Archive for September 7, 2019

Nothing Fishy About this Free App

When in a restaurant or at the store, choose fish that is delicious yet friendly to our environment. Download Seafood Watch, the free app designed by the Monterey Bay Aquarium that helps you at restaurants and markets so you can choose sustainable seafood and sushi.  Download at https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/seafood-watch/id301269738?mt=8.

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[For more easy, money-saving, Earth-friendly tips, download a FREE copy of Green Riches: Help the Earth & Your Budget. Go to www.Smashwords.com/books/view/7000 or your favorite e-book seller and download to your computer or e-book device. Totally free, with no strings attached.]

Kids who Hide in Plain Sight

Over four million KIDS are on the streets, unaccompanied by an adult, in the U.S. each year. At least a million kids either couch-surf at friends’ homes or sleep on the streets every night. Why don’t we see them? We see the adults loitering, sleeping, or asking for hand-outs, but why not the kids?

Because they try to melt into the population. They hide in plain sight, maybe attending school regularly and/or working at low-paying jobs. They try hard to be invisible. They want to be invisible so they can avoid the shame and stigma associated with homelessness.

We must recognize that the homeless are not just the drunks, the dirty scavengers, the beggars on the street corners. The problem is much larger than that. It’s the adults hiding in plain sight. And it’s the kids. The kids.

A Whoopi (Goldberg) of an Idea

If you watch Whoopi Goldberg in the large variety of movies she’s been in, you come to feel a deep sense of humanity in her. I’m particularly fond of today’s Thursday Thought quote by her:

“We’re here for a reason. I believe that reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark.”  — Whoopi Goldberg.

Accentuate the Positive

Studies have been done on the effects that comments have on people.  It’s obvious that negative comments are hurtful.  We all know the gut-feeling when someone says something that cuts us down, lumps us into an unpopular category, refers to our loved one in an unkind way, makes our work seem meaningless, or otherwise shows contempt toward us and disrespect for us as a person.  Those studies indicate that a single negative comment takes five positive ones to counteract.  Herein lie two lessons: 1) We should try to avoid those soul-tearing words, yet notice when we slip and say them…it happens to all of us. 2) We should practice saying five positive things daily to each person we live with or have frequent contact with.  In this way, we work toward showing more respect for other members of our human family.  And our emphasizing the positive makes us a happier, less stressed-out person.

Which Animals Allowed on the Beach?

No lengthy comment needed on this one. Just for humans who enjoy the outdoors to think about.