Tag: Changing Lives Through Dancing

  • Jury Duty 7-15-16

    No 29 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, July 15, 2016 Jury Duty The week before and after July 4th holiday I was on jury duty on a criminal case. When my jury summons arrived, I felt my heart sink. I was called to downtown LA court from Santa Monica and I…

  • Pain nourishes courage – July 1, 2016

    No 27 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, July 1, 2016 “Pain nourishes courage. You can’t be brave if you’ve only had wonderful things happen to you.” – Mary Tyler Moore (1937-) American Actress “Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.”- Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) American Presbyterian…

  • “Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes.” 6-24-16

    No 26 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, June 24, 2016 “Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes.” – Henry J. Kaiser (1882 – 1967) American Industrialist Oh boy, I hate trouble. The famous words “I need to talk to you” strikes fear in my heart quicker than a 4.0 on the Richter…

  • A Cure for Worry 6-17-16

    No 25 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, June 17, 2016 A Cure for Worry “As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.” – Thomas A. Edison (1847-1931) American Inventor Ever awaken in a funk, a cloud, a depression, a panic, or in a state of confusion? Every morning, when…

  • Share the Love 6-10-16

    No 24 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, June 10, 2016 Share the Love “When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy.” – Samuel Goldwyn (1879 – 1974) Film Producer In ballroom dancing, on comment I dreaded to hear at the end of a performance was, “David, you looked…

  • With conscience as our guide! 5-27-16

    No 22 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, May 27, 2016 “The only guide to man is his conscience; the only shield to his memory is the rectitude and sincerity of his actions. It is very imprudent to walk through life without this shield, because we are so often mocked by the…

  • Laughter is a Medicine! 5-20-16

    No 21 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, May 20, 2016 Laughter is a Medicine! “Gentlemen, why don’t you laugh? With the fearful strain that is upon me night and day, if I did not laugh, I should die.” – Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) 16th President of the United States “To laugh often…

  • What I must do is all that concerns me 5-6-16

    No 19 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, May 6, 2016 “What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882) American Poet and Essayist “To love what you do and feel that it matters — how could anything be more fun?”-…

  • To Be Alive is a Grand Thing! 4-29-16

      No 18 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, April 29, 2016 To Be Alive is a Grand Thing! “I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, wracked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.” –…

  • The Ash Man 4-1-16

    No 14 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, April 1, 2016 “The Ash Man” Dreams. I was having a rough time in my life. My attitude was flawed and I would go to sleep and awaken in the same mood. Just couldn’t shake it. I even got cross with God during Lent.…