Let a joy keep you.
Reach out your hands
And take it when it runs by,
As the Apache dancer
Clutches his woman.
I have seen them
Live long and laugh loud,
Sent on singing, singing,
Smashed to the heart
Under the ribs
With a terrible love.
Joy always,
Joy everywhere—
Let joy kill you!
Keep away from the little deaths.
A South Texas-inspired dish with bold flavors, smoky spices, and a kick of heat! Perfect for a quick and nutritious meal.
🔥 Pro Tip: Want even more heat? Add a drizzle of chipotle crema or serve with a side of fire-roasted salsa!
Incorporate simple pleasures. Your routine should include things that make you happy – a cup of tea, a scented candle, background music. Little pleasures can relax you and improve your mood.
Note: I enjoy the first sip of coffee each morning. I’ve got in the habit of becoming aware of all of the flavors in the coffee. That first sip announces to my brain, “Ray, you’re going to have a great day!” Try it.
Daily anagram challenge! Sharpen your brain with today’s anagram puzzle. Unscramble the letters to reveal the hidden word or phrase, and submit your answer to see if you’re correct. Happy puzzling!
Today’s Anagram:
This cool and creamy avocado crema with a South Texas kick is perfect as a topping for tacos, grilled meats, roasted veggies, or as a dip for chips!
🔥 How to Use It:
This recipe celebrates South Texas flavors while keeping it high in protein and packed with healthy fats.
Sometimes life gives you hard knocks so we can learn lessons we were otherwise too hard headed to learn. Some never learn the lessons and the hard knocks are repeated until they learn them. Some never learn and the end up bitterly disappointed in life, angry, and resentful. That’s the story of the ego. The irony of having hard knocks is that the lessons of setting our egos aside becomes the key to the door that leads to a life full of opportunities to contribute to our families and communities.
“A sad soul can kill you quicker, far quicker, than a germ.” ~ John Steinbeck
C’mon, let’s smile and enjoy our one life.
Our love is not a fading earthly flower:
Its wingèd seed dropped down from Paradise,
And, nursed by day and night, by sun and shower,
Doth momently to fresher beauty rise.
To us the leafless autumn is not bare,
Nor winter’s rattling boughs lack lusty green:
Our summer hearts make summer’s fulness where
No leaf or bud or blossom may be seen:
For nature’s life in love’s deep life doth lie,
Love,—whose forgetfulness is beauty’s death,
Whose mystic key these cells of Thou and I
Into the infinite freedom openeth,
And makes the body’s dark and narrow grate
The wide-flung leaves of Heaven’s palace-gate.
Make time and space to blow off steam. What do you do to decrease stress? Whether it’s meditation, journaling, walking, or something else, make a daily habit of doing something proactively to manage your stress. Source
Note: You know what happens when a tea pot begins to boil, it lets off steam. If there were no escape outlet for the steam, the tea point would eventually explode. We witness this happening in tragic human events across the globe. We can find a healthy way to lower the temperature reducing stress and at the same time provide ourselves with some health benefits. Walking, jogging, or any other physical activity is a good choice.
The best way to get something done is to do it. Lots of stuff doesn’t get done, not because it’s difficult, it’s because we don’t like doing it. Something like doing the clothes fits this description. Does your laundry room or bedroom have a pile of dirty clothes? As the pile gets higher, we opt to search our closets or armoire for something clean to wear. Finding something clean or that matches may even take longer than tossing a batch of clothes in the washer. We may even sink to a low point and wear dirty clothes for a day or two until we have no choice but to do clothes. The best way to get something done is to do it. There is a correlation between stress and putting off a task we know needs to get done. Just do it. You’ll feel better. Excuse me, I have to take my clothes out of the dryer and fold, sort, and put away. I dislike this so much. LOL
