Today's Gonna Be a Good Day

This is an amazing YouTube video that demonstrates how 20,000 people can ride the same vibe and synchronize. Truly, AWESOME!!

Chicago and the Black Eyed Peas surprise Oprah as she kicks off her 24th season.

Silence is Golden

A fool is known by his speech

and a wise man by silence

~ Pythagoras

Photo: Fish in tank

Taken 1/10/09 VB VA

All That You Already Have

If you just look at all that already exists in your life, all that you already have: unlimited air to breathe, ample lighting to see, music to hear, books to read, stars to dream by, trees to gaze at, floors to dance on, friends to cavort with, enemies to befriend, strangers to meet, woods to walk through, beaches to comb, rocks to scale, rains to cleanse you, rivers to float you, animals to comfort you, you do have to admit, life is good if we reach out and live it!

Bugs on the Windshield

Princess Mia planned to recuse her royal position as Princess of Genovia and declined making a public speech as she had previously been humiliated by the press.

"You wouldn't stop driving your mustang because a couple of bugs hit the windshield. Would you?"

replied her grandmother, Queen Clarisse Renaldi of Genovia (Julie Andrews) to an anxious granddaughter and Princess-heir apparent , Mia Thermopolis (Anne Hathaway) in The Princess Diaries, 2001.

I'm Yours

by Jason Mraz
(just love, love, love the song!)

Hope Still Lives

The work goes on,
the cause endures,
the hope still lives and
the dreams shall never die.

~Ted Kennedy
1932-2009

The Universe Conspires in Your Favor

"When a person really desires something,

all the universe conspires to help that person to realize his dream...
Don't give into your fears," said the alchemist,
in a strangely gentle voice.
"If you do, you won't be able to talk to your heart."

Quote:
The Alchemist, written by Paulo Coehlo
published in 1988 in Portugese, translated into English in 1994

Happy Birthday, Mitchell

25 years ago today
I gave birth to our eldest son, Mitchell.
What a wonderful day it was...
Peculiarly cool and rainy for an August day.
He was such a precious baby and so aware of his surroundings.
It was amazing how Mitchell would cry and cry in the nursery
but was content immediately upon hearing our voices.
The nurses dubbed Mitch "Billy Idol" due to his mop of blond hair
that extended from his scalp like it was electrified.
Little did we know,
that was a glimpse of the energy emanating from his rapidly firing neurons...
which has yet to lag.
We took him home on August 5th - a searing hot day.
And, so , our rich experiences as parents began.
We look forward to so many more.

Happy Birthday to our beloved son, Mitchell John Anthony.
You are a blessing in our lives.
Love, Mom and Dad

Picture:
Mitchell taking a bath
"getting excited"
10 months old with only 1 tooth
Menomonee Falls, WI 1985

Happy Birthday, Stuart - #46

Happy birthday to the man we love and adore.
You mean the world, moon and universe to us!!

Photo: Air and Space Center
Hampton, VA
2009

Wondering

"People travel to wonder at the height of the mountains, at the huge waves of the seas,
at the long course of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean,
at the circular motion of the stars,
and yet they pass by themselves without wondering."

- St. Augustine, 354-430 A.D.

Photo:
water reflection of face
tsu_tsu @flickr.com

Be There Totally

Where ever you are, be there totally.

~ Eckhart Tolle

Photo: Tom Watson
At age 59 marching towards victory
British Open, 2009

What You Do Matters

"Do not worry so much all the time, my friend, about the other people, what they say. And do not have so many strong opinions, so many strong judgments. What you do matters. And what you think matters...Here is Buddhist prayer," he said, and he rolled off a few sentences in what must have been Ortyk, then struggling just a bit, translated them. "All that we are is the result of what we have thought: It is built on our thoughts, it is made from our thoughts. If a man speaks or acts with evil thought, pain follows him, just like the wheel follows the foot of the ox that draws the...cart....If a person speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves."


One of my favorite excerpts from the delightful novel Breakfast with Buddha written by Roland Merullo. This story is insightful, slightly irreverant and loving. A wonderful primer on how to live gently.

Namaste.

Stand Up to Your Obstacles

Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them.
You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.

~ Norman Vincent Peale

Painting: Obstacles by Bruce Price

25 Years Married Today

Grow old along with me. The best is yet to be.

In a time when nothing is more certain than change,
the commitment of two people to one another has become difficult and rare.
Yet, by its scarcity, the beauty and value of this exchange have only been enhanced.

~ Sexton, Robert

Photo: Stuart and Jackie 2009