Husband & Father, Song Farmer & Writer, Music Performer & Educator, Thief of Ideas.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Joined September 2011
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A giant is anyone who remembers we are all sitting on someone else's shoulders; giants can also be small people cooperating.
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Not everyday that the ambassador to the USA from China makes a tweet about you! My band and I are so honored to represent America on a goodwill tour of China starting in Tianjin and now making our way from Dunhuang down the ancient Silk Road through Oklahoma sister state, Gansu!
Fabulous pop-up performance from Oklahoma violinist @KyleDillingham and his band #horseshoeroad together with Tibetan artists at the Tianjin museum! Never expected such chemistry between Western instruments and Chinese folk dance. It’s great to see everyone having a good time.
There are three intellectual feats that we struggle with on a regular basis, that are harder than just about any physical activity on the planet. Just three. They are, in this order:
•Returning love for hate.
•Including the excluded.
•Admitting you are wrong.
Practice.
Today = To “Day” - a verb. When we “day,” we wait, love, work, care, greet, and so much more. What will you Day today?
Think of our little bitty toes - the incredible role they play in keeping our tall bodies balanced. “No matter how small, We are all a part so We don’t fall apart.”
Imagine a world with more Go-Givers and fewer Go-Getters.
Could you practice a subtle shift in language? e.g., “Don’t wait for it…go Give it.”
“Today I escaped from all bothering circumstances - or rather I threw them out. They were nothing external but inside me, just my own judgements.”
~ from Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Lead your life in such a way that it is easy for someone to write your letter of recommendation and impossible for them to write your eulogy.
Of course you’ll make mistakes, but love is a great eraser! And things will always balance out because you care.
Whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.