might be a superspreader of joy, hope, and kindness.
A Better Life ~ Channel Anger for Good
Getting angry is a normal human action. What we do with our anger is always a choice. We can use our anger to attack another. Or, we can direct our anger to take constructive action. Anger meant to harm or hurt is destructive. Anger channeled to alleviate suffering, improve life, or for personal change are better ways to harness this powerful emotion.
What If . . .
Mid term elections are coming up in U.S. Both the Democratic and Republican party are vying for control of the Senate and House of Representatives. What if everyone who was concerned about the direction of the country volunteered to work for the candidate of his/her choice? Whatever the outcome we’d have a more engaged populace. We’d have the feeling that we made a difference in the election’s outcome. Working for the candidates of our choices is a better option than complaining about and demonizing opposing candidates.
Today’s Inspiration ~ Now is the Time to Begin
“Do not wait until the conditions are perfect to begin. Beginning makes the conditions perfect.”
Today’s Poem ~ Epilogue
Epilogue
David Herbert Lawrence
Patience, little Heart.
One day a heavy, June-hot woman
Will enter and shut the door to stay.
One day a heavy, June-hot woman
Will enter and shut the door to stay.
And when your stifling heart would summon
Cool, lonely night, her roused breasts will keep the night at bay,
Sitting in your room like two tiger-lilies
Flaming on after sunset,
Destroying the cool, lonely night with the glow of their hot twilight;
There in the morning, still, while the fierce strange scent comes yet
Stronger, hot and red; till you thirst for the daffodillies
With an anguished, husky thirst that you cannot assuage,
When the daffodillies are dead, and a woman of the dog-days holds you in gage.
Patience, little Heart.
Today’s Smile
Joe: “My girlfriend couldn’t believe I didn’t know the meaning of armageddon.”
Pete: “What did you tell her?”
Joe: “I said, “Just because I don’t know the meaning, it’ s not the end of the world.”
Today’s Health Tip ~ Good Sources of Plant Based Protein
Good Plant-Based Sources of Lean Protein
There are a variety of ways to consume protein from both animal and plant-based foods. Animal protein contains the most protein, says Kayla Kopp, a registered dietitian with Cleveland Clinic’sCenter for Human Nutrition. “One ounce of animal protein has about seven grams of protein,” she says. “If you are vegetarian or vegan, it is more difficult to get enough protein – but it is possible through a consumption of plant sources.”
Good plant-based sources of protein include:
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- Beans. A cup of pinto beans has 15 grams of protein.
- Chickpeas. A cup of chickpeas has about 14.5 grams of protein.
- Edamame. A cup of edamame has about 18 grams of protein.
- Hemp hearts. A cup of hemp hearts has about 10 grams of protein.
- Lentils. A cup of lentils has about 18 grams of protein.
- Nuts. Almonds, Brazil nuts, cashews, peanuts and pine nuts and particularly beneficial. A cup of almonds has about 30 grams of protein; a cup of Brazil nuts has about 19 grams of protein; a cup of cashews has about 25 grams of protein; a cup of peanuts has about 30 grams of protein; a cup of pine nuts has about 20 grams of protein.
- Quinoa. A cup of quinoa has about 24 grams of protein.
- Tofu. A cup of firm tofu has about 44 grams of protein.
Today’s Power Thought ~ Which Memories Fill Your Mind?
We all have both positive and negative memories . Which type of memories fill your mind? Give power to the positive memories and turn the negative memories into something positive. As I view my past, there are some experiences I would prefer not to have had. Yet, when I look at the experiences, I see how they shaped me and shaped the journey I traveled. I didn’t like the experiences at the time; today I am grateful for them.
