Inspiration
Who Inspires L.A. McMurray
Books with “cousin” characters:
Viktor E. Frankl
“Man’s Search for Meaning”
Eckhart Toole
“Practicing The Power of Now”
Michael Singer
“Untethered Soul”
Allen Levi
“Theo of Golden”
An absolute must read, feel good, find the good, be the good.
Charles Duhigg
“Super Communicators”
Discover the secret to connecting with other humans and why it is the most important thing in this life.
Erling Kagge
“Walking…one step at a time”
Placing one foot in front of the other, exploring, and discovering are essential for our sanity, equilibrium, and well-being. Another good feels book.
Clara Hughes
“Open Heart, Open Mind”
Marianne Monson
“Frontier Grit”
Kurt Vonnegut
“Man Without a Country”
What Inspires L.A. McMurray
“The Holdovers”
From 2023, well written, great cast, excellent and complicated characters where the end feels good.
“Ratatouille”
From 2007, oh my heart! There are so may perfectly delicious layers to this movie; the little rat who just wanted to follow his dreams and did so against every odd, the boy who was a square peg trying to fit into a round hole, and the piece de resistance was when the food critic transported back to his childhood with one bite of ratatouille.
“Kinky Boots”
From 2005, the title is enticing and is not exactly about being kinky. It’s a movie based on a true story about the lives transformed over a pair of boots. Many facets of “good” with this one.
“Hidden Figures”
From 2016, about three intelligent women with determination, courage, and the skill set who awaken NASA to the power of knowledge and persistence regardless of gender and race. Three wise women, who stand up, find a way, and make me feel good all over.
Quotes
“I’m convinced of this: Good done anywhere is good done everywhere. For a change, start speaking to people rather than walking by them like they’re stones that don’t matter. As long as you are breathing, it’s never too late to do some good.”
Maya Angelou
“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.”
Arthur Ashe
“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“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 those things…the God of peace is with you.”
Phil. 4:8