***~*~SING~*~***

........there never was a world for her

Except the one she sang and singing made.

Wallace Stevens

****~~~NOURISH YOU~~~****

YES!!! YOU!!! Sometimes we are sooOOOoo worried about others we forget about ourselves! My collage says "Nourish You" I did that today! tee hee Seeeeeeee those blackberries! There's a bush right outside my kitchen window! Yeah, yeah, my bangs need a cut! later, gator! I changed the birdbath water and put out some more peanut butter treats! LOL It makes one feel better when YOU nourish another, doesn't it?!! O! and here are 5 RIDICOUSLY SIMPLE HEALTH BOOSTERS!!! They are in my new Glamour mag!
ok, here we go and the first one is right on!!!
1. OPEN DOOR. GO TO PARK. British researchers found that strolling outside in a park or just in your backyard, outside reduced tension twice as much as walking indoors! Just eyeing pics of nature lowers your blood pressure and eases muscle tension in 5 minutes! See me outside eating a blackberry, seeeeee the peanut butter in the tree and the blackberry bush outside!!! I bet YOU feel better already!!! I'll meet YOU outside! I'm thinking of YOU!
2. DUST OFF YOUR UNO DECK!
Play, play, play! YOU know YOU want to! Stuart Brown, MD says playing helps your immunity and helps YOU rebound from illness.I'm thinking of a #(number) 1-400, if YOU guess the right #, YOU will get a prize!!!!
3. LOVE YOUR BODY MORE! FEELING BAD ABOUT YOURSELF ACTIVATES STRESS CENTERS IN THE BRAIN AND LEADS TO DISEASE SAYS PETER MUENNIG.MD.
4. GET TO A POOL AND FLOAT! Swedish research found that flotation therapy in a silent, water filled tank can reduce pain and spread healing! I wondered why I LOVE to take baths!!! tee hee
5. HUG SOMEONE! cUDDLING, HUGGING OR JUST HOLDING HANDS can trigger the release of oxytocin, a hormone that has been shown to reduce stress, improve immune function and increase cardiovascular health says James Fallon, PhD, professor of human behavior at the University of California, Irvine. SoOOOOOOoOOOo go and HUG someone NOW or better yet, hug yourself and think of me, because that's what I would do to YOU if we lived closer!!!
((((((((((((((((((((((((((your name)))))))))))))))))))))))) don't YOU feel better already?!!! I HOPE so! Hey, this is my 400th post!!! Yippeeeeeee! Love and prayers, Cinda ps. Let me know if YOU would like this collage as a print on your comments or maybe a bag of candy better!I'll be drawing for a winner! I've got to CELEBRATE 400 POSTS somehow!!!!

~~*~FIND SOME HAPPINESS~~*~

THERE IS BUT ONE WAY TO TRANQUILLITY OF MIND AND HAPPINESS. LET THIS THEREFORE BE ALWAYS READY AT HAND WITH THEE, BOTH WHEN THOU WAKEST EARLY IN THE MORNING, AND WHEN THOU GOEST LATE TO SLEEP, TO ACCOUNT NO EXTERNAL THING THINE OWN, BUT COMMIT ALL THESE TO GOD.

~~*EPICTETUS*~~

you can read more about Epitetus here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epictetus

````````making coffee for my husband makes him happy so this makes me happy!```````````` so I'm off to brew some 100% Columbian so seeeeeeeeeeee, the simplist of things can make us happy, O coffee bean, mmmmmmmMMMMM! HOPE YOU can find some happiness today! I'm thinking of YOU! xoxoxooox, Cinda

ps. in the center of the creature's hat it has a tiny heart and inside it reads, "All my best wishes are for thee" Yes! That's what I wish for YOU!

~~*THANK YOU FOR RIBBONS OF LIGHT!*~~

"DARK PLACES"

DARK PLACES

ARE CALLING TO ME

I REFUSE TO GO

I'VE BEEN THERE BEFORE

IMAGINARY RIBBONS

RIBBONS, THREADS OF LIGHT

TO MY HEAD, MY HEART,

MY LEGS, MY ARMS

ARE KEEPING ME FREE

FROM DARK PLACES

OR ARE THEY IMAGINARY?!!

I HOPE THEY ARE REAL

REAL RIBBONS

THREADS, STRANDS OF LIGHT

I HAVE TO HAVE

THESE RIBBONS

I WANT TO KEEP

MY MIND, MY HEART,

MY LEGS, MY ARMS

FROM DARK PLACES.

CRO

~~~*4TH OF JULY*~~~

HAPPY
4TH!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDA9NbPAK8o

4th UPDATE!!! tee hee I added pics of my mom and dad with us at Red Lobster! These pics were taken after we found out mom's purse had been found at a 7-11 on our way to the Red Lobster! I didn't take any pics after we stopped back by on our way home to the 7-11 and whoever turned mom's purse in had taken a finder's fee of mom's $101.00!!! Mom was very thankful that they didn't take her checkbook or debit card or credit cards!!!! If YOU are the one who took mom's cash and are reading this, SHAME ON YOU!!!

xoxooxoxxooxoxoxooxoxoxoxoxoxooxoxoxSWEET DREAMS!

~~***A LITTLE KINDNESS GOES A LONG WAY***~~

JULY is already a BLUE month! Yesterday, my family found out my dad has alzheimers, soOOOOOoo yesterday and today brought sadness, anger, happiness, every emotion rolled up into one! I included today's "EARTH CRIES" maybe YOU can hear all of us on Earth crying! We all cry some days!http://www.space.com/php/video/player.php?video_id=080627-earth-sounds

today, I received a little envelope in the mail and it was just what I needed today! YOU know how YOU think, well, I'm going to send this person a card or letter today and then maybe YOU didn't! Next time, go ahead and get it out or that phone call YOU thought YOU might make to someone, go ahead! it might cheer that person up that certain day! They might really need that kindness, that "Im thinking of YOU" thought! A little kindness goes a long way!!! A little kindness comes from a BIG heart! I was given that lil bag of cookies too today from some sweetie! THANK YOU!!! SWEET GALS!, my FRIENDS!

I also included on my collage a quote by Robert Browning, "What's the earth with all it's art, verse, music, worth-----Compared with love, found, gained, and kept?"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk7KPoXgHNk

I LOVE YOU DA DA DA! xoxoxoxoooxOXOXOOXOXOXOOOXOXO