Your life is created by you. The good, the bad and the ugly. You can change your life anytime you want to by your state of being. Your circumstances do not determine your life, your state of being and choices do. Be it acting on or reacting to your emotions that too is a choice. So, you must be aware of what you are thinking and feeling.

Add value to your life.

Live your live amused with meaning.

Do it now!

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David Naster takes you through14 suggestions that will put into motion a meaningful and joyful life. You are welcome to implement as many as you want. We might suggest all of them because they all work.

1: You want fair, every state’s got one, go find it.

2: You are the only person who can take care of you.

3:  Want it!  Earn it.

4: Start at the bottom and enjoy every step up.

5: It takes time to learn. Enjoy the process

6: Words Lie  Deeds don’t.

7: If your life isn’t working – change it.

8: Understand who you are.

9: Laugh at yourself

10: Be Accountable for your actions.

11: TV and movies aren’t real life.

12: Life by yourself – get use to being in your own skin.

13: It’s supposed to be hard – the hard makes it great.

14: No mistakes, only discoveries.

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Talking religion with people of different faiths can get to heated argumentative rather than having a civil discussion. Tempers and passions can flair with new understandings being lost. Rabbi Michael Zedek and Reverend Bob Hill share a fascinating discussion how intellectual understanding can be gained without disruptive emotions when sharing philosophies about one’s belief in God. We kindly encourage your sharing of this podcast. If you have questions for future podcasts of this nature email David at [email protected]. Thank you for your participation as we pray for God’s blessings for a world where we can get along with understanding and respect.

    Seeing can trick you. Your hearing can’t, because hearing translates to thought. Seeing translates to a different filtering system. It can be deceiving, that’s how magicians make a living.

     When we listen to each other and hear a truth, it resonates in our thinking - it permeates every fiber of our being. That is why listening commits more to the divine truth than seeing. That is why I don’t have a visual podcast. Seeing disrupts truly listening. When experiencing the meaning of words in the intellect then moving to an emotional response - that heightens our energy to divine exuberance. Listening allows our intellectual vision to achieve a higher reality that is unbiased with impartial facts that can and will lead us to meaning and new understanding. Listening directs the ability to understand what someone is saying, as well as the ability to pay attention to their thoughts and feelings

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Knocking on wood

Throwing salt over your shoulder

Don’t walk under a ladder

Step on a crack break your mother’s back

Fingers crossed

Friday the 13th

Itchy Palms

Don’t face two mirrors across from each other.

Never stick your chopsticks straight up

Don’t go home right after a funeral

Keep your shoes off the table

And 18 more…

Aaron Jackson is an American, human rights and environmental activist. He was raised in Destin, Florida and attended Valencia College until 2002. After backpacking around the world, he interned at The Homeless Voice, an advocacy group in Davie, Florida and became director of the COSAC Homeless Shelter. The first orphanages he opened in Haiti were established using money he made as a golf caddy while living in a homeless shelter in order to fund the orphanages. Aaron was named a CNN Hero in 2007 after leading a campaign to deworm children in Haiti.

Aaron’s Planting Peace is a global nonprofit organization founded for the purpose of spreading peace in a hurting world. Their projects focus on a range of humanitarian and environmental initiatives, including a multi-national deworming campaign; a network of orphanages and safe havens in developing countries; LGBTQ rights advocacy; the Equality House; and rainforest conservation efforts in the Amazon.

Planting Peace has successfully dewormed over 22 million starving children around the world. Planting Peace has been able to create and sustain a total of 6 orphanages. Four in Haiti and two in India. Planting Peace has rescued 5 elephants from slavery. Planting Peace founded the Equality House, a worldwide symbol and center for advocacy in the movement toward LGBTQ rights. The house sits right across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church. Planting Peace has purchased and protected 2008 acres of Amazon rainforest. Planting Peace has provided basic care such as medical aid, housing, and nutrition to roughly 80,000 refugees in Ukraine and in Bangladesh. Planting Peace has pulled over 20,000 pieces of trash out of our Oceans.

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Trumpet/Flugelhorn player Stan Kessler is a world-class musician. His areas of expertise are in Jazz, R&B, Funk, Brazilian and Afro-Cuban styles. He teaches group psychology dynamics, music improvisation and theory. Stan writes and arranges for small groups. He also understands the music business and well versed in CD production. Learn more about Stan Kessler’s musical history and expertise at:   stantonkessler.com

    Obstacles and adversity are common to Care Tuk as she turns challenges into opportunities and difficulties into adventures. That is and has been  the hallmark of Care’s powerful, fruitful and joyful life. Doing it with God's help is the cornerstone of her walk in faith.

    Like any battle-hardened warrior, Care Tuk wears her scars like a badge of honor. She's found her life turned upside down, her bank account depleted,, infertility issues, adoption, and more. Through her multiple battles with cancer,  a near-death car crash at the hands of a drunk driver, a brain bleed that left her speechless and nearly immobile, she kept going. Even after  the  unexpected death of her daughter and unborn granddaughter, she kept going forward.     Ravaged by the painful side effects of DES (Diethylstilbestrol) – an experimental drug intended to save her life. A body held together by bolts, screws, titanium plates, and 25-pound mono-filament fishing line. You can't find a more dramatic, heart-wrenching, raw, honest, and inspiring story than that of Care.

    In this 600th podcast of You Just have To Laugh, Care shares the meaning her life has given her. I am blessed, honored and thank God I turned right instead of left and literally ran into her on a street corner in Ketchican Alaska.

Comedian, Actor, & Author Jeff Allen prays every time he goes on stage,  “Lord, let Your light shine through. Let them see not the darkness in me, but the light in You.” On his new tour, Are We There Yet? His hilarious comedy drives home the humor in everyday family life, the ups and downs of marriage, the challenge of raising children and the joys of being a grandparent.

 In His latest book, “Are We There Yet? Jeff shares in his signature style of stand-up comedy bits, the inspirational and at times laugh-out-loud story of how God rescued him from alcoholism and despair through the book of Ecclesiastes. Jeff fell into substance abuse at an early age, and his problems didn’t magically go away when he got married. In fact, with the arrival of two children, they intensified. The sense that his life was meaningless made his family life as dark and biting as his comedy. But in his darkest moment, an unlikely encounter with the gloomiest book of the Bible set him on the path to salvation. The opening line of Ecclesiastes— “Meaningless, meaningless, all in life is meaningless”—resonated with him. So he kept reading, and soon he discovered the Source of meaning. Eventually, Allen found himself with a revitalized marriage and a repurposed career. If you have struggled to find meaning in your life, this book is for you. “Are we there yet?”

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    Doug Auwarter is as good as they come. He is fine human being, friend and an exceptional drummer. Yes, he has made his living as professional drummer – playing and teaching. He is the author of “Essential Latin styles for the drum set,” and “Essential Rock for the drum set.”  He has played with the finest jazz musicians world-wide . Doug has also been to Brazil many times playing with their finest musicians.  Trust me, you will always be tapping your feet listening to any music Doug is playing.

    If you love Brazilian music you will enjoy this podcast even more. Doug takes us inside his life and the head of a musically trained drummer and musician. I didn’t know until the interview that Doug had gone through a stroke and cancer. How he moved through both is inspiring and what’s so cool is during that time, Doug Auwarter never missed a beat. Thanks Doug for sharing your story with the YJHTL family.

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