“The one human quality that must be developed is self discipline for success. The will power to force yourself to do what you know you should do when you should do it, whether you like it or not, whether you feel like it or not. Success is tons of discipline.” – Brian Tracy
You ever lie in bed looking at bad news on your phones? Me too.
“The good teacher….knows that the best learning environment is always student-centered, never teacher-centered.” -Yvone Enoch and James Lyke
This song came out of a vacation trip to Mexico with Deb. We spent a lovely afternoon at a Cenote in the jungle, kind of off the beaten path. I think we may have been the only Americans there that day, but the place was full of families just enjoying the beautiful natural scenery. A wonderful day.
Cenotes are natural, crystal-clear sinkholes formed by collapsed limestone bedrock, primarily located in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula. Derived from the Mayan word tz’onot (“sacred well”), they were once sacred to the Maya. With over 6,000 in Mexico, top examples include Ik Kil, Dos Ojos, and Azul, offering popular swimming and diving spots.
“Do not try to satisfy your vanity by teaching a great many things. Awaken people’s curiosity. It is enough to open minds; do not overload them. Put there just a spark. If there is some good inflammable stuff, it will catch fire.” – Anatole France
…one crazy kaiju, she’s both angry and bitter cuz for half a million years she used the same kitty litter- CAT ZILLA! A fun tune about a giant cat monster.
“Teach the student first, the music second and the guitar third.” -Frances Clark
“Music has always been a matter of Energy to me, a question of Fuel. Sentimental people call it Inspiration, but what they really mean is Fuel. I have always needed Fuel. I am a serious consumer. On some nights I still believe that a car with the gas needle on empty can run about fifty more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio.” – Hunter S. Thomson
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“My Favorite Things” is a show tune from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music.
In the original Broadway production, the song was introduced by Mary Martin playing Maria and Patricia Neway playing Mother Abbess. Julie Andrews first performed the song in a 1961 Christmas special for The Garry Moore Show, recording it again when she starred as Maria in the 1965 film adaptation of the musical.
Many of the favorite things evoke winter time imagery including warm mittens, packages, sleigh bells, snowflakes, and silver white winters. The song’s cozy lyrics inspired its adoption as a staple of the holiday season, significantly bolstered by the movie’s popularity.
The screen version of the song was ranked number 64 on AFI’s 100 Years…100 Songs, a 2004 survey of top tunes in American cinema.
“How is it that music can, without words, evoke our laughter, our fears, our highest aspirations?” Jane Swan
