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You cannot always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside.
Wayne Dyer
Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it.
Kahlil Gibran
Childhood memory: crayon art
Originally posted on Ryan Hughes:
I have a distinct and distant memory of doing an elementary school assignment that involved using crayons to color code some sort of chart. I got in a hurry so I misunderstood the instructions and put the colors in the wrong place. I remember my classmates chiding me and I…
Your attitude is like a box of crayons that color your world. Constantly color your picture gray and your picture will always be bleak. Try adding some bright colors to the picture by including humor and your picture begins to lighten up.
Allen Klein
25 Brain Exercises for Memory That Actually Help You Remember More
Originally posted on Cognizance:
The brain is often thought of as similar to a computer. When the brain is powerful and working properly, it will enable you to perform all your cognitive and bodily functions smoothly and efficiently, and the reverse is also true. Unfortunately, our brainpower tends to decline as we grow older. And…
The human brain is a most unusual instrument of elegant and as yet unknown capacity.
Stuart Seaton
Brain Injury Awareness Month: looking at TBI from different angles
Originally posted on Collection Spotlight from the National Rehabilitation Information Center:
March is Brain Injury Awareness Month, and the Brain Injury Association of American encourages everyone to #ChangeYourMind about brain injury. Sometimes, all we need to change our understanding of a disability like traumatic brain injury (TBI) is to learn about it from a different…
The human brain starts working the moment you are born and never stops until you stand up to speak in public.
George Jessel
The human brain is an incredible pattern-matching machine.
Jeff Bezos
By means of water, we give life to everything.
Koran
When and when not to drink water a day
When we breathe, perspire and pass urine, we lose liquid in our bodies. If we begin to lose about 2% of water, we become thirsty – the signal that tells us it is time to hydrate. Here is a schedule that will help you remember to drink water everyday.
MorePoetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.
Carl Sandburg
History of world poetry day
March 21st is World Poetry Day, an annual celebration of poems and poets adopted by UNESCO. In 1999, during its 30th General Conference in Paris, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization declared March 21st as World Poetry Day. The aims are to support “linguistic diversity through poetic expression” as well as increase “the […]
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Happiness is a direction, not a place.
Sydney J. Harris
Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.
Anne Frank
Some trivia for St. Paddy’s Day
Originally posted on Pete's Kiwi Korner:
1/ What is the scientific symbol for gold? 2/ Haggis is the traditional dish of what country? 3/ The island of Cyprus gained independence from what country in 1960? 4/ A ziggurat is a pyramidal tower, a bolt of lightning, or a flying squirrel? 5/ What crop failure…
History of St. Patrick’s Day
March 17th is St. Patrick’s Day. St. Paddy’s Day, for some, is actually the day of this non-Irish’s death. Yes, the revered patron saint of Ireland, is not Irish. He was born in Britain and named as Maewyn Succat. He adopted a Christian name, Patricius, when he became a bishop. Patrick is the nickname. At […]
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