Peter Markes Music

Husband & Father, Song Farmer & Writer, Music Performer & Educator, Thief of Ideas.

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A giant is anyone who remembers we are all sitting on someone else's shoulders; giants can also be small people cooperating.

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“Be patient. It’s worth the wait.”

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Not everyday that the ambassador to the USA from China makes a tweet about you! My band and I are so honored to represent America on a goodwill tour of China starting in Tianjin and now making our way from Dunhuang down the ancient Silk Road through Oklahoma sister state, Gansu!

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“No one has the power to degrade us…only themselves by being unfair and unkind.”

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One of our greatest freedoms is how we react to things.

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In the end, we’re all just walking each other home.

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Everything will be okay in the end.

If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.

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Use things; love people.

Never the other way around.

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There are three intellectual feats that we struggle with on a regular basis, that are harder than just about any physical activity on the planet. Just three. They are, in this order:
•Returning love for hate.
•Including the excluded.
•Admitting you are wrong.
Practice.

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Today = To “Day” - a verb. When we “day,” we wait, love, work, care, greet, and so much more. What will you Day today?

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Remember the size of the small things.

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Your mind will take on the character of your most frequent thoughts; souls are dyed by thoughts.

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Think of our little bitty toes - the incredible role they play in keeping our tall bodies balanced. “No matter how small, We are all a part so We don’t fall apart.”

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Imagine a world with more Go-Givers and fewer Go-Getters.
Could you practice a subtle shift in language? e.g., “Don’t wait for it…go Give it.”

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It is called "the present" for a reason because it is a gift.

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“Today I escaped from all bothering circumstances - or rather I threw them out. They were nothing external but inside me, just my own judgements.”

~ from Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

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Lead your life in such a way that it is easy for someone to write your letter of recommendation and impossible for them to write your eulogy.

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Of course you’ll make mistakes, but love is a great eraser! And things will always balance out because you care.

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Whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.

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The wisdom of gardening:
1. Through our actions, we have the power to make things thrive.
2. Neglect is deadly.

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Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.
~The Little Prince