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“The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can do that, and live that way, you are really a wise man.” Euripides
“He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time he looks at the object beloved, drawing from it with his eyes and his mind those virtues which it possesses.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882), Address on The Method of Nature, 1841 [Source: http://www.quotationspage.com/subjects/love/%5D
Don’t get too excited. I’m not going to tell you to go out and indulge in every high fat sweet treat you can find but there are healthier ways to enjoy dessert.
One of my favorite treats is fresh or frozen berries. Strawberries are natures candy. Fruit can help satisfy cravings for sugar.
Chocolate has been proven to have health benefits. We’re talking dark chocolate here — high is cacao and low in sugar. Buy the good stuff and enjoy in moderation.
I do bake, but make sweets healthier by cutting as much fat and refined sugar as possible. Be sure substitutions are healthy ones.
You might need to change what you consider a “treat.” When I was young my sugar consumption was limited because my older brother had bad teeth. For years I thought cheese was candy.
Why am I talking about dessert in a series on healthy living? I know throwing out all foods we love and enjoy attempting to get healthy is setting ourselves up for failure. Indulge in a little treat now and then. Make your desserts as healthy as possible and practice moderation.
Need ideas for a healthier Valentine’s Day Dessert?
Pure Heart Brownies and Cocoa Truffles from Shivay Delights
Greek Yogurt and Warm Berry Sauce from Gluten Free Fabulous
Do you have a healthier dessert recipe? Feel free to link to it in the comments section.
“When you are up against a tough situation, the first essential is to stand up to it. Face it, think about it, study it, pray about it; then hit it and keep after it. You have within you enough force, put there by Almighty God, to overcome situations that seem overwhelming.”
— Norman Vincent Peale [Source: Use Your God-Given Power
http://www.guideposts.org/faith/bible-resources/use-your-god-given power]
‘There is a saying in Vietnamese, ‘It doesn’t cost anything to have loving speech.’ We only need to choose our words carefully, and we can make other people happy. To use words mindfully, with loving kindness, is to practice generosity. We can make many people happy just by practicing loving speech.’ – Thich Nhat Hanh [Source: The Art of Communicating http://plumvillage.org/book/the-art-of-communicating/%5D
Bob and I have been married 22 years. People comment on us holding hands and occasionally tell us they have taken a photo of us. We have always held hands, but now it’s even more important because of Bob’s loss of eyesight.
Younger people also ask how we’ve stayed together “so long.” We work at it. We still say “I love you” several times a day and we also say those two magic words “Thank You.” We are best friends who work, play and share everything together. Living together as separate individuals each going our own way doesn’t make sense to us.
Love that lasts is not a “feeling.” That comes and goes. Love that lasts is a commitment to stay together, to work together and love together despite the hardships life throws at you and life will through hardships at you. New love is a glorious thing. But to make it last — that takes work.
“Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.”
— Martin Luther King Jr. ((1929 – 1968)
[Source:http://www.quotationspage.com/subjects/love/%5D
“We can only learn to love by loving.” — Iris Murdoch (1919 – 1999), O Magazine, February 2004 [Source: http://www.quotationspage.com/subjects/love/%5D
“There is no remedy for love but to love more.” — Henry David Thoreau (1817 – 1862), Journal, July 25, 1839 [Source: http://www.quotationspage.com/subjects/love/%5D
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