Joe: “My wife threatened to leave me because she says I waste money on eBay.”
Pete: “What did you buy?”
Joe: “My last purchase was an air guitar.”
Month: March 2023
Inspiring Quote of the Day ~ How to Follow Your Path
“Wherever you go, go with all your heart.”
Health Tip of the Day ~ How Frequently Should You Wash Your Sheets?
It’s Not Pretty if You Don’t Wash Your Bed Sheets Often
If changing your bed sheets is at the bottom of your household chore list (you know, right along with matching socks and scrubbing the shower’s grout), consider this: You’re not sleeping alone. Joining you in bed are countless dust mites and bacteria, not to mention lots and lots of your own dead skin. Dermatologist Alok Vij, MD, says you should wash your sheets at least every two weeks — maybe more, depending on factors like whether you live in a warm climate and whether your pet sleeps in your bed. . . . Even when you think you’re sleeping alone, you’re actually joined by an array of strange bedfellows that are invisible to the naked eye — and they can cause skin problems like rashes and eczema, not to mention asthma and allergies.
Photo of the Day ~ Maintain Your Balance
Life all about learning how to stay balanced. When we’re balanced we can navigate through most of life’s journey.
Positive Thought of the Day ~ Create a Positive To Do List
A Positive To Do Helpers To Get Started
- Explore your creative side and push yourself to think outside the box.
- Try something new, take up a new hobby.
- Travel to somewhere you’ve never been before.
- Talk to someone you’ve never met.
- Challenge yourself to be the best version of you that you can be.
Poem of the Day ~ Sonnet VII [Oh Solitude! If I Must With Thee Dwell]
Sonnet VII [Oh Solitude! If I Must With Thee Dwell]
John Keats
O Solitude! if I must with thee dwell,
Let it not be among the jumbled heap
Of murky buildings; climb with me the steep,—
Nature’s observatory—whence the dell,
Its flowery slopes, its river’s crystal swell,
May seem a span; let me thy vigils keep
’Mongst boughs pavillion’d, where the deer’s swift leap
Startles the wild bee from the fox-glove bell.
But though I’ll gladly trace these scenes with thee,
Yet the sweet converse of an innocent mind,
Whose words are images of thoughts refin’d,
Is my soul’s pleasure; and it sure must be
Almost the highest bliss of human-kind,
When to thy haunts two kindred spirits flee.
Joke of the Day
Joe: “My boss caught me tucking my knees into my chest and leaning forward. He wanted to know what I was doing?”
Pete: “What did you say?”
Joe: “I said, ‘That’s the way I roll.'”
Poem of the Day ~ Eros
Eros
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The sense of the world is short,—
Long and various the report,—
To love and be beloved;
Men and gods have not outlearned it;
And, how oft soe’er they’ve turned it,
’Tis not to be improved.
Health Tip of the Day ~ Exercise Enhances Brain Cognition
Exercise to Think Better
Part of the reason exercise enhances cognition has to do with blood flow. Research shows that when we exercise, blood pressure and blood flow increase everywhere in the body, including the brain. More blood means more energy and oxygen, which makes our brain perform better.
Another explanation for why working up a sweat enhances our mental capacity is that the hippocampus, a part of the brain critical for learning and memory, is highly active during exercise. When the neurons in this structure rev up, research shows that our cognitive function improves. For instance, studies in mice have revealed that running enhances spatial learning. Other recent work indicates that aerobic exercise can actually reverse hippocampal shrinkage, which occurs naturally with age, and consequently boost memory in older adults. Yet another study found that students who exercise perform better on tests than their less athletic peers.
Inspiring Quote of the Day ~ Great Advice
“Do not fear mistakes. There are none.” Miles Davis
