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Food for Thought #34

Posted by on Jan 15 2010 | Food For Thought, Songtaneous

“[Y]ou are the conduit, not the Source. This means that when facing needy people, you don’t have to fill them up. However, you have an opportunity to be the bucket at the well …”
— Mark Silver

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This quote comes from a very cool post about a very cool exercise Silver used to use when teaching interns. As part of the program, students had to stand up and give a spontaneous healing talk.

“Quite often the results were astounding. What would come forth from speakers would sometimes just send my heart flying, whoosh!””

No surprise that what resonated for me was that the speeches were spontaneous. It also gives me permission to stop trying to be brilliant and profound.  (That stuff happens when you’re not trying … and very rarely when you are! *wink*)

The power of improv. It’s everywhere.

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Food for Thought (#33)

Posted by on Jan 07 2010 | Food For Thought, Songtaneous

‘The only thing better than singing is more singing.”
– Ella Fitzgerald

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I read this lead-in quote and knew I had to read the rest of the article.
(I liked the closing even better. *smile*)

“Singing is sacred and everyday, ritualistic and spontaneous. It makes us better, and makes us feel better. And we should all be doing more of it.”
– Alice Wignall

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Food for Thought (#32)

Posted by on Dec 18 2009 | Events, Food For Thought, Songtaneous

Wow, I heard from a lot of you about Monday’s post on working. (I had no idea it would prove so inspirational!) Many of you said it was exactly what you needed to hear. I’m glad to be of service and I thank you for appreciating my work.

Oh! and If you’re in the Twin Cities area, swing by Butter Bakery Cafe tonight around 7:30 pm (12/18) to catch me singing with Spices: A Women’s Ensemble in our holiday show. ~sg

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More on working:

“Find something you love to do and you’ll never have to work a day in your life”
— Harvey MacKay

“I really am happy as a part-time film composer, not a full-time film composer.”
— Danny Elfman

“I tried for modeling work but it was a bit slow and that’s when I took a part-time job at McDonalds. It gave me income while I was waiting for my big break and at the very least I could eat.”
— Sharon Stone

“Set priorities for your goals. A major part of successful living lies in the ability to put first things first. Indeed, the reason most major goals are not achieved is that we spend our time doing second things first.”
— unknown

“You don’t get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour.”
— Jim Rohn

“What we really want to do is what we are really meant to do. When we do what we are meant to do, money comes to us, doors open for us, we feel useful, and the work we do feels like play to us.”
— Julia Cameron

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