Tag: Arthur Murray
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Leave the Rest to Fate!
No 43. Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, October 23, 2015 Leave the Rest to Fate! “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 My life is great. I am…
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Breaking the Rules 10-15-15
No 42. Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, October 16, 2015 Breaking the Rules! Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun. – Mary Lou Cook It’s easy to get into a comfort zone. Building up a wall of security and routine that no one and…
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Something to be Enthusiastic About!
No 41. Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, October 9, 2015 Something to Be Enthusiastic About! We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about. – Charles Kingsley (1819 – 1875) English Novelist…
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Make the Big Committments 10-2-15
No 40. Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, October 2, 2015 Make the Big Commitments Until one is committed, there is always hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one element of truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid…
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No 39. Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, September 25, 2015 A person is only as big as the dream they dare to live. — Unknown We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to…
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No 39. Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, September 18, 2015 An Amazing Week! Usually I give you several great quotes from a wonderful week of reading and study. But today I have to write about my week. Last Saturday, I was Co-Chair for the stages of the Wellbeing Buy Local Festival…
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Be One of the Happy People!
No 37. Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, September 11, 2015 Be One of the Happy People! The happy people are those who are producing something; the bored people are those who are consuming much and producing nothing. — William Ralph Inge (1860-1954 ) English Theologian How do you become a happy…
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Mistakes 9-4-15
No 36. Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, September 4, 2015 Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life. — Sophia Loren (1934- ) Italian Actress Ever made a mistake? Ever feel really stupid about it. Every had someone else make you feel small and insignificant over doing…
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Victory is sweetest when you’ve known defeat
No 35. Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, August 28, 2015 Victory is sweetest when you’ve known defeat. — Malcolm Forbes (1919-1990) American Publisher Have you ever chatted with a dance champion? I have. In fact, I have many close friends who are and were dance champions. I once asked Bob Powers…
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The Ideal that you Enthrone in your Heart 8-21-15
anging L No 34. Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, August 21, 2015 The Ideal that you enthrone in your heart. The vision that you glorify in your mind, the ideal that you enthrone in your heart – this you will build your life by, and this you will become. — James…