Daily Mental Health Tip - Jun 23, 2026
Keep a 'done list' next to your to-do list. Evidence of progress is fuel.
John 10:10 - Jun 23, 2026
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
Daily Riddle - Jun 23, 2026
Reaching stiffly for the sky, I bare my fingers when it’s cold In warmth I wear an emerald glove And in between I dress in gold
Autumn Within
It is autumn; not without But within me is the cold. Youth and spring are all about; It is I that have grown old.
Wise Word Finder — Jun 23, 2026 — find the 3 missing words
Daily Affirmation - Jun 22, 2026
I deserve relationships that feel like home.
Mark 11:24 - Jun 22, 2026
Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall havethem.
Before The Paling Of The Stars
Before the winter morn, Before the earliest cock crow, Jesus Christ was born: Born in a stable, Cradled in a manger, In the world his hands had made Born a stranger.
Daily Mental Health Tip - Jun 21, 2026
Break the next scary task into a five-minute starter step. Momentum is easier than motivation.
Hebrews 11:1 - Jun 21, 2026
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Daily Riddle - Jun 21, 2026
What makes a loud noise when changing its jacket, becomes larger but weighs less?
Church Music
Sweetest of sweets, I thank you: when displeasure Did through my body wound my mind, You took me thence, and in your house of pleasure A dainty lodging me assigned.
Daily Mental Health Tip - Jun 20, 2026
Smile at someone today. It's a two-person mood boost for free.
Colossians 3:23 - Jun 20, 2026
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
Divine Image
To Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love, All pray in their distress, And to these virtues of delight Return their thankfulness.
2 Timothy 1:7 - Jun 19, 2026
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
Daily Riddle - Jun 19, 2026
Remove six letters from this sequence to reveal a familiar English word. BSAINXLEATNTEARS
Ozymandias
I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert...Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrin…
Daily Affirmation - Jun 18, 2026
I meet this day with steady hands and an open heart.
Psalms 119:11 - Jun 18, 2026
Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
Daily Riddle - Jun 18, 2026
Oh, don’t worry, I’ll get smashed before the end of the night. Fermentation sparks a bonfire in my gut, and I’ll grin til dusk, drinking in the dimming evening and observing youth’s sweet e…
Annabel Lee
It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of ANNABEL LEE; And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to lov…
Daily Affirmation - Jun 17, 2026
I can begin again at any moment of the day.
Luke 6:31 - Jun 17, 2026
And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.
Daily Riddle - Jun 17, 2026
Kings and lords and christians raised them Since they stand for higher powers Yet few of them would stand, I’m certain, If women ruled this world of ours.
The Raven
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore-- While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of…
Daily Affirmation - Jun 16, 2026
I am still learning, and that is exactly where I should be.
Romans 3:23 - Jun 16, 2026
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Daily Riddle - Jun 16, 2026
I am a noodle, though i'm not very stringy. I am also a block, just don't knock me off. What am I.
The Tyger
Tyger, tyger, burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
Daily Mental Health Tip - Jun 15, 2026
I am strong. I am wise. I will be okay.
1 Corinthians 13:4-7 - Jun 15, 2026
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinke…
Daily Riddle - Jun 15, 2026
Kings and queens may cling to power and the jester’s got his call, But, as you may all discover, the common one outranks them all.
To Autumn
I Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun; Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run; To bend wit…
Daily Mental Health Tip - Jun 14, 2026
Walk a dog, yours or a friend's. Borrowed joy still counts.
John 3:16 - Jun 14, 2026
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Daily Riddle - Jun 14, 2026
The one who makes it, sells it. The one who buys it, never uses it. The one that uses it never knows that he’s using it. What is it?
A Dream Within A Dream
Take this kiss upon the brow! And, in parting from you now, Thus much let me avow-- You are not wrong, who deem That my days have been a dream: Yet if hope has flown away In a night, or in…
Daily Affirmation - Jun 13, 2026
My presence matters to people I may never realize.
Psalms 139:14 - Jun 13, 2026
I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
She Walks in Beauty
She walks in Beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that's best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes: Thus mellowed to that tender light Which He…
Daily Affirmation - Jun 12, 2026
One bad moment does not make a bad day.
Galatians 6:9 - Jun 12, 2026
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Daily Riddle - Jun 12, 2026
Every night I’m told what to do, and each morning I do what i’m told. But I still don’t escape your scold
I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud
I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancin…
Jeremiah 33:3 - Jun 11, 2026
Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
Daily Riddle - Jun 11, 2026
What is in seasons, seconds, centuries and minutes but not in decades, years or days?
Daily Writing Prompt - Jun 11, 2026
What do video game bosses do while waiting for the main character?
Daily Mental Health Tip - Jun 10, 2026
Laugh on purpose: queue up the clip that always gets you. Laughter is a fast lane to relief.
Psalms 27:1 - Jun 10, 2026
The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
Daily Riddle - Jun 10, 2026
What has four wheels and flies?
Daily Mental Health Tip - Jun 9, 2026
Step away from a conflict to cool down, and say you're stepping away. Space with a note is kindness.
Micah 6:8 - Jun 9, 2026
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
Daily Riddle - Jun 9, 2026
I am always hungry, I must always be fed, The finger I touch, Will soon turn red.
Daily Writing Prompt - Jun 9, 2026
Compile a list of words that describe you as a child. Compile a second list that describes you as you are now. How are these lists the same? How are they different?
Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven
Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths, Enwrought with golden and silver light, The blue and the dim and the dark cloths Of night and light and the half-light, I would spread the cloths unde…
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