We all face tough times. They happen. Even on tough days, the sun is going to shine on us. We can look toward the light or we can look toward the darkness. I’ve found that the tough time have a set duration, I can’t wish them away. They’re going to hang around until, like a thunderstorm, their energy dissipates. I do know if I’m look toward the light during the tough times, I endure them a lot better than if I concentrate on the darkness.
Month: November 2022
Today’s Inspiration ~ Listen to Your Heart
You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it’s better to listen to what it has to say.
What If . . .
What if I could make everyone I meet today happy? That’s not going to happen. Happiness is an inside job. It’s up to me to find my happiness. The best I can do for others I meet is to share my portion of sunshine. I hope it’s enough to cause them to flip their happiness switch. In the end, it’s up them to flip the switch. As for me, I’ll sing, dance, and smile throughout my day. Bring your shine.
Today’s Poem ~ Still Heart
Still Heart
Rabindranath Tagore
When I give up the helm
I know that the time has come for thee to take it.
What there is to do will be instantly done.
Vain is this struggle.
I know that the time has come for thee to take it.
What there is to do will be instantly done.
Vain is this struggle.
Then take away your hands
and silently put up with your defeat, my heart,
and think it your good fortune to sit perfectly still
where you are placed.
These my lamps are blown out at every little puff of wind,
and trying to light them I forget all else again and again.
But I shall be wise this time and wait in the dark,
spreading my mat on the floor;
and whenever it is thy pleasure, my lord,
come silently and take thy seat here.
Today’s Health Tip ~ Is It Time to Build Your Endurance?
Use Exercise to Build Your Endurance
Endurance activities, often referred to as aerobic, increase your breathing and heart rates. These activities help keep you healthy, improve your fitness, and help you perform the tasks you need to do every day. Endurance exercises improve the health of your heart, lungs, and circulatory system. They also can delay or prevent many diseases that are common in older adults such as diabetes, colon and breastcancers, heart disease, and others.
Today’s Smile
Joe: “My job is very secure.”
Pete: “Why’s that, Joe?”
Joe: “No one else wants it.”
A Better Life ~ Our Way is Better than My Way
In great relationships, our way is a lot better than my way. Getting to our way is not always easy. There are lots of compromises, give and take, and understanding what’s really important in each partner’s life. Those in great relationships understand they may have to travel an untrod path on their way to “our way.” It’s a path worth creating.
Today’s Power Thought ~ Take the First Step
Do you have a dream? Is it time to stop dreaming and start walking toward that dream? Take the first step toward the dream. No matter how small the step, it is the beginning of the journey. Each step forward unlocks a new door and the path you’re to take will unfold before you. It’s all waiting for you to take the first step.
Today’s Health Tip ~ Does Playing Team Sports Increase Longevity?
You May Live Longer if You Place a Sport With Social Interactions
Experts like to say the best form of exercise is whatever kind you’ll actually do. But a new study finds that people who do team sports may be at an advantage over solitary exercisers.
The social interaction involved in partner and team sports may compound the plentiful benefits of physical activity, adding more years to your life than solo exercise, according to a study published Tuesday in Mayo Clinic Proceedings. Tennis, badminton and soccer are all better for longevity than cycling, swimming, jogging or gym exercise, according to the research.
Researchers noticed a clear correlation between social sports and longevity. Compared to sedentary people, they found that those who reported playing tennis as their main form of exercise could expect to add 9.7 years to their lifespan, followed by badminton (6.2 years), soccer (4.7 years), cycling (3.7 years), swimming (3.4 years), jogging (3.2 years), calisthenics (3.1 years) and health club activities (1.5 years).
Plenty of research supports a link between social interaction and good health, including recent research published in The Lancet that found team sports are the best physical activity for mental health. Partner sports also tend to be more enjoyable than solitary exercise, O’Keefe says, which can potentially enhance mental health and increase long-term adherence to an exercise routine. Plenty of research has also shown that moderate exercise tends to be as good or better for longevity than vigorous activities such as running, which can take a toll on the body over time.
Today’s Poem ~ Sit Smiling
Sit Smiling
Rabindranath Tagore
I boasted among men that I had known you.
They see your pictures in all works of mine.
They come and ask me, `Who is he?’
I know not how to answer them. I say, `Indeed, I cannot tell.’
They blame me and they go away in scorn.
And you sit there smiling. I put my tales of you into lasting songs.
The secret gushes out from my heart.
They come and ask me, `Tell me all your meanings.’
I know not how to answer them.
I say, `Ah, who knows what they mean!’
They smile and go away in utter scorn.
And you sit there smiling.
They see your pictures in all works of mine.
They come and ask me, `Who is he?’
I know not how to answer them. I say, `Indeed, I cannot tell.’
They blame me and they go away in scorn.
And you sit there smiling. I put my tales of you into lasting songs.
The secret gushes out from my heart.
They come and ask me, `Tell me all your meanings.’
I know not how to answer them.
I say, `Ah, who knows what they mean!’
They smile and go away in utter scorn.
And you sit there smiling.
