A Quote about the Upcoming New Year!

“No, this is not the beginning of a new chapter in my life; 

this is the beginning of a new book! 

That first book is already closed, ended, and tossed into the seas; 

this new book is newly opened, has just begun!

Look, it is the first page! And it is a beautiful one!”

C. JoyBell C.  

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Song: Keep going on Song (Are you ok?; Are you Alright?)

(35) The Keep Going Song (title track) - YouTube  

Article: 8-steps to making 2021 your best year ever

https://holisticlifebykate.com/2020/12/23/8-steps-to-make-2021-your-best-year-ever/

Video: anemoia - n. nostalgia for a time you’ve never known

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH6ZCIRjI14&feature=emb_logo

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Wishing you a most beautiful year wherever this may find you!

Some Christmas Gift Suggestions

“Christmas gift suggestions: 

To your enemy, forgiveness. 

To an opponent, tolerance. 

To a friend, your heart.

To a customer, service. 

To all, charity. 

To every child, a good example. 

To yourself, respect." 

Oren Arnold

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Article: National Geographic on the Winter Solstice (which is today by the way)

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/space/what-is-summer-winter-solstice-answer-might-surprise-you/

Video: Bill Murray's Scrooged Christmas Miracle Speech

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eObVoC0dOp0&feature=emb_logo

Video Gayla Peevey (Age 10 and 73)  - The Christmas Hippo Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsvOrtcrA5c  

Video: Linus Christmas Speech

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJ8qjdxxzzE

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Wishing you a most beautiful Christmas wherever this may find you!

 "This Holiday Season...

Mend a quarrel. Seek out a forgotten friend. Dismiss suspicion, and replace it with trust.

Write a love letter. Share some treasure. Give a soft answer. Offer encouragement.

Manifest your loyalty in word and deed. Keep a promise. Find the time. Forgive an enemy.

Listen. Apologize if you are wrong. Try to understand. Flout envy. Examine your demands

on others. Think first of someone else. Appreciate. Be kind; be gentle. Laugh a little.

Laugh a little more. Deserve confidence. Take up arms against malice. Decry complacency.

Express your gratitude. Welcome, a stranger. Gladden the heart of a child.

Take pleasure in the beauty and wonder of the earth. Speak your love. 

Speak it again. Speak it still once again."

 Howard W. Hunter

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Video: Clouds Choir; Christmas, Mall of America

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLhUS_QjcZY

Video: Behind the Clouds: The Life & Music of Zach Sobiech

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Nh4K-nIRe0

Article: Nine Nonobvious Ways to Have Deeper Conversations; 

The art of making connections even in a time of dislocation.

 Opinion | Nine Nonobvious Ways to Have Deeper Conversations - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

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 Appreciating what you have helps you not think about the things you don’t have.  

“The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. 

A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, 

without wishing for what he has not.”

Seneca 

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Infographic: The Stress Continuum; How Are You Doing?

Supportive resources for Colorado healthcare workers (cohcwcovidsupport.org) 

 

YouTube: For the Longest Time ~ Quarantine Edition

(24) Longest Time - Quarantine Edition - YouTube 

TedTalk: Dr. Seuss' guide to contentment

https://www.ted.com/talks/neil_ihde_dr_seuss_guide_to_contentment?language=en

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Wishing you a most beautiful day wherever this may find you!

 The harder the struggle, the more glorious the triumph.

"Sometimes, struggles are exactly what we need in our life. 

If we were to go through our life without any obstacles, we would be crippled. 

We would not be as strong as we could have been. 

Give every opportunity a chance, leave no room for regrets."    

Friedrich Nietzsche

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TedTalk: The beauty of struggle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUrNosSQZdc

Website: Need to be silly? Check it out!

http://www.staggeringbeauty.com/

Website: Radio Garden. Take a trip 'round the world's airwaves! 

http://radio.garden/visit/lincroft-nj/Nwc0e1x6

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Wishing you a most beautiful day wherever this may find you!

 On Gratitude

“Gratitude turns what we have into enough, and more. 

It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity...

it makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.”

Melody Beattie  

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Video: How to be more grateful; The School of Life

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MU0do-agdHE

Article: 13 Most Popular Gratitude Exercises & Activities

https://positivepsychology.com/gratitude-exercises/

Meditation: Gratitude Guided Meditation Enhanced With Binaural Beats

https://soundcloud.com/binauralbeatsentrainment/gratitude-guided-meditation

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Wishing you a most beautiful and abundant Thanksgiving to you and your family

 Let go. Surrender  

"Quit hanging on to the handrails... 

Let go. Surrender. 

Go for the ride of your life. 

Do it every day."

Melody Beattie

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TED Talk: Rabbi Sack; How we can face the future without fear, together  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfplRTXO5HA

Website: Quick Draw; An on-line doodle challenge

https://quickdraw.withgoogle.com/

Short Documentary: Katherine Johnson, the girl who loved to count

https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/katherine-johnson-videos

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Wishing you a most beautiful day wherever this may find you!

 What's good in your life?

Every day, it’s important to ask and answer these questions: 

“What’s good in my life?” and “What needs to be done?”

Nathaniel Branden

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Website: Wise and compassionate Buddhist guidelines for living

 https://www.ling.upenn.edu/~beatrice/buddhist-practice/six-guidelines.html?utm_campaign=Recomendo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20newsletter 

Website: Are you a casual exerciser?

https://darebee.com/

SoundCloud: One Inch at a Time; Al Pacino's speech in the movie On Any Given Sunday

https://soundcloud.com/motivationdays/al-pacinos-inspirational

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Wishing you a most beautiful day wherever this may find you!

 The Power of the Pause

“When things begin accelerating wildly out of control, 

sometimes patience is the only answer. Press pause.”   

Douglas Rushkoff

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Article: The Pause Manifesto; With all that is going on here are some ideas on how to pause.

https://thedolectures.com/blogs/blog/the-pause-manifesto

Video: The power of the pause: Tim Tompkins at TEDxTimesSquare

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kVbIc5mVCw&feature=emb_logo

Video: What happens when you put cheese in a chocolate fountain?

https://twitter.com/panoparker/status/1321927976318099456

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Wishing you a most beautiful day wherever this may find you!

 Do what you can!

“Do what you can, with what you have, 

where you are.” 

Teddy Roosevelt  

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Video: Let's go for a Swim; Swim Wild

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-PluBrYvg0&feature=emb_logo

Article: Resilience Is About How You Recharge, Not How You Endure

https://hbr.org/2016/06/resilience-is-about-how-you-recharge-not-how-you-endure

Video: Interesting Post Offices and the power of writing letters.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=645&v=pNj0mOfIrIA&feature=emb_logo  

 You might as well be GRATEFUL

You cannot be grateful and bitter.

You cannot be grateful and unhappy.

You cannot be grateful and without hope.

You cannot be grateful and unloving.

So just be grateful 

Author Unknown

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Soundtrack: Are you a fan of the music of the '80s?  Check out this mashup!

https://boingboing.net/2020/10/02/fantastic-500-song-mashed-up-megamix-of-1980s-pop-jams.html

Poem|Video: Winston Churchill's, "If you Can"

https://vimeo.com/308434438

Website: Documentary Mania; Offers hundreds of documentaries you can watch for free!

https://www.documentarymania.com/home.php

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Wishing you a most beautiful day wherever this may find you!

 Embrace your Shadow

 

“There is no light without shadow, 

and no psychic wholeness without imperfection.”

C.G. Jung

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Video: Carl Jung; The Shadow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGQ7LSAQwo4  

Video: The nose knows and dances!  I picked this one for you! 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YotMwwixPsw&feature=emb_logo  

Article: Let's bring Wine. Gelato, Beer or whatever windows to the US

https://www.insider.com/photos-wine-windows-florence-italy-covid-friendly-gelato-coffee-2020-8  

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Wishing you a most BEAUTIFUL day wherever this may find you!

 Leave the Door Open for the Unknown

“Leave the door open for the unknown, the door into the dark. 

That’s where the most important things come from, 

where you yourself came from, and where you will go.”

Rebecca Solnit

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Video: A short documentary from Field Notes about The United States of Letterpress, 

featuring several letterpress practitioners from around the country.

https://vimeo.com/458343472

A Movie: A love story using clips from 450 films that span nearly the entire history of cinema.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSYZ9fMEaDU&feature=emb_logo

Article: Why We All Need Quiet Days

https://www.theschooloflife.com/thebookoflife/why-we-all-need-quiet-days/

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Wishing you a most BEAUTIFUL day wherever this may find you!