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LD 3 - A Quest for Beauty

17 year old me had a dream of a beautiful life - and decided to choose it. 17 year old me sat down in front of the principal, who looked at the report card and asked: “What are you wanting to study?”
 
“Primary Education.”
 
He paused, placed the report down and commented. “That’s honourable.”
 
With limited eyes to see, and limited choices to take as a 17 year old, we choose a path. Optometrist, accountant, lawyer, doctor, priest.
 
Where does beauty lie in our quest for life?
 
Theme Music:
Slainte - Gander in the Pratie Hole. 
 
Music: 
Crowander - Parody, Let it Last, Humbug
Podington Bear - Winter Walk, Pounded Piano 
One Man Book - Scaffold of Repeated Addition
No Nature - Sad Song
Siante - Britches Full of Stitches
Esther Abrami - No. 8 Requiem
 

LD 2 | Hope in Rock Bottoms

"There’s no ending wave after wave of tomorrows, there’s no slowing down. Sometimes you find yourself like a deer in headlights - staring ahead frozen with the onslaught of mondays to fridays - and even weekends dont appear to offer the relief  because there’s washing to do, groceries to buy, meal prep for the week, cobwebs to clean and vacuuming under the couch. 
By the end of the weekend, collapsed onto the bed, the next week starts again." 
Sometimes life overwhelms. After 2 years of absence, I'm back to continue the series to learn to Live Deliberately. 
Grab a cup of tea, catch up on life, and reflect with me on life's challenges. 
 
Season's Main Theme:
Slainte - Gander in the Pratie Hole
Music: 
Slainte - Britches full of Stiches 
Crowander - Let it last 
Podington Bear - Mortality 
Esther Abrami - No.8 Requiem 
Crowander - Humbug 
Crowander - Early Sun  
No Nature - Sad Song 
Crowander - The Hangover 

June Update - We’ll be back!

Music: Podington Bear - Pounded Piano

LB 1 | Patience in the Journey

"Perhaps the path of being humbled in our pride, being frustrated by our limitedness, being held back because of barriers is the path needed to learn the patience we need in our lives. 
We will only learn to slow down when we’ve run for a thousand miles an hour, and realise that this speed is sustainable. When we get glass in our foot, mould in our books, Covid in our lungs and have to lie in bed in exhaustion." 
The journey of living deliberately is filled with frustrations. Frustrations that need patience and lead to patience. Walk with Sam as we take the first steps in living deliberately. 
 
The beautiful pieces of music you hear in the podcast are: 
Poddington Bear - Mortality, Pounded Piano, Alsace, Winter Walk
Crowander - Early Sun, Celtic, The Hangover
Sliante - The butterfly. Kid on the Mountain
No Name - Sad Song 
Aislinn - Lea rig - Dusty Window

LB 0.5 | Beginning the Journey into the Woods

"Stripped from things that made me useful and busy, having to drop projects for work without notice, disconnected from others in isolation - I had unknowingly wandered into the woods and to Walden Pond 
And now, I had to figure out what it meant to live deliberately. To front only the essential facts of life - sleeping, breathing, eating, going to the bathroom, and see if i could not learn what it had to teach, and not when I came to die, discover that I had not lived."
Begin the journey into the woods with Sam as he seeks to discover what it means to live deliberately.
The beautiful pieces of music you hear in the podcast are: 
Poddington Bear - Winter Walk, Mortality. 
Crowander - Humbug, The Hangover, Let it Last 
Sliante - Britches Full of Stitches. Munster Bank. Bill Sullivan's (The A Polkas). 
Old Town School Of Folk Music (Various) - Home On The Range.
 

Living Deliberately - A new initiative

What does it mean to live deliberately? 
What does it mean to understand ourselves more? 
What does it mean to love others? 
 
Join me, Sam Wan, for the next seven weeks for a new Earl Grey segment - 
 
Living Deliberately. 
Slow Down, Open our eyes, Live Deliberately. 
 
Music by Sláinte. 
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Slinte/Cup_of_Tea/slainte_-_05_-_britches_full_of_stitches_munster_bank_bill_sullivans_the_a_polkas
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Slinte/Slinte/slinte_-_04_-_gander_in_the_pratie_hole_morrisons_jig_drowsy_maggie
 

S2 E8 - Spaces: How spaces and rituals transform our lives

The two Sams chat about how the different physical and nonphysical spaces in our lives and the different rituals embedded in them transform our work, rest and play. 
 
BWV 1107: Jesu, meines Lebens Leben by James Kibbie
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/James_Kibbie/Bach_Organ_Works_Neumeister_Chorales/BWV1107

S2 E7 - Storytelling: Tips on how to successfully tell a good story

Dr. Sam Chan, public speaker and story teller sits down and shares with us the art of story telling. He breaks it down and helps us to grow in our storied lives.