Yucatan Travel Movie DVD

Today I’m mulling over back cover copy for the DVD case of the Yucatan Travel Movie. How does this sound?

“Join narrator Miriam Balsley, and her Mom and Step-dad, in this entertaining . . . occasionally amusing . . . tour of the Yucatan, a magical land full of beauty, mystery, and vacation delight.”

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Inspiration and Rejuvenation in Nature

Today, in the midst of a busy day, I took the time to rest outside on a lawn chair and watch the breeze float through the leaves overhead. I felt happy in that half hour or so, when the heat of the day gave way to the approaching evening, and I was reminded of the Edgar Cayce quote from his trance reading 3374-1:

“. . . keep close to all of those things that have to do with outdoor activities, for it is the best way to keep yourself young-to stay close to nature. . .”

I felt delightfully rejuvenated.

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Inspirational Food Quote from George Santayana

Here’s another delightful inspirational quote from the menu of the Japanese restaurant. It’s by George Santayana, an American philosopher and poet. He was born Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana y Borrás on December 16, 1863 in Avila, Spain, and died in the U.S. in 1950 at the age of 88.

“There is nothing to which men, while they have food and drink, cannot reconcile themselves.”

I find this quote less amusing that yesterday’s George Bernard Shaw quote and more thought provoking.

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Wonderful Discussion on the Need to Refrain from Anger

Last night I had a great discussion with a friend who has read the manuscript of Have Your Heart’s Desire: Tools for a Happier, Healthier, Wealthier Life, one of my books which will be published soon. She said that she appreciated a story in that book because she now understood why we must refrain from holding onto anger. She had heard it before – that we need to release anger – but hadn’t understood why before. I felt happy that she had benefited from reading the manuscript because that had been my intent in writing the book – to share experiences that helped me with others with the hope of giving them inspiration to better their lives.

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