Many of us have heard of endorphins and their affect us –
Endorphins are released when you are involved in strenuous exercise that allows your body to go beyond physical pain and its limitations and it may leave you with a euphoric high.
Here are a list of Ways to Release Endorphins. Can you guess which one [...]
I am a reluctant blogger. I much prefer face-to-face and one-on-one interactions. I need to hear a person’s tone of voice, notice their posture and hand gestures, sense their hesitation or anxiety. For all of our “communicating” we barely look into each other’s eyes anymore. Eye contact is a form of non-physical touch, and we [...]
» Read the rest of this entry ...By Diane Lockward
From Eve’s Red Dress, copyright 2003
Today I dress for you
in scarlet. I am
a tomato, plump
and luscious. I pulsate
with seeds.
Today I clothe myself
in yellow. I am
a peach, succulent
and ripe.
For you, I swathe myself
in gold. I am
all melons, oranges,
tangerines, nectarines.
I am a garden of earthly delights.
I am the red apple
you would fall for
a thousand times.
I [...]
Il bel far niente is Italian for “the beauty of doing nothing” - an ability that most Americans lack. As Elizabeth Gilbert says in Eat, Pray, Love:
“Ours is an entertainment-seeking nation, but not necessarily a pleasure-seeking one. Americans spend billions to keep themselves amused with everything from porn to theme parks to wars, but that’s [...]
