The American Overachiever

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“Tell me and I forget.
Teach me and I remember.
Involve me and I learn.”
Benjamin Franklin

American Overachiever

He’s one of the father’s of our country and he coined a number of terms and proverbs that are used today, including battery, conductor and electrician.

It was on this day in 1752, Benjamin Franklin flies a kite during a thunderstorm and collects a charge in a Leyden jar when the kite is struck by lightning, enabling him to demonstrate the electrical nature of lightning.

Franklin became interested in electricity in the mid-1740s, a time when much was still unknown on the topic, and spent almost a decade conducting electrical experiments.

Franklin also wrote and published Poor Richard’s Almanack, a collection of proverbs advocating hard work and honesty in order to get ahead. The almanac, which Franklin first published in 1733 under the pen name Richard Saunders, included such wisdom as: “Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.”

Whether or not Franklin followed this advice in his own life is unknown, but he came to represent the American overachiever.

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Bright-Eyed & Bushy-Tailed

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“The time will come when men such
as I will look upon the murder
of animals as they now look
on the murder of men.”
Leonardo da Vinci

Bright Eyed

When you’re feeling good, your body and mind have more energy. You want to get out and explore and be more active.

As I mentioned in some previous posts, I enjoy  juicing. I notice a big difference in how I feel when I eliminate meat from my diet. Juicing helps me to eliminate meat products from my diet and still provide me with plenty of daily nutrients.

Every once in while I do eat meat, but for the most part juicing and eating fruits and vegetables give me energy and all the nutrients I need to stay bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.

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Lost Innocence

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“Nothing that grieves us can be called little:
by the eternal laws of proportion
a child’s loss of a doll and
a king’s loss of a crown
are events of the same size.”
Mark Twain

Waiting for Your Return

Saw this doll sitting on the wall on my walk this morning. All I could think of was a child grieving for their missing doll.

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Think Before We Speak

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“Before you speak, let your words pass through three gates.
At the first gate, ask yourself, ‘Is it true?’
At the second ask, ‘Is it necessary?’
At the third gate ask ‘Is it kind?”
Rumi

Think Before We Speak

Looking south from the Esplanade to the Palos Verdes Peninsula.

The quote from Rumi I read on a blog I recently was introduced to. The blog is by Pat Cegan at Source of Inspiration. I wanted to give a call out to her. It’s a must read blog with beautiful poetry and words of inspiration.

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Mean Green Juicing Machine

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“Our task must be to free ourselves…
by widening our circle of compassion to
embrace all living creatures and the
whole of nature and its beauty.”
Albert Einstein

Mean Green

I’ve been juicing the last few days. I love how great I feel when I juice my fruits and vegetable. You get mega doses of vitamins when you juice, so that’s why I have more energy.

Here’s my daily morning juice drink I make to kick-start my day:

My Mean Green Juicing Machine

Ingredients
1 Cucumber
2 Green Apples
2 Cups Chopped Kale
1 Stalk Celery
1 Lemon

Directions
Wash all produce well
Juice and pour over ice

You can add fresh ground pepper, garlic powder, lemon pepper seasoning to taste, and a sprig of fennel greens. But I prefer to juice just the ingredients listed for my mean green juicing machine.

Bon Appetit

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