“Don’t be afraid to be awesome. Sometimes
being weird and different is good. When you
think you’re working hard, there is always
someone else working harder, so always
be yourself and know your stuff.”
Jacqueline MacInnes Wood
My husband watches YouTube all day long. He always finds the most awesome videos and this one I had to share with all my awesome fellow bloggers:
Shine On
“You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself
Any direction you choose.”
Dr. Seuss
There was a new book released the other day. It was written over fifty years ago by a famous author. The author is one of my all time favorites. All his stories are always entertaining while teaching us a lesson.
I believe this book will long out sell Harper Lee’s new book, but obviously won’t get all the attention until it hits the best seller list.
The book was discovered by the authors wife in 2013. She found the book in a drawer in its original form. The title read The Pet Shop and had 16 black-and-white illustrations, with text that he typed on plain white paper then cut and taped the text to the drawings. The pages were stained and yellowed from over fifty years sitting in one of his desk drawers.
His widow knew what she had found. She recognized her husbands unmistakable lively rhymes. The Dr. Seuss book was turned over to a Ms. Goldsmith, vice president and associate publishing director for Random House/Golden Books Young Readers. Mrs. Seuss hired Goldsmith to take the rough manuscript and turn it into a new Dr. Seuss book.
The book took over two years to finish and was published and released this week. Like all of Dr. Seuss’ books this new book What Pet Should I Get? has a theme. The theme is about making choices. Why Dr. Seuss chose not to publish this book, we will never know.
It is believed that Dr. Seuss wrote the book around the same time as One Fish Two Fish, because the children in both books are identical. His wife stated that he was juggling multiple projects at that time and he may have set it aside for later publishing. Or it even might have been the jumping-off point for One Fish Two Fish.
For whatever reason he set the book aside, I’m grateful he liked the book enough not to trash it and keep it from his fans. I can’t believe our good fortune to have another Dr. Seuss book.
Shine On
“The more one does and sees and feels,
the more one is able to do, and the
more genuine may be one’s appreciation
of fundamental things like home, and
love, and understanding companionship.”
Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart – July 24, 1897 to July 2, 1937
Today would have been the 118th birthday of Amelia Earhart. She was an American aviation pioneer and author.
Earhart was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She received the U.S.Distinguished Flying Cross for this record.
She set many other records, wrote best-selling books about her flying experiences and was instrumental in the formation of The Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots.
One of the books she wrote was For the Fun of It, in 1932 which was a memoir of her flying experiences and an essay on women in aviation. I was lucky enough to find this book in my library. It’s interesting to read about Amelia in her own words.
Amelia helped pave the way for strong, intelligent woman wanting to pursue what they loved, no matter what anyone thought.
If I had a time machine, Amelia is someone I wish I could sit down with and interview to find out more about what she thought of the world and her experiences. In my opinion, she was way ahead of her time. My hats off to Amelia Earhart. Thank you Amelia.
Shine On
“Clouds come floating into my life,
no longer to carry rain or usher storm,
but to add color to my sunset sky.”
Rabindranath Tagore
Shine On
“You gotta be really careful what you bite off.
Don’t bite off more than you can chew.
It’s a dangerous world.”
Ozzy Osbourne
We all have been guilty of biting off more than we can chew. In fact one of my favorite Frank Sinatra songs, “My Way” gives a great example of this concept with its lyrics:
Yes there were times I’m sure you knew
When I bit off more than I could chew
But through it all when there was doubt
I ate it up and spit it out, I faced it all
And I stood tall and did it my way
If you feel burdened lately, ask yourself why you told your office-mate, friend or significant other, “Yes, I’ll do that. Don’t worry”. Even when you can’t find time to change your bathroom’s light-bulb. You are probably biting off more than you can chew and as Sinatra said, “better realize it and spit it out.”
Don’t let stress control you. You can gauge it and keep it under tight control. Here are a few signs that you are biting off too much:
Of course, take these signs with a grain of salt. If you are very stressed, consult a professional. Don’t let these hard-to-catch stressors catch you off-guard.
Sometimes we must put ourselves first before others in our life. Don’t look at it as being selfish, look at it as being productive. Stand tall and don’t bite off too big of a bite.
Shine On
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