Life is short - begin every day with a smile!
Perhaps more than any other genre of music, Country music is all about telling stories.
Some of those stories are uplifting. Some are are downright depressing.
However, most of them fall somewhere in between.
Every now and then a Country song will come along that really grabs at your heart and makes you think… [Read more…]
“Give thanks not just on Thanksgiving Day, but every day of your life. Appreciate and never take for granted all that you have.”
–Catherine Pulsifer
For most folks, Thanksgiving is a season of joy.
It’s a day for spending time with loved ones, enjoying the most awesome meal of the year and then spending the rest of the day doing whatever it is that makes Thanksgiving special for each of us.
Truth be told, Thanksgiving isn’t just a name we chose to assign to the fourth Thursday of every November.
“Be kind, everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.“
–John Watson (pen name: Ian Maclaren)
I have read this quote many times over the years and it always makes me pause and think.
Every human being on planet Earth is fighting some type of battle.
You’ve no doubt seen this picture of Sammy Griner, the cute little toddler sporting the confident and determined look that has inspired thousands of Internet memes since the photo was taken in 2007.
Well, the story behind the photo is even more interesting than the memes themselves…
Most of us see and interact with other people almost every day as we go about living our daily lives.
Regardless of where you happen to be, if there are other people around it’s a good bet that someone there could use a little help of some kind.
Whether it’s the child in the corner store who’s 8 cents short of having enough money to buy a candy bar or the old man at the pharmacy who’s having trouble reading the label on a bottle of cough medicine, helping out with a little spare change or an extra pair of eyes can make a person’s day just a little better.
And guess what? It’ll make your day better too.
I’d like to tell you a quick story…