The flower you have to let grow

 "Love is the flower you have to let grow"-Ethel Barrymore

Wherever you're reading this, I hope you let the love you have in you grow and expand so it can be widely felt! I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.

A lovely song from Bernadette Peters

It's the singer and actress Bernadette Peters birthday today and in celebration of this day, I am sharing the video below  of her singing a lovely song called Children Will listen. I like the song because it sounds pretty and it's about the need to se a good example to kids. Anyway, I post it here  to send best wishes and much love to everyone now and always.

A funny weather forecast

"Weather forecast for tonight: Dark."- George Carlin

I saw this quote today and as it made me laugh I'm sharing it here. Even if your night is dark, I hope you are having a good night and I wish you a very pleasant tomorrow. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.

In celebration of Johnny Cash

 The singer and musician Johnny Cash was born today in 1932. In celebration of this day, I'm sharing this recording that I really like of Johnny Cash sang with his wife June Carter Cash. I also post it here to send best wishes and much love to everyone now and always. 

In my life

 The singer George Harrison was born today in 1943. In celebration of this day, I'm sharing the recording below of him singing the song In My Life. I've always liked that song because it's about remembering people you love. Wherever you are reading this, I hope you have many people in your life who love you and who you love. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.

A Pep Talk

 I feel like sometimes I do need a pep talk to cheer up and when I found this pep talk online I felt like sharing it here because it made me smile. I hope it has the same effect on others. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.

Not lost, just out of place

 It's the singer and actress Emily Blunt's birthday today and this got me thinking about a song she sang in a movie called Mary Poppins Returns. The song is called "The Place Where Lost Things Go." Although the song isn't really all that happy, I somehow find it comforting. It reminds me that people I love are always with me even if we're not in the same place. Wherever you are reading this, I hope you have many people around you who love you. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.

The time you enjoy is worth spending

 "The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time."-Bertrand Russell

Wherever you're reading this, I hope you have many opportunities to enjoy things in your life and the time you have. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.

There's a new world coming

 The  singer, songwriter, pianist, composer, arranger and civil rights activist Nina Simone was born today in 1933. This fact made me think of a song she sang called "There's A New World Coming". I always like listening to it because it reminds me that each day brings new things and new hops. Wherever you're reading this, I hope each day brings you many good things to enjoy and hope for. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always. 

Don't hide from yourself

 "Don't hide from who you are."-Rihanna

Wherever you're reading this, I hope you choose to see and love yourself for all the good things and qualities that you like best about yourself because those are things to be celebrated.  I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.

A really nice duet

 I found this lovely duet that the singer Michael Buble sang with an audience member at one of his concerts. I like the video I saw of this performance because it makes me so happy to see people having fun and being successful. Wherever you are reading this, I wish you every success, best wishes and much love now and always. 

 

 

 

 

A wish for this Sunday

“Do not let the shadows of yesterday spoil your sunshine today. Have a beautiful Sunday.”  -Anonymous

 

Wherever you're reading this, I hope you have a beautiful Sunday with so many good things in it. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always. 

Happy birthday to Ed Sheeran

 It's the singer Ed Sheeran's birthday and so I'm sharing the recording below of a Beatles cover he did of the Beatles song "In My Life". I like it because it's all about remembering the people you love. Wherever you're reading this,  I hope that you always cherish and remember the people that love you. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.

Happy Friday!

This is just a short message to wish everyone a very Happy Friday and a really fun weekend to come. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always. 

Happiness sneaks in

"Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open." -John Barrymore

 

Wherever you are reading this, I hope you take many opportunities to find happiness wherever you are. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.  

A pretty Valentine's Day song

 In honor of Valentine's Day I'm sharing the song below called "You're All I Need To Get By" which was sung in the movie CODA which is about a Deaf family who has 1 non-Deaf daughter that loves to sing. The movie itself really shows how much the family loves each other and I really liked the version of the song "You're All I Need to Get by".  So I'm posting the song here to send best wishes and much love now and always. 

Some Jazz from Robbie Williams

 It's the singer Robbie Williams's birthday today and in celebration of this day, I am posting a clip of him singing the song "Have You Met Miss Jones" as I think that song is particularly classy and fun. If today is your birthday as well, I wish you the happiest of days and I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.

Happy Monday

 I’m just writing to wish everyone a very happy Monday and a great week to come! I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.

Still my favorite superbowl ad

 The Superbowl football game is played today in the US and although I don't particularly like football (perhaps because I don't understand it), some of the commercials that interrupt the game are amusing to me. For example, the ad below always makes me laugh and I post it here in the hope it has the same effect on others. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always. 

Happy birthday to Roberta Flack

 It's the singer Roberta Flack's birthday today and in honor of this day,  I'm posting the clip of her singing "You've Got a Friend." It always makes me feel good when I hear it because friendship is one of the best things we can give to each other. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.

Happy Friday!

 This is just a note to wish a very happy Friday and a fun weekend to come, to everyone who reads this message. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.

Happy birthday to John Williams

 It's the composer and conductor John Willams's birthday and in celebration of this day, I am sharing a clip below of some music he composed that always makes me feel good. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always. 

Some funny advice for today

 "Never put a sock in a toaster"-Eddie Izzard

This quote made me laugh today and so I'm posting it here in the hope that it has the same effect on others or, at the very least it prevents people from experiencing the rather disastrous consequences of putting socks in toasters. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.

Three little birds

 The singer Bob Marley was born today in1945and in celebration of his birthday, I'm sharing this song called 3 Little Birds. I like it because it emphasizes there's no need to worry and always cheers me up when I hear it. I post it here to send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.

What we really are

"What we really are matters more than what other people think of us." -Jawaharlal Nehru

 

This quote made me think of a song called "Just the Way You Are" by Billy Joel that I've posted below.  The quote and the song remind me that all we can really be is ourselves and that's the best thing to be.  Wherever you're reading this, I hope that you love yourself for who you are and you love others for being themselves. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.

 

 

To be number one

 "You have to be odd to be number 1"-Dr. Seuss

Wherever you're reading this, if you ever feel like an odd person, then I solute you for being number 1! I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.

I can

 "I can, therefore I am"-Simone Weil

Wherever you are are reading this, I hope you do all the things you can do to live a good and happy life and  that you enjoy life as much as you can, I figure, that's the best purpose life can have. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.

Silly joke for a Friday

 Just because this joke made me laugh, I'm posting it here to wish everyone a very happy Friday and a lovely weekend to come!

Q:What do you call it when a snowman throws a tantrum?  A; A meltdown!

 This and other jokes can be found  here: https://www.countryliving.com/life/entertainment/a36178514/hilariously-funny-jokes/

A step to success

 "Every failure is a step to success."-William Whewell

Wherever you are reading this,  if there's something that you're working towards and/or something that you're struggling with,  I hope you keep at it despite what failures might happen, and that you achieve every success. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always .