Tag: Thanks for reading
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“Dancing is Good for Your Heart and Body”
Changing Lives through Dancing by David Woodbury Arthur Murray Santa Monica I’m not a medical doctor, but I have seen dancing heal a lot of broken hearts and bodies. I’ve had students who had truly bad physical hearts. They had experienced strokes, high blood pressure, fainting spells, open heart surgery(s). Many were on a…
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“Three Things That Keep You From Dancing”
Changing Lives through Dancing by David Woodbury – Arthur Murray Santa Monica The three major causes of illness are: Fear Anger Depression (Sadness) Why do I write about such a sad, dark subject? Well, for most people, the past three years have been very challenging. At home, work, school, worship, health, career, family and friendships. All…
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No 38 9-14-18 “Obscure Heroes”
“Man’s greatest actions are performed in minor struggles. Life, misfortune, isolation, abandonment and poverty are battlefields which have their heroes – obscure heroes who are at times greater than illustrious heroes.” – Victor Hugo (1802-1885) French Writer Have you had a hero in your life? My dad was my hero in every way. When…
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No 35 8-31-18 “Go out and do something kind for somebody”
“When you find yourself overpowered, as it were, by melancholy, the best way is to go out and do something kind for somebody.”
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No 17 4-27-18 “A Failure is a Mark of Experience”
I had not failed, but I had not fully opened my eyes to our true success and our great possibilities of growth. Perhaps my past ‘marks of experience’ had given me strength, wisdom, hope, vision, and a new excitement to achieve and hit new great goals.
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No 16 4-20-18 “Nothing becomes real until it is experienced”
“Nothing ever becomes real until it is experienced.” – John Keats (1795 – 1821) English Romantic poet The path to having an understanding heart has been paved for me with years of experience. Now that I have experienced loss, illness, success, failure, good days and bad days, my many stupid mistakes, and my precious…
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No 51 12-22-17 “I Love the Holidays”
No 51 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, December 22, 2017 I Love the Holidays! We put up our Christmas tree Thanksgiving Day. Sent out our cards the next day. We knew that we would dance almost every day from then to Christmas Eve. Guess what? The days have been glorious. We…
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No 48 Six tips to become a stronger leader 12-1-17
No 48 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, December 1, 2017 Six tips to become a stronger leader First: Problems are not always what they seem. I’m a worrywart. My middle name is “I’m Sorry” and my last name is “Worry”. I just let things build up and…
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No 47 11-24-17 A Time to be Thankful!
No 47 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, November 24, 2017 A Time to be Thankful! This time of year I’m the luckiest guy on the planet. I’ve just started my 42nd year with Arthur Murray Dance Centers. I am happily married and lucky in love with a great home life and…
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No 45 11-10-17 Nothing is ever lost by courtesy
No 45 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, November 10, 2017 Nothing is ever lost by courtesy “Nothing is ever lost by courtesy. It is the cheapest of pleasures, costs nothing, and conveys much.” – Erastus Wiman (1834 – 1904) Canadian journalist and businessman Growing up, my dad always said to my mom…