Category: Social Dancing
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No 11 3-16-18 “If We Had No Winter”
No 11 3-16-18 “If We Had No Winter” “If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.” – Charlotte Bronte (1816 – 1855) English novelist and poet Almost 16 years ago, my life partner died in my arms,…
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No 10 3-9-18 All the Big Things in this World!
No 10 3-9-18 All the Big Things in this World! All the Big Things in this World! “All big things in this world are done by people who are naive and have an idea that is obviously impossible.” – Dr. Frank Richards (1875 – 1961) English Writer Every day I am working on my masterpiece,…
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No 52 12-29-17 Happy New Year!
No 52 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, December 29, 2017 Happy New Year 2018! “To think bad thoughts is really the easiest thing in the world. If you leave your mind to itself, it will spiral down into ever increasing unhappiness. To think good thoughts, however, requires effort. This is one…
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No 46 11-16-17 Three Keys to Success
No 46 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, November 17, 2017 Three Keys to Success! First: Believe in yourself and know who you are! Let go of what others expect you to be. We all know what defines us and what makes us special and unique. My life has been spent trying…
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No 43 10-27-17 The size of the fight in the dog.
No 43 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, October 27, 2017 The size of the fight in the dog. “What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890 – 1969) Military Commander and 34th US…
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No 41 10-13-17 Do What You Can Where You Are and With What You’ve Got!
No 41 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, October 13, 2017 “Do what you can where you are with what you’ve got.” – Theodore Roosevelt (1858 – 1919) 26th President of the United States Do you ever wish things were different in your life? Sometimes I do. I wish that things were moving…
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No 37 9-14-17 “It is never too late to be what you might have been.”
No 37 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, September 15, 1956 “It is never too late to be what you might have been.” – George Eliot (1819-1880) English Novelist Do you ever say any of these things? Someday I’ll make it! I can’t wait until my ship comes in! I’ll try again.…
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No 36 9-8-17 Just Keep On Playing
No 36 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, September 1, 1956 Just Keep on Playing! “If you just keep playing, keep believing and have some faith, something good can happen.” – Washington Redskins coach Norv Turner, whose team became only the second in NFL history to win six games after losing the…
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No 24 “If you have the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed.”
No 24 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, June 16, 2017 “If you have the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed.” – David Viscott (1938 – 1996) American psychiatrist It seems I have begun over and over many times. My life does not seem like the normal life to me.…
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No 20 5-19-17 Never Quit, Even if You Want To!
No 20 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, May 19, 2017 “Never quit, even if you want to” “You, enlightened, self-sufficient, self-governed, endowed with gifts above your fellows, the world expects you to produce as well as to consume, to add to and not to subtract from its store of good, to…