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12 Reasons why Life is Good (even if doesn’t seem so)
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12 Reasons why Life is Good (even if doesn’t seem so)

Life is never perfect. It’s never always great either. Perhaps hardly good, at least in your opinion. Here’s one good thing about life: you’re entitled to that opinion. If you say life isn’t good, well alright then. If you say so. But perhaps I can slightly change your opinion…

  1. You’re reading this. You know what that means? You have a computer, you have internet, you have the money to have the computer and internet, and you have the time to spend on the internet. Isn’t that good?
  2. You’ve got a friend here. Hello, that’s me. Maybe I don’t know you personally, but I can be a friend if you’d like.
  3. A sunrise and sunset is never not beautiful. Isn’t it extraordinary how we can see these things hundreds of times but still be in awe?
  4. Books. Unless you’re not the reading type, then…
  5. Stories that help us escape. If that means a book or a TV show or a movie franchise or a video game, then there you go. It’s something that lets you escape the world for just a little while.
  6. Music that makes us dance and sing. Music soothes the savage beast.
  7. The oncoming of Fall. We all know what that means: pumpkin spice lattes, scarves and boots, fuzzy socks in the house, the exscuse to have a warm fire on, snowy photoshoots, days off due to weather, etc.
  8. Those days off. Whether it is weather-induced or not. Don’t waste them!
  9. The opportunities are there. Can you see them? You have to go looking. You might think there’s nothing left for you, but have you even tried?
  10. Guilty pleasures. You know what it is.
  11. Coffee and tea. And if you don’t drink either…well, you probably have an alternative (although I hope it’s not soda…).
  12. This too shall pass. Ecclesiastes 3:1 says, “To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven.” Nothing will be forever, and that’s what makes life good.
A Poem A Week #19
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A Poem A Week #19

I Dream of Mountains

I dream of mountains,
Baring their mighty chests
Of blinding white and summer’s best,
The kind I climb with ecstasy;
They mean romance to me.

I dream of mountains,
The treetops to heaven’s gate,
Twisting, suddenly straight,
Never bent to the wind;
Angels’ closest friend.

Yet I see the ocean,
Always hot, or always cold,
No way of knowing young or old,
Whether steady or raging;
Ever stupidly aging.

I see the ocean,
Never rough nor gentle,
In one place, detrimental,
In others, washing clean;
It never says what it means.

Catherine Joy

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A Poem A Day #514

Love Travels A Distance by Keith Garrett Poetry

A boy and his dog, love between two,

Each day he waits at the stroke of four.

Soon they will be separated by circumstance,

Strength and courage will be tested, a faithful friend….

You’ll have to read the rest at http://keithgarrettpoetry.com/2013/09/27/love-travels-a-distance/   ^_^

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5 Healthy Distractions

More often than not, I need a distraction from woes and troubles that attempt to discourage me everyday. Sometimes these can be the only thing that keeps me going, depending on the kind of day. 

  1. Books! Honestly, what better educational distraction exists? I not only escape the world for a while, but I feel smarter, too.
  2. Volunteering at church. It’s been about four years now since I started volunteering in the media department, and I’ve really developed in skills. I’ve come to be quite a regular around church, doing almost anything and everything. And I love it. Besides giving me something to do, it boosts me up. Big time.
  3. Spending time with a friend who knows everything about me. My best friend knows more about me than any other person in my life, and she’s just the individual I can go to when I need to rant about something I cannot talk about with anyone else. 
  4. Writing! Can there be a better distraction? And considering how amazing it makes me feel, I wonder why I don’t write even more that I do now.
  5. Miyazaki films. Especially my favorite movie, Whisper of the Heart. When I particularly need an artistic boost, I’ll watch my guilty pleasure movies ^_^

What are some healthy (healthy!) distractions you indulge in?