Today’s mind sharpening anagram is a two or three word phrase related to a health related topic. Can you unscramble the anagram to discover the two or three word phrase while exercising your brain?
Today’s Anagram:
Month: November 2023
Speak for Honesty, Truth, and Compassion
So, never be afraid. Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion, against injustice and lying and greed. . . . as individuals, men and women, you will change the earth.
William Faulkner
A Hymn, a Poem by G. K. Chesterton
A Hymn
G. K. Chesterton
O God of earth and altar,
Bow down and hear our cry,
Our earthly rulers falter,
Our people drift and die;
The walls of gold entomb us,
The swords of scorn divide,
Take not thy thunder from us,
But take away our pride.
From all that terror teaches,
From lies of tongue and pen,
From all the easy speeches
That comfort cruel men,
From sale and profanation
Of honour and the sword,
From sleep and from damnation,
Deliver us, good Lord.
Tie in a living tether
The prince and priest and thrall,
Bind all our lives together,
Smite us and save us all;
In ire and exultation
Aflame with faith, and free,
Lift up a living nation,
A single sword to thee.
3 Ways to Make Your Muscles Grow Stronger
Stronger Muscles Make a Healthier You
Muscles can grow stronger by exerting force through these three actions:
Concentric. Muscles move joints while shortening. Think of what happens when you flex your arm to show off your upper arm (biceps) muscle. It’s the same type of motion you would use when raising a dumbbell or lifting a bag of groceries off the counter.
Eccentric. Muscles move joints while lengthening. As you slowly lower a dumbbell or grocery bag, your biceps muscles lengthen while producing force to lower the object in a controlled manner rather than simply letting it drop.
Isometric. Muscles don’t shorten or lengthen much, and joints do not move. If you push against a wall, for example, or try to lift an object that is far too heavy for you, your arm muscles will tense. But since your muscles can’t generate enough force to lift the object or shift the wall, they stay in the same position instead of shortening.
Muscle-strengthening exercises that include both concentric and eccentric muscle movement is known as “dynamic” or “isotonic” strength training. Examples include push-ups, biceps curls, and squats. Examples of “isometric” or “static” strength training include doing wall squats (also called wall sits), planks, or an overhead hold.
Today’s Joke: Joe Share His Dieting Tip
Joe: “I’m a light eater.”
Pete: “How do you do it?”
Joe: “As soon as the light goes on I eat.”
Thinking Out Loud: Become a Prospector of Good
Today’s Thinking Out Loud reflection is on Cervantes work, Don Quixote.
“The girls were looking at him and straining their eyes to make out the features which the clumsy visor obscured, but when they heard themselves called maidens, a thing so much out of their line, they could not restrain their laughter, which made Don Quixote wax indignant, and say, “Modesty becomes the fair, and moreover laughter that has little cause is great silliness; This, however, I say not to pain or anger you, for my desire is none other than to serve you”” Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quixote
Note: Don Quixote’s view of the women was different from that which most had of them. Don Quixote saw beyond the surface and saw the goodness each woman had that was obscured by their reputation. How often I judge others by appearance or reputation only to be humbled when I more deeply discover the person’s gifts. When we look for the good in others, we usually find it. When we cut them some slack, we often find that they are cutting us some slack. We are imperfect beings working our way through life. I think it’s better to be prospectors for the good in others and in ourselves.
Today’s Anagram – It’s Time to Exercise Your Brain
Today’s mind sharpening anagram is a two or three word phrase related to a health related topic. Can you unscramble the anagram to discover the two or three word phrase while exercising your brain?
Today’s Anagram:
Today’s Inspiring Quote is About Unchanging Truth
The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.
Flannery O’Connor
Gold Leaves, a Poem by G. K. Chesterton
Gold Leaves
G. K. Chesterton
Lo! I am come to autumn,
When all the leaves are gold;
Grey hairs and golden leaves cry out
The year and I are old.
In youth I sought the prince of men,
Captain in cosmic wars,
Our Titan, even the weeds would show
Defiant, to the stars.
But now a great thing in the street
Seems any human nod,
Where shift in strange democracy
The million masks of God.
In youth I sought the golden flower
Hidden in wood or wold,
But I am come to autumn,
When all the leaves are gold.
