CURRENT EVENTS

2017

Some of you believe you can make this a wonderful year for yourself and others of you believe you can’t. Its like the old saying, “If you think you can or if you think you can’t, either way, you are going to be right.

I hope this blog as well help you make 2017 a wonderful year for yourself. Please consider clicking on the “Follow Harmony Books & Films, LLC” box on the side bar to your right.

And you may want to consider encouraging others to check out this blog.  I only update it once a week, on Mondays; and it doesn’t take long to go through it.

PHYSICAL TRAITS 

Honor Thy Temple

When it comes to quick fix diets, this is the only one that works.

CHARACTER TRAITS

The Foundation for Being Extraordinary

SOCIAL TRAITS

Getting Along with Others

It was rightfully pointed to be that the above place setting was out of date.

Perhaps, this is a bit more straightforward version of the above.

LEARNING TRAITS

Growth Keeps You Extraordinary

MISCELLANEOUS 

The Odds & Ends of Being Extraordinary

SELF-HELP BOOKS

Mind Gym

by Gary Mack with David Casstevens

This book provides useful insights on the mental game, which can be applied to situations outside of sports.  

For instance, if you are a perfectionist; you may find this helpful.

“Do you know how gemologists tell a fake emerald from a real one?  The fakes are perfect. Real emeralds have flaws.”

Real people have flaws.

MOVIE OF THE WEEK

Being There

with Peter Sellers & Shirley MacLaine

This movie is worth seeing and if you have seen it before, see it again.  I have no idea how many times I have watched it and always found it both entertaining as well as a learning experience.

Hailed as a genius for his simplistic approach to life, an aging gardener with a childlike naïveté rises, by accident, into the game of politics. The man is soon presented as a possible Presidential candidate although no one knows his true background. (Source: Rotten Tomatoes)

MUSIC OF THE WEEK

It Don’t Come Easy

Ringo Starr

LAST WEEK’S POLL -What is your Zodiac Sign?

My Zodiac sign

33% – Libra

22% – Scorpio

11% Gemini

11% Cancer

11% Leo

6% Aquarius

6% Virgo

I check my horoscope

76% – Rarely if ever

12% – Frequently

12% – Every so often

The reason I check my horoscope

84% – Fun

8% – Guidance

8% – Other reasons

THIS WEEK’S POLL – Easy Way or the Hard Way?

  

ART OF THE WEEK

I thought this is  worth repeating, since there is still time for those of you in S.E. Michigan to see this play.  And if you live elsewhere, I still urge you to see a live play.

I think you are missing out on an experience, if you don’t see live theater every so often.  

Regarding this particular play, I thought it had just the right touch of comedy and sentiment, and the two sisters in the play were absolutely charming.  If you do happen to live in southeastern Michigan, I hope you catch this play.

Mom’s Gift

By Phil Olsen (A Michigan Premier)

being performed at Meadow Brook Theater

January 4 – January 29, 2017 in Rochester, Michigan

In this comedy with a heart, Mom has been dead for 11 months and shows up at her husband’s birthday party as a ghost with a mission. Like Clarence in “It’s A Wonderful Life,” she has to accomplish a task to earn her wings. Only what the task actually is, is a mystery. There are so many things to fix. The problem is complicated by the fact that the only person who can hear or see Mom is her daughter who has been ordered by the court to spend Dad’s birthday with him as part of her Anger Management Program. One by one the family’s secrets are peeled away revealing a shocking truth that surprises even our ghost.

EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE

Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes in a 1904 illustration by Sidney Paget.

Known as a “consulting detective” in the stories, Holmes is known for a skill with observation, forensic science, and logical reasoning that borders on the fantastic, which he employs when investigating cases for a variety of clients, including Scotland Yard.

The Guinness World Records lists him as the “most portrayed movie character” in history. (Source: Wikipedia)

If you would like to know more about Sherlock Holmes, this book covers the territory, but I would not call it an easy read.

THIS WEEK’S JOKE

PLEASE CONSIDER 

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BLOG & FACEBOOK

My thanks to Aanchal, Abi, Alisa, Lily, Maggie & Sam, who started following my blog (Currently 142 followers) and Daniela, who liked my Harmony Books & Films Facebook page (Currently 214 people)

MY BOOK

If you are enjoying this book and find it useful, perhaps you will find that is also true for “I’m Tired of Being Ordinary, Are You?”

And if you have read this book, please say a couple of words about it in an Amazon evaluation.

The book is available on-line from Amazon and Barnes & Noble.  The Kindle version of my book is $4.95.

http://www.amazon.com/Tired-Being-Ordinary-Are-You/dp/0990388697

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