My Musical Life 6-17-26

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June 17th, 2026

#73 Everybody’s Talkin’ (Harry Nilsson) 👍🏼

Lyrics:
Everybody’s talkin’ at me
I don’t hear a word they’re sayin’
Only the echoes of my mind🪄
People stoppin’, starin’
I can’t see their faces
Only the shadows of their eyes🪄
I’m goin’ where the sun keeps shinin’
Through the pourin’ rain
Goin’ where the weather suits my clothes🪄
Bankin’ off of the northeast winds
Sailin’ on summer breeze
And skippin’ over the ocean like a stone🪄
I’m goin’ where the sun keeps shinin’
Through the pourin’ rain
Goin’ where the weather suits my clothes🪄
Bankin’ off of the northeast winds
Sailin’ on summer breeze
And skippin’ over the ocean like a stone🪄
Everybody’s talkin’ at me

My Abundant Life 6-17-26

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June 17th, 2026

Affordable Splendor

“There never has been a house so bad that it couldn’t be made over into something worthwhile.”

Elsie De Wolfe (American Actress; December 20th, 1885 to July 12th, 1950)

“Today I would love to convince you that there is no room in your home that cannot be transformed by using fabric, paints, a saw, a hammer, nails, needle and thread, a sewing machine, glue, the amazing staple gun and your own imagination, time and energy.”

“The most important thing about decoration, is the fun of it. The fun of discovering a broken-down nothing and turning it into something…Best is to just charge ahead with confidence, enjoyment and a sharp pair of scissors for cutting corners.”

Dianna Phipps (Interior Designer & Philanthropist; February 22nd, 1936 to July 2024))

“I love reinventing spaces in my home by creating more beauty or efficiency. Our home is modest and loved.”

–Ban Breathnach, Sarah. “Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy”. Grand Central Publishing. (1976). Kindle Page 213 to 215 of 501.

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Daily Gratitude 6-16-26

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June 16th, 2026

  • “Gratitude bestows reverence…changing forever how we experience life and the world.” – John Milton
  • “Gratitude goes beyond the ‘mine’ and ‘thine’ and claims the truth that all of life is a pure gift.” – Henri J.M. Nouwen
  • “Appreciation can make a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary.” – Margaret Cousins

My Musical Life 6-16-26

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June 16th, 2026

#64 This Girl’s In Love With You (Dionne Warwick) 👍🏼

Lyrics:
You see this girl
This girl’s in love with you
Yes I’m in love
Who looks at you the way I do
When you smile I can tell
We know each other very well
How can I show
You I’m glad
I got to know you ‘Cause
I’ve heard some talk🪄
They say you think I’m fine
This girl’s in love
And what I’d do to make you mine
Tell me now is it so
Don’t let me be the last to know
My hands are shakin’
Don’t let my heart keep breaking up
I need your love
I want your love🪄
Say you’re in love
And you’ll be my guy
If not I’ll just die🪄
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Tell me now is it so
Don’t let me be the last to know
My hands are shakin’
Don’t let my heart keep breaking up
I need your love
I want your love
Say you’re in love
And you’ll be my guy
If not I’ll just die🪄

My Abundant Life 6-16-26

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June 16th, 2026

The Fragrant Home

“I wish that life should not be cheap, but sacred, I wish the days to be as centuries, loaded, fragrant.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson (American Essayist; May 25th, 1803 to April 27th, 1882)

“There’s no place like home.”

Howard Payne

“Perhaps there’s no place like home because no place else on earth smells quite like home.”

“A fragrant home is a simple pleasure but one rich in the resonance of reassurance. Subtly layering scents throughout the rooms in your home imparts a feeling of luxury to your living spaces.”

“In today’s world I find it not just nice but necessary to surround myself and my family with things that are familiar, warm, and reassuring.”

Barbara Milo Ohrbach (Author)

“I need to air out the house and then fill it with fresh baked cookies or bread next week while I am on PTO.”

–Ban Breathnach, Sarah. “Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy”. Grand Central Publishing. (1976). Kindle Page 212 to 213 of 501.

I challenge each of you on this blog series to post comments so we all can grow together.

Daily Gratitude 6-15-26

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June 15th, 2026

  • “Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.” – Aesop
  • “Rest and be thankful.” – William Wordsworth
  • “I lie in bed at night, after ending my prayers with the words ‘Ich danke dir für all das Gute und Liebe und Schöne.’ (Thank you, God, for all that is good and dear and beautiful.)” – Anne Frank
  • “I’m still thanking all the stars, one by one.” – Marissa Meyer
  • “Thankfulness is the quickest path to joy.” – Jefferson Bethke

My Abundant Life 6-15-26

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June 15th, 2026

The Secret Anniversaries of the Heart

“The holiest of all holidays are those kept by ourselves and apart. the secret anniversaries of the heart…”

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (American Poet; February 27th, 1807 to March 24th, 1882)

“Today I am thinking of singular rites of passage, the secret anniversaries we never talk about, kept in silence and apart.”

“Secret anniversaries of the heart are not restricted by the passage of the years.”

“I am a part of all that I have touched and that has touched me.”

Thomas Wolfe (American Novelist & Short Story Writer; October 3rd, 1900 to September 15th, 1938)

“It took a secret anniversary of the heart to remind me that there is always time enough to remember. But there is never time enough to commemorate what we cherish, unless we pause to observe, when they occur, the holiest of all holidays.”

“The acknowledgment of those who have touched you is the whole point of living and being ni relationship with others.”

–Ban Breathnach, Sarah. “Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy”. Grand Central Publishing. (1976). Kindle Page 210 to 212 of 501.

I challenge each of you on this blog series to post comments so we all can grow together.