Keeping The Dream

  HAPPINESS AS A ROLE VS. TRUE HAPPINESS Following is from the book of A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle. HAPPINESS AS A ROLE VS. TRUE HAPPINESS “How are you?” “Just great. Couldn’t be better.” True or false? In many cases, happiness is a role people play, and behind the smiling façade, there is a great deal of pain. Depression, breakdowns, and overreactions are common when unhappiness is covered up behind a smiling exterior and brilliant white teeth, when there is denial, sometimes even to one’s self, that there is much unhappiness. “Just fine” is a role the ego plays more commonly in America than in certain other countries where being and looking miserable is almost the norm and therefore more socially acceptable. It is probably an exaggeration, but I am told that in the capital of one Nordic country you run the risk of being arrested for drunken behavior if you smile at strangers in the street. If there is unhappiness in you, first you need to acknowledge that it is there. But don’t ...

I read Coca-Cola can without a label seeks to fight prejudice on Ramadan - http://mashable.com/2015/07/06/coca-cola-no-labels-ramadan/#vhRV7RP7Lmqo  last year, and then I know this guy Loy Machedo from this video: "This was the Coca-Cola 'Remove Labels This Ramadan' Advert that went viral" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84OT0NLlqfM Then I saw this video on Youtube: What exactly happened that day at the Coca-Cola "Remove Labels This Ramadan" Shooting? - YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSGGlSrTNmA Another interesting post related to the Coca-Cola 'Remove Labels This Ramadan' Advert is this video: 6 Photographers Asked to Shoot Portraits of 1 Man… With a Twist: 6 Photographers Asked to Shoot Portraits of 1 Man... With a Twist - http://petapixel.com/2015/11/04/6-photographers-asked-to-shoot-portraits-of-1-man-with-a-twist/ Nov 4, 2015 - Canon recently conducted an interesting experiment on the power of perspective in portrait photography .  

http://news.moviefone.com/2015/03/05/life-lessons-whiplash/ 3. A "balancer" is needed to be great Neiman befriends a girl (played by Melissa Benoist) who works at the movie theater he and his dad visit. Eventually, the two become an item. Here's when things take an odd turn; Neiman becomes obsessive about becoming a great drummer to the point where he believes relationships, like the one with his girlfriend, will get in the way of his dreams. This, ladies and gentlemen, is a big ERROR. Sure in the latter I mentioned Fletcher was Neiman's push to become great, but his girlfriend was the "balancer." People need someone to keep them calm, and that was Benoist's character for Neiman. To get straight to the point, don't cut people from your life unless you're sure they don't belong in it.

"No one wants to suffer. No one wants to be lonely. No one wants to live in fear. No one wants to lose everything. No one wants their heart ripped to shreds. No one want to be sick. And, no one wants to die. But these things happen in life. So the least we can do is be there for others, as we would like others to be there for us." — Bryant McGill

James Fullmerm commented on Captain Phillips Ending - You're Safe Now   “There were a lot of great performances in this film, but when I first saw this scene I was absolutely captivated by the Navy medic. She was so completely authentic! I thought, " how could an actress nail this so perfectly?" I ran a search about the "actress" immediately and, like all of you, was delighted to find that many people felt the same way about her performance. It was a stroke of genius to use a real medic and she was so brave to do this scene with Tom Hanks. It continues to captivate me. Thanks for sharing this clip.” What James Fullmerm posted above, resonated with me so much. I too cried several times in that scene, how delicate the music and voice of the original navy doc, Danielle Albert , was so delicate and tender. I wish she was my girlfriend. lol. And here are the 21 Leadership Quotes And Lessons From Captain Phillips | Brian Dodd on Leadership