Saturday, 29 December 2018

June



Something To Try:
1.       Think of someone you admire today. What do you admire about them?
“There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.”
John Holmes
Monochrome Set... Cosmonaut...I love this band.
Something To Try:
2.       Who is your favourite artist? What do you like about their work?
“You give but little when you give of your possessions.
It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.”
                Kahlil Gibran
Music:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy_47WBfI1Y Farmers Boys~In The Country Very uplifting!

Something To Try:
3.       Spend a few minutes focusing on your breath. Breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth. Do this for a few minutes and feel how relaxed you are afterwards.
“You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.”
 John Bunyan
Asian Dub Foundation~Fortress Europe
I love their rhythm!
Something To Try:
4.       Send a good wish to a loved one. You can either do this in your mind or actually let them know what you wish for them.
“The most truly generous persons are those who give silently without hope of praise or reward.”
Carol Ryrie Brink
California Dreaming~The Mamas and Papas...who doesn't like this song?
Something To Try:
5.       Who is the kindest person you know? What kinds things have they said or done?
“Be practical as well as generous in your ideals. Keep your eyes on the stars, but remember to keep your feet on the ground.”
 Theodore Roosevelt
The Damned~Love Song... is so good!
Something To Try:
6.       Who is the fairest person you know? What have they done that you thought was fair?
“Every sunrise is an invitation for us to arise and brighten someone's day.”
 Richelle E. Goodrich
Madness~ My Girl is a sweet song

Something To Try:
7.       Who is the happiest person you know? What do they do that makes you feel that they are very happy?
“The wise man does not lay up his own treasures.
The more he gives to others,
the more he has for his own.”
 Lao Tzu
Blue Monday~New Order is so impressive.
Something To Try:
8.       What is the best thing that has happened so far today?
“If truth doesn't set you free, generosity of spirit will.”
 Katerina Stoykova Klemer
Waterboys~Bang On the Ear...is one of those songs I will never forget.
Something To Try:
9.       What excites you about tomorrow?
“Generosity is the most natural outward expression of an inner attitude of compassion and loving-kindness.”
 Dalai Lama
Down In The Subway~Soft Cell...I was so sad when they split up.
Something To Try:
10.   What is an important lesson that you have learnt in life?
“I've never heard anyone say "I wish I hadn't forgiven.”
 Katerina Stoykova Klemer
Sinead O'Connor~Nothing Compares To You
This song is amazing!
Something To Try:
11.   Think of a birthday celebration that you had that you really enjoyed. What was special about that day?
“Don't touch my plumtree!
Said my friend and saying so...
Broke the branch for me”
Taigi, Japanese Haiku
Prince~When Doves Cry ...what a talent!
Something To Try:
12.   Remember a time when you won something. What did you win? How did you feel when you found out you had won?
"Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend." Martin Luther King, Jr.
Space oddity~David Bowie...another true talent.
Something To Try:
13.   Name a good habit that you have. How has this habit helped you?
"True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable." David Tyson Gentry
Amy Winehouse~Valery... Such an amazing voice.
Something To Try:
14.   What are you thinking about today? Name 5 things that you have thought about today.
"A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow." Shakespeare
Ruby~Kaiser Chiefs
Something To Try:
15.   What are you looking forward to next month?
"Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom." Marcel Proust
Adam Ant~Antmusic  Quite a one off!
Something To Try:
16.   Listen carefully to some music. How does it make you feel?
"Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joys, and dividing our grief." Cicero
Come On Eileen~Dexy's Midnight Runners..I loved it when I heard it!
Something To Try:
17.   What is the best TV programme you have watched this week. What did you like about it?
“Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you; spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life.” Amy Poehler
This Is The Day~The The  I forgot all about this song but I love it!
Something To Try:
18.   What are the main lessons you learnt last year? How have these lessons helped you this year?
“A single rose can be my garden… a single friend, my world.” Leo Buscaglia
Red Red Wine~UB40...such a memorable song.
Something To Try:
19.   Think about a time when you were able to overcome a challenge. What was the challenge and how did you overcome it?
“Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer.” Ed Cunningham
Right Now~The Creatures...very catchy!
Something To Try:
20.   Think of a time when you learnt to accept something as it was even though initially you resisted the situation.
“The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart.” Elizabeth Foley
Germ Free Adolescents~Xray Spex... What a great song
Something To Try:
21.   Think about three things you really love.
“A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked.” Bernard Meltzer
You Spin Me Round~Dead Or Alive ..I really like this song!
Something To Try:
22.   Think about something that makes you smile.
“A friend knows the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails.” Donna Roberts
Public image Limited~Rise... is a special song.
Something To Try:
23.   Make a positive affirmation and say it out loud. An affirmation is stated in the present tense e.g. There is joy in every day.
“Remember that the most valuable antiques are dear old friends.” H Jackson Brown Junior
B52's ~Rock Lobster such a catchy little ditty!
Something To Try:
24.   Look at yourself in the mirror, smile and give yourself a compliment.
“Gratitude is riches, complaint is poverty. “ Doris Day
Jolene~Dolly Parton...Such a legend!
Something To Try:
25.   Think of a time when you have learnt from a mistake that you have made.
“Appreciation can make a day—even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary.” Margaret Cousins
Janis Joplin~Piece Of My Heart~ What a great voice!
Something To Try:
26.   Think of a time when you were able to teach someone something useful.
“When we focus on our gratitude, the tide of disappointment goes out and the tide of love rushes in.” Kristin Armstrong
XTC~Senses Working Overtime...is such a memorable song.
Something To Try:
27.   Think of a time when someone taught you something useful.
“If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share.” W. Clement Stone
Black Heart~Marc And The Mambas...such wonderful instruments...
Something To Try:
28.   Think of a shared experience you had with someone. How did it make you feel?
“No one who achieves success does so without the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.” Alfred North Whitehead
Boomtown Rats~ Rat Trap...I loved this band!
Something To Try:
29.   Think of a time when you enjoyed being on your own. Where were you and what did you do?
“There is a calmness to a life lived in gratitude, a quiet joy.” Ralph H. Blum
Sisters of Mercy~Alice...so captivating.
Something To Try:
30.   Think of a time when you enjoyed the company of others. Where were you and what did you do?
“Gratitude unlocks all that’s blocking us from really feeling truthful, really feeling authentic and vulnerable and happy.” Gabrielle Bernstein
Say Hello,wave Goodbye~Soft Cell...my hero!







May


May:




Something To Try:
1.       What are the top 5 things you are most grateful for so far this year?
The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived.”
 Robert Jordan,
Music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amR6-neQBPE
Siouxsie and The Banshees~Happy House...I love how catchy this song is!

Something to Try:
2.       What is the most precious gift anyone has ever given you?
“It’s your reaction to adversity, not adversity itself that determines how your life’s story will develop.”
Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Music:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-H9G3XmQ03c
The Ruts~In A Rut
Good advice really!

Something To Try:
3.       What are three values that you hold dear? Why are they so important to you?
“Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.”
 Nelson Mandela
Music:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gproa6vzgws Violent Femmes~Kiss Off
This song had a real impact on me when I first heard it.

Something To Try:
4.       What are three strengths that you possess that have really helped you in life?
“She stood in the storm and when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails.”
 Elizabeth Edwards
Music:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1VzzNbfPaM
Bastille~Quarter Past Midnight... I love the singers voice.

Something To Try:
5.       What are three things that you have accomplished in your life so far? How have they helped you in life?
“If the fire in your heart is strong enough, it will burn away any obstacles that come your way.” 
 Suzy Kassem
Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHsEwQvnGOE
Mumford And Sons~Guiding Light
This song makes me feel happy!
Something to Try:
6.       What are the 3 funniest things that have happened so far this year?
Success and failure come and go, but don't let them define you. It's who you are that matters.” 
 Kamal Ravikant
Music:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvJnlLMJ1Rw
Van Morrison~Gloria One of the most amazing songs ever!
Something To Try:
7.       What has happened to you in your life that has taught you the most?
“Perhaps what matters when all is said and done is not who puts us down but who picks us up.” 
 Kate DiCamillo
Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3JsuWz4xWc
Hey Joe~ Jimi Hendrix Experience Such magnificent guitar!
Something To Try:
8.       What have you liked most about this month so far?
“For in the end kindness is all that matters, and it is through our selfless acts and kind ways, that each of us will remain… Remarkably Intact.” 
Celia Belt
Music:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbZSe6N_BXs
Pharrell Williams~Happy just makes me happy!
Something To Try:
9.       Think of a little treat you can give yourself today.
“I want to write about the Rain,
whose teardrops awake every bud of May
and leaves the joyful Earth in harmony.”
Claudia Pavel
Music:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htobTBlCvUU
Bjork~It's Oh So Quiet is so original!
Something to Try:
10.   “Look around you and if something needs tidying up, spend a few minutes tidying or cleaning so that your environment is more pleasing to you.
“Where you are going to matters more than what you are going through.” 
Moffat Machingura
Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7kUDkK70qQ
The Jam~Eton Rifles...one of the best by The Jam
Something To Try:
11.   What have your family taught you that has proven useful to you in your life?
“Your subconscious mind is paying attention to how you treat yourself.” 
Sam Owen
Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpUj4qrH8gA
I heard this song years ago and thought it was magical!
Something To Try:
12.   What thought do you keep having that you may benefit from letting go of? We have more choice over what we think than we sometimes imagine.
“I would, and I will. You know my theory. Plunge in. Face the fear head-on. Stay on the offense.” 
Koethi Zan
Music:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkHqGuvRdNo 
Marillion~Garden Party I saw this band live, they were great!
Something To Try:
13.   Watch The News and notice the first positive statement that is made.
Fall seven times, rise eight.” 
Japanese Proverb
Music:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyB90aNkURU
Marie Boyne~Vuoi Vuoi Mu This woman has a haunting voice!
Something to Try:
14.   What have you enjoyed most about today so far?
“Everyone has an innate capacity to bounce back from setbacks, reconnect with their passion for work, do their best and thrive no matter how dire external circumstances may seem.” 
Rani Bora
Music:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkL7Fkigfn8
Does Your Mother know~Abba  I was such a fan as a kid!
Something To Try:
15.   Think about a comedian that you admire. What did they say that made you laugh?
“Resilience has a normal rhythm
You may not feel indestructable this morning
But tomorrow you will be strong” 
 Neil Mach
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9RH85tVVOE
Display team~ This Is the News... I love the quirkiness of this song.
Something To Try:
16.   Think of a singer that you enjoy listening to. What song did you love hearing them sing?
“Later that day when I walked down this dried-out riverbed, enjoying the last rays of sunshine on my bare skin, I felt a deep inner peace coming up straight from my heart.” 
Nina Hrusa
Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HkJHApgKqw Jona Lewie~Stop the CavalryOne of the best Christmas songs ever!
Something To Try:
17.   What quote have you read that made the most impact on you?
“In life it takes personal courage and inner strength to ask for help.” 
Donavan Nelson Butler
Music:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgESYQ5iPtI
Everything But The Girl~ Each And Every One...what a beautiful voice!
Something to Try:
18.   Think of an actress that you admire and remember a film that they were in. What did you enjoy about their performance?
“Advice to my younger self:

1 Start where you are with what you have
2 Try not to hurt other people
3 Take more chances
4 If you fail, keep trying” 
Germany Kent
Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfqPJp7Q7qE
Altered Images~ I Could Be Happy ...I love her voice!
Something To Try:
19.   Think of an actor that you admire and remember a film that they were in. What did you enjoy about their performance?
“Even the tiniest of flowers can have the toughest roots.” 
Shannon M Mullen
Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skjvDLpeh4c
Ride A White Swan~T Rex  Who doesn't love Marc Bolan?
Something To Try:
20.   What is your favourite species of tree. What do you like about that tree?
“The overarching practice of letting go is also one of gaining resilience and insight.” 
 Sharon Salzberg
Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1q86D02h3E 
My Back Street Girl~ Rolling Stones I find this song haunting.
Something To Try:
21.   What is your favourite snack? When did you last have that snack? Maybe you could enjoy the snack soon.
“Love is the most powerful force in the universe and we have the extraordinary ability to give and receive it.” 
Tim A. Ewell
Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BW3gKKiTvjs
kate Bush~Wuthering Heights...is simply amazing.
Something to Try:
22.   What is your favourite vegetable? What is it about this vegetable that you like? Maybe you could enjoy it soon.
“Life is brighter than we think and better as we are. We just need to open our eyes and follow our heart.” 
Nina Hrusa” 
Music:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqM11bt9QvI
Libertines~ Can't Stand Me Now I will always love this song!
Something To Try:
23.   Think of a nice dream that you had in the past. What did you like about that dream?
“Rejoicing is grounded in gratitude, with a keen appreciation for yourself, others, your abundance, and the beauty around you.” 
Susan C. Young
Music:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjvfIJstWeg
Close To me~ The Cure What a clever song!

Something To Try:
24.   What have you enjoyed most about this month so far?
“You can’t shake hands with a clenched fist.” Indira Gandhi
Music:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMplIrSlg8E
Echo And The Bunnymen~The Cutter
Something To Try:
25.   What are you looking forward to next month?
First keep the peace within yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.” Thomas a Kempis
Music:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEaTc5eU6mo
Orange Juice~Rip It Up was a very memorable song.
Something To Try:
26.   Think of someone you believe to be resilient. What have you learnt from them?
To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness.” Robert Muller
Music:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jHbsI-tLfk
The Cramps~What's Inside A Girl...is a unique sound!
Something to Try:
27.   What is your current emotion? Each of our emotions 
are valid. Sometimes we regard sadness and anger as ‘negative emotions’ but in reality if we can learn to acknowledge our emotions we can accept things for the way they are.
Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.” Albert Einstein
Music:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLhN__oEHaw
The Passenger~Iggy Pop...a beautiful song!
Something To Try:
28.   Think of someone who has done something good for you. Thank them for what they have done. People love to be appreciated for their kind gestures.
Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one. I hope someday you’ll join us, and the world will live as one.” John Lennon
Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_MjCqQoLLA
hey Jude~The Beatles...one of the best songs by this band!
Something To Try:
29.   What can you do to help someone? Often just listening to them and letting them know that you are there for them can be very helpful to them.
Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.” Desmond Tutu
Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiJiuhnDfck
Peatbog faeries~Scots On the Rocks...this band can play!
Norwegian Wood~The Beatles...another beautiful song.
Something To Try:
30.   What can you do for yourself today that will make you feel happy?
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” Leo Tolstoy
Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQciegmLPAo
Squeeze~Up The Junction... is one of those songs that stays with you a long time!
Something To Try:
31.   Think about yesterday. What did you enjoy most about that day?
“Dogs are our link to paradise. They don’t know evil or jealousy or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring – it was peace.” Milan Kundera
Music:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxmrRs6ceTM
Cult Maniax Cold Love...he has such a good voice.


Friday, 28 December 2018

April



April
Something To Try:
1.       What do you think our planet will be like in 100 years time?
“Life does not owe you anything because life has already given you everything.” Ralph Marston
Leave A Light On~Tom Walker …his song has very compassionate lyrics.
Something To Try:

2.       What do you think our planet will be like in 200 years time?
“Maybe that’s what life is… a wink of the eye and winking stars.” Jack Kerouac
Milkman Of Human Kindness~ Billy Brag
This song is poetry.
Something To Try:

3.       If you could meet someone famous who would they be.
“A little foolishness, enough to enjoy life, and a little wisdom to avoid the errors, that will do.” Osho
Taxi Cab~Vampire Weekend
Magical.
Something To Try:

4.       If you could travel back in time to meet someone who would you meet and why?
“Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, shift your energy to what you can create.” Roy T. Bennett
A Little Dance~Jenna Dewan~Henry Green
This is beautiful.
Something To Try:

5.       Imagine you are by the sea and a bottle washes up. You pick it out of the water and find a message inside the bottle. You read the message, what does it say?
“You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.” Oprah Winfrey 
Avicci~Wake Me Up
I love the lyrics to this song.
Something To Try:
6.       What is your favourite precious stone? Imagine wearing some jewellery containing the stone.
“Love is the goal, life is the journey.” Osho
Muse~Thought Contagion
Such a clever band.
Something To Try:
7.       If someone offered to buy you a takeaway meal, what takeaway would you choose?
“To find yourself, think for yourself.”
Socrates
Pulp~Mis-Shapes
The lyrics are so powerul.

Something To Try:
8.       What is the best food you have ever cooked? Remember eating that food and how good to tasted.
“Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.” Lucille Ball
Wonk Unit~Horses
I love this song so much!
Something To Try:
9.       What are three things you have enjoyed about April so far?
“I think being in love with life is a key to eternal youth.” Doug Hutchison
Muse~ Feeling Good
This song makes me feel good.
Something To Try:

10.   What is your favourite item of clothing, what do you like about it?
“In this life we cannot do great things. We can only do small things with great love.” Mother Teresa
Coldplay~Yellow
This song is perfect.
Something To Try:
11.   Can you remember the name of a teacher you admired when you were at school? What did you admire about them?
“If you would be loved, love, and be loveable.” Benjamin Franklin
Jimmy Eat World~Middle
I have seen this band live, they were great!
Something To Try:
12.   Which book have you most enjoyed reading this year?
“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” Lao Tzu
Nick Hakim is very talented.
Something To Try:
13.   How are you feeling today? What are you enjoying about this moment?
“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.” Elbert Hubbard
New Order have a unique sound.
Something To Try:
14.   If you could make a wish for the world, what would it be?
“Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.” Charles R. Swindoll
Greenday~ Extraordinary Girl
Something To Try:
15.   What is the weather like today? What do you like about this type of weather?
“Children have more need of models than critics.” Joseph Joubert
Tom Misch…I am sure you will enjoy this.
Something To Try:
16.   What do you like about the sun?
“In family relationships, love is really spelled T.I.M.E.” Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Jorja Smith~Blue Lights
She has the most beautiful voice.
Something To Try:
17.   What do you like about rain?
“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” Confucius
Stranglers~Always The Sun
Such a good band.
Something To Try:
18.   What do you like about snow?
“Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness.” Steve Maraboli
Goat Girl are so good. I first saw them on Jools Holland.
Something To Try:
19.   Look around you, what can you see? Look closely at the things you can see around you, fully appreciating your surroundings.
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” Albert Einstein
Jorja Smith~Let Me Down
Another magical song.
Something To Try:
20.   Imagine a perfect day, what would you do, where would you be? Who would you be with?
“The truth is you don’t know what is going to happen tomorrow. Life is a crazy ride, and nothing is guaranteed.” Eminem
The 1975~Give Yourself A Try
I listen to this song again and again and it is just so good!
Something To Try:
21.   If you could spend a day as a dog or a cat, which animal would you choose to be and why?
“Life is the moment we are living right now.” Paulo Coelho
Killers and Tony!
This is so entertaining!
Something To Try:
22.   What are you looking forward to doing today?
“Life is a dance floor. So dance, don’t miss the chance.” Bar Refaeli
Orange Skies~Rocking Chair
I saw this band live and it was great!
Something To Try:
23.   What did you enjoy doing yesterday?
“The goal of life is living in agreement with nature.” Citium Zeno
Dog Of Man~Opiate
This is a very interesting video!
Something To Try:
24.   What would you like to do tomorrow?
“Life isn’t as serious as the mind makes it out to be.” Eckhart Tolle
Isaac Gracie~ Running On Empty
What a voice!
Something To Try:
25.   What is the best thing that has happened in April so far?
“Life is the first gift, love is the second, and understanding the third.” Marge Piercy
Choke Hold~Slaves
Another entertaining song.
Something To Try:
26.   What are you looking forward to in May?
“Life is not an exact science, it is an art.” Samuel Butler
LSD~Thundercouds
What a great collaboration.
Something To Try:
27.   What is the nicest thing anyone has said to you so far this week?
“Life is fragile. We’re not guaranteed a tomorrow so give it everything you’ve got.” Tim Cook

Bring me the Horizon~Mantra
Such a clever song.
Something To Try:
28.   What is the nicest thing you have said to someone this week?
“The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
Jorja Smith~The One
Sang beautifully in The Live Lounge.
Something To Try:
29.   Eat something and fully focus on what you are eating.
“Love is a friendship set to music.”
Joseph Campbell
Marshmello sings Happier…a great cover.
Something To Try:
30.   What was the funniest thing that happened this month?
“In order to be happy oneself it is necessary to make at least one other person happy."
 Theodor Reik
Slaves~Magnolia
Another very clever song!