Do You Know the 10 Rules of Being Human?

During my Internet travels today, I found this video post by Chris Voss on the 10 rules of being human. If you’re over 50 and thinking about reinventing yourself to get the life you really want, you gotta watch this – and take notes! I am, especially as I think about turning 60 next year.

Happy 50 Plus Valentine’s Day

I love this video that was emailed to me by Paul Hoffman at  Success Songs. Let this inspirational song set the mood for you on this Valentine’s Day. And as you reach out to those near and dear to your heart, don’t forget to show yourself some love today.

Happy Valentine’s Day!!

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Dr. King Told Me About the Dream

I’ll never forget the day that the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King told me about the dream. I was a 12 year old girl in Detroit and it was June 23, 1963. My parents took my brother and sister and I to the “Walk to Freedom”, a civil rights march. We were among 125,000 people who showed up that day in support of justice and equality for all. Rev King was one of those people.

We marched down Woodward Avenue, Detroit’s “main drag”. When we got down to Cobo Hall which sits on the Detroit River, Dr. King took the podium. As he talked, the 12 year old me stood mesmerized by his words:

I have a dream.

Many of the points Dr. King made in his landmark speech in Washington, D.C. two months later, were shared with us in Detroit on that momentous day of my childhood. As I grew older, his dream became mine. As the descendant of both slaves and slave-owners from the “red hills of Georgia”, I took to heart Dr. King’s message to join together because of – and in spite of our differences.

Now as a 50 plus woman, I watch the video of Dr. King’s “I Have A Dream” speech each year on this day and recommit to a dream that, as a country, we still struggle to turn into reality. If you haven’t seen the full speech before, please take 10 minutes or so and watch this video:

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Gumby – A 50 Plus Memory

50 plus women and men who grew up in the U.S. will likely remember “Gumby”, the green clay cartoon character of the 1950′s. Well, I’m sad to report that Gumby’s creater, Art Clokey died yesterday at age 88. So in memory of Art’s contribution to the television programming of our youth and because most of us watched the cartoon on those old black and white TVs, here’s a Gumby segment in living color. Enjoy.

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