In Episode 46 of my podcast, Journey from Grief to Healing, M offers me some tough truths about grieving and suffering I did not want to hear. That’s what good friends do. She took a risk and it made all the difference for me and moved me closer to healing.
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NOTE: Jesse Owens, a graduate of The Ohio State University, competed in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany. Owens, a black man, represented the U.S. in four events, the 100 meters, 200 meters, 4 x 100 relay, and the long jump. Owens won a gold medal in each event. Through dedication, hard work, and discipline he took advantage of his chance. We all get opportunities. They may not be participating in the Olympics, but they are opportunities. Are you willing to put in the effort, dedication and discipline required so that you are ready for your chance when it presents itself?
Today’s mind sharpening anagram is a two or three word phrase. Can you unscramble the anagram to discover the two or three word phrase? It’s time to exercise your brain!
Today’s Anagram:
I heard the trailing garments of the Night
Sweep through her marble halls!
I saw her sable skirts all fringed with light
From the celestial walls!
I felt her presence, by its spell of might,
Stoop o’er me from above;
The calm, majestic presence of the Night,
As of the one I love.
I heard the sounds of sorrow and delight,
The manifold, soft chimes,
That fill the haunted chambers of the Night,
Like some old poet’s rhymes.
From the cool cisterns of the midnight air
My spirit drank repose;
The fountain of perpetual peace flows there, —
From those deep cisterns flows.
O holy Night! from thee I learn to bear
What man has borne before!
Thou layest thy finger on the lips of Care,
And they complain no more.
Peace! Peace! Orestes-like I breathe this prayer!
Descend with broad-winged flight,
The welcome, the thrice-prayed for, the most fair,
The best-beloved Night!
Joe: “I got a new motorcycle for my girlfriend.”
Pete: “How’s it working out?”
Joe: “Great! It was a great trade.”
Don’t take this news sitting down: Even people who exercise regularly face higher risks of dementia if they sit for much of the day, a new study suggests.
The study, published online Sept. 12, 2023, by JAMA, analyzed data collected from nearly 50,000 older adults (average age 67, 55% women) who didn’t have a dementia diagnosis at the study’s start. For nearly three years, they wore wrist accelerometers that tracked when they were moving or sedentary during the day. Seven years later, researchers checked the participants’ medical records to determine which of the participants had been diagnosed with dementia.
People who sat for an average of at least 10 hours a day during the activity-tracking phase had an 8% higher risk of later developing dementia compared with those who had sat for fewer hours. And people who’d averaged at least 12 hours a day sitting were 63% likelier to develop dementia than those who’d spent less than 10 hours daily in a chair. Furthermore, exercise didn’t seem to change those odds, since among people who sat for 10 hours or more daily, those who worked out were as prone to dementia as those who exercised very little.
Today’s mind sharpening anagram is a two or three word phrase. Can you unscramble the anagram to discover the two or three word phrase? It’s time to exercise your brain!
Today’s Anagram:
NOTE: Give someone hope and they can make it through the most difficult time. All we need is to see a glimpse of light at the end of the tunnel. When we see that glimpse of light we grab hold of it and we hold on to it with all our strength. It’s a strange phenomenon but the hope can be real or imagined. As long as our brain registers it as a possibility our mind locks onto it as if it were a heat seeking missile. What are you hoping for today? Is it a hope strong enough to attract your mind. Take the first step toward making what you hope for a reality. Then follow it up with another step. With each step you get closer and closer to what you desire.
