Day: April 20, 2020

COVID-19 Is a Bummer – It Can’t Stop Good Things From Happening

COVID-19 Is a Bummer – It Can’t Stop Good Things From Happening

Here are a few of the good things I witnessed or experienced today:

  • A brilliant Texas sun chased away the gloomy clouds of the past two days and suddenly the world looked brighter (literally and figuratively). Grateful for the sunshine.
  • During my daily walk, two friends stopped their pickup truck on the other side of the street and checked in on me. Friends like that are priceless!
  • The mint in my herb garden is taking it over the top. The mint fragrance is quick pick me up for me.
  • Yah, good things in life surround me – grateful.

What I share are seemingly small and inconsequential things, but they are priceless to me.

Grateful for all the above.

If you’d like to share the good things you’ve witnessed on my blog, Email me (ray.brese@gmail.com) a short list (1 to 5 things.  I’ll post and attribute them to you in the way you choose to be acknowledged (e.g., anonymous, name, Word Press blog (etc.).

🤗 Feel Good Hack ~ Happiness & Hope

“Yesterday is but a dream,
Tomorrow is only a vision.
But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a vision of hope.”

Kalidasa 

Today’s Smile 😃

Al: “My wife is threatening to kick me out of the house because of my obsession with acting like a news anchor.”

Jim: “Did she say anything else?”

Al: “I’ll tell you more after this break.”

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✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Wondering What to Write?

Your intuition knows what to write, so get out of the way. ~ Ray Bradbury

👊 Today’s Power Thought ~ Let it Go

I’ll let go of thoughts of trouble, slights, or anger today, the load I’m carrying is just right for me.

🍎 Today’s Health Tip ~ Improving Mental Health During Social Distancing

10 Options to Improve Mental Health While Social Distancing

  1. Social distancing does not mean emotional distancing; use technology to connect widely;
  2. Clear routines and schedule, seven days a week, at home—don’t go overboard;
  3. Exercise and physical activity, daily if possible;
  4. Learning and intellectual engagement—books, reading, limited internet;
  5. Positive family time—working to counter negativity;
  6. Alone time, outside if possible, but inside too; but remember, don’t isolate;
  7. Focused meditation and relaxation;
  8. Remember the things that you really enjoy doing, that you can do in this situation, and find a way to do them;
  9. Limit exposure to TV and internet news; choose small windows and then find ways to cleanse yourself of it;
  10. Bathe/shower daily, if possible, to reinforce the feeling of cleanliness.

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Today’s Poem ~ Character

Character

Ralph Waldo Emerson

 The sun set, but set not his hope:
     Stars rose; his faith was earlier up:
     Fixed on the enormous galaxy,
     Deeper and older seemed his eye;
     And matched his sufferance sublime
     The taciturnity of time.
     He spoke, and words more soft than rain
     Brought the Age of Gold again:
     His action won such reverence sweet
     As hid all measure of the feat.

🌞 Today’s Inspiration ~ Love Is Still Standing

Love knows no limit to its endurance, no end to its trust, no fading of its hope; it can outlast anything. Love still stands when all else has fallen. ~ Blaise Pascal

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