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Singing Ivories Newsletter
Who you are, who you are not 05 February 2009
Singing Ivories
Newsletter
Thursday, 05 February 2009
Written and published by
David Fritz Mr Music
Thursday, 05 February 2009
Written and published by
David Fritz Mr Music
Table of contents
1. Overture.
2. "A new day has come".
3. Intermission: Who You Are, Who You Are Not.
4. "Vergeet om te vergeet, onthou om te onthou"
5. Encore.
1. Overture.
2. "A new day has come".
3. Intermission: Who You Are, Who You Are Not.
4. "Vergeet om te vergeet, onthou om te onthou"
5. Encore.
Since 15 January 2009 Singing Ivories is a weekly publication.
For your convenience all issues are stored online.
Please click on the following link to read any issue online:
http://www.mr-music.co.za/newsletters.htm
1. Overture.
Thank you so much to each one of you who
took the trouble
to reply to me and update me with the status as
far as you receiving my weekly newsletter is concerned.
From the responses it is evident that all subscribers unfortunately
do not receive all issues.
to reply to me and update me with the status as
far as you receiving my weekly newsletter is concerned.
From the responses it is evident that all subscribers unfortunately
do not receive all issues.
In order to address this problem I have
created
an online archive where I store all issues of my newsletter.
Since 15 January this year, all issues have been stored online.
I suggest you make it a weekly habit to check in on
my online archive if the week-end has come and gone and
you still don't see a newsletter in your inbox.
You never know what you may just have missed out on: maybe
something unique, special or free!
As usual, your comments are always very welcome.
Any specific topic you would like to read about?
Just click on "Reply", or send off a separate e-mail to me at
david@mr-music.co.za
an online archive where I store all issues of my newsletter.
Since 15 January this year, all issues have been stored online.
I suggest you make it a weekly habit to check in on
my online archive if the week-end has come and gone and
you still don't see a newsletter in your inbox.
You never know what you may just have missed out on: maybe
something unique, special or free!
As usual, your comments are always very welcome.
Any specific topic you would like to read about?
Just click on "Reply", or send off a separate e-mail to me at
david@mr-music.co.za
2. "A new day has come".
Do you remember the quite recent song by
Celine Dion,
"a new day has come"?
Here we have a new day, every day.
"a new day has come"?
Here we have a new day, every day.
And with new days come new
things.
Here are some results of my last week's efforts:
- Valentines story on Animal Zone
Here are some results of my last week's efforts:
- Valentines story on Animal Zone
Yes, another new story, yet
again!
On the Animal Zone home page there is now a new link, a third link,
to a third story.
"Do animals also celebrate Valentines day?"
Find out for yourself. Go and read this, and the other stories, at:
http://www.mr-music.co.za/animalzone/
Remember to add this site to your Favourites and go there regularly.
We try to add new stories weekly.
On the Animal Zone home page there is now a new link, a third link,
to a third story.
"Do animals also celebrate Valentines day?"
Find out for yourself. Go and read this, and the other stories, at:
http://www.mr-music.co.za/animalzone/
Remember to add this site to your Favourites and go there regularly.
We try to add new stories weekly.
- Private
functions
Celebrating a special birthday?
Having your boss or the priest over for a meal?
Fund raising for a church or charity?
Getting married, divorced, circumcised or just celebrating life?
Why not turn it into an unforgettable occasion with me providing the music?
Near or far, for 2 or 200, at dusk or dawn:
I will come and add my magic touch to turn your event into
something special.
You know the drill by now: just e-mail me with details,
I will respond with a written quote, then we'll take things from there.
So just e-mail me at:
david@mr-music.co.za
Celebrating a special birthday?
Having your boss or the priest over for a meal?
Fund raising for a church or charity?
Getting married, divorced, circumcised or just celebrating life?
Why not turn it into an unforgettable occasion with me providing the music?
Near or far, for 2 or 200, at dusk or dawn:
I will come and add my magic touch to turn your event into
something special.
You know the drill by now: just e-mail me with details,
I will respond with a written quote, then we'll take things from there.
So just e-mail me at:
david@mr-music.co.za
- Valentines day special
ends
By the time my next newsletter goes out around 12 February,,
the bell would have rung to signify the end of my
Valentines day special for this year.
By the time my next newsletter goes out around 12 February,,
the bell would have rung to signify the end of my
Valentines day special for this year.
I must get my last orders out by 12h00 on
Thursday the 12th to
ensure you have your CD's in your hands in time for Valentines day.
"Last round!"
- 1 Just e-mail your order to me at:
david@mr-music.co.za
Subject "Valentine's CD".
- 2 I will respond with reference, banking details and other info.
- 3 You make a payment, and send me the photo of your choice
and your own message.
Then relax, knowing that you have just organized a most
unique and special gift for your beloved for Valentines day.
- The Ivory Club
I have been mentioning this the past two weeks, so just a quick update.
ensure you have your CD's in your hands in time for Valentines day.
"Last round!"
- 1 Just e-mail your order to me at:
david@mr-music.co.za
Subject "Valentine's CD".
- 2 I will respond with reference, banking details and other info.
- 3 You make a payment, and send me the photo of your choice
and your own message.
Then relax, knowing that you have just organized a most
unique and special gift for your beloved for Valentines day.
- The Ivory Club
I have been mentioning this the past two weeks, so just a quick update.
Due to all the work for Valentines day I
have not been able
to publish the web page with all the details.
but the page will be up with all the juicy details by Wednesday 11 February.
to publish the web page with all the details.
but the page will be up with all the juicy details by Wednesday 11 February.
If you are a lover of piano and other
keyboard music, and you're interested in a
business opportunity, part time or fulltime, The Ivory Club may just be what you're looking for.
To find out more, click on the link below from 11 February:
http://www.mr-music.co.za/theivoryclub.htm
3. Intermission.
business opportunity, part time or fulltime, The Ivory Club may just be what you're looking for.
To find out more, click on the link below from 11 February:
http://www.mr-music.co.za/theivoryclub.htm
3. Intermission.
Who you are, who you are not
A new meditation for challenging times
by Brian Vaszily,
Founder of IntenseExperiences.com and Creator and Voice of The
9 Intense Experiences.
For the worried, the stressed, the overwhelmed, the lonely, the displaced, the desperate,
the sick, the heartbroken, the confused, the paralyzed, the angry, the
lost, the human, I created and offer this meditation. My hope is that reading it,
re-reading it when necessary, and passing it on to others will be a powerful and
very positive intense experience for you.
I accept responsibility for my human being, because only I am responsible, but I
take comfort in and rejoice that I am so much more. As such:
I am not the circumstances around me.
Where I believe I can make a positive impact on the circumstances, I will try. Where
I cannot change circumstances, I will accept that they are so, and how they impact
my own circumstances is so. But I will not let them bring me down. Instead I will
rise above them, as they are not me.
I am not my money.
And the gain and loss of my money is not me. I respect the good that money can help
do, but I also recognize its limitations and how easily it can cause harm to others
and to me. I will control my money to the best of my ability, but whether I gain
or lose it, I will never let it take control of me.
I am not my possessions.
The material goods in my life include tools that can help me do and achieve things,
and ornaments that can make me feel a certain way. But while I may choose to assign
symbolic value to some of these things, I realize they are all still mere things,
mere dust, but I am so much more.
I am not my job.
I may love the work I do, or my job may only be a stepping-stone, but either way
it is still just something I do. It may nourish me, it may help others, but I am
now and always will be far greater than the work that I do.
I am not my relationships.
Though they may be the nearest and dearest part of my human life, and though I seek
to guide and learn from and share with and stand by them, in our humanness the people
I love are not me. I am not the thoughts, hopes, desires, intentions, perceptions
nor the actions of my spouse, children, parents, siblings, or friends. I cannot control
their thoughts and choices, nor can they control mine. The only control I have is over me.
I am not my emotions.
I may feel joy, excitement, and other positive emotions, and I am grateful when I
do. I may feel fear, anger and other challenging emotions, and I accept when I do.
But because I am not my emotions, I know that only I have the power to let these
emotions linger and influence my thoughts and actions, or to let go of the emotions
so they do not.
I am not my actions.
But I am responsible for my actions. Where I have a choice of actions, I can only
try my best to make the right choices. And where I make mistakes in my choices, I
will acknowledge them, try to learn from them and forgive myself. And I will seek
to atone for the impact of my mistakes on others, and seek their forgiveness.
I am not the actions of others that impact me.
I can hope their actions are done with the best of intentions, but I am not responsible
if their actions are instead done out of envy, greed, anger, fear or other negative
emotions. I am responsible for accepting if they are so, for trying my best to
guide, and for forgiving and letting go if they are so. But I am not
responsible that they are so.
I am not my body.
I am not my skin, blood and bones. I am not my fat, my baldness, my scars, or my
illness. I am not my body’s desires. I am not my appearance. But I accept responsibility
for controlling my body’s desires, and I accept responsibility for doing my
best to respect my health and body, as it and it alone is what houses me in this human state.
I am not my genetics.
If a part of my human being is fixed and preordained, I accept both the gifts and
challenges I have been given therein. But part of my human being is most certainly
driven by choices, and so I will try my best using my wisdom and courage to make
the best choices where I am able.
I am not my thoughts.
I recognize that my thoughts have the power to open doors or create barriers
for me in this human form, and so I will do my best to manage the direction of my
thoughts. But though their range and influence may seem immense, still they are only
human thoughts, with human limits, whereas I am unlimited.
I am not my past.
Anything I have done or that has been done is done. I can choose to learn from it,
I can choose to atone for it and seek forgiveness for it, and I can choose to cherish
it. But I cannot change it, so I will not let it hold me. I will not let time
hold me at all, as I am beyond that mere invention. The only moment
to do and be is now, so now is where I am.
I am my spirit.
I am that which existed before, during and after this body, these events, these relations,
and this place. That which exists beyond time and space. In my flesh, my thoughts,
my choices, my relations, my humanness, I am anything but perfect. But at my core,
in my spirit, I am perfect. As we all are. And though I cherish this human life,
and this temporary body and family I am in, and I am committed to trying my best
for all others and myself out of that love, I know I have nothing to lose. Because
I have been given the gift of this eternal spirit. Because I am my spirit. I am pure, I am whole, I am God’s, I am the universe, I am grateful.
I am love.
And I have nothing to fear.
Everything is ultimately good.
And so it will be.
A new meditation for challenging times
by Brian Vaszily,
Founder of IntenseExperiences.com and Creator and Voice of The
9 Intense Experiences.
For the worried, the stressed, the overwhelmed, the lonely, the displaced, the desperate,
the sick, the heartbroken, the confused, the paralyzed, the angry, the
lost, the human, I created and offer this meditation. My hope is that reading it,
re-reading it when necessary, and passing it on to others will be a powerful and
very positive intense experience for you.
I accept responsibility for my human being, because only I am responsible, but I
take comfort in and rejoice that I am so much more. As such:
I am not the circumstances around me.
Where I believe I can make a positive impact on the circumstances, I will try. Where
I cannot change circumstances, I will accept that they are so, and how they impact
my own circumstances is so. But I will not let them bring me down. Instead I will
rise above them, as they are not me.
I am not my money.
And the gain and loss of my money is not me. I respect the good that money can help
do, but I also recognize its limitations and how easily it can cause harm to others
and to me. I will control my money to the best of my ability, but whether I gain
or lose it, I will never let it take control of me.
I am not my possessions.
The material goods in my life include tools that can help me do and achieve things,
and ornaments that can make me feel a certain way. But while I may choose to assign
symbolic value to some of these things, I realize they are all still mere things,
mere dust, but I am so much more.
I am not my job.
I may love the work I do, or my job may only be a stepping-stone, but either way
it is still just something I do. It may nourish me, it may help others, but I am
now and always will be far greater than the work that I do.
I am not my relationships.
Though they may be the nearest and dearest part of my human life, and though I seek
to guide and learn from and share with and stand by them, in our humanness the people
I love are not me. I am not the thoughts, hopes, desires, intentions, perceptions
nor the actions of my spouse, children, parents, siblings, or friends. I cannot control
their thoughts and choices, nor can they control mine. The only control I have is over me.
I am not my emotions.
I may feel joy, excitement, and other positive emotions, and I am grateful when I
do. I may feel fear, anger and other challenging emotions, and I accept when I do.
But because I am not my emotions, I know that only I have the power to let these
emotions linger and influence my thoughts and actions, or to let go of the emotions
so they do not.
I am not my actions.
But I am responsible for my actions. Where I have a choice of actions, I can only
try my best to make the right choices. And where I make mistakes in my choices, I
will acknowledge them, try to learn from them and forgive myself. And I will seek
to atone for the impact of my mistakes on others, and seek their forgiveness.
I am not the actions of others that impact me.
I can hope their actions are done with the best of intentions, but I am not responsible
if their actions are instead done out of envy, greed, anger, fear or other negative
emotions. I am responsible for accepting if they are so, for trying my best to
guide, and for forgiving and letting go if they are so. But I am not
responsible that they are so.
I am not my body.
I am not my skin, blood and bones. I am not my fat, my baldness, my scars, or my
illness. I am not my body’s desires. I am not my appearance. But I accept responsibility
for controlling my body’s desires, and I accept responsibility for doing my
best to respect my health and body, as it and it alone is what houses me in this human state.
I am not my genetics.
If a part of my human being is fixed and preordained, I accept both the gifts and
challenges I have been given therein. But part of my human being is most certainly
driven by choices, and so I will try my best using my wisdom and courage to make
the best choices where I am able.
I am not my thoughts.
I recognize that my thoughts have the power to open doors or create barriers
for me in this human form, and so I will do my best to manage the direction of my
thoughts. But though their range and influence may seem immense, still they are only
human thoughts, with human limits, whereas I am unlimited.
I am not my past.
Anything I have done or that has been done is done. I can choose to learn from it,
I can choose to atone for it and seek forgiveness for it, and I can choose to cherish
it. But I cannot change it, so I will not let it hold me. I will not let time
hold me at all, as I am beyond that mere invention. The only moment
to do and be is now, so now is where I am.
I am my spirit.
I am that which existed before, during and after this body, these events, these relations,
and this place. That which exists beyond time and space. In my flesh, my thoughts,
my choices, my relations, my humanness, I am anything but perfect. But at my core,
in my spirit, I am perfect. As we all are. And though I cherish this human life,
and this temporary body and family I am in, and I am committed to trying my best
for all others and myself out of that love, I know I have nothing to lose. Because
I have been given the gift of this eternal spirit. Because I am my spirit. I am pure, I am whole, I am God’s, I am the universe, I am grateful.
I am love.
And I have nothing to fear.
Everything is ultimately good.
And so it will be.
Please check out the 9 intense experiences
website by clicking this link:
http://www.the9intenseexperiences.com
http://www.the9intenseexperiences.com
I hope you will print out this article and
take it somewhere
quiet to read and contemplate every word.
How about printing it out and sticking it up somewhere
where you can see it regularly?
I trust that you have gained something from the article.
quiet to read and contemplate every word.
How about printing it out and sticking it up somewhere
where you can see it regularly?
I trust that you have gained something from the article.
Your comments are very welcome. Just e-mail
them to:
david@mr-music.co.za
david@mr-music.co.za
4. "Vergeet om te vergeet, onthou om te onthou".
Some dates to diarize, where applicable,
and things to do:
- DATES TO DIARIZE
- DATES TO DIARIZE
- Your wife's birthday
- your wedding aniversary
- children's birthdays
- parents and in-laws' birthdays
- your boss's birthday
- your secretary's birthday
- your colleagues' birthdays
- your leave dates
- your wedding aniversary
- children's birthdays
- parents and in-laws' birthdays
- your boss's birthday
- your secretary's birthday
- your colleagues' birthdays
- your leave dates
- THINGS TO DO THIS WEEK
- Eat a fruit this week you have never tried before
- Go for a walk one morning before work
- Give someone a poster
- Order the special Valentines' CD
- Join a charity and get involved
- Read this newsletter with your other half, or with a friend
- Eat a fruit this week you have never tried before
- Go for a walk one morning before work
- Give someone a poster
- Order the special Valentines' CD
- Join a charity and get involved
- Read this newsletter with your other half, or with a friend
5. Encore
Why don't you come through to Cullinan one Sunday afternoon and
enjoy an unforgettable lunch at Sir Thomas?
The food is excellent, the music inspiring and relaxing.
There are quite a few interesting things to see and do in Cullinan, so
why not make a day outing of it?
Better still, why not bring that special
someone to
Sir Thomas for dinner on Valentines day?
Sir Thomas for dinner on Valentines day?
Time to go now.
I'll take my leave then with these words from the song
"Let your love flow, written by Larry E. Williams and made popular by The Bellamy Brothers:
I'll take my leave then with these words from the song
"Let your love flow, written by Larry E. Williams and made popular by The Bellamy Brothers:
"There's a reason for the sunshine
sky's;
there's a reason why I'm feeling so high;
must be the season when that love light shines all around us.
So let that feeling grab you deep inside;
and send you reeling where your love can't hide;
And then go stealing through the moonlit night with your lover.
Just let your love flow like a mountain stream;
and let your love grow with the smallest of dreams;
and let your love show and you'll know what I mean it's the season.
Let your love fly like a bird on a wing;
and let your love bind you to all living things;
and let your love shine and you'll know what I mean that's the reason.
There's a reason for the warm sweet nights;
and there's a reason for the candle lights;
must be the season when those love lights shine all around us.
So let that wonder take you into space;
and lay you under it's loving embrace;
just feel the thunder as it warms your face you can't hold back.
Just let your love flow like a mountain stream;
and let your love grow with the smallest of dreams;
and let your love show and you'll know what I mean it's the season.
Let your love fly like a bird on a wing;
and let your love bind you to all living things;
and let your love shine and you'll know what I mean that's the reason.
Just let your love flow like a mountain stream;
and let your love grow with the smallest of dreams;
and let your love show and you'll know what I mean it's the season.
Let your love fly like a bird on a wing;
and let your love bind you to all living things;
and let your love shine and you'll know what I mean that's the reason."
Love and good music
David
Mr Music
Music with impact ...
(c) 072-265-3963
there's a reason why I'm feeling so high;
must be the season when that love light shines all around us.
So let that feeling grab you deep inside;
and send you reeling where your love can't hide;
And then go stealing through the moonlit night with your lover.
Just let your love flow like a mountain stream;
and let your love grow with the smallest of dreams;
and let your love show and you'll know what I mean it's the season.
Let your love fly like a bird on a wing;
and let your love bind you to all living things;
and let your love shine and you'll know what I mean that's the reason.
There's a reason for the warm sweet nights;
and there's a reason for the candle lights;
must be the season when those love lights shine all around us.
So let that wonder take you into space;
and lay you under it's loving embrace;
just feel the thunder as it warms your face you can't hold back.
Just let your love flow like a mountain stream;
and let your love grow with the smallest of dreams;
and let your love show and you'll know what I mean it's the season.
Let your love fly like a bird on a wing;
and let your love bind you to all living things;
and let your love shine and you'll know what I mean that's the reason.
Just let your love flow like a mountain stream;
and let your love grow with the smallest of dreams;
and let your love show and you'll know what I mean it's the season.
Let your love fly like a bird on a wing;
and let your love bind you to all living things;
and let your love shine and you'll know what I mean that's the reason."
Love and good music
David
Mr Music
Music with impact ...
(c) 072-265-3963
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