Dreams Do Come True – Over The Rainbow
February 8, 2010
This is the song I want to send to everyone with my Valentines Day's Card. I hope you got that song playing for you on fruitunes.com
If you are feeling a little down because you are on your own, well cheer up.
- Dreams do come true.
- Do you see roses blooming for you?
- And people saying "I Love You"?
I wish you can see the colors of rainbow in the faces of people passing by …
That's a whole new way of looking at life, talk about perspectives!
Have a wonderful Valentines Day!
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The Music Of Hope And The Sound Of Promise
January 14, 2010
Nobuyuki Tsujii was 20 when he was awarded Gold Medallist at the prestigious Van Cliburn international piano competition in 2009. In fact, he started winning national awards when he was 7 and has since performed in Carnegie Hall and Tchaikovsky Conservatory among other renowned concert halls. He is known for his refined and effortless playing and keeps is audience spell bound from beginning to the end.
Yet this Tsuijii's message for us – "There are no barriers in the field of music."
Patrick Henry Hughes is 21, wheelchair bound and born totally blind. Who would have thought that his fingers could glide and fly across the keyboard as he played Claire De Lune so passionately?
I was drawn by Patrick's attitude and philosophy of life. Where most would be angry with life and cry "unfair", Patrick is grateful for what he has. "God made me blind and didn't give me the ability to walk. Big deal. He gave me the talent to play piano and trumpet and all that good stuff." says Patrick.
He isn't fazed by what many of us would consider as insurmountable obstacles. Nothing seems to be too difficult for him. He attends University, enjoys life and plays in the local marching band. Yes. You have to watch this video clip to "see" what I mean.
I am inspired by these heroes (including Patrick's and Tsujii's parents and support groups). They see opportunities in their difficult situations, they find a way around their limitations, work hard towards their dream and smile their way through life's challenges. They do not waste their lives mourning for what they cannot have, they rejoice in what they do have and make beautiful music out of it.
The next time you feel beaten and discouraged, remember the Helen Kellers (both blind and deaf) and the Stevie Wonders, the Tsujiis and the Hughes. It's time to focus on what we can do and what we do have. Because "What we focus on will expand", Cheri Huber.
Action item? May be a good idea to list 3 things that are challenging you now and find out who else have overcome those challenges and how they did it. You may get different results from them yet their stories will warm your hearts and give you the sound of Promise.
If you find these heroes inspiring, press the "share this" button or the "retweet" button if you have a twitter account. You never know who may be encouraged by their music and it does not cost you anything to do this. Thank you for sharing.
Other inspirational stories can be seen in Jonathan Livingston, Nick Vujicic, the Hoyts and from those who believe and anywhere else you may care to look.
Fireworks To Welcome New Hopes In The New Year
January 2, 2010
The highlights of New Year Count Down has got to be those fireworks. Cities around the world celebrated and welcomed the dawn of the new year with colorful and spectacular displays of fireworks.
What draw me to the fireworks are the colorful patterns and the sound of each blast as the flames shoot up to the sky. They rise up against gravity, they dispel darkness and give hope. Young and old, we are drawn by these flames that twirl and dance their way up with the backdrop of the night.
Fireworks has come a long way since its invention in ancient China around the 12th century to ward off evil spirits.
I welcome 2010 with its new hopes, possibilities and opportunities. And may we recall the magical displays of fireworks when we face darkness along the way.
Darkness is but the absence of light. Whatever shades of darkness surround you (and it will, for we live in a world of dualism), you can conquer it with being and doing the exact opposite.
Are you experiencing the darkness of doubts and fears? Of violence and injustice?
Darkness can not be conquered with more darkness. There is no point in returning darkness with darkness. Where there is light darkness will give way.
The darker the night, the brighter the stars will shine and the greater is the need to continue shinning. That is the predicament.
My wish for 2010 and the new decade is that more will be drawn to making conscious efforts to continually shine and be a light "doing what they can, where they are, with what they have".
Happy New Year and Happy Shinning!
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