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Health Tips: Appreciate it All

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Today’s Health Tip:

Show appreciation for the people in your life.

The more we show appreciation for the people in our life, the tighter connected we become to them. You’ll appreciate them even more when they have your back during a tough stretch. It’s really the simple, small things we sometimes take for granted or don’t recognize that need our appreciation. A neighbor moved my trash container from the curb to my garage area after the trash truck passed through. A simple act that needs a thank you. A friend text me a photo of a beautiful sunrise. That’s a double win, I got the beautiful photo and I knew my friend was thinking of me. That needs a response. It’s these small things that are the glue that hold us together. Let the folks close to you know how much you value them. It’s a big deal.

Dogs ~ A Poem by Aaron Kramer

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Dogs

Aaron Kramer

Looking foolish next to the tree in a one o’clock rain:
umbrella aloft, the leash in my other hand-
I wanted my late-coming neighbor to understand
that dogs are worth the expense, inconvenience, and pain;

their tails are truthful, no coiled rebellion beneath
a loving look; they are quick to kiss you, and quick
to fetch for you, and-should you raise a stick
threateningly-they are quick to show their teeth;

and better still (but this I never revealed),
when you bring downfall home, the death of a hope,
their nonchalant manner does more for you than a drink;
and best of all, when triumph’s to be unsealed,
such lack of respect they show for the envelope,
-your fingers halt, the brain cools, and you think.

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A Time to Talk ~ A Poem by Robert Frost

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A Time to Talk

Robert Frost

When a friend calls to me from the road
And slows his horse to a meaning walk,
I don’t stand still and look around
On all the hills I haven’t hoed,
And shout from where I am, What is it?
No, not as there is a time to talk.
I thrust my hoe in the mellow ground,
Blade-end up and five feet tall,
And plod: I go up to the stone wall
For a friendly visit.

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Today’s Joke: Joe’s Neighbor Was Found Dead

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Joe: “My neighbor is a cartoonist and yesterday afternoon he was found in his apartment.”

Pete: “What happened?”

Joe: “I’m not sure, the details are sketchy.”

Today’s Poem: Will The Real You Please Stand Up by Edward Sanford Martin

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Will The Real You Please Stand Up

Edward Sanford Marton

Submit to pressure from your peers and you move down to their level. 
Speak up for your own beliefs and you invite them up to your level.
If you move with the crowd, you’ll get to further than the crowd.
When 40 million people believe in a dumb idea, it’s still a dumb idea.
Simply swimming with the tide leaves you nowhere.
So if you believe in something that’s good, honest, and bright–—stand up for it.
Maybe your peers will get smart and drift your way.

Within my earthly temple there’s a crowd;
There’s one of us that’s humble, one that’s proud,
There’s one that’s broken-hearted for his sins,
There’s one that unrepentant sits and grins;
There’s one that loves his neighbor as himself,
And one that cares for naught but fame and pelf.
From such corroding care I should be free
If I could once determine whish is me!

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Today’s Thought: Reach Out

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I stepped outside early this morning. My neighbor was washing a car. I said, “Good morning.” In the course of our brief conversation I learned she was washing her brother’s car and then she was going to take it to get the car’s state inspection. Her brother has cancer. What a doubly kind act on her part. She was a good example for me. When someone is hurting, it’s time to reach out a hand. Most often all it takes is a bit of our time. Reach out.

Kindness Works ~ Be Kind to Yourself

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Being Kind to Yourself is Good for You

It is not just how you treat other people — it is how you extend those same behaviors and intentions to yourself as well. I believe you can be kinder in your own self-talk and practice gratitude. People are good at verbally beating themselves up, and rarely does that work as a pep talk. Rather, negativity often causes you to unravel and may even create a vicious cycle of regularly getting down on yourself. You wouldn’t talk to your neighbor the way you sometimes talk to yourself. This is what I call the “good neighbor policy,” which can be helpful. If you would not say it to your good neighbor, do not say it about yourself.

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What if I saw things more clearly?

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What if I saw things more clearly? I have excellent vision. I don’t wear glasses, but I don’t see things as clearly as I should. I can clearly read a printed page, but am I aware of how another person feels or what another person is experiencing when I am in that person’s company? Being aware requires a different type of sight. It is heart-sight. Heart-sight sees what the eyes don’t recognize. Heart-sight sees pain, sorrow, and the need for human kindness. I have a neighbor who has 20./20 heart-sight vision. She sees what other neighbors don’t see. She is a blessing to the neighborhood.

Think About It

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Reach out and make a friend today. How hard is that? It’s time to break the silos we’ve built around ourselves and fortified with our digital platforms. The digital platforms give us an illusion we’re connected or important (think of those who think being an influencer is important – it’s short lived and transitory). Reach out and make it real by connecting with another whether it’s a colleague, neighbor, or family member. C’mon, you just may enjoy getting to know someone more deeply than just saying, hello.

A Better Life ~ Moving On

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A good friend is moving out of the neighborhood to move closer to family nearly 1200 miles away. She was a good neighbor and friend. We’ll all miss her and wish her well. We’ll have good memories of her time here. Now, the goal is to welcome our new neighbors into her home. I’m looking forward making new friends. Life goes on and we all have to move on.

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