“Optimism is a happiness magnet. If you stay positive, good things and good people will be drawn to you.” — Mary Lou Retton
Month: April 2024
Today’s Thought: Life is Better When We Work Together
I went to the gym this morning. Today’s my day wear out the elliptical machine (LOL). The aerobic machines are on the second floor. The row of ellipticals overlooks the free weight room. There was one guy swinging a weight in an arc as if he were swinging a golf club. The way he was swinging the weight blocked another guy from using a weight lifting device. The golfing guy continued oblivious to the other guy. The other guy stood there waiting for the golfer to stop. When the golfer stopped, he paused, then began another set. I thought, oh, oh, I wonder how this is going to work out. The golfer noticed the other guy and stopped. He started talking to him. I heard them laugh and knew they worked out the spacing issue. The golfer modified the area in which he was swinging. The other guy used the weight lifting device. It goes to show that we can usually work things out if we stop thinking solely about ourselves and start talking with each other. When we work together, life is so much better.
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 Poem: Girl in Love by Rainer Maria Rilke
Girl in Love
Rainer Maria Rilke
That’s my window. This minute
So gently did I alight
From sleep—was still floating in it.
Where has my life its limit
And where begins the night?
I could fancy all things around me
Were nothing but I as yet;
Like a crystal’s depth, profoundly
Mute, translucent, unlit.
I have space to spare inside me
For the stars, too: so full of room
Feels my heart; so lightly
Would it let go of him, whom
For all I know I have started
To love, it may be to hold.
Strange, as if never charted,
Stares my fortune untold.
Why is it I am bedded
Beneath this infinitude,
Fragrant like a meadow,
Hither and thither moved,
Calling out, yet fearing
Someone might hear the cry,
Destined to disappearing
Within another I.
Health Quiz – Test Your Wellness Knowledge
Are You Up to Speed on What You’re wellness? Test your wellness knowledge. Take Today’s Quiz.
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Today’s Joke: Joe’s Hearing Voices
Joe: “I told my girlfriend that I am hearing voices.”
Pete: “What did she say?”
Joe: “She said, ‘You don’t have a girlfriend.'”
Today’s Inspiring Quote: Dream On and Never Quit
“All dreams are within reach. All you have to do is keep moving towards them.” — Viola Davis
Today’s Thought: The Power of Kindness
Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light. ~ Albert Schweitzer
NOTE: It’s a human experience to get knocked down. Most times we can bounce back. Every once in a while it’s tough to bounce back and you wonder if it is all worth it. Then, in moments of deepest despair something happens. Something you didn’t expect. It might occur in the form of a call, a text or an email. It might be a colleague or supervisor stepping into your space. Everything changes in that moment. It is as if new life was breathed into you. Some may call these moments miracles or grace or luck. It happens. I’ve had a number of them in my life. I didn’t see them coming, they kicked down my door and walked in. I’ve learned, we have the power within us to be the source of new life for other people. A kind word, a kind action, the simple act of listening thoughtfully all carry the power of infusing new life into another.
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 Inspiring Quote: No Fear, Never Quit
“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” — Anaïs Nin
