With every inhale, you are stepping into something far more expansive than it appears. The human nose can distinguish at least one trillion different scents, a number so large it feels slightly mischievous, like it’s challenging the imagination on purpose. That means your sense of smell is operating on a scale that surpasses the estimated 100 to 400 billion stars in the Milky Way galaxy. Your nose is keeping up with the cosmos!
We love to save our vulnerable moments for some mythical perfect timing, as if love prefers dramatic scenes and golden hour lighting. The truth is that life rarely waits for the script to be perfect. One day has a sneaky way of turning into never. Don’t blink because it goes by so fast. So let’s be cheerfully deliberate and shower the important people in our lives with love today, while the moment is delightfully ours.
The Canary Islands sound like they should be named after those cheerful little yellow songbirds, right? Sweet, delicate, maybe perched on a windowsill somewhere in the sun. Charming. Logical. Completely wrong.
The real story has a bit more bite.
Burnout’s a stealthy bandit swiping your shine in three mischievous ways. Outsmart it with clever tricks and a touch of whimsy!
Take what you need: comfort, hope, inspiration, forgiveness, motivation, peace…
1. Journal Every Morning
2. Go Outside For A Daily Walk
3. Take Time To Indulge In Some Pampering
4. Spend More Time With Family And Friends
5. Declutter Your Home
6. Practice Positive Affirmations
7. Get More Sleep Every Night
8. Read More Books
9. Take Up Yoga
10. Schedule Time For Daily Meditation
Stuck without a sharpening stone? Your ceramic mug can save the day! Just find one with a flat, unglazed bottom. Hold it steady and angle your knife at 20 degrees. Gently draw the blade across the mug’s bottom, then repeat on the other side. Voila! A sharper knife.
1. You are a Child of God. You are inherently and uniquely wonderful and worthy.
2. When we change, the world changes
3. Our best self emerges when we support other people.
4. We aren’t defeated by adversity, but by the loss of will to strive.
5. Where there is life, there is always hope.
6. Just because we’ve suffered in the past, doesn’t mean we can’t be incredibly happy now and in the future.
7. We are ALL connected, realizing this with gratitude is the happiest way to live.
8. We each have a unique mission that only we can fulfill.
Think rap battles were a modern invention? Think again! Medieval poets were dropping fire bars centuries ago, though they called it ‘flyting’ – a verbal showdown where insults flew faster than arrows.
Have a sore throat? Try eating a piece of cucumber. It cools down your throat and stops that itchy feeling.