On Friendship and Listening...

“Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person;

having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words,

but to pour them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together,

knowing that a faithful hand will take and sift them,

keep what is worth keeping, and then,

with a breath of kindness,

blow the rest away.”

Dinah Maria Mulock Craik

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This Week's Care Package 

Articles, videos, podcasts, thought provokers, meditations, and other nutrients for these challenging times...

Article: What Great Listeners Actually Do

https://hbr.org/2016/07/what-great-listeners-actually-do

Meditation: Mindfulness Meditation for Listening Within

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYdhoeQ3ZaM

Rock n Roll Homeroom; Song I am listening to right now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs069dndIYk

Interesting Website: Everything you could ever want to know about clouds

https://cloudatlas.wmo.int/en/home.html

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Wishing you a most beautiful day wherever this may find you

 

 Just be Grateful!

You cannot be grateful and bitter.

You cannot be grateful and unhappy.

You cannot be grateful without hope.

You cannot be grateful and unloving.

So just be grateful. 

Author Unknown

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This Week's Care Package 

Articles, videos, podcasts, thought provokers, meditations, and other nutrients for these challenging times...

A Gratitude Meditation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfD4HaBBc0I

Interesting Website: Birthplaces of the most "notable people"

https://tjukanovt.github.io/notable-people?utm_campaign=Recomendo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20newsletter

(Funny I didn't see my name)

Rock n Roll Homeroom: What I am listening to right now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCCfc2vAuDU

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 It's the start of a new week, which means it's time to shake off your weekend, take a deep breath and try to think positive, energizing thoughts. 

Perhaps the Quote of the Week can help!!

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Choose Wisely

Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. 

Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. 

Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. 

Whatever choice you make makes you. 

Choose wisely.” 

Roy T. Bennett

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This Week's Care Package 

Articles, videos, podcasts, thought provokers, meditations, and other nutrients for these challenging times...

Guided Meditation: To help you choose your path!

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

Article: Make Better Decisions

https://hbr.org/2009/11/make-better-decisions-2

Interesting Website: Forebears

(Explore the world's largest database of name meanings & distributions)

https://forebears.io/

What am I listening to right now?

The Staple Singers - I'll Take You There (1972) - YouTube

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 Be Present in the Present

“If you must look back, do so forgivingly. 

If you must look forward, do love prayerfully. 

However, the wisest thing you can do is be 

present in the present…

Gratefully.” 

Maya Angelou

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Articles, videos, podcasts, thought provokers, meditations, and other nutrients for these challenging times...

Meditation: Feeling Fully Present in The Moment

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

Interesting Website: new music recommendations? Try Gnoosic!

https://www.gnoosic.com/

Rock n Roll Homeroom: What I am listening to right now!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18kqUNG9mO4&list=PLtzV2248lUVVwS3LSMsWlCBKZ2h4Gs8IP

Video: The difference between Empathy and Sympathy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Evwgu369Jw

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 The Gift of the Struggle

"I am thankful for my struggle because, 

without it, I wouldn’t have stumbled upon my strength."

Alexandra Elle

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This Week's Care Package 

Articles, videos, podcasts, thought provokers, meditations, and other nutrients for these challenging times...

Guided Meditation: Clearing Negative Energy From The Body

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3as34aZHTCk

Interesting Website: Explore the Tree of Life; How all life on earth is related

https://www.onezoom.org/

Song; Singer/Video that I find fascinating!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_g6YxkSqL20

About the Song

https://www.npr.org/2012/11/04/164206468/its-gibberish-but-italian-pop-song-still-means-something

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 The power of a smile, a kind word, 

a listening ear, an honest compliment...

 

“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 the potential to turn a life around.”

Leo Buscaglia

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This Week's Care Package 

Articles, videos, podcasts, thought provokers, meditations, and other nutrients for these challenging times...

A Loving Kindness Meditation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz7cpV7ERsM

Interesting Website: Answer the Public: What questions people are asking all over the world (2 free/day)

https://answerthepublic.com/?utm_campaign=Recomendo&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20newsletter

A song that I happen to be listening to right now: Don't Worry Be Happy; Bobby McFerrin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-diB65scQU

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 Share your Enthusiasm!

“Live your truth.

Express your love.

Share your enthusiasm.

Take action towards your dreams.

Walk your talk.

Dance and sing to your music.

Embrace your blessings.

Make today worth remembering.”

Steve Maraboli

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This Week's Care Package 

Articles, videos, podcasts, thought provokers, meditations, and other nutrients for these challenging times...

Meditation: Tending to what matters

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaBGJJ5Kzpo&t=1s

Article:3 Simple Exercises That Make Your Life Worth Remembering

https://www.magneticmemorymethod.com/life-worth-remembering/

A Google Quiz: Which came first? 

https://artsandculture.google.com/experiment/what-came-first/ZQGBUPErEE3bVg?hl=en

A song I happen to be listening to right now: It's Too Late by Carole King

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

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 It's all about your mindset!

"Whether you think you can or you think you can't,
you're right."

Henry Ford

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This Week's Care Package 

Articles, videos, podcasts, thought provokers, meditations, and other nutrients for these challenging times...

Meditation:  Mindfulness Meditation | Be Present

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

Article: Finding Calm Throughout the Chaos

https://thriveglobal.com/stories/finding-calm-throughout-the-chaos/  

Nine Rules for a Simpler Day

https://zenhabits.net/simple-day/ 

An Assessment: Discover your Sparketype! It’s Free!

https://www.goodlifeproject.com/sparketest/ 

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 We are all in this together...

“What do we live for,

if it is not to make life less difficult

for each other?”

George Eliot

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This Week's Care Package 

Articles, videos, podcasts, thought provokers, meditations, and other nutrients for these challenging times...

Meditation: On Gratitude

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL7mi1YQ8Rc

Looking for a Spicy Video?: The origins of Pepper & Cinnamon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eizn25JZTSA

Rock n Roll Homeroom: 2 Songs about Being There for Someone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Msl2fl3h59I&t=42s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-9kPks0IfE

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 If we throw ourselves into the open...

“The only way that we can live is if we grow. 

The only way we can grow is if we change. 

The only way we can change is if we learn. 

The only way we can learn is if we are exposed. 

And the only way that we are exposed is 

if we throw ourselves into the open.” 

C. JoyBell C.

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This Week's Care Package 

Articles, videos, podcasts, thought provokers, meditations, and other nutrients for these challenging times...

Article: Learn, Grow, Change, Repeat

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/learn-grow-change-repeat-enrique-rubio

Guided Meditation: Personal Development and Growth--Discovering your Ideal Self

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

Article: The 43 best websites for learning something new

https://www.businessinsider.com/the-43-best-websites-for-learning-something-new-2017-3

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 Approaches to Problems

Approaches to Problems

Cynicism: We have a problem, but they don't want to solve it

Pessimism: We have a problem, but we can't solve it

Optimism: We have a problem, and we can solve it

Responsibility: We have a problem. Can I help solve it?

Initiative: We have a problem. Here's how I'm solving it

Adam Grant

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This Week's Care Package

Articles, videos, podcasts, thought provokers, meditations, and other nutrients for these challenging times...

Guided Meditation: Problem Solving Finding the Solution to Your Problems

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJ9s-3MJ9UY

TED TALK: Find Problem, Solve Problem | Ariana Glantz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaYVqj1El1A

Interesting YouTube Channel: YES THEORY

https://www.youtube.com/c/YesTheory

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 There are some days and then there are some days!

“Some days life is all about your dreams, hopes, and visions of the future. 

But there are some days when life is just about 

putting one foot in front of the other.

And that’s okay.”

Anonymous

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This Week's Care Package 

Articles, videos, podcasts, thought provokers, meditations, and other nutrients for these challenging times...

Meditation: For Uncertain & Difficult Times

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRVYz5s1F3s&t=283s

Interesting Website: Check out something Awesome

https://sharkle.com

Article: Bad Days Are Good for You

https://jessicalexicus.medium.com/bad-days-are-good-for-you-9d1dfd8453a0

Song: Put one foot in front of the Other

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OORsz2d1H7s&t=16s

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

 Last Week, Circle of Life; 

This Week, Tree of Life!

“Be as useful as a tree! Give life to others; 

be shelter to everyone; grant fruits to all! 

Be good like a tree!”

Mehmet Murat Ildan

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This Week's Care Package 

Articles, videos, podcasts, thought provokers, meditations, and other 

Website: The Meaning of "The Tree of Life"

https://www.onetribeapparel.com/blogs/pai/meaning-of-tree-of-life

An Interesting Website: Dedicated to Trees!

https://www.monumen

taltrees.com/en/trees/giantsequoia/biggest_tree_in_the_world/

Video: Hermann Hesse’s 100-Year-Old Love Letter to Trees

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkQ-6LvbwdI&t=50s

An Extra Tree Quote!

"Just as the acorn contains the mighty oak tree,

the Self has everything it needs to fulfill its destiny."

Derek Rydall

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