One of the best ways to have a peaceful spirit and feel happy is to stay out of other people’s business. Sometimes it’s hard to do especially when they are the people we love. They, like us, have a right to live their life the way they choose to live it without our interference. You may feel some angst by not saying what you feel, in the end you will retain friendships. It’s worth it. You’ll feel peaceful and happy, and you won’t cause others to be unhappy..
Month: July 2023
Inspiring Quote for Today ~ Learn Nature’s Lessons
“Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.”
Feel Good Tip of the Day ~ What Do You Genuinely Like to Do?
An online article in Psychology Today suggests that we can feel more alive by doing something we genuinely want to do. The author says that life doesn’t always give us the opportunities to do something we genuinely want to do. In those circumstances, whenever possible we should find ways to do what we are doing in ways we want to do it. In my posts I’ve been talking about Joseph Campbell’s work. Campbell says if you want to be happy follow your bliss. You might not be rich, but you’ll be happy. I know when I am doing something I really enjoy doing I lose track of time and seem to move into a different space.
Inspiring Quote for Today ~ Measuring Success
“The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream;
and how you handle disappointment along the way.”
Poem for Today ~ Messy Room
Messy Room
Shel Silverstein
Whosever room this is should be ashamed!
His underwear is hanging on the lamp.
His raincoat is there in the overstuffed chair,
And the chair is becoming quite mucky and damp.
His workbook is wedged in the window,
His sweater’s been thrown on the floor.
His scarf and one ski are beneath the TV,
And his pants have been carelessly hung on the door.
His books are all jammed in the closet,
His vest has been left in the hall.
A lizard named Ed is asleep in his bed,
And his smelly old sock has been stuck to the wall.
Whosever room this is should be ashamed!
Donald or Robert or Willie or–
Huh? You say it’s mine? Oh, dear,
I knew it looked familiar!
Joke of the Day
Joe: “I don’t have a girlfriend.”
Pete: “Too bad, Joe.”
Joe: “I know a girl who’d be really mad if she heard me say that.”
Health Tip for Today ~ Does Your Weight Seem Stuck When You Try to Lose Weight?
I asked ChatGPT if there such a thing as a Weight Set Point. The AI’s answer may help you understand why you seem to be stuck at a certain weight no mater how hard you try to lose weight.
Yes, the concept of a weight set point is widely recognized in the field of physiology and weight management. The weight set point theory suggests that each individual’s body has a genetically determined weight range or set point, at which the body naturally tends to maintain its weight.
The weight set point is influenced by various factors, including genetics, metabolism, hormone levels, and the body’s natural regulatory mechanisms. It is believed that the body strives to defend this weight set point and regulate energy balance to maintain stability.
When a person’s weight deviates from their set point, the body initiates physiological mechanisms to restore the weight to the set point range. For example, if someone loses weight below their set point, the body may increase hunger, reduce metabolism, and make other adjustments to regain the lost weight.
It’s important to note that while the weight set point theory provides a helpful framework for understanding weight regulation, it doesn’t mean that individuals are destined to maintain a specific weight. Environmental factors, lifestyle choices, and behavior modifications can also influence a person’s weight. Sustainable changes in eating habits, physical activity, and overall lifestyle can help individuals achieve a healthy weight within their personal range, even if it may be slightly different from their initial set point.
Word Jumble Challenge: Unscramble the Nutrition and Fitness Word
Today’s Word: eiloCra unbr
The Answer to Yesterday’s Scramble: Endurance
The Answer to Today’s Word will appear in tomorrow’s Word Jumble Challenge
Thinking Out Loud ~ Don’t Fear the Adventure
Joseph Campbell says in Reflections on the Art of Living in speaking of the heroes journey, “When one thinks of some reason for not going, or has fear, and remains in society, because it safe, the results are radically different from what happens when one follows a call. If you refuse to go, then you are someone else’s servant. When this refusal of the call happens, there is a kind of drying up, a sense of life lost. Everything in you knows that are required adventure has been refused. Anxiety build up. What you have refused to experience in a positive way, you will experience in a negative way. P 78
Note: When we refuse the call to go on the journey, we make excuses. We rationalize why it is safer not to go then to go. I have had colleagues who had wonderful opportunities where they could have made a big difference who refused to answer their call because they were afraid. They made elaborate excuses and they said, “I could have, I would have, but they didn’t. They lost their great adventure in that moment. Don’t fear the adventure.
