Funny quote for a Friday

"The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage."-Mark Russell 
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If this quote is correct, there's an alien out there somewhere wearing a nice bikini that I lost in some luggage one summer. Ah well, I guess they need it more than I do!  Happy Friday everyone!

If I were a painter

It's the singer Norah Jones's birthday and that got me thinking about a lovely song she sings called "If I were a Painter." I like the song because it's really relaxing. I also like the song because it's about thinking of someone you love and being with them in spirit even though they may be far away in reality. It reminds me that people I love most are always with me, which is a great comfort to me. Plus, I've always loved art. I hope wherever you are, that you can find at least a little art in your life and that you always know that people you love are always with you, in your heart.

Another way to participate in my Dance4Joy2017 Challenge!

So, as I've stated before in previous posts, I started an initiative called Dance4Joy2017 to raise money and awareness for mental health issues.  (See Dance4Joy2017's Facebook page for more details: https://www.facebook.com/Dance4Joy2017/). The idea behind the initiative is to get people to dance or if you'd rather not dance, post your favorite YouTube video of people dancing (it does not have to be you personally dancing) on the Dance4Joy2017 page.  I'm hoping that people will post videos and get other people to post. If you feel like donating money to a mental health related organization of your choice  as part of  Dance4Joy2017 initiative,  that would be awesome! However, what would mean more to me is if Dance4Joy2017 helps people feel good and helps raise awareness about mental health issues. That would make me feel indescribably happy! I want to thank all those who have helped me start the Dance4Joy2017 Initiative.  I send love out to all who read this!

P.S,: one of my favorite videos of people dancing is the video below

Born This Way

It's the singer Lady Gaga's birthday and to celebrate, I thought I'd write about a song that she sings called "Born This Way." The song is all about just being yourself and loving yourself for who and what you are. I found this video involving kids with disabilities dancing to this song. I love the video because everyone in it is having a wonderful time and celebrating who they are. Although there's always room to grow as people and there are always new things to learn in life, I feel like everyone should be able to be proud of being themselves, no matter what. 

Butterflies

I love butterflies as they make me feel happy! So, in that spirit, here's a butterfly poem for everyone!


To A Butterfly

William Wordsworth

STAY near me—-do not take thy flight!
A little longer stay in sight!
Much converse do I find I thee,
Historian of my infancy !
Float near me; do not yet depart!
Dead times revive in thee:
Thou bring'st, gay creature as thou art!
A solemn image to my heart,
My father's family!

Oh! pleasant, pleasant were the days,
The time, when, in our childish plays,
My sister Emmeline and I
Together chased the butterfly!
A very hunter did I rush
Upon the prey:—-with leaps and spring
I followed on from brake to bush;
But she, God love her, feared to brush
The dust from off its wings.

Take my Dance4Joy2017 and hear me sing too!

Take my Dance4Joy2017 Challenge and help me raise money for mental health research, treatment and any programs that help people with mental health issues. (For more information go to this link: https://www.facebook.com/Dance4Joy2017/) For every person that makes a video of themselves dancing for Dance4Joy2017 and pledges to donate money to mental health research, treatment and programs, and posts their video on this website, I promise to post a video of me singing. PS-I'm hoping to raise $3,200 by the end of April, help me reach the goal!! As a teaser, here is a video of me singing. 

A Saturday wish for everyone!

I hope everyone had a very happy Saturday and I wish you all an even happier Sunday!

I feel like everyone should have a song

It's the singer Elton John's birthday and I really love a song he sings called "Your Song." I think it would be so cool for everyone to have a song and so, as this song proclaims, I'm sending this song out to you just because I feel like as the song says, my life is more wonderful because of all the people in it!

Be happy for happiness' sake!

"The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy except that they are so."- William Ralph Inge 
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I find there are days where I just decide to be happy. There may not be anything particularly great happening that day but I still hold on to that good feeling that happiness brings. There's something so comforting about it. It's just nice to know that happiness is always possible and it's always there waiting for people to find it. Whether it's just deciding to feel good or listening to some nice music, or giving someone a hug, happiness can be found almost anywhere. That's the beauty of it! So my advice for today is: when in doubt, choose to be happy!

No matter what

It's the composer Andrew Lloyd Webber's birthday and he's composed a lot of music that I really love. One song that I especially like is called "No Matter What." Although I suppose it is technically a romantic love song, I think it can apply to most relationships. I think that love in its best and purest form is unconditional and to me the song speaks to that idea. I feel like everyone deserves to have people who love them no matter what. In that spirit, I want to use this post to send love to all who read this.

Work a miracle: Love more!

"Love is the great miracle cure. Loving ourselves works miracles in our lives." -Louise L. Hay
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I feel like people think miracles are hard to come by but to me love is the greatest miracle and it's something everyone can do! So spread the love! 

A good laugh

"A good laugh is sunshine in the house. "William Makepeace Thackeray
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In an effort to bring a little more laughter (and sunshine) into your life, I felt I had to share this clip because it really made me laugh a lot. I realize I'm rather addicted to  the Despicable Me cartoons and Minions in general as they always make me laugh. I hope it has the same effect on others! Happy Monday everyone!

A song that made me feel like dancing today!

I heard this song today and it really made me feel like dancing! I hope at some point in life people do the samba, just because it's really fun! Anyway, please enjoy the music in the clip below! Happy Sunday everyone!

The best things in life are for everyone

I heard this song today called "The Best Things in Life Are Free" It made me think about how it's comforting to know that everyone can see the same moon, sun, and stars and that their beauty is given to all of us, no questions asked. I'm glad not everything needs to be bought and that there are things that everyone deserves to enjoy.  So wherever you are, I hope your days have a lot of sunshine and stars in them!

Just because I want to send a blessing to everyone

"A blessing is a circle of light drawn around a person to protect, heal and strengthen."-John O'Donohue
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I want to take this opportunity to send a blessing out to everyone. If you read this, I hope you are someplace warm and safe and that your life has a lot of light in it! I wish you strength to face whatever comes your way and I wish you peace now and always.

Cuteness

There's something nice about really sweet animals that make me feel really good inside so when I saw the video below today it really made me laugh. I hope it has the same effect on others. In any case, all I have to say is: I love dogs!

Dancing with my sister

It's my awesome sister's birthday today and I'm reminded of when we were younger and we would put on impromptu dance recitals for our parents. We'd pick a song we both really liked and we'd choreograph the dance moves ourselves. Then we'd get our parents to sit and watch as we made a whole big production out of it. It was really fun and I wish we had filmed those events but at the time my family didn't own a videocamera. Anyway, those times still exist in my memory and that's what counts. I'm just really glad that growing up I always knew I'd never have to dance alone because I have an awesome sister to dance with me!

Fun video for a Tuesday

I saw this video today and for whatever reason it made me laugh. So for no other reason than to help people smile,  I'm using this video and post to wish everyone a very happy Tuesday! 

Just because it's good to laugh!

Today I felt I really needed to laugh and so when I saw the video below it seemed to fit my mood perfectly! I hope you had reason to laugh today as well!

I wish everyone much love

All I have to say today is love is always worth it and so I wish everyone much love now and always. To that end, I send you all a song and I hope everyone has a wonderful day. 

Don't Worry Be Happy

It's the singer Bobby McFerrin's birthday and I can never get enough of his song "Don't Worry Be Happy"! It always makes me feel really good. After all, why worry when you can feel happy?!

My Mum Dances for Joy

My Mum is a truly awesome lady. I managed to persuade her to participate in my Dance4Joy2017 initiative! (I'm trying to raise $3,200 (USD) by the end of April for mental health research, treatment and really any programs related to mental health, by having people create videos of themselves dancing and then donating money to a mental health-related organization. For more information go to this website: https://www.facebook.com/Dance4Joy2017/).  I love my family very much and I created Dance4Joy2017 because of their influence. They've always instilled in me the importance of finding something happy in each day and dancing is one of the things that make me feel happiest! It would mean the world to me to know that Dance4Joy2017 helped people even in a small way to associate mental health with something as happy as dancing.  I hope that everyone can find reasons to dance in life!

What if a famous actor were a cat?

I saw this video and it really made me laugh. The funniness of it speaks (well meows) for itself!

Happy International Women's Day!

It's International Women's Day! So I celebrate all the awesome women who have touched my life, my mum, my sister, my dear friends, my teachers when I was in school and the women I work with now at my job. All of you who have touched my life have done so for the better. I am a better person because of their influence. I love them all very much!

What love is for me

I saw this video of people saying what their love is in 3 words - so my love is: I love everyone! Wherever you are, I hope there is a lot of love in your life.

It don't mean a thing if you ain't got that swing!

I saw this video clip today of a song called "It Don't Mean A Thing" sung by this really awesome woman called Cleo Laine, accompanied by....the muppets! The clip I saw really made me smile.

Dancing for a Sunday

As it's Sunday, which for me means going to church, I started thinking about how singing in church sometimes makes me want to dance. When I was a bit younger I used to sing in a gospel choir and whenever I sing in church I think of that time. Gospel music is really wonderful because there's so much energy and life in it. The clip below is just an example of how fun gospel music can be. I know that when I sang in that choir as well, we really did do a lot of dancing which I think made the experience so much better. In any case, it made my soul feel good. I hope that even if you're not a spiritual person, that you still find something that really makes you feel good inside. I wish everyone a avery happy Sunday!

Happy Dance

I saw this videoclip of this little girl dancing with her mom and it really made me feel good inside.  I love it when children dance and I love to see them so happy. I hope this mother and daughter keep on dancing and to all who read this, I hope you find reasons to dance in life, even if it's just in your head.

Make em' laugh

I love old movies where people sing and dance. One of my favorites is Singin' In The Rain. Aside from a song that shares the movie's title, there's a song in the movie that I like even more called "Make 'Em Laugh." I love the song is all about making people laugh. I used to watch the movie when I was younger and it made us all laugh even if it was corny. I still love watching that clip and seeing those two men dance and look so happy and I love the fact that the song they sing is all about making people laugh which is a really wonderful thing because it feels so good.  I hope that you had reason to laugh and dance this week (although perhaps not both together!)

An update on my Dance4Joy2017 Challenge!

This is my goofy video to celebrate the fact that the Dance4Joy2017 challenge has now raise $65 for mental health research, treatment, and other related programs! Yay! I'm so grateful to everyone ! We still have a bit of a ways to go to reach $3200 by the end of April but it's a start! I'm so excited!! To find out more information check out Dance4Joy2017's Facebook page: https://m.facebook.com/Dance4Joy2017 !! Thanks again and keep dancing everyone!!

My own version of "If"

If

If I could sing and dance all day
I would just because it's so much fun
And I figure the more joy I feel the more I can spread!
If there was a way I could help everyone feel happy
I'd do whatever I could to make it so that happiness had no end

If I am to keep on writing until I have no more words left
I want my words to matter and I want to write so that
Maybe one day my words will help someone else
If I could thank everyone for all the joy they bring to my life
I figure that's one way to do it!

If there's something I could tell everyone
I'd tell them I hope that if they want something badly enough
Even if the going towards that goal gets tough
And it seems like the end can't be reached
I hope you keep at it and never give up

If it helps to know that someone is rooting for you
Please know that I'm rooting for you even if it's from afar
If there's something good that you want to do
Even if that goal seems too large
I hope you still go after it because I believe people can reach the stars!