“She was not accustomed to taste the joys of solitude except for in company.”
– Edith Warton
Week 26 marks the midpoint of the year, making it an ideal time to refocus on sleep and wellness practices. With summer in full swing, prioritize maintaining a consistent sleep schedule despite the longer daylight hours. Use blackout curtains to create a dark, cool sleeping environment, and avoid screen time an hour before bed to support natural melatonin production. If the heat affects your sleep, consider using a fan or cooling mattress pad for added comfort.
For wellness, take advantage of the vibrant summer season by incorporating outdoor activities like walking, yoga, or gardening into your daily routine, preferably in the cooler mornings or evenings. Stay hydrated by drinking plenty of water and eating water-rich foods like cucumbers and melons. Dedicate time to mindfulness practices such as journaling or meditation to reduce stress and improve mental clarity. These balanced actions will help you feel refreshed and energized.
Enjoy and Be Thankful Each Day
Shared Quotes
Curiosity and the bad habit
“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” Viktor Frankl Who knew mindful curiosity could have a profound impact on bad…
Chooser
“In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.”Theodore Roosevelt Analysis Paralysis or Limitless Choices I truly…
Tough enough
Tough times never last, but tough people do.– Robert H. Schuller Keystone Tough times are a part of life, but the resilience within us defines our lasting strength. Challenges may feel overwhelming, but they are extended painful moments in time, not…
What is precious
Our mind is a brilliant instrument. It categorizes, analyzes, compares, and concludes. But our mind focuses on what is useful, what is logical, what is safe, what is efficient. The heart finds what is precious. Those are not the same…
Mothering ourselves
Mothering myself has become a way of listening to my deepest needs, and of responding to them while I respond to my inner child.- Melinda Burns Setting our hearts on being a loving mother to ourselves is an act of…
Antidotes to anger
“Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.” – Unknown Anger held over time creates an illusion of action. It feels like doing something, like maintaining a stance, keeping score, or preserving justice. But…
Mightier still
“Knowing others is intelligence. Knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.”- Lao Tzu, Chapter 33 of the Tao Te Ching Living a life that requires an enormous amount of sustained inner resources can…
Finding peace
“You will find peace not by trying to escape your problems, but by confronting them with courage and compassion.” Running from difficulty does not bring peace, facing it does. People instinctively want to escape pain and avoid suffering. We scroll,…
Obstacles as the path
“The obstacle to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.” – Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, Book 5, Chapter 20. I find this idea remarkably durable. It has been revisited again and again across two thousand years because…
Adversity introductions
“Adversity introduces a person to themselves.” – Unknown I am navigating a genuinely demanding life. Maybe you are too. This life is both beautiful and a sustained, compounding adversity in the most human sense. What I have discovered in the…
Resting heart
“Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer’s day, listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.”– John…
Emotions like wild horses
“Emotions are like wild horses. It’s not about getting rid of them but learning to ride them.”– Paulo Coelho The wild horses will always be with us. The question is simply whether we are learning to ride. Why did he…
Blessings
What is a blessing? At its core, a blessing is an intentional act of invoking good. It is a conscious direction of positive energy, divine favor, or heartfelt goodwill toward a person, place, object, or situation. It is more than…
Love of a lifetime lived
One moment at a time. Loving ourselves is often confused with admiring what we see in the mirror. We are taught, subtly and constantly, that self-worth lives in appearance: smooth skin, the right shape, the right style, the right kind…
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