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!
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Month: March 2024
Today’s Inspiring Quote: How High is Your Reach?
Reach high, for stars lie hidden in you. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal. ~ Rabindranath Tagore
A Face ~ A Poem by Robert Browning
A Face
Robert Browning
If one could have that little head of hers
Painted upon a background of pure gold,
Such as the Tuscan’s early art prefers!
No shade encroaching on the matchless mould
Of those two lips, which should be opening soft
In the pure profile; not as when she laughs,
For that spoils all: but rather as if aloft
Yon hyacinth, she loves so, leaned its staff’s
Burden of honey-colored buds to kiss
And capture ‘twixt the lips apart for this.
Then her little neck, three fingers might surround,
How it should waver on the pale gold ground
Up to the fruit-shaped, perfect chin it lifts!
I know, Correggio loves to mass, in rifts
Of heaven, his angel faces, orb on orb
Breaking its outline, burning shades absorb:
But these are only massed there, I should think,
Waiting to see some wonder momently
Grow out, stand full, fade slow against the sky
(That’s the pale ground you’d see this sweet face by),
All heaven, meanwhile, condensed into one eye
Which fears to lose the wonder, should it wink.
Get Healthy: Sea Salt Versus Regular Salt, Which is Better?
Sea salt and table salt differ in their production, taste, texture, and mineral content, though both contain the same basic nutritional component, sodium chloride. Here’s a detailed look at their differences and any potential benefits:
Production
- Sea Salt: Produced by evaporating seawater, usually with little processing. This allows sea salt to retain trace minerals and elements, depending on the water source. These minerals add flavor and color to the salt.
- Table Salt: Typically mined from underground salt deposits, table salt is more heavily processed to remove minerals. It’s usually more finely ground and most often contains an additive to prevent clumping.
Taste and Texture
- Sea Salt: Due to its minimal processing, sea salt can have a more complex flavor profile compared to table salt, with subtle differences depending on its source. It often comes in coarser grains, which can provide a different mouthfeel and flavor burst when used as a finishing salt.
- Table Salt: Because of its fine granules, table salt has a uniform salty taste and dissolves quickly, making it well-suited for baking and cooking where precise measurements are important.
Mineral Content
- Sea Salt: Contains trace amounts of minerals like potassium, iron, and zinc. The concentration of these minerals can vary greatly depending on the water source but generally is quite low and not sufficient to make a significant nutritional impact.
- Table Salt: Often iodized (iodine is added), which can help prevent iodine deficiency disorders like goiter. This is a key nutritional difference from sea salt, which typically doesn’t contain iodine unless it’s added.
Health Benefits
The health benefits of sea salt and table salt are similar since their primary component is sodium chloride. Both need to be consumed in moderation to avoid the health risks associated with high sodium intake, such as increased blood pressure and heart disease. The trace minerals in sea salt are beneficial, but they are present in such small amounts that they don’t make sea salt significantly healthier than table salt. Iodized table salt offers the benefit of preventing iodine deficiency, which is an important consideration in areas where iodine intake might be low.
In conclusion, the choice between sea salt and table salt often comes down to personal preference regarding taste and texture, as well as any specific dietary needs, such as iodine supplementation. Moderation is key in the consumption of both types of salt to maintain good health.
Source: ChatGPT
Today’s Joke:
Joe: “My girlfriend and I were told we can’t have children.”
Pete: “That’s too bad. Whose fault is it?”
Joe: “Our landlord.”
Today’s Joke: Joe Helps His Nephew With His Homework
Joe: “My nephew called me with a homework question and asked me how stars die.”
Pete: “What did you tell him?”
Joe: “I said, usually by an overdose.’
It’s Time to Exercise Your Brain – Take the Anagram Challenge
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:
Today’s Thought:
Kind hearts are the gardens, Kind thoughts are the roots, Kind words are the flowers, Kind deeds are the fruits, Take care of your garden And keep out the weeds, Fill it with sunshine, Kind words, and Kind deeds. ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
NOTE: Kindness – Kind acts and kind words are humble, transforming, free, and transferrable. They’re usually not headline worthy. They don’t scream and shout for attention. They turn the darkness into sunshine. I’ve been the recipient of many kindnesses in my life. Each kindness reminds me there are many more good people in this world than the nasty kind. Each kindness touches me in such a way that I want to share the joy the kindness brought by paying it forward. Each kindness reminds me life is worth living.
Today’s Inspiring Quote: It’s a Matter of Perspective
We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses. ~ Abraham Lincoln
Peace ~ A Poem by Henry Vaughn
Peace
Henry Vaughn
My Soul, there is a country
Afar beyond the stars,
Where stands a winged sentry
All skillful in the wars;
There, above noise and danger
Sweet Peace sits, crown’d with smiles,
And One born in a manger
Commands the beauteous files.
He is thy gracious friend
And (O my Soul awake!)
Did in pure love descend,
To die here for thy sake.
If thou canst get but thither,
There grows the flow’r of peace,
The rose that cannot wither,
Thy fortress, and thy ease.
Leave then thy foolish ranges,
For none can thee secure,
But One, who never changes,
Thy God, thy life, thy cure.
