Theme Music:

Slainte - Gander in the Pratie Hole. 

Music: 

Crowander - Parody, Let it Last, Humbug

Podington Bear - Winter Walk, Pounded Piano 

One Man Book - Scaffold of Repeated Addition

No Nature - Sad Song

Siante - Britches Full of Stitches

Esther Abrami - No. 8 Requiem

"There’s no ending wave after wave of tomorrows, there’s no slowing down. Sometimes you find yourself like a deer in headlights - staring ahead frozen with the onslaught of mondays to fridays - and even weekends dont appear to offer the relief  because there’s washing to do, groceries to buy, meal prep for the week, cobwebs to clean and vacuuming under the couch. 

By the end of the weekend, collapsed onto the bed, the next week starts again." 

Sometimes life overwhelms. After 2 years of absence, I'm back to continue the series to learn to Live Deliberately. 

Grab a cup of tea, catch up on life, and reflect with me on life's challenges. 

Season's Main Theme:

Slainte - Gander in the Pratie Hole

Music: 

Slainte - Britches full of Stiches 

Crowander - Let it last 

Podington Bear - Mortality 

Esther Abrami - No.8 Requiem 

Crowander - Humbug 

Crowander - Early Sun  

No Nature - Sad Song 

Crowander - The Hangover 

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.