What’s Gone Well Today? ®
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When has someone made your day with the service they’ve given, or something they’ve said or done for you? Sharing these moments may inspire others. They lift the spirit!
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Gift from a random stranger
I asked this fellow, “What is a traveller to you?” as he was waiting patiently for his wife in Cook St Village.
A young woman transforms her experience riding on buses in Toronto, Ontario. Before she had hunkered down, not looking outside or engaging with other passengers.
Working on a longer tale of this year’s events, this is a core piece:
This affirming phrase was coined by writer Elbert Hubbard in a 1915 obituary he penned for dwarf actor Marshal P. Wilder. Entitled The King of Jesters, it praises Wilder’s optimistic attitude and achievements in the face of his disabilities: “He was a sound mind in an unsound body, yet he proved the eternal paradox of things. He cashed in on his disabilities. He picked up the lemons that Fate had sent him and started a lemonade-stand.”
“When life gives you lemons, make lemonade”
Other notable personalities have affirmed this approach to life, including Dale Carnegie, who credited Julius Rosenwald (August 12, 1862 – January 6, 1932), American businessman, philanthropist, and part-owner of Sears, Roebuck and Company as his inspiration. Carnegie wrote, in How to Stop Worrying and State Living: “If You Have a Lemon, Make a Lemonade.”
And finally, eight years before Carnegie’s book brought the phrase back into the common usage, a poetic rendition entitled The Optimist appeared in a 1940 edition of The Rotarian:
“Life handed him a lemon,
As Life sometimes will do.
His friends looked on in pity,
Assuming he was through.
They came upon him later,
Reclining in the shade
In calm contentment, drinking
A glass of lemonade.”
I’m working on a number of video projects. A friend told me a couple of great stories so I made a date ( she made it tea and dessert) to record them at her home.
That morning a new friend staying with us, had suggested a filmmaker to look into as he thought our styles were similar. I noticed the role of music in his videos.