Happy International Jazz Day!

 In November 2011, during the UNESCO General Conference, the international community proclaimed April 30 as “International Jazz Day.” This International Day will bring together communities, schools, artists, historians, academics, and jazz enthusiasts all over the world to celebrate and learn about the art of jazz, its roots, its future and its impact. This important international art form will be celebrated for promoting peace, dialogue among cultures, diversity, and respect for human rights and human dignity, eradicating discrimination, promoting freedom of expression, fostering gender equality, and reinforcing the role of youth for social change. To learn more and follow scheduled events and streaming concerts, click here: http://jazzday.com/

Take some risks

Take some risks! Quit thinking that safe is always good. Even when planning for the future, you're tossing in far too many "what ifs" and therein lies the difficulty of moving ahead.  So, what if you fail......at least you've tried. Failure is subjective; sometimes failure is simply viewed as a few errors along the way. This is to be expected when fine-tuning is involved. Get out of your own way and take the chances that may very well make a difference, not only in your life, but in the life of many others.  So, go ahead....trip, fall, stumble, get up, brush yourself off and keep it moving.  Remember.....even when you ask questions....."NO" is still  an answer that allows you to move to your next level. - Happy Journeying!
© 2012 Brenda Gale

“The secret to being wrong isn't to avoid being wrong! The secret is being willing to be wrong. The secret is realizing that wrong isn't fatal.” 
― Seth Godin, Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?

There and Here

Has it occurred to you that your answers lie in your questions
Your solutions in your problems?
The quench becomes the beauty of your thirst
The experience at the end of love becomes
the beauty of that same beginning.

Nothing is ever apart from the whole
Every piece is a part of the puzzle
an experience of each struggle
a testimony of the survival.

The answers are lifted, recognized, heard
when you've silenced your soul and
now see and hear the answers
that were....
Always there.....always here!

© 2012 Brenda Gale

It's all about the Timing

Don't rush the right answer; the perfect answer. Just because things aren't falling into place the way that you've envisioned, doesn't mean that the answer isn't travelling in your direction.

  Be still......listen to your spirit and accept /receive the perfect answer at the perfect time. Don't rush - Trust that everything will come at the perfect time and in the perfect way. Be attentive, so you don't miss the answer when it arrives.  It might not be packaged the way that you envisioned it, but the content of the package is what's most vital!

Let your beauty abound!

You are adorned with kindness, brilliance and beauty! Allow your presence to add life to the dreary, lonely places that you encounter.

"Let there be nothing within thee that is not very beautiful and very gentle, and there will be nothing without thee that is not beautiful and softened by thy presence." - James Allen

Happy Earth Day!

                                                   

 Protect the environment.  The earth needs your participation in its survival. Start developing consciousness when it comes to how you can help sustain the environment. Reduce, Reuse and Recycle as often as possible. Be kind to Planet Earth! Share ideas with your community on how efficiency can be used to sustain our planet. Get involved!

Speaking from the heart

Occasionally in life, there are moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart. - Martin Luther King Jr.