Oh for the love of courage....

One of my favorite scenes from The Wizard of OZ... is when they are about to be granted audience withthe wizard and they "feel" they are about to get their wishes granted (you know a brain, a heart, soem courage and a home) well, the cowardly lion says he can almost feel his courage and starts singing this song about if he had courage, he would be the King of the forest...and the song is hilarious....

The Lion sings...
If I were King of the Forest, Not queen, not duke, not prince.
My regal robes of the forest, would be satin, not cotton, not chintz.
I'd command each thing, be it fish or fowl.
With a woof and a woof and a royal growl - woof.
As I'd click my heel, all the trees would kneel.
And the mountains bow and the bulls kowtow.
And the sparrow would take wing - If I - If I - were King!
Each rabbit would show respect to me. The chipmunks genuflect to me.
Though my tail would lash, I would show compash
For every underling!
If I - If I - were King!
Just King!
Monarch of all I survey -- Mo--na-a-a--a-arch of all I survey!

Your majesty if you were king you wouldn’t be afraid of anything?

Not nobody, not no how
Not even a rhinehocerous, imposerous
How about a hippopotamus? Why I’d trash him from top to bottomus
Supposen you met an elephant? I’d wrap him up in celophant
What if it was a brontosaurus, I’d show him whose king of the forest

How? HOW? Courage

What makes a King out of a slave? Courage.What makes the flag on the mast to wave? Courage. What makes the elephant charge his tusk in the misty mist or the dusky dusk? What makes the muskrat guard his musk? Courage. What makes the Sphinx the 7th Wonder? Courage. What makes the dawn come up like THUNDER?! Courage. What makes the Hottentot so hot? What puts the "ape" in ape-ricot? Whatta they got that I ain't got?

Dorothy & Friends:  Courage!
Cowardly Lion: You can say that again.


absolutely cracks me up...

Coffee thought...

Coffee thought...

Some days everyone
is a comedian
But in reality
You ain't that funny at all

That's all...


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Friends

Only a true friend can give you this much direction in life.
Happy birthday Beks! Wishing you much love and happiness always!

More often

More often

Than not I am asked, "why do you do what you do?" Why are you still working where you are working and why have you been there so long- isn't it time for a change? Isn't it time to get recognized for all the gifts you have to give? You could be an assistant director or director somewhere else making much more $ and doing less work. These are some of the things people tell me- sometimes on a daily basis.
I challenge you to see this: imagine being the first in your family, first in your inner circle to even dream the dream of college. Imagine all the blood sweat and tears and hard work everyone put in to see you where you are - graduated and ready to start that next chapter in life. Imagine you get accepted to the number 1 dream school and now must find that way of paying for it all.
Dreams are expensive and no matter what they have a cost.
Imagine in an orientation of other faces, lectures, teachers, other folks of authority you cannot recognize a familiar face. You are uncomfortable in laying out your struggles to someone who won't get why you can't pull yourself up by your bootstraps as you have never owned bootstraps and never even fathomed pulling up by them. Imagine seeking one someone who can possibly identify and not make you feel so alone in the process- not undermine the worth you are beginning to feel with their sense of superiority (deliberate or not) and not understand the struggle/ process it is to just.be.here.
Imagine that you need more support than you parents can understand- because your pursuit for higher learning is their thoughts of you delaying the process of finding "a real job".
This happens and it is real and no matter what your answer are to any of the scenarios presented
My choice
Is to be present and available and committed to assist these folks (and others) who need that type of aid. The definition of aid is ANY help/ assistance given when needed. I like to think that my presence IS a motivator for some, a comfort for others, and an acknowledgement to those who have struggled to allow ME to be
Born
into existence- not just a thought wasted.
That's my gift right there.
Just thought I'd share...

that's all...





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12.14.12

Innocence is taken, shattered forever.
I must say a prayer for all of the victims of violence
particulary when it is violence against children it is heartwrenching.
There are no 'good' words to say
This too shall pass

Ok today

Some days I wonder
if it is enough
I mean I 'get' that
I am enough
And if I do it
Then technically it is
Enough
Because enough already
I did it

That's all...

Overpacked

So I was looking in my little makeup/pencil case for some dental floss...

because what self respecting woman

does NOT

carry dental floss in her everyday bag

 (oral hygeine is key!) and what is in said bag:

 

9,000 other things- inclusive of:
5 Lip glosses
1 lip stick
2 lip pencils
2 nail polishes
2 pens
3 chapsticks
4 packs of tynelol
1 packet of benefiber (is that expired?)
1 asthma spray (see prev note)
1 nail file
2 halls
1 mirror
1 eyeglasses wipe
and a few bobbypins

suffice it to say NO Dental FLOSS
guess I am not that self respecting after all...

happy day! 12-12-12

12.12.12- horoscope

Gemini Horoscope for December 12, 2012

Observe the environment around you closely today -- especially when you are in a crowded location. Not only will the people-watching be great, it will also be educational -- and even maybe a little inspiring. Expect to collect some new fashion ideas and a juicy tidbit of overheard gossip. Maybe you'll even make lingering eye contact with a cute stranger! Today it will be way more fun sitting on the sidelines watching the world go by than it would be living in the center of the action.

 

hmmm...

Food

Certain times when you are hungry there is a certain something that can feed you. Something that you are searching for- satisfaction of course. Well, food does not always quench the desire. Does not feed the soul. Just does not.
Enter dinner with a good friend. Words spoken truths told and miracles appeared.
There were revelations and ah ha moments and in that moment there was even affirmation.
And
I
Thank you




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Coffee Thought..

Coffee Thought..

Behavior fascinates me.
The way people react to some things everyday is something that makes me wonder how they arrived at that conclusion to continue on their existence- and then be OK with the repercussions of their behavior.

One will never know.


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Coffee thought

Prepping for this drive..About to road trip it back to NY. Good ole NY.
Thoughts this am:
Attitude.
Intention.

coffee thought...

If you would like to accomplish something

you will have to expect it from yourself.

~ Wayne Dyer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

that's all...