Espresso and Earl Grey

Music: Podington Bear - Pounded Piano

"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

"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.  

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  

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

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. 

This week we return from a break to chat about predestination, free will and how we live our lives (ethics). It's a bit more than we usually do, but we do have cups of coffee! 

This week the Sams talk about how stories aren't only the texts we consume but they are part of our very lives.