Month: July 2023

Feeling Good Tip

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Is It Time to Stop Manufacturing Challenges?

Every species on our wonderful planet has to daily prove it is hardier than the challenges it faces. It’s the way it is. We can’t manufacture a challenge-less life. Sometimes, we go out of our way to create challenges that don’t have a right to exist. For example, we ‘tell someone off.’ We buy too much on credit. We indulge ourselves in unhealthy practices. The list goes on. We can feel a lot better if we stop creating challenges for ourselves and focus solely on the challenges that are part of living. When facing life’s challenges, never quit. Never give up. Always stay strong.

Word Jumble Challenge: Unscramble the Nutrition and Fitness Word

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Today’s Word: srstse  mataeegmnn

Yesterday’s Word: physical activity

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

Photo for Today

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Poem for Today

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Island

Langston Hughes

Wave of sorrow,
Do not drown me now:

I see the island
Still ahead somehow.

I see the island
And its sands are fair:

Wave of sorrow,
Take me there.

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Joke of the Day

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Joe: “I broke up with my musician girlfriend.”

Pete: “Why?”

Joe: “I couldn’t handle the dis-harmony.”

Thinking Out Loud

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Optimistic People are Hope-Filled People

In her work, Optimism, Helen Keller writes, ““Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement; nothing can be done without hope. . . . “Optimism is the harmony between man’s spirit and the spirit of God pronouncing His works good.” Pps. 47, 62

NOTE: When we link what we are doing to a higher purpose we are filled to overflowing with optimism. We know, that despite the challenges we face, the setbacks we encounter, that we will triumph in the end. I daily witness examples of this optimistic spirit. I see it at the gym where amputees exercise with the vigor and vitality of a healthy twenty year old. I see it in the faces and actions of ordinary people who experienced tragedy and keep on going believing they still have work to do. Optimistic people are hope-filled people.

Joke of the Day

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Joe: “My son thinks he’s a chicken.”

Pete: “What are you doing about it?”

Joe: “Nothing, we need the eggs.”

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Poem for Today

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Keep A-Pluggin’ Away

Paul Laurence Dunbar

I’ve a humble little motto
That is homely, though it’s true,—
    Keep a-pluggin’ away.
It’s a thing when I’ve an object
That I always try to do,—
    Keep a-pluggin’ away.
When you’ve rising storms to quell,
When opposing waters swell,
It will never fail to tell,—
    Keep a-pluggin’ away.

If the hills are high before
And the paths are hard to climb,
    Keep a-pluggin’ away.
And remember that successes
Come to him who bides his time,—
    Keep a-pluggin’ away.
From the greatest to the least,
None are from the rule released.
Be thou toiler, poet, priest,
    Keep a-pluggin’ away.

Delve away beneath the surface,
There is treasure farther down,—
    Keep a-pluggin’ away.
Let the rain come down in torrents,
Let the threat’ning heavens frown,
    Keep a-pluggin’ away.
When the clouds have rolled away,
There will come a brighter day
All your labor to repay,—
    Keep a-pluggin’ away.

There ‘ll be lots of sneers to swallow.
There’ll be lots of pain to bear,—
    Keep a-pluggin’ away.
If you’ve got your eye on heaven,
Some bright day you’ll wake up there,
    Keep a-pluggin’ away.
Perseverance still is king;
Time its sure reward will bring;
Work and wait unwearying,—
    Keep a-pluggin’ away.

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Thinking Out Loud

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The Power of Optimism

In her work, Optimism, Helen Keller writes, “No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.  . . . “the optimist believes, attempts, achieves. He stands always in the sunlight. Some day the wonderful, the inexpressible, arrives and shines upon him, and he is there to welcome it. His soul meets his own and beats a glad march to every new discovery, every fresh victory over difficulties, every addition to human knowledge and happiness.” Pps. 39, 40, 41.

NOTE: When we discard thoughts of the impossible, hate, and fear, and open our eyes and hearts to believing everything is possible, we have an optimistic heart. We have a heart overflowing with joy and love knowing that our path forward will shine a light in the darkness and light the way for others. We know that each day we will make a difference and the world will be better because we live to make each moment better.

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