Month: July 2023

Feel Good Tip of the Day

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Can You Give Up Your Addiction?

On a whim a year and a half ago I gave up caffeine. It wasn’t easy. Living without caffeine has been a freeing experience for me. I can have whatever choice of drink I want with breakfast without having the nagging caffeine depletion feeling. Getting free of whatever holds us is a freeing experience. and applies to all things that have a hold on us. Addicts will say, “I can give it up anytime.” Reformed addicts know that is not true. Is it time to take a life assessment and identify personal addictions? Are any of these personal addictions hurting you or those you love? If you’re answer is “I can give it up anytime” it may be time to test whether or not you can. There are many support agencies that can help.

Thinking Out Loud

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Do You Have a Life?

Joseph Campbell speaks about choosing a profession in Reflections on the Art of Living. He says, “There are two approaches to choosing a profession. One is to study the statistics on the number of jobs that are going to be available in this other category in the next 10 years and base your life on that. That’s following the rim of the wheel. The other is to ask yourself, “What do I want to do?” If you do that, then you are up against your decision. But if you say, “I am going to do what I want to do,” and if you stay with it, then something will happen. You may not have a job, but you will have a life, and it will be interesting. P.266

Note: I know excellent musicians who have not made the big splash, but they’ve followed their heart and kept playing music. Some play on the street with a jar for donations, some take any kind of gig they can get because it’s all about the music and their relationship to it. They take any job they can get to pay the rent and eat. They’re at their happiest when they are playing music, they have a life. Have you ever asked yourself “What do I want to do? Perhaps this is a good time to take the first step in asking that question and maybe finding the life you seek.

Word Jumble Challenge: Unscramble the Nutrition and Fitness Word

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Today’s Word: lmasieM

Yesterday’s Word: Strength

The Answer to Today’s Word will appear in tomorrow’s Word Jumble Challenge

Photo of the Day

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Poem of the Day ~ Love Sonnet XVII

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Love Sonnet XVII

Pablo Neruda

I do not love you as if you were a salt rose, or topaz
or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off.
I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,
in secret, between the shadow and the soul.

I love you as the plant that never blooms
but carries in itself the light of hidden flowers;
thanks to your love a certain solid fragrance,
risen from the earth, lives darkly in my body.

I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where.
I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride;
So I love you because I know no other way

than this: where I does not exist, nor you,
so close that your hand on my chest is my hand,
so close that your eyes close as I fall asleep.

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Daily Quotes to Brighten Your Journey

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Be master of your petty annoyances and conserve your energies for the big, worthwhile things.

It isn’t the mountain ahead that wears you out – it’s the grain of sand in your shoe.

Robert W. Service

Healthy Lifestyle Tips ~ Want to Live Longer?

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I watched this YouTube video titled, “Exercises for Living Longer.”

The speakers provide excellent data-driven advice.

Joke of the Day

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Joe: “I was playing chess with a friend and I said, ‘Let’s make this interesting.'”

Pete: “What did you do?”

Joe: “We stopped playing chess.”

Ray Makes a Heart Healthy Meal in 30 Minutes

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Thinking Out Loud ~ It Takes Practice, Practice, Practice

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Joseph Campbell speaks of the creative act in Reflections on the Art of Living. He says, “The creative act is not hanging on, but yielding to new creative movements. Think, for instance, if someone is studying the piano. There is nothing worse than having somebody in the neighborhood, studying the piano, practicing their exercises. There is nothing at all beautiful about them. Their function is to give you facility, and presently there comes a point when you have the facility, It happens automatically, and you do not have to think this is true for everything. The one who attempts to be an artist and has not learned the craft is never going to be an artist. P. 262

Note: I read a book where the author says it takes 10,000 hours of practice to master a skill. That’s why there are so few great ones. There is the joke where a reporter asks a virtuoso how they got to Carnegie Hall. The virtuoso replies, “practice, practice, practice.” It’s true in all areas of life. Do you want to be a good friend, parent, husband, or wife? Practice, practice, practice. And, one day it will happen, and you will not even realize it is happening,

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