celebration
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Celebration Day — nineteen
Joy. That is, perhaps, the true beginning of hedonism, as Aristippos intended it — a state which is truly there to elevate the spirit. Joy has deep roots, and long, bushy branches. Joy encompasses smiles and tears alike. On a given Wednesday, my daughter crossed the Atlantic to be with my father. He had tears…
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Celebration Day — eighteen
The most common day, the least anticipated moment, the most traveled path, the most reliable space, the very essence of a recurring motion, any security in being, all will likely become a new birth, if experienced with the intention to celebrate. A birthdate may otherwise be a mere compensation for the previous three hundred and…
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Five Famous Celebrations
Betty Marion White, 1922, in Oak Park, Illinois Eartha Kitt (Eartha Mae Keith), 1927 in St, Matthews, South Carolina James Earl Jones, 1931, in Arkabutla, Mississippi Muhammad Ali (Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr.), 1942, in Louisville Kentucky Michelle Obama (Michelle LaVaughn Robinson), 1964, in Chicago Illinois
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Celebrate nothing
There is some Zen in the notion of instituting a National Nothing Day. Yes, today, January 16th, is listed as a day dedicated to the joy of celebrating nothing. Holidays Calendar
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Celebration Day — sixteen
For decades I have been on a journey of cleansing myself from empty, superficial, misleading, and cultural terms and words which do not express in essential detail what my thoughts and mindset are. The exclamation “a day like any other”, for example, is a total ignorance of what life is — per day, per second,…
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Celebration Day — fifteen, bagel
I hear that today is the National Bagel Day. Celebrate, people! If you do not care for bagels — like me — today is also the National Hat Day. And if bagels and hats are not your thing, today is also the National Strawberry Ice Cream Day. Be it a simple or a great one,…
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Celebration Day — fourteen / Yukio Mishima
In 1925, on this day, January 14, the novelist Yukio Mishima was born as Kimitake Hiroaka, in Nagazumi-cho 2-chome, Yotsuya-ku, Tokyo City, Tokyo Prefecture, Empire of Japan In 1982, a Cutty Sark ad with a portrait of Philip Glass caught my eye. In his hand he held a bunch of music notes, and in the…
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Celebration Day — thirteen
A body in motion wants to maintain motionA body in rest wants to remain at rest Breathing mattersFood mattersThoughts matterWords matterFor the sake of motion, all matterIn acknowledgement and appreciation, mind and soul choose to maintain and promote joy, celebrating the breath of freshness we intrinsically are, the metaphysical beauty the palate reveals, the intellect…
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Celebration Day — twelve
I am passionate about the drama, music, and dynamics in the world of Opera. As a French pastry, Opera is a milder delight.
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Celebration Day — eight
This celebration spree is by no means the beginning of my festive life. For decades I have been pointing to the importance of focused dwelling, and that is in itself a celebratory approach. One of the main ingredients that have been central to my palate joy, on my quest for pleasure and holistic nourishment, is…
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Celebration Day — seven
This is pure celebration, in part because the opera world has been an important source of joy in my life for the last four decades. Magnificent as realm of music composition and theater since the sixteenth century in Italy, it is a school on human condition, with its comedies, tragedies, and transcendental exercises, a school…
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Wardrobe and Wear — Lifestyle has a Life Source
Wisdom applied, books are not to be judged by the cover. With humans in garments we tend to ignore our wisdom, possibly because the variety in well-grounded as well as misguided ideas building a wardrobe is vast, and because not every morning comes with clarity in self awareness, much less with an understanding of how…
Sila Blume 