Creating More Laughter

Julia Becker:
First, I have to understand the difference between laughter that causes hurt and laughter that causes delight. Laughter that comes at the expense of an individual ultimately destroys joy. It divides. It corrodes. It pulls apart. But laughter that comes from a common sense of enjoyment and delight brings people together. It’s the laughter of delight when Penny first pedals a tricycle on her own. It’s laughter that brings us together after William says, “I had a burp in my bottom.” This is the laughter that unifies and builds up. It’s this type of laughter—laughter that I think of as holy laughter—that I want in our house.

Read more: http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/2010/11/5-Ways-to-Welcome-Laughter-Into-Your-Home.aspx?p=2#ixzz1PpJZrlzb

Hi guys, nothing super profound right now, just keeping in touch.

One thing that comes to mind though, is to keep following your dreams!  It's YOUR dream.  Find those who will believe in it with you and support you...very important.

Since my last postings, I've gotten very involved in being a movie extra and am also booked to sing two original songs and one cover (which I'm still searching for) at The Unity Rally at the International Horse Park in Conyers, Georgia.  I do have many of you to thank because I asked you to agree with me with your thoughts/prayers for open doors and things to happen...and I have seen good things/coincidences/answered prayers.  Believing for even more good stuff.

I've been able since the latter part of this past year been able to be on the following movies/tv series;
Footloose (remake), The Change Up (Ryan Reynolds, Olivia Wilde), Joyful Noise (Dolly Parton, Queen Latifah), The Odd Life of Timothy Green (Disney), Drop Dead Diva, Single Ladies, Trials & Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife, MTV's Teen Wolf, and The Magic Eye.

Wow, now that I look at it, that's quite a bit...cool.  Also, the play "The Color of Love" which we're planning on taking to Greensboro in April.  I play "Ross Kaiser".

I've set up a Facebook page called: Karl Cobos (aka: Charlie Jacobs)  This is for my music/movie/entertainment work.  Come and check it out and follow me.

Tonight, well, I'm hoping to be called for some movie work tomorrow and Thursday...probably Drop Dead Diva, Single Ladies or Odd Life ( a lot of times that's how it works...the call comes at night, then you get your clothes together)...also happy to answer extras questions in case some of you want to work on it too.

Well, my son Zachary is wanting to use my account to create his own blog...hmm, let's see...
Ha! ..listening to the song "Dreamer" by Supertramp as I write.

Love to all...please write, let me know if you're following.  All the best to you. ...and remember...to be...happy!

Forward...Onward...Upward
-Karl (Carl Jacobs)...yeah baby!

SELF-MEDICATE!

Choose joy and laughter today...for a merry heart does good like a medicine.


Medicate yourself with it...don't let your spirit get dried up. A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance AND has a continual feast.

Enjoy some laughter...release those endorphins to elevate you...feel encouraged...be enthusiastic with a good attitude. Be a tree of life...heal yourself and others in your world through your own words today.

Expect!

Expect?  Yes...just expect.
Let the atmosphere around you today be filled with expectancy.

Now don't get me wrong, I don't mean to go out and get pregnant in the literal sense! (haha)
...but expect good things to happen to you...and for you today.

...expect LOVE...expect BLESSINGS...expect favor and good connections.
I've heard that expectancy and anticipation is a breeding ground for miracles.
So, keep your eyes open...

Believe for things to keep shining brighter and brighter for you and in you.
Let your light shine...and let it reveal the next part of the path that lies ahead..and wherever the road takes a turn, everything will still be alright.  Let your mind be transformed and renewed.



So, what do you want to expect?  I say, let's expect the best!  ..and see what happens.
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...whether you feel deserving, worthy, or not, it looks like God wants us to EXPECT good things, too.

...Romans 8:32
He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us ALL—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?

ADDED YEARS!

Guys, you have got to look at this man...he's 109 years old and is still very active, including walking, speaking, interviews and writing books! ..what!?  That's awesome.
It really encourages me to put on my tennies each day and do SOMETHING! (haha)

I came across a video that a friend of mine shared on Facebook about him and wanted to share a link to HIS PAGE (where he blogs!!)  His name is Bernando LaPallo:  He just put out a book at 108 years old!!  That should give all of us writers and dreamers great encouragement...c'mon.
http://www.agelesslivemorestore.com/

This is also interesting because right after I saw his video, I opened my devotional to today's date and the title is "ADDED YEARS!"...no way! ..but, yes way.

Here are a few sentences drawn from the page;
Skillful and godly Wisdom is more precious than rubies; and nothing you can wish for is to be compared to her.  LENGTH OF DAYS is in her right hand, and in her left hand are riches and honor" - Proverbs 3:15,16
"Hear my son and receive my sayings, and THE YEARS OF YOUR LIFE WILL BE MANY"- Proverbs 4:10

...and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.  For by me your DAYS WILL BE MULTIPLIED, and YEARS OF LIFE WILL BE ADDED TO YOU" - Proverbs 9:10,11

Today I will realize the importance of this day and will invest myself in it totally.  Every day of my life is important and special and significant.  I will not take the gift of this day for granted.

Today I will make the decision to be satisfied with my life as it is.  "With LONG LIFE I will SATISFY him, and show him my salvation" (Psalm 91:16).  There is great confidence that comes from a life of contentment without complacency, so I will walk in that confidence by an act of my will.  Life is good!  God is good!  Today is good!

Today I will celebrate all that life has to offer, acknowledging in all my ways the God Who adds years to mine.
(the above taken from A Year In The Now, by bishop Jim Swilley, Church in the Now)
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To this I would like to add my amen!  I for one would like a long life, full of days, my eyes not growing dim or my strenth removed.  Anyone else up for that?

I also heard of another man of 100 years who was asked what his main secret is: ..his first response was..."be happy".

Lose Your Fear of Rest

Ok guys, the past day or two for me has been quite unbalanced.  I don't know about you but sometimes I don't want to rest because I think that there is so much that I either need to do or want to get done, and I keep going even without much rest...to the wearing out of my body, as well as my mind.  Anyone hearing me?
So I saw the following paragraphs that I believe are by Howard Thurman, about the value of rest...the cessation that we all need...and I agree.  Anyone else just need to be still...quiet...pause...ponder? ..rest?
Peace is in the midst of it...let's give it a try, eh?
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We must find sources of strength and renewal for our own spirits, lest we perish. There is a widespread recognition of the need for refreshment of the mind and the heart. It is very much in order to make certain concrete suggestions in this regard. First, we must learn to be quiet, to settle down in one spot for a spell. Sometime during each day, everything should stop and the art of being still must be practiced. For some temperaments, it will not be easy because the entire nervous system and body have been geared over the years to activity, to overt and tense functions. Nevertheless, the art of being still must be practiced until development and habit are sure ...
Such periods may be snatched from the greedy demands of ones day's work. They may be islanded in a sea of other human beings; they may come only at the end of the day, or in the quiet hush of the early morning. We must, each one of us, find his own time and develop his own peculiar art of being quiet.

We must lose our fear of rest.

There are some of us who keep up our morale by being always busy. We have made a fetish of fevered action. We build up our own sense of security by trying to provide a relentless, advantageous contract between ourselves and others by the fevered, intense activities in which we are engaged. Actually, such people are afraid of quiet. Again, most activities become a substitute for the hard-won core of purpose and direction. The time will come when all activities are depressing and heavy, and the dreaded question, "What's the use?" will have to be faced and dealt with. The first step in the discovery of sources of strength and renewal is to develop the art of being still, physical and mental cessation from churning. That is not all, but it is the point at which we begin.
-Howard Thurman

community

I've been thinking a lot this past hour about "community". What does that word really mean to YOU?

"A healthy social life is found only, when in the mirror of each soul the whole community finds its reflection, and when in the whole community the virtue of each one is living”
-Rudolf Steiner quotes