Month: July 2023

Thinking Out Loud ~ Answer the Call

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Joseph Campbell says in Reflections on the Art of Living, “The heroes journey always begins with the call. One way or another, a guide must come to say, “Look, you’re in Sleepy Land. Wake. Come on a trip. There is a whole aspect of your consciousness, you’re being, that’s not been touched. So, you’re at home here? Well, there’s not enough of you there” And so it starts.

Note: I think at some point we’re all called to “the hero’s journey.” It begins if we hear the call. The call usually comes when it takes us to a place we don’t want to go. It takes us to a place where we are uncomfortable and challenged. If we answer the hero’s call, we will discover our true destiny through the multiple tests we’ll encounter. If we fail to answer the hero’s call, we’ll languish always wondering “what if.”

Feel Good Tip of the Day ~ Happiness is Within Our Grasp

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I haven’t a single person who has told me, “When I wake up I make a decision to not be happy. Unhappiness is my goal.” We all want to be happy, some seem to have higher levels of happiness than others. What’s the difference? According to an article on Inc.com, there are five ways to make ourselves happier: exercise, practicing kindness, being grateful, surrounding ourselves with people we love, and letting ourselves be happy. Happiness is within our grasp. Happy people grasp know where to look

Poem of the Day ~ A Girl

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A Girl

Ezra Pound

The tree has entered my hands,
The sap has ascended my arms,
The tree has grown in my breast-
Downward,
The branches grow out of me, like arms.

Tree you are,
Moss you are,
You are violets with wind above them.
A child – so high – you are,
And all this is folly to the world.

Source

Joke of the Day

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Joe: “I don’t think women should have children after 35.”

Pete: “Why’s that, Joe?”

Joe: “Thirty-five kids are enough.”

Health Tip of the Day ~ Is Colon Cleansing a Healthy Option?

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Heard of flushing out your colon to improve your health?

Ads for colon cleansing claim that it prevents allergies, arthritis and asthma. Some claim the practice will help you lose weight and boost your energy. And some even claim it reduces your colorectal cancer risk. But our experts say there’s no scientific proof to support any of those claims. We talked to John R. Stroehlein, M.D., and Robert Bresalier, M.D., professors in Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition at MD Anderson. Here’s what they had to say.

Your colon already keeps you healthy

Your colon is a long, muscular tube. It’s a key part of your digestive system. It removes water, salt and nutrients from the food you eat. The remaining solid waste forms stool. Your colon then moves the stool along its walls to be expelled. This process rids the body of food waste and toxins.  It also helps your colon maintain a healthy bacterial composition, known as your microbiome. “Your microbiome plays a crucial role in protecting your body from infections,” Bresalier says. “It may even protect against colon cancer.” The only time you should clean your colon is to prepare for a colonoscopy. A clean colon helps your doctor detect polyps that can become cancer. Polyps are small growths on the lining of your colon. “Otherwise, colon cleansing is not necessary and, in fact, may harm you,” Stroehlein says. “The colon is quite remarkable because it can care for itself and keep you healthy.”.

Source: MD Anderson Cancer Center

Photo of the Day ~Expect Greatness

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Inspiring Quote of the Day ~ You Are Right Where You are Needed

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“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”

Theodore Roosevelt

Word Jumble Challenge: Unscramble the Nutrition and Fitness Word

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Today’s Word: raucednEn

Yesterday’s Word: Exercise

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

Poem of the Day ~ Freedom

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Freedom

George William Russell’

I WILL not follow you, my bird,
I will not follow you.
I would not breathe a word, my bird,
To bring thee here anew.

I love the free in thee, my bird,
The lure of freedom drew;
The light you fly toward, my bird,
I fly with thee unto.

And there we yet will meet, my bird,
Though far I go from you
Where in the light outpoured, my bird,
Are love and freedom too.

Inspiring Quote of the Day ~ Freedom

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“Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.”

Abraham Lincoln

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