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Celebrate Tell the Truth Day
Now is the time to take a full 24 hours to honor the important facet of telling the truth. This is a great opportunity, whether people are working toward being more honest with themselves, with others or both. It’s time for Tell the Truth Day!
History of Tell the Truth Day
According to a book by M. Hirsch Goldberg, the average human being lies approximately 200 times each day, which includes “white lies” as well as avoiding the truth by omission. If that seems like a lot, then maybe the University of California research will sit a little better, suggesting that humans typically tell two lies per day, on average.
But whether it’s two lies a day or 200 lies per day, this research might indicate the need for a day like Tell the Truth Day!
Although telling a little white lie to protect someone’s feelings might be standard (for instance, “your new purple mohawk looks great on you!”), Tell the Truth Day was created as an opportunity to push past the surface and get honest with the world.
It is important to remember, however, that telling the truth doesn’t just give people license to go around hurting each other’s feelings, (maybe try something more along the lines of, “a purple mohawk probably wouldn’t be my thing, but if you like it, then that’s what counts!”). Imagine a world where nobody lies, says anything misleading, or does anything dishonest. Tell The Truth Day aims to achieve this for just one day – presumably to allow people the rest of the year to get over insult, hurt and the result of truths which perhaps should have remained un-said!
Now is the time to take a full 24 hours to honor the important facet of telling the truth. This is a great opportunity, whether people are working toward being more honest with themselves, with others or both. It’s time for Tell the Truth Day!
Tell the Truth Day is slightly different than Honesty Day, which is celebrated in late April. Another day with a similar bent is celebrated on April 2, the day after April Fool’s Day, and the idea is to undo all of those silly little lies that were told as jokes the day before.
In any case, the concept of spending a whole day telling the truth might cause some to flinch and worry, while for others it might be the standard that they live by most of the time anyway. For anyone, though, Tell the Truth Day can offer a little bit of freedom to say what’s true and possibly even start making a habit of it.
Get started on the road toward honesty with Tell the Truth Day!
Attending a wedding for the first time, a little girl whispered to her mother, 'Why is the bride dressed in white?''
The mother replied, 'Because white is the color of happiness,
and today is the happiest day of her life.'
The child thought about this for a moment then said,
'So why is the groom wearing black?'
WORD OF THE DAY
woolgathering
Gathering Wool, 1893Henry Herbert La ThangueMEANING:noun:
1. Daydreaming.
2. Absentmindedness.
ETYMOLOGY:From wool, from Old English wull + gathering, from Old English gaderian. Earliest documented use: 1553.
NOTES:Woolgathering may be aimless wandering of the mind these days, but once it was serious work. It was pulling tufts of wool caught on bushes or fences or left on the ground by sheep.
USAGE:“So lost in her woolgathering, she hadn’t even noticed that her cousin had gone back to rummaging through the trunk.”
Elizabeth Boyle; Confessions of a Little Black Gown; Avon; 2009.
1. Daydreaming.
2. Absentmindedness.
Elizabeth Boyle; Confessions of a Little Black Gown; Avon; 2009.
IDIOM OF THE DAY
What does 'Bad blood' mean?
Meaning: If people feel hate because of things that happened in the past, there is bad blood between them.
DAILY SQUEEK
If You Were Born Today, July 7
You are excellent at putting ideas into action and working hard for what you want in life. Recognition may at times make you feel uncomfortable or shy, but quiet recognition is a true motivator for you. You have a respectable, authoritative air about you. You can be a real worrier at times, but worry in healthy doses when achieved helps you to plan effectively. At times, you can be stubborn and a little controlling. Certainly, you often feel that one person is better than a group to get a job done. You are a builder and enjoy taking the lead, quietly. Famous people born today:
1843 Camillo Golgi, Italian physician and medical researcher (Nobel Prize in Medicine-1906), born in Corteno, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia, Austrian Empire (d. 1926)
1880 Otto Frederick Rohwedder, American engineer (invented the bread-slicing machine), born in Davenport, Iowa (d. 1960)
1899 George Cukor, American film director (My Fair Lady, Philadelphia Story), born in NYC, New York (d. 1983)
1916 Lloyd "Tiny" Grimes, American jazz and R&B guitarist (Art Tatum), born in Newport News, Virginia (d. 1989)
1940 Ringo Starr [Richard Starkey], British drummer, vocalist (The Beatles - "Yellow Submarine"), songwriter ("Early 1970"; "Photograph"), actor (Caveman), and knight, born in Dingle, Liverpool, England
thanks, Mia
(Not So) TOTALLY USELESS FACTS OF THE DAY
If You Were Born Today, July 7
You are excellent at putting ideas into action and working hard for what you want in life. Recognition may at times make you feel uncomfortable or shy, but quiet recognition is a true motivator for you. You have a respectable, authoritative air about you. You can be a real worrier at times, but worry in healthy doses when achieved helps you to plan effectively. At times, you can be stubborn and a little controlling. Certainly, you often feel that one person is better than a group to get a job done. You are a builder and enjoy taking the lead, quietly. Famous people born today:
(Not So) TOTALLY USELESS FACTS OF THE DAY
Ever wonder what the name Canola (from Canola Oil) stands for? Of course you have. It stands for Canada Oil, Low Acid.
The science of kissing has an official name. And that name is Philematology.
What is Casu Marzu? Found in Sardinia, it's a cheese that contains insect larvae.
READERS INFO
1.
1946 -
Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini became the first U.S. citizen to be canonized by the Roman Catholic Church.
2.July 8, 1889 -
Journalist Charles Henry Dow published the first issue of The Wall Street Journal.
3.Coronavirus Style by Sylvia, CAN DO CorrespondentTwo pages of delicious dips I have tweaked and make often.
Two pages of delicious dips I have tweaked and make often.
COFFEEthanks, Ella
COFFEE
PICTURES OF THE DAY
Zonocerus variegatus, the variegated grasshopper, is a species of grasshopper in the family Pyrgomorphidae native to tropical western and central Africa. It feeds on a wide variety of plant foods and causes damage to crops, particularly cassava, groundnuts and vegetables, as well as transmitting diseases caused by mosaic viruses between plants. This Z. variegatus grasshopper was photographed in the Bobiri Forest in Ghana. |
Balancing Act (USA)
In a death-defying manoeuvre, a mountain goat stretches to reach a mineral lick in Glacier National Park, Montana. When this female arrived, slowly and methodically, she first balanced on all four feet on a single, tiny ledge and then pushed out with her front legs and wedged herself into the crevice, her rubbery hooves spread out for maximum grip. They never rush, They have to be so careful about where they put their feet, testing each foothold, because every step could be their last. When she’d finished, the mountain goat reversed the move, carefully balancing again on the tiny ledge and then slowly turning around so that she could climb back up the mountain face and rejoin the rest of the herd.
knit
thanks, Eve
knit
thanks, Nancy
knit
knit
crochet
thanks, Sasha
crochet
CROCKPOT RECIPE
VEGAN/ VEGETARIAN RECIPE
Both vegetarian and vegan diets may provide health benefits, including reduced body weight, lower cholesterol levels, and decreased risk of cardiovascular disease. However, it is important for vegetarians and vegans to ensure that they are meeting all of their nutritional requirements.
COPYCAT RECIPE
RETRO RECIPE
ADULT COLORING
PUZZLE
WORD SEARCH
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SUDOKU .. hard
solution:
What Weird Food Combinations Do You Really Enjoy?
QUOTE
CLEVER
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
OPTICAL ILLUSION
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