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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 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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 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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 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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 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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 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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 Our world is only a reflection of us...

  

“My relationship with the entire world in this moment depends 

entirely on the relationship I have with myself.“
Paul Ferrini  

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Website: A Soft Murmur: Ambient sounds to wash away distraction.

https://asoftmurmur.com/

Video: 59 ways to cook an egg. It is Eggcellent!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=15&v=qWAagS_MANg&feature=emb_logo

Podcast: The story about JFK Impersonator Vaughn Meader and the death of his career

https://art19.com/shows/mobituaries/episodes/d24bd8f6-dc86-42f8-9ad2-284c8194e147  

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Wisdom from an old TV show: Northern Exposure

It's okay to ground yourself in the present  

"You know, and I think when you're somewhere you ought to be there, 

and because it's not about how long you stay in a place. 

It's about what you do while you're there. 

And when you go, is that place any better for you having been there?"

The character, Chris the DJ

from the TV show; Northern Exposure

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Article; The magical realism of "Northern Exposure"

https://www.salon.com/2020/09/10/northern-exposure-30th-anniversary-tribute-cabin-fever/

Website: Did you make Paper Airplanes as a kid. I did.

Check out this repository of airplane designs:

https://www.foldnfly.com/index.html

Website: Track tagged Sharks with The Track Sharker tool by Marine Research Group OCEARCH  

https://www.ocearch.org/tracker/?details=224

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 What Chapter are you on?

My Autobiography in Five Short Chapters

Chapter One...

"I walk down the street. 

There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. 

I fall in. I am lost. I am helpless. It isn't my fault! 

It takes me forever to find a way out."

Chapter Two...

"I walk down the same street. 

There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.

I pretend I don't see it. I fall in again. 

I can't believe I'm in the same place, but it isn't my fault!! 

It still takes me a long time to get out."

Chapter Three...

"I walk down the same street. 

There is a deep hole in the middle of the sidewalk. 

I see it there. I still fall in....it is a habit.

I know where I am. It is my fault. I get out immediately."

Chapter Four...

"I walk down the same street. 

There is a deep hole in the middle of the sidewalk.

I walk around it."

Chapter Five...

"I walk down another street!"

Portia Nelson

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Website: Sounds of the Forest

https://timberfestival.org.uk/soundsoftheforest-soundmap/

Video: Fall asleep Faster

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tt247mla-ko&feature=youtu.be

Article:10 Unconventional Habits to Live Distraction-Less

https://www.becomingminimalist.com/distraction-less/

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 A Short Proverb with a Huge Meaning

"The obstacle is the path."

Zen Proverb

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Article: About the quote

https://zenhabits.net/obstacle/

A 30-minute Life Visioning Meditation: Meeting your Future Self

https://app.aurahealth.io/tracks/-LEVAKvhsPurDBGJzlQJ?utm_campaign=Recomendo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20newsletter

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It all Starts Within...

In the midst of hate, I found there was, 

within me, an invincible love.

In the midst of tears, I found there was, 

within me, an invincible smile.

In the midst of chaos, I found there was, 

within me, an invincible calm.

I realized, through it all, that…

In the midst of winter, I found there was, 

within me, an invincible summer.

And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter 

how hard the world pushes against me,

within me, there’s something stronger – 

something better, pushing right back.

 

Albert Camus, The Stranger

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Video: Peek Inside NYC’s Iconic Rubber Stamp Shop | Atlas Obscura

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=208&v=9dt65z1bAcY&feature=emb_logo  

Music Video: The Devil went down to Georgia; Washing Machine Edition

https://kottke.org/17/02/the-devil-went-down-to-georgia-washing-machine-edition

Podcast: A new take on the music played at Woodstock 51 years ago

http://www.wnyc.org/story/hit-parade-we-are-stardust-we-are-goldcertified

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On Stillness

"On one level, life is effervescent and active. 

On another level, it is absolutely still. 

The inner stillness nourishes the outer activity.”

Sadhguru

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A 15 MinTed Talk: The Art of Stillness

https://www.ted.com/talks/pico_iyer_the_art_of_stillness

Website: Need an interesting virtual background for your next Zoom meeting? Check out this website.

https://giphy.com/backdrops

Website: Make your portrait a poem 

https://artsexperiments.withgoogle.com/poemportraits  

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