Tag: Arthur Murray

  • The Sun Rises Again! 11-11-16

    No 46 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, November 11, 2016 The Sun Rises Again! “There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope.” – Bernard Williams (1929 – 2003) English moral philosopher In dancing, we sometimes win and sometimes we lose, but always we gain from the dancing…

  • Make Your Own Circumstances 11-4-16

    No 45 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, November 4, 2016 Make Your Own Circumstances “People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and,…

  • “A goal is a dream that has an ending.” 10-7-16

    No 41 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, October 7, 2016 “A goal is a dream that has an ending.”– Duke (Edward Kennedy) Ellington (1899 – 1974) American Composer Bandleader and Pianist Well, I’m a dreamer. I consciously dream and dream in my sleep. I day dream. I have nap dreams. I have…

  • What a man can be, he must be 9-30-16

    No 40 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury   Friday, September 30, 2016   “What a man can be, he must be.” – Abraham Maslow   “A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What a man can…

  • Hospitality 9-17-16

    Hospitality Summit 9-17-16 at St. Monica Parish Community. http://stmonica.net/ Hospitality Last weekend, Joel Rieck and I were facilitators at a Hospitality Summit. This was an all-day training for leaders from many different ministries. Our privilege was to lead our table of leaders and help focus on what Hospitality means and how to live the life…

  • P.U.R.P.O.S.E. 9-9-16 Happy Birthday Troy D. Woodbury, Sr.

    No 37 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, September 9, 2016 P.U.R.P.O.S.E. Part of God’s Plan Unique and Talented Radiant in Spirit Passionate and True Optimistic in Thought Soulful and Inspired Enriched by Faith Christine, my husband Joel’s mom, sent me this saying on my 60th birthday card. I loved it so…

  • My 60th Birthday 9-1-16

    No 36 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, September 2, 2016 My 60th Birthday! Today is September 1st and I’m now 60 years old! I started with Arthur Murray October 15, 1975 and what a wonderful dancing life this has been. Arthur Murray has taken me around the world and was and…

  • “A Kind Word is Never Thrown Away” 8-19-16

    No 34 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, August 19, 2016 “A Kind Word is Never Thrown Away” “Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away.”- Arthur Helps (1813 – 1875) English Historian and Novelist My mom, J. Clair Woodbury, taught me a great lesson. She…

  • Keep on Trying! 8-12-16

      No 33 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, August 12, 2016 Keep on Trying! “But try,” you urge, “the trying shall suffice; The aim, if reached or not, makes great the life: Try to be Shakespeare, leave the rest to fate!”- Robert Browning Do you ever want to give up? What…

  • A Passionate Sense of the Potential 8-5-16

    No 32 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, August 5, 2016 A Passionate Sense of the Potential “If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of the potential, for the eye which, ever young and ardent, sees the possible…what wine…