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A LITTLE GOOD NEWS TODAY

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It’s really good to hit the rewind button sometimes
even if it’s all the way back to 1983
to know now
what we were shouting for then
and way before THEN.          .          .

NEWS FOR THE REAL WORLD
Gloria Heffernan

This morning, I want to wake up  
with no headlines. 

I want to find that my New York Times  
has been replaced 

with a worn-out copy of The Velveteen Rabbit, 
and the Skin Horse 

is inviting me to love the world 
in all its broken realness. 

I want to touch the Earth  
where the soft fur 

has been rubbed off  
and see it with my fingertips. 

When I feel the need to know who  
is fighting with whom, 

and what disaster occurred overnight, 
I want to hear  

the wind chimes in my backyard 
whisper in the breeze,  

“I am as real as anything you
will find on the front page.” 

When the hard facts are just too hard, 
I want to press  

the tattered velveteen ears to my cheek  
and remember that the hot cup of tea, 

and the warm blanket,  
and the beloved sleeping by my side 

are every bit as real as the rage  
that fuels the news,  

and for today I want to embrace  
the real I can touch  

with my hands and see with my eyes,  
and let the world rage on without me.  

Pssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssst:
The best way for a little good news today
IS TO MAKE IT
AND ASSURE THAT EVERYONE IS A PART OF IT

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.          .           .
JOIN ME

WE ARE A GENTLE, ANGRY PEOPLE

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There are many different covers of this song but I like this version because it reminds me what we know, what we know we know, what we’d bet our lives that we know but for the LIFE OF US never act like we know.          .           .


WE ARE ALL INSTRUMENTS IN THE SYMPHONY OF THIS UNIVERSE 
and the WE ARE AT OUR BESTS when we not only play in unison and harmony but when we just merely play together.          .          .
WE NEED TO BE THE CHORUS we already long have been and need to be now, UNMUTED, UNDILUTED, PURE, UNADULTERATED, UNFILTERINGLY US.     .     .

The video starts quietly but builds. I love how the singers end the song.  ENJOY!

(My sincerest gratitude and appreciation to GALA Choruses.)

YOUR HAPPINESS COIN

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Are you Happy?

It’s a simple enough question, isn’t it.      .      .

But, are you Happy?

What  MAKES  it  so.          .          .

Family

Fame

Fortune

Health

Work

House

New iPhone

Smart Television

Car

Clothes

Jewelry

A Pen

Shoes

Neighborhood

Vacation

First Class Seats

What.          .        .

W          H          A        T

M          A          K         E       S

             Y           O          U

H          A           P         P       Y     ?

Maybe the truer question?

What makes you

U             N             H             A             P             P             Y.          .          .

Certainly within the last few years

there’s been this big discussion about

H          A          P          P          I          N          E          S          S

It should be no surprise

The  S E L F-H E L P

industry is a massive one

to the tune of about $11 B I L L I O N, 

just in the United States.       .      .

In fact,

When Disney modernized their theme parks a few years ago

they entitled the project:

R E I N V E N T I N G     H A P P I N E S S

It’s been the topic of thousands of books

and dozens of TED TALKS.         .          .

but maybe we should be looking less on searching for

H            A            P            P            I            N            E            S            S

and more in finding some

meaningfulness

to not just life.            .            .

but YOUR   LIFE.             .            .

Maybe it’s all how you take a look at your

HAPPINESS  COIN.          .          .

Every Coin has two sides;

as does the HAPPINESS COIN

On one side is

 H A P P I N E S S

on the other:

S A D N E S S.          .          .

You really can’t have one without the other.          .         .

We know what Happiness and Sadness

is because of the other.        .        .

it’s how we define our

Happinesses      and      our      Sadnesses.          .          .

I remember seeing this

on the night stand beside of a patient

I visited regularly;

I asked her why she had it;

“WHAT  DOES  IT  MEAN TO YOU ?”

She gave me the term of

THE HAPPINESS COIN.         .         .

“Every  coin  has  two  sides; how  could  I  ever  know  what  Happiness  is  if  I had  never  been  sad,  or  sadness  if  I  would  have  never  have  been  happy?”

I remember asking her,

“Are you Happy?”

“Yes”

“Why?”

And I love what she said, even though it was back in 2013:

“Because  I’m  not  sad.”

Isn’t that the Hmmmmmmmmmmm  of  the  Day ?

Y          O           U ?

In the BOOK:

The book gives us a really simple premise:

By celebrating small wins

you create your own system of

instant gratification.           .           .

Your brain needs to feel HAPPY.          .          .

By looking life as a journey

instead of a short-term goal,

you start seeing the bigger picture of

ups and downs

you SEE

BOTH  SIDES  OF  THE COIN.        .        .

there’s no HEADS or TAILS

just a

C         O         I         N.            .          .

Want it even more  S I M P L E:

Get your Caring Catalyst on and just

The Dalai Lama once said:

“IF  YOU  WANT  OTHERS  TO  BE  HAPPY, PRACTICE  COMPASSION.
IF  YOU  WANT  TO  BE  HAPPY, PRACTICE  COMPASSION.”

Pay, Attention, Class.          .          .

Kind of takes the guess work out of the coin toss, huh?

The Moral:

WE   ALL   W I N

WHY BE KIND

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W          H          Y  ?

Why  be

 k                   i                    n                    d   ?

A  learned Rabbi once told me

to always ask a

q     u     e     s     t     i     o     n

with  a

q     u     e     s     t     i     o     n

So.       .       .

W h y     b e

m                     e                    a                    n  ?

There’s a lot of negativity out there

that we actually

A  R  E      N O T

immune.     .      .

I love that filmmakers,

Jessie Aurit and Alexandra Berger

wanted to do something to

c        o        m        b       a        t

all   of   the

s        t       u       f       f

out

t                   h                   e                 r                   e   

and  kids

are the perfect

v               o               i               c               e

that  we  may  actually

l          i          s          t          e          n

.          .          .the children discussing

k        i        n        d        n        e        s :

What  it  is.        .        .

Why  it  is important .        .        .

The consequences of being unkind.          .          .

Why  kindness  is  vital  for  our  future.          .          .

Your  Favorite ?

Mine:

“IF    YOU    BE    NICE    IT    GIVES    YOU    A    MAGICAL    LIFE”

y     e    a   h.        .        .

a     m a g i c a l     life:

L                    E                    T             ‘       S

let’s

K          I          N          D          N          E          S          S

It’s the main ingredient

of being a Caring Catalyst

and here’s the not-s0-big-secret:

It’s in all of us

and there’s always ever just one thing that keeps it from coming

o  u  t.          .          .

y                       o                       u.            .            .            .

Professional Speaker, Author, Assurance Man