3. Motivation in a Minute (a motivational/inspirational topic): "Why build these cities..." pg. 175 from Perceptions, Parables, and Pointers by Jerald Simon
4. The Music Within: A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief by Jerald Simon (from the Album: "Hymns of the Heart" by Jerald Simon
5. Poetry that Motivates - "The Beggar and the Bourgeois" pg. 32 from my first poetry book, "The 'As If' Principle" (motivational poetry) featuring 222 motivational. inspirational poems I have written.
As a music educator, I have written 25 music books featuring original music I have composed and teaching piano students worldwide about music theory, improvisation, and composition. I refer to them as Theory Therapy, Innovative Improvisation, and Creative Composition. You can learn more about the various music books I have written on my website, http://www.musicmotivation.com. -
I began composing what have become known as Cool Songs to help motivate teens to want to play the piano - the FUN way. You can learn more about the fun, COOL SONGS I composed each month that have accompaniment minus tracks so students can play along with drums, guitars, keyboard synths, and other instruments and sound effects on my COOL SONGS website at https://www.coolsongsclub.com -
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We need to have more patience and be more understanding of others because truthfully people are doing the very best they can with what they have, either the level of education they have received, the level of income they are earning. You see people are doing the very best they can with what they have. And we need to appreciate that. We need to accept that. We need to understand that we can be a little more forgiving. We can be a little more understanding. We can be a little more caring, a little more loving because people truly are doing the very best. They can Welcome to music, motivation and more the positivity podcast. I am your host, Gerald Simon. I am the founder of music motivation and the creator of the cool songs club Today's podcast is titled. People are doing the best they can and what I'd like to suggest to you and help each of you better understand. And I'm sure you all do is that we need to have more patience and be more understanding of others because truthfully people are doing the very best they can with what they have. Either the level of education they have received, the level of income they are earning. You. See people are doing the very best they can with what they have. And we need to appreciate that. We need to accept that. We need to understand that we can be a little more forgiving. We can be a little more understanding. We can be a little more caring, a little more loving because people truly are doing the very best they can for the positive perceptions portion of this podcast. I would like to read from my book, perceptions, parables, and pointers. And this is what it says as a whole, the world is filled with good people who are doing the best they can to make a difference. People are generally good natured, honest at heart, looking out for each other's best interests and needs and genuinely sincere in doing the very best they can with what they have. Give people the benefit of the doubt, be more forgiving, more tall, and more understanding of what they do. And even more so of what they don't put yourself in their shoes, understand that roles can be reversed and situations do change. In a matter of a few moments, we can find ourselves on the opposite end of the spectrum, where we hope others will be more understanding of our own circumstances needs and our own shortcomings. It's an intro perspective. And it's one that I think we all can work on. I know I personally can be better, be more understanding, be more patient because sometimes we see the world through our own colored lenses and it's the way we've been brought up. It's what we have learned. It's what we have come to accept as beliefs, as thoughts, ideas, whether they're fact or fiction. We have come to see the world a certain way and because of how we view the world, because of the opinions we have and the opinions others have impressed upon us, those opinions actually do quite a bit to alter how we act, the words we speak, what we do. And far too often, we can be quick to judge. I a know, sometimes I've been judgemental too judgemental in the past where we don't really understand the entire situation. Now we have learned, and we understand and know that there are always two sides to every situation because it's never black or white. I know some people think everything is black or white. It's either right or wrong. That is never the case. What we need to do. And what we need to understand is that there is a lot of gray area in pretty much everything. And what we need to do is we need to learn more. We need to realize that our perspective it's one perspective. It is not the end all be all our way of doing things is not the only way to do things. There are many ways to accomplish what needs to be accomplished. So we can be more understanding the, of other people. And sometimes we need to break some of these norms that we have been accustomed to these thoughts that we have been brought up to think because our ideas can change and they should change. As we understand more, as we think, as we grow, as we learn, we can actually shift our perspective. Even if we have never done what someone else has done, we can see the world from their point of view and it helps us have more sympathy. It helps us show more empathy, but also it helps us realize that we are not right. And we do not need to try and push our agendas. Unfortunately, we have grown up most of us in a society that has tried to define we what duties and roles should be accomplished by men or by women. And also we have grown up with many divisions, whether they're political divisions, where we have different sides that each individual side they think they're correct. And they're adamant about what they believe and what they see without realizing that both sides are correct in many ways. And both sides truly are trying to do their best. See, we need to be more understanding, more tolerant, more respectful of other people's views, opinions, beliefs that helps us have a greater experience and a greater appreciation for life in general. And it helps us treat others with love. For the motivation in a minute portion of this podcast, I would like to read from my book, perceptions, perils, and pointers, a quote by Edwin Markham. This is what it says. Why build these cities glorious? If man unbuild goes in vain, we build the world. Unless the builder also grows. Now that is saying, and of course, this is much more than just a two line stanza or a poetic personification. This is trying to help us understand politics, trying to help us understand religions, helping us understand how a society should work together and grow. Why build these cities glorious? If man unbuild, it goes in vain. We build the world unless the builder also grows. Why do we do what we do? Have you ever thought about that? What is your why now once you've determined, what your, why is, what is your spouse is why, what is the why of each of your children? What is the why of your parents? What is the why of your siblings? What is the why of your neighbors and why do we think that their, why needs to line up or match our, why? See everyone has their own outlook on life. Everyone has their own perspective. They have their own talents. They have their own strengths and weaknesses. They have their own habits and they're on their own personal journey. It's not our journey. And yet if we try to force or instill within them, what we perceive and what we believe it doesn't do any good at all. See, they need to discover everything for themselves. Now, I am not saying that we should not teach good values at we should not lead by example that we should not assist and, and help others because obviously everyone needs to learn what the options are in life. But again, it's their decision. It is not our decision. We can only teach and help, but we need to understand that people truly are doing the best they can do. So we need to be a little more okay. And tolerant. If someone does not do what we think they should be doing, it can be difficult, much more difficult for us than it is for them, but we need to love others. And I've, I've talked about this before on previous podcast, but we need to know that people truly are giving their best. They're giving their all. Now some may stumble. Some may fall, some may not measure up, but guess what? We stumble. We fall, we don't measure up. We have our own weaknesses, so we cannot judge others. We can work on ourselves and then we can expect that others are doing the best they can right now for the music within portion of this podcast, I would like to have us listen to my arrangement of a well known Hy from my him album, hymns of the heart. This hymn is titled a poor way, faring man of grief. And I'd like to have you listen to this piano instrumental arrangement. At one point, I actually took the piano part and I took it from a major key signature. And I put it into a minor key signature because I wanted to bring out feelings of turmoil, feelings of sadness, feelings of sorrow. And then we go back to a major positive key. So listen to this. I hope you enjoy this.
For the poetry that motivates portion of this podcast, I would like to read a poem. I wrote titled the baker and the BJA. Now, for those of you who may not know a BJA, it's pronounced, it's defined by the American heritage dictionary as one one who belongs to the middle class and two overly concerned with respectability and possessions. So again, if we think of French revolution, time periods, and we think of the 17 hundreds, and you think of the different classes that existed the baker and the OI listen to this, the baker and the Bour were about break their bread. The one bowed his head to pray. The other had not a good word to say, the one envied the well to do the other pitied, the poor, they both hoped for better days, but both thought work was a bore. The baker and the Bourge wa often agreed to disagree about the haves and the have nots, those with everything, nothing, and in between the baker and the OI really are one in the same. The one has nothing and does nothing about it. The other has everything and does nothing with it. It's sad and weak and intolerably lame. Now, the bigger in the bourgeois poem is truthfully about more than the separation of the haves and the have nots. It's, it's not truthfully about those who have wealth and those who do not have wealth, although that is part of what I wanted to convey in poem. But what this poem is really about, it's about those who have education. Those who have been blessed with so much who have been given so many opportunities in life, those who truly have been set up for success in every sense of the word. And then those who have, have not had those opportunities, those experiences, but in this instance, it's about two separate sides. Ones who have never had the experience, who honestly believe that they will never have those experiences because they don't think they're good enough. They don't think they're intelligent enough. They don't think that they can be successful on the one hand, and then others who have been given every opportunity for success. They have been given every possible way to do their best and be their best and succeed, but they just won't do it for the one. It may be a lack of having experience, having education, having opportunities, and for the other, it is a lack of believing in themselves. It is a lack of desire, work ethic. It's about wanting to coast through life, not wanting to do your best or be your best, not caring, being apathetic. See those individuals who don't enjoy doing whatever it is that they are doing. They're no better off than the ones who don't believe they can do anything. So they never try. See we have these two different sides, but in many ways, and in many aspects, they're equal to each other because the ones who have never had the opportunity, the ones who lack the education and the, the basic understanding, they're no better off than the ones who have had every opportunity and experience, but lack the design, lack the drive, lack the motivation. If you had someone who had never had the education, who had never had any opportunities, but they had the drive, they had the commitment, they were eager. They were excited. Those individuals will Excel. It's all about how we perceive life. What we hope to account. Hopefully with this podcast, we can think about what we personally are doing or have done in the past week that has either helped us or hurt us in our relationships with others. Are there times when we could have been a little more understanding if someone was late, maybe there able to be on time to work or whatever, how did we respond? How did we react? Maybe we need to be a little more forgiving. If someone, a neighbor or a spouse, or a child, or a parent, maybe they said something that was unkind to us, but maybe we don't understand what they had experienced just before they had the conversation with us. Maybe someone had been unkind to them and it doesn't excuse their unkindness to us, but it does help us have more of a positive perspective and a greater understanding as to why they possibly were not at their best, but see, just because someone else has an experience like that does not mean we need to then treat others less than they are. So hopefully we can think about what we can do to be more forgiving and more understanding of others. It doesn't take much. And it's simple for us to do, but people truly are doing the very best they can with what they have. Thanks for listening. Hope you have a musical and magical day have fun until next time. See you guys. Bye. 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