It’s a video

Wow, this is something special.

This is a video that reader of my book named Doni Conner found and posted on the Meeting Your Half-Orange Facebook Group page (which, by the way, is a great way to get in touch, say hi and share your story!) My eyes are still wet from viewing it, and I knew I needed to share it with you. If you’re in a Starbucks or a busy office where everyone can see you, be warned: it’s moving. Click on this image of the video:

Click this image to be directed to the video on Vimeo.

Or on this link here: Danny & Annie from StoryCorps on Vimeo. Their story is so moving, so simple and so real. And I hope it inspires you the way it has inspired me today.

The next time you kick yourself wondering why you’re even bothering with all this dating, and if there are guys and girls out there who are full of love and want what you want, let Danny & Annie be your answer. You’re bothering because of this. Because this is what love is. Someone to walk into life with together, who’ll offer you ice cream at night and stir your heart.

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Big love,

Relationships are all about leaning on each other, right? Well, the same way we practice piano before a big concert, I think it’s good practice to start leaning on people in life before your big relationship. Sometimes you will need them, and sometimes they will need you.

For a little reminder of that today, here’s a video my Mom forwarded me that is short but sweet. It’s a little example of how we all sometimes need someone else—that every so often we can’t do it alone. After seeing this today, I’m going to start thinking about people in my life who may need me, and about how I can let my husband and friends and family be needed in return. Real love is always a give and take. And these turtles (and some Michael Bolton, yo) can help us remember that:

I say, let’s all look for some people that are a little turned-over today, right? It’ll help us take the focus off how topsy turvy we are, and it’ll feel and be good for us to remember how important it is to give when someone needs—just like the love you’ll have with your half-orange.

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Big love,

You may have seen or heard about this video. A friend posted this on Facebook the other day, and I had a good laugh along with this guy as he discovers a double rainbow in his front yard, and doesn’t hold back his excitement.

Here’s the video:

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Yeah, he’s gone a bit bonkers with his enthusiasm, but I think it’s good for us to see and hear others in a state of total and utter happiness. This man is in awe, laughing, shouting and crying in joy over seeing a double rainbow in his front yard—a feeling so strong he basically has a spiritual experience with it (or, uh, some other experience.)

But guess what? That’s what life is about! Living for those times when you feel blessed and gloriously happy. If you haven’t felt something even close to this lately, I think it’s worth trying to find something that will make you “Ooh” and “Ahh” and “Oh my God” yourself to bliss. The more you do in life to feel this way, the more you’ll be connecting with your happiest self, which is what is going to draw the right partner to you. Look for the rainbows. And don’t hold back your excitement either.

Have you found something like that lately? What makes you as happy as you can be?

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My Mom passed along this video to me, and I just had to pass it along to you…

Key for Two: The Cowans (Image: YouTube)

The story is that this older couple, Marlow and Frances Cowan, walked into the lobby of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota and spotted a piano. The sign on it essentially said, “If you’d like to play it, play it.” And so they did. He—Marlow—is 90, and they’ve been married for 62 years.

It just goes to show you that if you click with the right partner, and keep a wonderful attitude, a fun and longlasting love future could be yours.

Here, take a look at what 62 years of partnership can look like in the right piano-tapping fingertips:
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Big love,