Feel Good Friday is gonna be HOT!!!
Yesterday, a friend’s 19 year old daughter underwent a very precarious brain surgery to repair some damaged veins. A couple of weeks ago, another buddy brought his newborn daughter home after several months in the hospital with heart problems that necessitated open heart surgery. Another buddy’s girlfriend has cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy and radiation treatment. I know this is not a very “feel goody” start to my FGF message, but whatever you are wor…
Continue
Added by Dave Markwell on July 17, 2009 at 2:33pm —
No Comments
Feel Good Friday is feelin’ good!!
Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett died yesterday. Both were pop culture icons and contributed much to many. I had “the” Farrah poster hanging on in my room as a kid and I had Jackson Five coloring books and was an MJ fan until he got a little too weird. I still play my “Off The Wall” CD from time to time. Their passing is sad on many levels. It again highlights the impermanence of our time on this earth. This is not always a fun thing to realize, but it is al…
Continue
Added by Dave Markwell on June 26, 2009 at 12:22pm —
No Comments
Feel Good Friday is a little wet!!!!
I got yelled at the other morning for playing Jimmy Buffett music. My kids hate it because they say I play it too much. My wife hates it because she says it contributes to my fantasy of living this island beach bum, laid back lifestyle that does not contribute to my proper engagement in the things I “should” be doing. Well, they are both probably right. Nonetheless, I’m listening to it right now and feeling pretty good this FGF!! A couple of days ago I was e…
Continue
Added by Dave Markwell on June 19, 2009 at 2:12pm —
No Comments
Feel Good Friday is BACK!!…again…
A couple of weeks ago, I fell asleep on the couch watching Sportscenter and was awakened at about 3 o’clock in the morning to my daughter standing next to my head saying, “Daddy, my shirt got wet.” As I managed to peel my eyes open, I noticed that her shirt was, indeed, wet. In fact, her whole head was wet from the puke dripping off of it. She had a sleep barf after she apparently ate an entire watermelon. As it was caked into her hair and all over the side of…
Continue
Added by Dave Markwell on June 5, 2009 at 4:53pm —
No Comments
Feel Good Friday is…..!!!!
Nineteen years ago today, my friend, Andy and I went on a wild drunken adventure through the sprawling hills of the Palouse territory outside of Pullman. We wound up at the Coug at midnight of my 21st birthday after being dropped off by a couple of hammered farmers who took us on a hair-raising, fish-tailing, death-defying drive through canyons at unfortunate speeds in a beater pick-up with bald tires and beer soaked seats.
Today, I am going to the Woodland Park zoo w…
Continue
Added by Dave Markwell on May 1, 2009 at 1:36pm —
No Comments
Feel Good Friday is…..!!!!
Nineteen years ago today, my friend, Andy and I went on a wild drunken adventure through the sprawling hills of the Palouse territory outside of Pullman. We wound up at the Coug at midnight of my 21st birthday after being dropped off by a couple of hammered farmers who took us on a hair-raising, fish-tailing, death-defying drive through canyons at unfortunate speeds in a beater pick-up with bald tires and beer soaked seats.
Today, I am going to the Woodland Park zoo w…
Continue
Added by Dave Markwell on April 24, 2009 at 10:47am —
No Comments
Feel Good Friday is Fantastic!!
Today is a day like every other day. People are having breakfast, heading to work, sitting in traffic, thinking about their weekend, going through the motions, and this morning a good friend of mine is preparing to bury her dad this afternoon. It is a day of many things. Everyday is a day of many things. A certain duality exists in life where good things and bad things sleep in the same bed. The bad things, however, are very useful in creating a sense of urgency a…
Continue
Added by Dave Markwell on April 17, 2009 at 2:14pm —
No Comments
Feel Good Friday is DRY!!
Oh baby, Spring has sprung!! At least this week!! Nothing is more appreciated and revered around Seattle as a nice day! It is the unfortunate lack of them, which makes them so valuable. Nice days jump-start everyone’s lust for life. We get inspired to make things better; spring clean, mow the lawn, wash the cars, etc. The problem is that nice days are fickle. So the question is “How do you have more nice days, when the weather is garbage? Answer: YOU MAKE THEM! The sol…
Continue
Added by Dave Markwell on April 10, 2009 at 10:11am —
No Comments
Feel Good Friday begins RIGHT NOW!!!!!
Today is my son, Aden’s, tenth birthday. Ten years ago was a blink of the eye and ten years from now will be a blink as well. Life is moving right now. Life moves always. Kids are growing up and we are growing older. Appreciate all the great ways life is hard, all the struggles and challenges, because they give life its color and they will be over soon. My five-year old daughter, Helena, climbs into our bed in the middle of the night a couple of times a we…
Continue
Added by Dave Markwell on April 3, 2009 at 9:00am —
No Comments
It’s Feel Good Friday, BABY!!!
Ok, everybody, today is the ONE!! Today is your day to do something different, take a chance!!
“Sometimes in life, doing what you shouldn’t do is the emergency.” As spoken by tramp, boxer Hoppie Gruenwald to, Peekay, a young, meek, indecisive boy, in the novel The Power of One, by Bryce Courtney, as the two rode a train. At the next town, Hoppie was scheduled to box in a prize fight. He was trying to convince Peekay to bet on him in the fight, because he would win…
Continue
Added by Dave Markwell on March 27, 2009 at 3:39pm —
No Comments
Feel Good Friday is right now!!
I just got home from my FGF morning walk with my old buddy, Dan. We meet at the Des Moines Marina on Fridays, walk around and chat for a bit, then go our separate ways home before our families awaken. Today I was a little early, so I walked to the end of the fishing pier. It was a little overcast this morning, rain threatening, but the water was glass calm all the way across the Sound, not a ripple. The dark sky had hints of red and orange indicating that a “sun”…
Continue
Added by Dave Markwell on March 20, 2009 at 2:11pm —
No Comments
FEEL GOOD FRIDAY!!
Oh, baby! Today is your day!! Take it, claim it as yours and have some fun with it!! Today is your day to DO BETTER, BE BETTER!!. Step outside of your pasture and explore the unexplored! Do something different. Feel differently. Grow. Evolve. Be kind to all. Be extraordinary. Today IS the first day of the rest of your life. Make it what you want. Most of all, just simply enjoy it!! GIVE!!
Quotes of the Week
Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for I am f…
Continue
Added by Dave Markwell on March 13, 2009 at 12:35pm —
No Comments
Happy Feel Good Friday, again, everybody!! You know the drill!! This is your day to be kinder, nicer, and more conscious of your tremendous impact on the world!! You create the weather!! Make it a clear, blue sky day for every path you cross!! It is so simple, yet terrifically powerful! You can sculpt your world into whatever shape you want!! Define that vision of what you want today and make it so!! Allow yourself to just FEEL GOOD!! So many simple little joys dance around you everyday!! Apprec…
Continue
Added by Dave Markwell on March 6, 2009 at 10:38am —
No Comments
Alright, alright, alright!! Some of you might be getting a little weary of my weekly messages asking for you to make some special efforts to do and be a little kinder on Feel Good Friday. I know the message is nice, but it gets a bit redundant and loses its shine after some time. To combat this, I have spent countless seconds studying how I can make my FGF sentiments resonate a little deeper. I only came to one conclusion and that is for YOU to ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING!! That’s the whole point, man…
Continue
Added by Dave Markwell on February 27, 2009 at 1:08pm —
1 Comment
“Already!!??!!”, you may ask. I say, “YES!!!” Another week of your life has passed, never to return. Was it a good week? How was your time spent? Reflect on the things you did well and celebrate them! Reflect on the things that weren’t great and MAKE them better! FGF is your day to clean the slate. Wipe it clean and start again. DO-OVER! No problem, just DO-BETTER! Go ahead, reinvent yourself, it’s only too late, when it’s too late. Today’s the day!! Spread your fun like un-recalled peanut butte…
Continue
Added by Dave Markwell on February 20, 2009 at 11:15am —
No Comments
Hi Everybody!!
Another Feel Good Friday is upon us!! Another opportunity to just let it go!! Whatever it is…LET IT GO!! Enjoy this day for all the fantastic ways it can be fantastic!! Emphasize all that you have instead of what you don’t have. You are rich in more ways than you can imagine. Today, recognize today! After you are filled with such unbelievable appreciation for all your good fortune, haul your lucky can outside and spread it around!! (your luck, that is) At this point, just when you…
Continue
Added by Dave Markwell on February 13, 2009 at 12:50pm —
2 Comments
Good day, all!!
OK, Feel Good Friday is here, again!! For those of you new to FGF, today is your day to make the world better!! Feel Good Friday is the day to make someone else feel good, through kind words and/or deeds, in the process you will make yourself feel better. As a life coach and long-time student and seeker of things that feel good, I guarantee that you are rewarded by your kindnesses. Giving to others is a way to give to yourself, a way to be kind to yourself. You will feel better,…
Continue
Added by Dave Markwell on February 6, 2009 at 2:46am —
No Comments
Hello all!!
I hope FGF has everyone feeling good!! I also hope that you are all taking my charge seriously and having fun with your kind words and acts. Trust me, they are recognized and appreciated and the world is better because of them!! It is a concept I have defined as "selfish-selflessness." It is selfish because it feels so damn good making someone else's day a little better!!! So go ahead and reward yourself by being nice to someone else!! It works!!
Here are a couple of quotes that I li…
Continue
Added by Dave Markwell on January 30, 2009 at 2:01am —
No Comments
Well, here we go again, time to take your kind words out of the drawer, polish them up and pass them out madly!! Throw caution to the wind!! Spill your kindness wildly!! Little kindnesses matter. They count and they do change the world. These small gestures of fun and joy make the world better!!
Here is an oldie, but goodie, demonstrating that changing the world is all a matter of perspective. So pour the gold, baby!! Feel Good Friday is your day!!
Taking his morning walk on the beach, a man se…
Continue
Added by Dave Markwell on January 23, 2009 at 1:49am —
No Comments
OK, everybody the wheels are in motion. We've had our little warm-up last week. It's time to jump in head first and full blast!! Feel Good Friday is about spreading joy and fun to any and all!! So be free with your kind words and let the good deeds flow like cheap wine!! Today is your day to make your world better. There's a run on the bank, smiles are the currency, and you're the teller!! Enjoy all of it!! Snoloha!!
Continue
Added by Dave Markwell on January 16, 2009 at 12:22am —
No Comments
