A Nudge from Leo Buscaglia

"The majority of us lead quiet, unheralded lives as we pass through this world. There will most likely be no ticker-tape parades for us, no monuments created in our honor.

But that does not lessen our possible impact, for there are scores of people waiting for someone just like us to come along; people who will appreciate our compassion, our unique talents. Someone who will live a happier life merely because we took the time to share what we had to give.

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have a potential to turn a life around. It's overwhelming to consider the continuous opportunities there are to make our love felt."

Leo Buscaglia     

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

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

A Nudge: The First 20 Hours, How to Learn Anything

A Quote that Nudges

“The crisis is in the mind itself, in your mind, in your consciousness. And, unless you respond to that crisis, to that challenge, you will add, consciously or unconsciously, to the confusion, the misery and to this immensity of sorrow.”

Krishnamurti

From the Quote of the Week Files, Memorial Day

Welcome Everybody to the Quote of the Week!  We continue with our Commencement Speech Wisdom Series Quotes from a speech that was given at Lake Forest College in 1977 by Theodor Geisel,  What is interesting about this quote is that it was the entire commencement speech!  Enjoy!

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My uncle ordered popovers

from the restaurant’s bill of fare.

And, when they were served,

he regarded them

with a penetrating stare

Then he spoke great Words of Wisdom

as he sat there on that chair:

‘To eat these things,’

said my uncle,

‘you must exercise great care.

You may swallow down what’s solid

BUT

you must spit out the air!

And

as you partake of the world’s bill of fare,

that’s darned good advice to follow.

Do a lot of spitting out the hot air.

And be careful what you swallow.’

Theodor Geisel (a.k.a. Dr. Seuss); Commencement Speech; Lake Forest College; 1977

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And in honor of Memorial Day, below is a link to a video the Decoration Day Parade (that's what they called it back then) around East 56th Street in Brooklyn (Flatlands).  It is from the early 40's taken by my Dad. In it are my Grandmother, my Uncle Gerard and friends from the neighborhood.

http://youtu.be/VxfoFrSP9Pc

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

A Nudge from Reinhold Niebuhr

Nothing worth doing is completed in our lifetime,

Therefore, we are saved by hope.

Nothing true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history;

Therefore, we are saved by faith.

Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone.

Therefore, we are saved by love.

No virtuous act is quite a virtuous from the standpoint of our friend or foe as from our own;

Therefore, we are saved by the final form of love which is forgiveness.

Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971)

Inspiring Song; Inspiring Person; Inspiring Story: Zach Sobiech,

Courage! Inspiring

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/10074881/Mum-talked-down-Woolwich-terrorists-who-told-her-We-want-to-start-a-war-in-London-tonight.html

A Nudge from the Course in Miracles!

"How how would it feel? 

Try to remember when there was a time,--perhaps a minute, maybe even less--when nothing came to interrupt your peace; when you were certain you were loved and safe.

Then try to picture what it would be like to have that moment be extended to the end of time and to eternity. 

Then let the sense of quiet that you felt be multiplied a hundred times, and then be multiplied another hundred more.

And now you have a hint, not more than just the faintest intimation of the state your mind will rest in when the truth has come."

 A Course in Miracles

Norah Jones performing Bob Dylan's "Forever Young" at the memorial service for Steve Jobs. Inspiring!

Interesting Poster: NO MORE EXCUSES!!!!!

From the Quote of the Week Files; May 20, 2013

Welcome Everybody to the Quote of the Week!  We continue on with our Commencement Speech Wisdom Series with some quotes and questions from Amazon Founder, Jeff Bezo's Commencement Speech given at Princeton University in 2010. Enjoy!
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"Cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy — they’re given after all. Choices can be hard. You can seduce yourself with your gifts if you’re not careful, and if you do, it’ll probably be to the detriment of your choices.”

"Tomorrow, in a very real sense, your life — the life you author from scratch on your own — begins.

   How will you use your gifts? What choices will you make?

   Will inertia be your guide, or will you follow your passions?

   Will you follow dogma, or will you be original?

   Will you choose a life of ease, or a life of service and adventure?

   Will you wilt under criticism, or will you follow your convictions?

   Will you bluff it out when you’re wrong, or will you apologize?

   Will you guard your heart against rejection, or will you act when you fall in love?

   Will you play it safe, or will you be a little bit swashbuckling?

   When it’s tough, will you give up, or will you be relentless?

   Will you be a cynic, or will you be a builder?

   Will you be clever at the expense of others, or will you be kind?” 

Jeff Bezos_________

A link to the speech....

http://youtu.be/vBmavNoChZc_________

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

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