Month: February 2023

Kindness Works ~ Why Choose Kindness?

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A Good Reason to Be Kind

Across many studies, kindness has been linked to greater well-being. For example, research has looked at spending money on others as well as practicing random acts of kindness as two common ways that people can increase happiness through kindness. Importantly, the benefits of kindness don’t seem to depend on who we give our kindness to—being kind to strong ties, weak ties, and self have equally positive effects on happiness (Rowland & Curry,  2019). Indeed, a growing consensus in the happiness field suggests that kindness may just be the best way to increase happiness.

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Want to be happier? Make kindness part of your day.

Today’s Joke

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Joe: “My wife wants me to sing at her funeral when she dies.”

Pete: “Why did she say that?”

Joe: “She said she wanted everyone to know there are things worse than death.”

Kindness Works ~ Kindness Leads to a Better World

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Imagine a world where you can succeed by being nice.
Where we all pay it forward.
Where people look out for each other.
It all starts with an act.

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What small act of kindness will you do today?

Today’s Poem ~ Craving for Spring

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Craving for Spring

D. H. Lawrence

I wish it were spring in the world.

Let it be spring!
Come, bubbling, surging tide of sap!
Come, rush of creation!
Come, life! surge through this mass of mortification!
Come, sweep away these exquisite, ghastly first-flowers,
which are rather last-flowers!
Come, thaw down their cool portentousness, dissolve them:
snowdrops, straight, death-veined exhalations of white and purple crocuses,
flowers of the penumbra, issue of corruption, nourished in mortification,
jets of exquisite finality;
Come, spring, make havoc of them!

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Today’s Positive Thought ~ Learning to Trust Ourselves

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“As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live (Goethe).”

Learning to trust ourselves takes time. It takes a lot of letting go. It takes heaps of courage to dare new things without a safety net. When we reach the place of where we can trust ourselves, everything changes for the better. 

Today’s Photo ~ Cheers – Make it a Great Day!

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Cheers to you! Here’s hoping your day is filled to overflowing with good health, good news, good friends, and heaps and heaps of love.

 

 

 

 

 

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Today’s Health Tip ~ Foods That Lower Blood Pressure

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One of the tools your doctor may use to dial back your blood pressure is DASH — Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension. It’s not a diet but a way of eating. You cut back on salt, load up on fruits and veggies, and round out your meals with whole grains, fish, poultry, nuts, legumes, and low-fat dairy.

Try These Foods to Lower Blood Pressure

    1. Go green and leafy.
    2. Berries are good for you.
    3. Greek yogurt (watch the sugar)
    4. Fatty fish.
    5. Oatmeal
    6. Beets
    7. Garlic
    8. Tree nuts (without salt)
    9. Legumes and beans.
    10. Olive Oil

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Today’s Joke

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Joe: “I decided to quit drinking.”

Pete: “Why’s that, Joe?”

Joe: “I walked into my favorite bar last night and I asked the bartender, “Do I come here often?”

Today’s Inspiration ~ It’s a Matter of How You Choose to Look at It

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“You make mistakes. Mistakes don’t make you.”

Maxwell Maltz

Today’s Photo ~ A Lesson in Patience

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A friend sent me this photo of a bald eagle perched high above the Mississippi River. Soon, the eagle will take to flight and dip down toward the river and snag a fish swimming a bit to close to the surface. The eagle is a lesson in patience for me. If we want to soar like an eagle we also need the eagle’s patience to wait for the right moment to soar.

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