Husband & Father, Song Farmer & Writer, Music Performer & Educator, Thief of Ideas.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Joined September 2011
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A giant is anyone who remembers we are all sitting on someone else's shoulders; giants can also be small people cooperating.
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Not everyday that the ambassador to the USA from China makes a tweet about you! My band and I are so honored to represent America on a goodwill tour of China starting in Tianjin and now making our way from Dunhuang down the ancient Silk Road through Oklahoma sister state, Gansu!
Fabulous pop-up performance from Oklahoma violinist @KyleDillingham and his band #horseshoeroad together with Tibetan artists at the Tianjin museum! Never expected such chemistry between Western instruments and Chinese folk dance. It’s great to see everyone having a good time.
There are three intellectual feats that we struggle with on a regular basis, that are harder than just about any physical activity on the planet. Just three. They are, in this order:
•Returning love for hate.
•Including the excluded.
•Admitting you are wrong.
Practice.
Today = To “Day” - a verb. When we “day,” we wait, love, work, care, greet, and so much more. What will you Day today?
Think of our little bitty toes - the incredible role they play in keeping our tall bodies balanced. “No matter how small, We are all a part so We don’t fall apart.”
Imagine a world with more Go-Givers and fewer Go-Getters.
Could you practice a subtle shift in language? e.g., “Don’t wait for it…go Give it.”
“Today I escaped from all bothering circumstances - or rather I threw them out. They were nothing external but inside me, just my own judgements.”
~ from Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Lead your life in such a way that it is easy for someone to write your letter of recommendation and impossible for them to write your eulogy.
Of course you’ll make mistakes, but love is a great eraser! And things will always balance out because you care.