Friday, February 28, 2014

Steve Goodier on Free Will

An important decision I made was to resist playing the Blame Game. The day I realized that I am in charge of how I will approach problems in my life, that things will turn out better or worse because of me and nobody else, that was the day I knew I would be a happier and healthier person. And that was the day I knew I could truly build a life that matters.

Steve Goodier

Source: goodreads.com

Steve Maraboli on Empowerment

The truth is, unless you let go, unless you forgive yourself, unless you forgive the situation, unless you realize that the situation is over, you cannot move forward.
 

Steve Maraboli,  
Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience 

Source: goodreads.com

Melody Beattie on Letting Go

Letting go helps us to to live in a more peaceful state of mind and helps restore our balance. It allows others to be responsible for themselves and for us to take our hands off situations that do not belong to us. This frees us from unnecessary stress.

Melody Beattie
The Language of Letting Go

Source: psychologytoday.com

Ann Landers on Redefinition

Some people believe holding on and hanging in there are signs of great strength. However, there are times when it takes much more strength to know when to let go and then do it. 

Ann Landers

Source: psychologytoday.com

Kid Wisdom

Don't mess with Girl Scouts. And, don't mess with soldiers.

Gracie Fullerton

Gracie and her sister Zoe, are Girl Scouts. They were selling cookies at an Albertson's in Escondido, California and collecting money for Girl Scouts Operation: Thin Mints to raise money to send cookies to American Troops.  A man came out of the store, stole the donation jar, and sped off in a car. Police tracked the man to his home (turns out they'd been looking for him for other reasons), where he leapt through a window, ran, and was tackled and apprehended. He will be charged with petty theft, but also had arrest warrants for battery and a violation of a court gang injunction.

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Jack Kornfield on Conscious Living

In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you.

Jack Kornfield
from Buddha's Little Instruction Book

Source: fakebuddhaquotes.com

Jenny Griffin on Self-Reliance

It's about knowing at the core of yourself, deep, deep in your heart, that you are enough just as you are. JUST AS YOU ARE.  You don't need to do anything to prove yourself or enough-ness to the outside world, you just have to be. Shine your light out into the world and love as deeply and ferociously as you can. That's why we're all here.

Jenny Griffin
The Power of Change

Source: Jenny Griffin on facebook

Monday, February 24, 2014

Harold Ramis on Dramatic Effect

My characters aren't losers. They're rebels. They win by their refusal to play by everyone else's rules.

Harold Ramis

Source: successories.com

Thank you and farewell.

Ken Robinson on Success

Success shouldn't be measured by what you've achieved, but by the obstacles you've overcome to become who you are. Success is not an end condition. It's a process; the journey you take.

Ken Robinson

Source: magazineim.com

Sunday, February 23, 2014

Tieraona Low Dog, M.D. on Enrichment

The animals we let into our lives help us grow in many special and beautiful ways. They not only teach us about unconditional love, happiness, joy, and companionship, they teach us about loss, grieving, and letting go. When their brief lives end, and our hearts are breaking, we remember all the wondrous times we’ve have shared with them and that ultimately the sadness was worth it. What an invaluable lesson - understanding that we can enter into a relationship we know will end one day and yet be unafraid. I believe that our lives, our health, and our human experiences are infinitely richer because of the special bond we share with the animals we love.

Tieraona Low Dog, M.D.

Source: Tieraona Low Dog MD on facebook

Anatole France on Empathy

Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened.
 

Anatole France

Source: Tieraona Low Dog MD on facebook

Doreen Virtue on Assertiveness

Standing up for yourself isn't about changing the other person. It's about honoring your self-worth.

Doreen Virture
Assertiveness for Earth Angels

Source: Doreen Virtue on facebook

Anthony Bourdain on Authenticity

I don't have to agree with you to like you or respect you.

Anthony Bourdain

Source: goodreads.com

Monday, February 17, 2014

Doreen Virtue on Forgiveness

Spiritually, it's important to forgive those who hurt you, but you don't need to hang out with them.

Doreen Virtue
Assertiveness for Earth Angels

Source: Doreen Virtue on facebook

Sunday, February 16, 2014

Song Lyric Wisdom: Our Love Is Here To Stay

Our Love Is Here To Stay

The more I read the papers, the less I comprehend.
The world and all it's capers and how it all will end.
Nothing seems to be lasting, but that isn't our affair.
We've got something permanent,
I mean in the way we care.

It's very clear our love is here to stay.
Not for a year, but ever and a day.
The radio and the telephone.
And the movies that we know.
May just be passing fancies and in time may go.
But, oh my dear, our love is here to stay.
Together were going a long, long way.

In time the Rockies may crumble,
Gibraltar may tumble, they're only made of clay.
But our love is here to stay.

Ira Gershwin/George Gershwin
Words and Music
from An American In Paris, 1951, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
1938, Alfred Publishing Co., Inc.
Sources: thepeaches.com and musicnotes.com

Tammara Weber on Love

Love is not the absence of logic
but logic examined and recalculated
heated and curved to fit
inside the contours of the heart
 

Tammara Webber
Easy

Source: The Power of Change on facebook

Friday, February 14, 2014

Song Lyric Wisdom: As Time Goes By

As Time Goes By
 

[This day and age we're living in
Gives cause for apprehension
With speed and new invention
And things like fourth dimension.

Yet we get a trifle weary
With Mr. Einstein's theory.
So we must get down to earth at times
Relax relieve the tension

And no matter what the progress
Or what may yet be proved
The simple facts of life are such
They cannot be removed.]

You must remember this
A kiss is just a kiss, a sigh is just a sigh.
The fundamental things apply
As time goes by.

And when two lovers woo
They still say, "I love you."
On that you can rely
No matter what the future brings
As time goes by.

Moonlight and love songs
Never out of date.
Hearts full of passion
Jealousy and hate.
Woman needs man
And man must have his mate
That no one can deny.

It's still the same old story
A fight for love and glory
A case of do or die.
The world will always welcome lovers
As time goes by.

Oh yes, the world will always welcome lovers
As time goes by.

Herman Hupfeld
Words and Music
1931, Alfred Publishing/Warner Bros. Music Corporation, ASCAP
 

Source: reelclassics.com and musicnotes.com

Song Lyric Wisdom: To Sir With Love

To Sir With Love

Those school girl days of telling tales
And biting nails are gone
But in my mind I know
They will still live on and on

But how do you thank someone
Who has taken you from crayons to perfume?
It isn't easy, but I'll try

If you wanted the sky
I would write across the sky in letters
That would soar a thousand feet high
To Sir, with love

The time has come for closing books
And long last looks must end
And as I leave I know
That I am leaving my best friend

A friend who taught me right from wrong
And weak from strong
That's a lot to learn, what
can I give you in return?

If you wanted the moon
I would try to make a star
But I, would rather you let me give my heart
To Sir, with love

Marc London and Don Black
Music and Lyrics 
1967, EMI Music Publishing

Ken Carey on Choosing Love

Create Your World In Love

Make a home for eternal spirit in your heart. Notice what thoughts create tension or anxiety and choose to release them. To the degree that anxiety taints your motivation, to that same degree, you are less effective in all you do, for spirit is them denied access to your mind and heart, and you, in a literal sense, are not fully present.

The process of relaxing all thoughts that require tension to sustain them is a process is a process of relaxing habits of the past and awakening to the reality of your own spiritual presence.

It is a process of losing interest in fearful ways of walking upon the earth and chosing to create your world in love through the action of your open heart.

Should you perceive a problem, you surround that problem with love. You define it in love. You recognize that it is caused by the lack of love that lies behind all problems. And with love, you introduce the understanding that provides the solution.

Ken Carey from Return of the Bird Tribes


Source: mysticmamma.com

Good interview with Ken Carey and Douglas Gillies, click here.

William Goldman on True Love

As you wish.

William Goldman
The Princess Bride, First published 1973

Source: goodreads.com 

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Sid Caesar on Self-Determination

There's a now, a was, and a gonna be. Now is now, and after now is a was. And what comes after the was is a gonna be. It hasn't happened yet. It's gonna happen as soon as the now is over. But if you have a good now, you're bound to have a good was and a good gonna be. But after the bad now comes a bad was. But if you have a bad now and dwell on it, you're going to have a bad gonna be and you're going to have a bad cycle. If you learn from the bad was, you can turn the bad gonna be into a good gonna be. The only way you can change the cycle is after the was. If you carry the bad wases around with you, they get heavy and become should'a could'as - I should'a done this, I could'a done that. If you learn from the was, you'll have a great now; you won't repeat the same mistakes. It will bring you to a good now, which changes the cycle to a good was, and a good gonna be. You need to learn from the wases. It's all about changing your attitude.

Sid Caesar

Source: goodreads.com

Thank you so much for so much laughter and farewell.

Your Show of Shows: From Here to Obscurity, Part 1

Your Show of Shows: From Here to Obscurity, Part 2

Your Show of Shows: The Clock 

Ken Carey on Critical Thought

The world is in trouble precisely because people invest their faith and belief systems in other peoples' experience. I think the answer for us as a human race, and for myself personally, is to place more trust, more faith, in my own experience and to make decisions from my own experience. To whatever extent the expressions of others can help me express what I already know intuitively inside myself, that's valuable. But to adopt a second-hand opinion as your own is part of the old paradigm that I think we're maturing beyond and waking out of. 

Ken Carey

Source: From a very good interview with Douglas Gillies on douglasgillies.com

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Joseph Campbell on Living

I don’t believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive. 

Joseph Campbell

Source: tinybuddha.com

Shirley Temple Black on Imagination

Make-believe colors the past with innocent distortion, and it swirls ahead of us in a thousand ways - in science, in politics, in every bold intention. It is part of our collective lives, entwining our past and our future.

Shirley Temple Black
 


Source: famousquotesandauthors.com

Thank you and farewell.

Jack Lemmon on Shirley Temple

We made her a legend, but she insisted on being herself.

Jack Lemmon on Shirley Temple
The Kennedy Center Honors, 1998


Source: youtube.com the Kennedy Center Honors Shirley Temple

Song Lyric Wisdom: On the Good Ship Lollipop

On The Good Ship Lollipop

I've thrown away my toys
Even my drum and train.
I wanna make some noise
With real live aeroplanes.

Some day I'm going to fly.
I'll be a pilot too.
And when I do, how would you
Like to be my crew...

On the good ship lollipop.
Its a sweet trip to a candy shop
Where bon-bons play
On the sunny beach of Peppermint Bay.

Lemonade stands everywhere.
Crackerjack bands fill the air.
And there you are
Happy landing on a chocolate bar.

See the sugar bowl do the tootsie roll
With the big bad devils food cake.
If you eat too much ooh ooh
You'll awake with a tummy ache.

On the good ship lollipop
Its a night trip into bed you hop
And dream away
On the good ship lollipop.


Sydney Claire and Richard A. Whiting
Words and Music
Performed by Shirley Temple
From the film Bright Eyes, 1934
Twentieth Century Fox

Source: musicnotes.com and reelclassics.com

Sunday, February 9, 2014

Beatles Music Wisdom: All My Loving

All My Loving

Close your eyes and I'll kiss you,
Tomorrow I'll miss you;
Remember I'll always be true.
And then while I'm away,
I'll write home everyday,
And I'll send all my loving to you.

I'll pretend that I'm kissing,
The lips I am missing
And hope that my dreams will come true.
And then while I'm away,
I'll write home everyday,
And I'll send all my loving to you.

All my loving,
I will send to you,
All my loving,
Darling, I'll be true.

Close your eyes and I'll kiss you,
Tomorrow I'll miss you;
Remember I'll always be true.
And then while I'm away,
I'll write home everyday,
And I'll send all my loving to you.

All my loving,
I will send to you,
All my loving,
Darling, I'll be true.

All my loving,
All my loving, oo,
All my loving
I will send to you.

John Lennon/Paul McCartney
Words and Music
With The Beatles, 1963
Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC


Source: thebeatles.com

Song one of five performed on The Ed Sullivan Show, February 9, 1964, CBS

Song Lyric Wisdom: Till There Was You

Till There Was You

There were bells on a hill
But I never heard them ringing
No I never heard them at all
Till there was you

There were birds in the sky
But I never saw them winging
No I never saw them at all
Till there was you

Then there was music
And wonderful roses, they tell me
In sweet fragrant meadows
Of dawn and dew

There was love all around
But I never heard it singing
No I never heard it at all
Till there was you

Then there was music
And wonderful roses, they tell me
In sweet fragrant meadows
Of dawn and dew

There was love all around
But I never heard it singing
No I never heard it at all
Till there was you

Till there was you

Meredith Wilson
Words and Music
from The Music Man, 1950
MPL Communications, Inc.
 

Source: thebeatles.com 

Song two of five performed by The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show, February 9, 1964, CBS

Beatles Music Wisdom: She Loves You

She Loves You

She loves you yeh, yeh, yeh,
She loves you yeh, yeh, yeh.

You think you lost your love,
Well I saw her yesterday - yi - yay.
She says she loves you,
And you know that can't be bad,
Yes, she loves you,
And you know you should be glad.

She said you hurt her so,
She almost lost her mind,
And now she says she knows,
You're not the hurting kind.

She says she loves you,
And you know that can't be bad,
She says she loves you,
And you know you should be glad.

She loves you yeh, yeh, yeh,
She loves you yeh, yeh, yeh.
And with a love like that,
You know you should be glad.

You know it's up to you,
I think it's only fair,
Pride can hurt you too,
Apologize to her.

Because she loves,
And you know that can't be bad,
Yes, she loves you,
And you know you should be glad.

She loves you yeh, yeh, yeh,
She loves you yeh, yeh, yeh.
With a love like that,
You know you should be glad.
With a love like that,
You know you should be glad.
With a love like that,
You know you should be glad.
Yeh, yeh, yeh,
Yeh, yeh, yeh.

John Lennon/Paul McCartney
Words and Music
Released as a Single in the United States, 1963
Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
 

Source: thebeatles.com  

Song three of five performed on The Ed Sullivan Show, February 9, 1964, CBS

Beatles Music Wisdom: I Saw Her Standing There

I Saw Her Standing There

Well, she was just seventeen,
You know what I mean,
And the way she looked was way beyond compare,
So how could I dance with another,
Oh when I saw her standing there

Well she looked at me,
And I, I could see,
That before too long I'd fall in love with her,
She wouldn't dance with another,
Oh when I saw her standing there.

Well my heart went boom when I crossed that room,
And I held her hand in mine.

Oh we danced through the night,
And we held each other tight,
And before too long I fell in love with her,
Now I'll never dance with another,
Oh when I saw her standing there.

Well my heart went boom when I crossed that room,
And I held her hand in mine.

Oh we danced through the night,
And we held each other tight,
And before too long I fell in love with her,
Now I'll never dance with another,
Oh since I saw her standing there.
Oh since I saw her standing there.

John Lennon/Paul McCartney
Words and Music
Please Please Me, 1963
Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
 

Source: thebeatles.com 

Song four of five performed on The Ed Sullivan Show, February 9, 1964, CBS

Beatles Music Wisdom: I Want To Hold Your Hand

I Want To Hold Your Hand

Oh yeh, I'll tell you something,
I think you'll understand,
Then I'll say that something,
I wanna hold your hand,
I wanna hold your hand,
I wanna hold your hand.

Oh please say to me
You'll let me be your man,
And please say to me,
You'll let me hold your hand,
Now let me hold your hand,
I wanna hold your hand.

And when I touch you
I feel happy inside,
It's such a feeling
That my love I can't hide,
I can't hide, I can't hide.

Yeh, you got that something,
I think you'll understand,
When I feel that something,
I wanna hold your hand,
I wanna hold your hand,
I wanna hold your hand.

And when I touch you
I feel happy inside,
It's such a feeling
That my love I can't hide,
I can't hide, I can't hide.

Yeh, you got that something,
I think you'll understand,
When I feel that something,
I wanna hold your hand,
I wanna hold your hand,
I wanna hold your hand.

John Lennon/Paul McCartney
Words and Music
Meet the Beatles, 1963
Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
 

Source: thebeatles.com 

Song five of five performed on The Ed Sullivan Show, February 9, 1964, CBS

Saturday, February 8, 2014

Melanie M. Koulouris on Pathfinders

Healers are spiritual warriors who have found the courage to defeat the darkness of their souls. Awakening and arising from the depths of their deepest fears, like a Phoenix rising from the ashes. Reborn with a wisdom and strength that creates a light that shines bright enough to help, encourage, and inspire others out of their own darkness.

Melanie M. Koulouris

Source: Tieraona Low Dog MD on facebook

Mary Oliver on Gratitude

Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift. 

Mary Oliver, poet

Source: The Power of Change on facebook

Friday, February 7, 2014

Beatles Music Wisdom: In My Life

In My Life

There are places I'll remember
All my life, though some have changed.
Some forever, not for better;
Some have gone and some remain.

All these places had their moments
With lovers and friends I still can recall.
Some are dead and some are living,
In my life I've loved them all.

But of all these friends and lovers
There is no one compares with you.
And these mem'ries lose their meaning
When I think of love as something new.

Tho' I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before,
I know I'll often stop and think about them,
In my life I love you more.

Tho' I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before,
I know I'll often stop and think about them,
In my life I love you more.

In my life I love you more.

John Lennon/Paul McCartney
Words and Music
Rubber Soul, 1965
Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
 


Source: thebeatles.com

Beatles Music Wisdom: Help!

Help!

Help! I need somebody,
Help! Not just anybody,
Help! You know I need someone,
Help!

When I was younger, so much younger than today,
I never needed anybody's help in any way,
But now these days are gone and I'm not so self assured,
Now I find I've changed my mind, I've opened up the doors.

Help me if you can, I'm feeling down,
And I do appreciate you being 'round,
Help me get my feet back on the ground,
Won't you please, please help me?

And now my life has changed in oh so many ways,
My independence seems to vanish in the haze,
But ev'ry now and then I feel so insecure,
I know that I just need you like I've never done before.

Help me if you can, I'm feeling down,
And I do appreciate you being 'round,
Help me get my feet back on the ground,
Won't you please, please help me?

When I was younger, so much younger than today,
I never needed anybody's help in any way,
But now these days are gone and I'm not so self assured,
Now I find I've changed my mind, I've opened up the doors.

Help me if you can, I'm feeling down,
And I do appreciate you being 'round,
Help me get my feet back on the ground,
Won't you please, please help me?

Help me, help me Ooh.


John Lennon/Paul McCartney
Words and Music
Help!, 1965
Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

Source: thebeatles.com

Beatles Music Wisdom: Revolution 1

Revolution 1

You say you want a revolution
Well, you know
We all want to change the world
You tell me that it's evolution
Well, you know
We all want to change the world
But when you talk about destruction
Don't you know that you can count me out
Don't you know it's going to be alright
Alright, alright

You say you want a real solution
Well, you know
We'd all love to see the plan
You ask me for a contribution
Well, you know
We're doing what we can
But if you want money for people with minds that hate
All I can tell you is brother you have to wait
Don't you know it's going to be alright
Alright, alright

You say you'll change the Constitution
Well, you know
We all want to change your head
You tell me it's the institution
Well, you know
You better free your mind instead
But if you carrying pictures of Chairman Mao
You ain't going to make it with me anyhow
Don't you know it's going to be alright
Alright, alright
Alright, alright...


John Lennon/Paul McCartney
Words and Music
1968, The Beatles (White Album)
Hard rock version on the B-side to Hey Jude
Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

Source: thebeatles.com

Beatles Music Wisdom: Let It Be

Let It Be

When I find myself in times of trouble
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom
Let it be.

And in my hour of darkness
She is standing right in front of me
Speaking words of wisdom
Let it be.

Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom
Let it be.

And when the broken-hearted people
Living in the world agree
There will be an answer
Let it be.

For though they may be parted there is
Still a chance that they will see
There will be an answer
Let it be.

Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
There will be an answer
Let it be.

And when the night is cloudy
There is still a light that shines on me
Shine until tomorrow
Let it be.

I wake up to the sound of music
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom
Let it be.

Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
There will be an answer
Let it be.

Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom
Let it be...


John Lennon/Paul McCartney
Words and Music
Let It Be, 1970
Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

Source: thebeatles.com

Beatles Music Wisdom: I'll Follow the Sun

I'll Follow The Sun

One day you'll look to see I've gone,
For tomorrow may rain, so I'll follow the sun.

Some day you'll know I was the one,
But, tomorrow may rain, so I'll follow the sun.

And now the time has come,
And so, my love, I must go.
And though I lose a friend,
In the end you will know. Oh,

One day you'll find that I have gone,
But, tomorrow may rain, so I'll follow the sun.

Yeah, tomorrow may rain, so I'll follow the sun.

And now the time has come,
And so, my love, I must go.
And though I lose a friend,
In the end you will know. Oh,

One day you'll find that I have gone,
But, tomorrow may rain, so I'll follow the sun.


John Lennon/Paul McCartney
Words and Music
Beatles for Sale, 1964
Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

Source: thebeatles.com

Beatles Music Wisdom: You've Got To Hide Your Love Away

You've Got To Hide Your Love Away

Here I stand, head in hand,
turn my face to the wall.
If she's gone, I can't go on,
feeling two foot small.

Ev'rywhere people stare,
each and ev'ryday.
I can see them laugh at me,
and I hear them say:

Hey! You've got to hide your love away.
Hey! You've got to hide your love away.

How can I even try?
I can never win.
Hearing them, seeing them,
In the state I'm in.

How could she say to me
Love will find a way?
Gather 'round all you clowns,
Let me hear you say:

Hey! You've got to hide your love away.
Hey! You've got to hide your love away.


John Lennon/Paul McCartney
Words and Music
Help, 1965
Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

Source: thebeatles.com and musicnotes.com

John Wooden on Empowerment

Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out.

John Wooden

Source: Freelancers Union on facebook

Thursday, February 6, 2014

Marty Noble on Reverberaton

The gentle and princely presence of Ralph Kiner could turn a gathering of crooks, rogues, and rascals into civil and gracious fellows. Mr. Kiner had that effect, the opposite of one bad apple.

Marty Noble

Source: baseball-almanac.com

To honor Baseball Hall of Famer Ralph Kiner, thank you and farewell.

Monday, February 3, 2014

Farrah Gray on Self-Determination

Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs.

Farrah Gray

Source: Freelancers Union on facebook

Thomas Edison on Nature

Until man duplicates a blade of grass, nature can laugh at his so-called scientific knowledge. Remedies from chemicals will never stand in favor compared with the products of nature, the living cell of the plant, the final result of the rays of the sun, the mother of all life.

Thomas A. Edison

Source: Tieraona Low Dog, MD on facebook

Richard Sherman on Excellence

We played to our standard.

Richard Sherman
Seattle Seahawks
To ESPN's Ed Werder on winning Super Bowl, XLVIII, 2014

Sunday, February 2, 2014

Ariana Huffington on Failure

Failure is not the opposite of success, it's an integral part of success. It is, quite possibly, the key component.

Ariana Huffington
On Advice from Her Mother
Address to Nightingale School graduating class, 2012

Source: huffingtonpost.com
 

Movie Wisdom: King's Row

My grandmother used to say, some people grow up and some people just grow older.

Parris Mitchell (Robert Cummings) to his friend Drake McHugh (Ronald Reagan) as he braces to tell him the truth.

Kings Row
Screen Play by Casey Robinson, Henry Bellamann (novel author)
1942, Warner Brothers