Peace Love and Bring a Bat

Phoenix Rise

This is the last of the "Getting to know Uncle Dave" episodes - You made it! Congratulations!

 

The Phoenix is a story of is one resilience of a beautiful bird who rises from its own ashes and soars to great heights.  The Phoenix rise is who I am - the first time I thought of myself was May 11, 2006. As life challenges us we learn to rise from our ashes and become our own Phoenix. I have told this story a few times including my Tedx Farmingdale speech Rise and Resiliency: Becoming a Phoenix.

During our journey we will hear from others who will share their journey and how they rose and found resilience to soar for themselves. 

 

On the P.A.T.H.

Another "Getting to know Uncle Dave episode". This episode is about an acronym I created six years ago for my coaching practice. The On the P.A.T.H which each letter in the word path meaning something else - Personal Attitude Towards Happiness.

I will explain how being on the right path for me leads me to unexpected places and opportunities. I will share my thoughts around this and hopefully you can find a meaning for you. 

 

Goons For Good

"Everyone can do something and everyone can be a hero." - Frank Shankiwitz, Co-founder of the Make-A-Wish Foundation

Hey! Do you know a guy? - well that is how many of us grew up by knowing the right person who can get something done.  Just like bring a bat in our podcast does not mean that we are looking for violence. "Knowing a person" isn't about bringing the tough guys to deal with an issue. 

It is finding the right people to help in tough situations and connecting them.  One this podcast we will be talking to many people who are involved in charitable work and we will be gathering the "GOON SQUAD" for those who will want to continue to do work. 

And that my friends is what Goons for Good will be about and another of my greatest passions is connecting people who want to do good with those who need know there is good in the world.  We are all not alone!

 

"Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on Earth" - Muhammad Ali

 

Rest In Peace Cowboy and thank you for your mentorship. I will not forget the words you've shared with me. 

Cluberty(TM)

DISCLAIMER: This weeks episodes are the last of the "Getting to know Uncle Dave episodes". 

At one point in each of our lives we have or will go through puberty.  I am sure everyone has a story related to their experiences and while we didn't think we could get through it - We did!  

As you've been listening life is a journey or even a process that we all go through.  Well not everyone needs to go through all the parts of life the same.  I had been thinking - how the hell did I get here?  

Then life hit me hard. COVID hit us all hard but it make me look even deeper and what did I come out of this with - CLUBERTY (TM). Something we might all experience going through life but eventually figure out the process to help us get through the other side.  Its not determined by age or biological.  You don't have to go through it but are better off for going through it. You can be 16 - 46 or 86 but you are better for going through the process and that my friend is CLUBERTY (TM). 

Valentine‘s Day Bonus - Romance, Relationships and Rainbows

Special Valentine's Day Episode to Remind us that Peace, LOVE and bRing a bat is about LOVE.  Uncle Dave shares the R's around this day as well as some thoughts on love becomes more powerful when we LOVE ourselves first.  

"I'm looking for a world where LOVE will no longer be extraordinary" - Patch Adams

 

"How do you spell LOVE  -piglet

"You don't spell it you feel it" - Winnie the Pooh

 

There is always an ”R” in my heaRt

DISCLAIMER: The first few episodes are intended to get to know "Uncle Dave" a bit better and get accustomed to some of his story and his way of speaking.  The tribe is gathering and the clan is forming.  The guests are coming!!!

The magic of the woRds and how they make us feel. It's amusing to me that the woRd Earth and HeaRt are the same letteRs.  BefoRe I begin to Ramble on about one of my new phRases - theRe is always an "R" in my heaRt. I want you to join this episode to heaR about the Rise we must all Remember to do when life bRings us down. Find the Resilience to Rebuilt and RecalibRate ouRself and ouR lives. Finding the inneR stRength to Reset ouRselves and RemembeR to always find the Love within ouRselves. It is easy when we know the gRounding of Peace, Love and knowing when to bRing a bat! 

 

"I can be changed by what happens to me. But I Refuse to be Reduced by it" - Maya Angelou 

Kid Ego

DISCLAIMER: The first few episodes are intended to get to know "Uncle Dave" a bit better and get accustomed to some of his story and his way of speaking.  The tribe is gathering and the clan is forming.  The guests are coming!!!

 

In the late 80's there was this song that resonated with me as I moved out of my teenage years into adulthood and that song was "Kid Ego". It was sung by one of the many hair rock bands that the late 1980's built. This song talked about an individual who was all EGO.  Someone who wouldn't listen to advice. Our Ego feeds us what we want to hear and we chase the shiny objects until the day it comes back to us. 

For me the day of reckoning came last year when I made an attempt on my life. I learned my lessons and as the song goes - a little modesty would suit you better.  Once I gave it a try I rose once again after remembering who I am.  The bigger they are the harder the fall and I fell. 

My friend who will alway be a part of me - Kid Ego is now put to rest because of who I really am is "Uncle Dave".

"When the Ego dies the soul awakens" - Buddhist Teaching  

Peace Love and Bring a Bat - Getting to know ....

DISCLAIMER: The first few episodes are intended to get to know "Uncle Dave" a bit better and get accustomed to some of his story and his way of speaking.  The tribe is gathering and the clan is forming.  The guests are coming!!!

You start with one step and then it leads to another and another!

This first episode takes us on a journey with "Uncle Dave" from the land of Brooklyn. We will learn about what it means to have Peace and Love in our lives but also that bringing a bat is part of life as well.  Bringing a Bat is not about violence but knowing that we must know when we are able to stand up and speak for the things that we are most passionate about we can find our most authentic self.  

"Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen." - Winston Churchill 

 

And So It Begins...

And so it begins - here is the trailer of Peace, Love and Bring a Bat because in each of our lives we understand the Peace and Love but knowing when we need to take a stand ...