View of the Week: On Seizing the Moment....Being Mad and Engaging w/our World......

For this edition of the "View of the Week",  such thoughts that Jonathan Lockwood Huie shared in his outreach is ever so important to underscore a sense of the responsible.  It is not an easy thing to embrace such thoughts especially as the War in Gaza rages on, the Islamic State thugs continue their reign of terror in Iraq and Boko Haram continue its' reign of terror in Nigeria.   Onward..with a sense of hope.....

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone. - Pablo Picasso If you wait for the perfect moment when all is safe and assured, it may never arrive. Mountains will not be climbed, races won, or lasting happiness achieved. - Maurice Chevalier Today is your day to  smile broadly, sing loudly, paint your rooms in bold colors, search every rabbit hole for a magical white bunny, have caviar for breakfast and oatmeal for dinner, wear a purple coat with a red hat, and dance lightly with life. - Jonathan Lockwood Huie

A "Blast From the Past": Top 10 Unknown Gadget Pioneers - Techlicious

This is a periodic new feature forthcoming.  This is a beautiful piece courtesy of the Team @ Techlicious that does some fantastic work in educating the World on Technology Today and bringing a commons sense of it all to bear.   These leading lights of Technology and what they've done for us have made all the difference for what we very much take for granted today.    What a legacy to leave:

Top 10 Unknown Gadget Pioneers - Techlicious

On the Eve of a New Week: Daring to Dream...and Daring to Risk....:-)

For the dawn of the new Work Week, I ran across this beauty of a "View of the Week" courtesy of the ever resourceful Jonathan Lockwood Huie that reflects a sense of purpose. As this journey in "Outsiders" continues, it is a reaffirmation of the need to do one's best no matter what:

 

Until you're ready to look foolish, you'll never have

the possibility of being great.

- Cher

There's something liberating about not pretending.

Dare to embarrass yourself. Risk.

- Drew Barrymore 

People do not wish to appear foolish.

To avoid the appearance of foolishness,

they are willing to remain actually fools.

- Alice Walker

A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance

to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life.

- William Arthur Ward 

You grow up the day you have your first real laugh - at yourself.

- Ethel Barrymore

At the Dawn of a New Week: Continuing a sense of Hopefulness :-)

A new week is before us.  I shared these while on the "Social Grid" and making the "Virtual Rounds" in Facebook:

Post by Mike Pouraryan.

The Dalai Lama reminded us that, "..Anger cannot be overcome by anger.  If person shows anger to you,, and you show anger in return, the result is a disaster.  In contrast, if you control your anger and show its' opposite--love, compassion, tolerance, and patience--then not only will you remain in peace, but the anger of others also will gradually diminish".

May we have the courage to live a life of compassion, tolerance & love!!

Thought 4 the Week: On A Need 4 Joy & Happiness :-)

There is always a need to engage and relax no matter what the challenges are.     This latest retrospective reflects it ever more courtesy of the ever insightful #

Jonathan Lockwood Huie: 

Life must be lived as play. - Plato  Grin your smile; giggle your laugh; unfurl your joy; dash the last trace of your self-consciousness; and cavort your most uninhibited play. - Jonathan Lockwood Huie & I would add that our work must be also play as well--because if we do not enjoy it--what's the point?  My Son reminded me of this fact just as I was working away on this which led me to this I ran across courtesy of Dr. Wayne Dyer while researching the latest on the Social Grid:   Onward!! :-)

A Week-End Newsflash" From South Africa : On Global megatrends to change the way people live, work

Global megatrends to change the way people live, work

On A Beautiful World & A Beautiful #Life: Thoughts 4 the Weekend

It is the dawn of a Week-End and the midpoint of the Third Quarter of 2014.  It has been a challenging year.   These two thoughts courtesy of friends on the "Social Grid" brings a sense of purpose that underscores a sense of realism-yet a sense of hope:

• This first one is on a true "history" of the World which is spectacular in its' beauty: 

History of the World In 2 Minutes by RumbleVideo

• This one minute tribute to #RobinWilliams brings into focus how it is important and crucial to insure that one's life truly remains spectacular--and what a beautiful life he had in making us laugh, making us cry and realizing the essential humanity that we have to live for: 

As the great Diane Nyad always reminds us all:  Onward!! :-)