The future has several names. For the weak, it is impossible; for the fainthearted, it is unknown; but for the valiant, it is ideal. ~ Victor Hugo
Month: May 2024
Today’s Poem: Always by Pablo Neruda
Always
Pablo Neruda
I am not jealous
of what came before me.
Come with a man
on your shoulders,
come with a hundred men in your hair,
come with a thousand men between your breasts and your feet,
come like a river
full of drowned men
which flows down to the wild sea,
to the eternal surf, to Time!
Bring them all
to where I am waiting for you;
we shall always be alone,
we shall always be you and I
alone on earth,
to start our life!
Health Quiz – Test Your Health and Fitness Knowledge
Are You Up to Speed on Your health and fitness knowledge? Take today’s health and fitness quiz.
Today’s Quiz:
Today’s Joke: Joe’s GF Accuses Him of Cheating
Joe: “My girlfriend is accusing me of cheating on her.”
Pete: “Why is she doing that?”
Joe: “Because I started showering three times a week.”
Today’s Thought:
I exercise when I get up in the morning. I listen to music streaming on my iPad while I exercise. Today, Apple was streaming new music. In one song, there was a line that stuck with me, “Any fool can criticize.” I was in the middle of a set of pushups when the song was playing and heard myself say aloud, “You got that right.” I continued to think about that line. Growing up, I was a playground kid. I’d play ball with whoever showed up. Occasionally, there would be a fight. it got over almost as soon as it started and we went back to playing ball. I don’t think about those things. If they’re in my memory, they’re tucked away in a well-hidden part of the brain. Yet, I can recall words spoken to me that cut me deeper than any carving knife could cut. Words hurt and the pain they inflict remains with us. We can’t take them back once spoken. Sorry, usually doesn’t do much to heal the hurt they caused. I promised myself that I was going to take extra care not to be a critic or to verbally attack another.
It’s Time to Exercise Your Brain – Take the Anagram Challenge
Is Your Brain Up to the Challenge? Unscramble today’s anagram. It’s time to exercise your brain!
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Inspiring Quote: Making Peace with the Past
If you don’t make peace with your past it will keep showing up in your present. ~ Wayne Dyer
Today’s Poem: Life Doesn’t Fighten Me by Maya Angelou
Life Doesn’t Frighten Me
Maya Angelou
Shadows on the wall
Noises down the hall
Life doesn’t frighten me at all
Bad dogs barking loud
Big ghosts in a cloud
Life doesn’t frighten me at all
Mean old Mother Goose
Lions on the loose
They don’t frighten me at all
Dragons breathing flame
On my counterpane
That doesn’t frighten me at all.
I go boo
Make them shoo
I make fun
Way they run
I won’t cry
So they fly
I just smile
They go wild
Life doesn’t frighten me at all.
Tough guys fight
All alone at night
Life doesn’t frighten me at all.
Panthers in the park
Strangers in the dark
No, they don’t frighten me at all.
That new classroom where
Boys all pull my hair
(Kissy little girls
With their hair in curls)
They don’t frighten me at all.
Don’t show me frogs and snakes
And listen for my scream,
If I’m afraid at all
It’s only in my dreams.
I’ve got a magic charm
That I keep up my sleeve
I can walk the ocean floor
And never have to breathe.
Life doesn’t frighten me at all
Not at all
Not at all.
Life doesn’t frighten me at all.
Health Quiz – Test Your Health and Fitness Knowledge
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Today’s Joke: Joe’s GF Asks Joe About Lawyers
Joe: “My girlfriend asked me if I knew the difference between a lawyer and a liar. I told her I didn’t know.”
Pete: “Did she tell you the difference?”
Joe: “Yah. She said, the pronunciation.”
