Celebrating Itzhak Pearlman

 It’s the the violinist Itzhak Pearlman’s birthday and to celebrate this day, I am sharing a recording of him playing “Flight of the Bumblebee” that he performed when he was a boy. The clip made me smile and I so I’m including it in this post in the hope that it has the same effect on others. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always. You can watch the clip here. 

Happy Sunday

 This is just a quick message to say that, I hope everyone has a really good week and I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.

We are the World

 The singer Michael Jackson was born today in 1958 and one of the songs he’s famous for performing with a large group of other singers is called We Are The World. I always liked it because it was successful in raising millions of dollars for charity. Plus, it’s cheerful and makes me feel good when I hear it. You can listen to it here. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.

Discover the best in others

“When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.” -William Arthur Ward

Wherever you are reading this, I hope you are able to always look for and find the good in people and in yourself. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always. 

A silly joke for today

This joke made me smile today, so I’m sharing it here in the hope it has the same effect on others. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always. 

 Q: How do we know that the ocean is friendly? A: It waves!

This joke and others can be found here. 

Celebrating Melissa McCarthy

 It’s the singer and actress Melissa McCarthy’s birthday today, and this made me think of a really funny recording that she made with Barbra Streisand. That always makes me laugh. I’ve included it here in the hopes that it has the same effect on others. You can watch the clip here.

If opportunity doesn’t knock

“If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.” -Milton Berle

Wherever you are reading this, I hope you make many opportunities to do things that can help other people. I wish you every success in the good things that you do in life. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always. 

Life is like Jazz

“Life is a lot like jazz... it's best when you improvise.“ -George Gershwin

Wherever you are reading this I hope you always have music in your life adn that when needed, you are able to improvise. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always. To add a little more music to your life, I’m including a link to a piece of jazz music called “It Never Entered My Mind” as it always makes me feel peaceful. You can listen to the song here.

The gift of oneself

 “Love is, above all, the gift of oneself.”  -Jean Anouilh

Wherever you are reading this, I hope you give and receive a lot of love in your life. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.

Silly joke for today

 I saw this joke and it made me smile so I’m sharing it here in the hope that it has the same effect on others. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.

Q: What do ghosts like to eat in summer?  A: I scream! This joke and others can be found here. 

A Friday message

 This is just a quick message to wish a very happy Friday to everyone from me and all my Minions! I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.

Don’t hate

“The price of hating other human beings is loving oneself less.” -Eldridge Cleaver

Wherever you are reading this, I hope you always choose to choose to love yourself and others throughout your life. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always. 

Grow through life

“Don't go through life, grow through life.” -Eric Butterworth

Wherever you are reading this, I hope that you take many opportunities to grow throughout your life and knowledge and in love for others and yourself. I wish you every success in life I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.

Silly joke for today

This joke made me smile today so I’m sharing it here in the hope it has the same effect on others. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.


Q: How many blueberries can you grow on a bush? A: All of them.

This joke and others can be found here.

As long as music and love exists

 I was thinking today about how much I love music. The idea that music and love exist and remain beautiful things has always been a comfort to me. I feel that as long as beautiful music and love, then things can’t be as bad as all that. Wherever you are reading this, I hope you have a lot of music and love in your life. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always. To listen to some music that I think is really beautiful, click here. 

On doing great things

“Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.” -Vincent Van Gogh

Wherever you are reading this, I hope you do many great things throughout your life because everyone has the capacity to do great things. I wish you every success in the great things that you do in life. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.

There’s no progress without struggle

“If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” -Frederick Douglass

Wherever you are reading this, even if and when your life has struggles, I wish you every success in going through difficult things. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.

Don’t wait

 “Don't wait. The time will never be just right.” -Napoleon Hill

Wherever you are reading this, if there is something that you want to do, especially if it can help other people, I hope you choose to act on that urge and not wait. I wish you every success in life. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.

On happiness

“Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so.” -Robert Green Ingersoll

Wherever you are reading this, I hope that you have a lot of happiness in your life and that you’re able to do things that make other people feel happy as well. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.

Silly joke for today

Q: What travels throughout the world but remains at one corner? A : A postage stamp! This joke and others can be found here.

I saw this joke today and because it made me smile. I’m sharing it here in the hope that it has the same effect on others. I hope that wherever you are reading this that you get lots of nice letters throughout your life regardless of whether they have stamps on them! I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.

Celebrating Whitney Houston

 The singer Whitney Houston Houston was born today  in 1963. To celebrate this day and because I like her music, I’m sharing this song that’s called. “My Love Is Your Love”. I like this song because it always makes me feel it peace when I hear it. I included in this post in the hope that it has the same effect on others. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always you can listen to this song here.

If you don’t know where you’re going

 

“If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.” -Lewis Carroll 

I rather like this quote because I get lost a lot. However, getting lost has helped me find a lot of really cool places that I wouldn’t have found otherwise. Wherever you’re reading this even if you get lost a lot, I hope that life takes you to a lot of really fun places! I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always. 

Silly joke for today

 I saw this joke today and because it made me chuckle. I’m posting it here in the hope that it has the same effect on others. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.

  Q: Where do goldfish go on vacation?  A: Around the globe! This joke and others can be found here.

Love yourself first

Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world. -Lucille Ball

Wherever you are reading this, I hope that throughout your life, you’re able to show love to yourself and many others. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.

The way to know life

“The way to know life is to love many things.” -Vincent Van Gogh

Wherever you are reading this, I hope that throughout your life you are about show and receive love to many people and things. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always. 

Enjoy the present!

“Fear not for the future, weep not for the past.” -Percy Bysshe Shelley

Wherever you are reading this, I hope that you are able to find joy in many things in the present time. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.

The kindness of good friends

 Today because I wasn’t feeling so great, and before I could even get my phone out to get a Lyft home, .my friend said, “I’m driving you home” as we were at a meeting together.. It made me think of how it’s just really lovely to have friends and it’s really important to take care of each other. Wherever you are reading this, I hope you have good friends around you and that you take care of each other. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always. 

A funny video for today

 I saw this really funny video and because it made me laugh, I’m sharing it here in the hope it has the same effect on others. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always. You can watch the video here. 

A really fun evening

Yesterday, my friend unexpectedly called me up and invited me to go with her to Newburyport for dinner. It was lovely to see the sea and eat a good dinner with my friend and enjoy some live music and dancing. I had a lot of fun. Wherever you are reading this, I hope you have many good friends and many fun times to spend with them. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.