I Am An Emeritus Charter Member of the 5AwesomeOptimists Channel on YouTube -- I Posted Videos Replete With OPTIMISM For 78 Consecutive Thursdays From JAN 2009 - JUL 2010 --

As of JUL 09, 2010, My Last Day:

My Videos Alone Have Amassed 85,805 Views --Just Over 35% of 244,836; (the total uploaded video views).

From ground zero, I helped to grow this channel to 3,843 Subscribers

A Gracious FAREWELL from Dianne Hanks, Emeritus of the 5AwesomeOptimists Posted July 8, 2009

BLIND + BONUS: “The 12345 Optimists Boogie”
Posted June 20, 2010

Our Official Banner on YouTube, courtesy Jordmate

A Sonnet To Summer Posted June 24, 2010

Breaking Up With Optimism — Breaking Up Without Going To Pieces. Posted June 17, 2010

Make a Decision to Attend the 5AwesomeOptimists Summit! Save The Date, DECEMBER 9 Posted June 10, 2010

Nothing to Sniff At — Body Odor, Smells, and Fragrances Oh My Posted June 03, 2010

My Little Chat with “Mr.Positive”, Ken Bossone, President of World Positive Thinkers Club Posted May 27, 2010

CREATE! That’s What We OPTIMISTS Do…What’s inside YOU? We NEED YOUR Creations! Posted May 20, 2010

Do Good Wherever You Go and then Reap What You Sow Posted May 13, 2010

OPTIMISTS WE:Precious and Few–”Shh…Be Still.” Shield Yourself With Optimism,This Is Not About You Posted May 06, 2010

OPTIMISTS : Happy Idiots or Happy People? “Change Your Focus for Better Results” Posted April 29, 2010

Wonderland’s ALICE:25 Years of OPTIMISM In ACTION & The Law of Attraction + OPRAH SEARCH NETWORK Posted April 22, 2010

MAN SUMMIT:Jordmate, Detkicker, Someone “Not As Famous As MrHollick”, & “The OPTIMIZER”…MOI Posted April 15, 2010

10 Benefits of Smiling — Put On A Happy Face! Become a Fan of SMILING on Facebook Posted April 08, 2010

Happy April Fools Day From The 5AwesomeOptimists

APRIL FOOLS! “Hi, My Name’s Jesse, Can I Borrow Your Lawnmower?” Posted April 01, 2010

NOTHING BUT GOOD NEWS with Kandee G, A Chat From The Movie Set “The Journey” Posted March 25, 2010

Change Your Perception, Change Your Reality Posted March 18, 2010

…and “The OPTIMIST” Goes To… Posted March 11, 2010

DREAMS: Buried or Suspended in a New York Minute / Olympic Millisecond Posted March 04, 2010

How To Spot An Optimist Posted February 25, 2010

In God We Trust; America’s Foundational Source of Optimism “God Bells You” Posted February 18, 2010

I Sing The Love Optimistic: Coca Cola Valentine — The REAL Thing, Baby Posted February 11, 2010

A Chat with “The Dating Optimist” Amy Spencer About Meeting Your Half-Orange Posted February 04, 2010

Want More “Good Hair” Days? Put Your Best Foot Forward! Posted January 28, 2010

To Please the Eye and Gladden the Heart in Stormy Weather Posted January 21, 2010

A Year of OPTIMISM, 2009 Annual Report… You Too Can YouTube!Posted January 14, 2010

It’s Not What You DO, It’s Who You ARE Posted January 07, 2010

Happy New Year

LET GO the OLD — WELCOME the NEW! + BONUS New Year’s Eve Countdown from the 5AwesomeOptimists Posted December 31, 2009

Merry Christmas From the 5AwesomeOptimists

Merry Christmas Eve Posted December 24, 2009

MUD is for PIGS to Bask In — Be CLEAN and Increase Your Optimism Posted December 17, 2009

The OPTIMIST is IN Posted December 10, 2009

OPTIMISM: A Step On Our Path To Enlightenment Posted December 03, 2009

Happy Thanksgiving From The 5AwesomeOptimists

The Root of Optimism: Gratitude and Expressing Thanks — Happy Thanksgiving! Posted November 26, 2009

Believing IS Seeing. Posted November 19, 2009

Top 10 List: How To Be OPTIMISTIC ! Posted November 12, 2009

Fancy ! Posted November 05, 2010

Happy Halloween From The 5AwesomeOptimists

Recipe For an Optimistic Halloween Posted October 29, 2009

A FORCE To Be Reckoned With ! Posted October 22, 2009

Consider The Constellations Posted October 15, 2009

Embracing Change With Grace and Gratitude Posted October 08, 2009

Corbin Bernsen says, “WOW! An Eternal Optimist” (Doe$ it Pay To Be An Optimi$t?) Posted October 01, 2009

Dark, Light and The Art Within Us All & A Gift of Music about RAIN Posted September 24, 2009

SURPRISE People With Kindness and Goodness Posted September 17, 2010

ZZZzzz Posted September 10, 2009

Go On A Picnic! Posted September 03, 2009

Tribute To My Fellow Optimists and Invitation To Be A Guest Posted August 27, 2009

Thlightly Optimithtic? [Slightly Optimistic?] Don’t be thilly! Posted August 20, 2009

FORGIVENESS: The Gift That Keeps On Giving Posted August 13, 2009

Spiders, Flashlights, and Packages, Oh MY! August 06, 2009

Hunt For HIDDEN TREASURE of Optimism Posted July 30, 2009

Trust Someone Who Has Eaten More Rice Posted July 23, 2009

Optimism 101:The Same Boiling Water That Hardens An Egg Softens A Carrot Posted July 16, 2009

“Have To” VS “Get To” Posted July 09, 2009

Raise Your Right Hand, Raise Your Left Hand Posted July 02, 2009

A WHITER Smile for PENNIES Posted June 25, 2009

Optimists Schedule FUN; Travel, Sing, Smile Alot and Are Playful Posted June 18, 2009

“The World Is Mine”– Graduations, New Beginnings Posted June 11, 2009

Can OPTIMISM Save Your Life When It Feels Like A HALLUCINATION? Posted June 04, 2009

TonyProjectBlogsphere and I

Don’t Take Offense, Whether Intended or Not, Or You’re a FOOL Posted May 28, 2009

How Do You Rate The Success of Your Weekend? Posted May 21, 2009

If You Want To Keep Your Job, Be Happy Posted May 14, 2009

If You’re Here, Thank Your Mother and Appreciate Your Ancestry Posted May 07, 2009

Come What May, And Love It! Posted April 30, 2009

Fortune Cookie Says… Posted April 23, 2009

Mamma Mia, A Full Calendar Gives An Optimistic Anticipation For Fun Posted April 16, 2009

“…And They Lived Happily Ever After.” Posted April 09, 2009

What’s YOUR “S t r i p p e r” Name? Posted April 02, 2009

Have An Awesome Optimistic Telephone Persona Posted March 26, 2009

Faith And Family Increase Optimism Posted March 19, 2009

Optimism = Happiness = Health = Wealth Posted March 12, 2009

The Letter “O” for Optimism and Romper Room’s Magic Mirror with Dianne Hanks,(not Miss Mary Ann) Posted March 05, 2009

Cloak your Castle and your Cuerpo with Color Posted February 26, 2009

Just Say NO to TV February 19, 2009

Keep On Dreaming Posted February 11, 2009

A Little Peek Into an Optimist’s (ahem) Reading Room, AKA Powder Room / Bathroom Posted February 05, 2009

The Profound Power of Optimistic Words and Optimistic Ideas Posted January 28, 2009

Optimist: A Person Disposed To Take A Favorable View Of Things Posted January 22, 2009

The Glass is NOT Half Empty Or Half Full, It’s OVERFLOWING Posted January 15, 2009

The ORIGINAL 5AwesomeOptimists Lisa Murray, Tony ProjectBlogsphere, Sean Hollick, MrNiceGuy28431, and Dianne Hanks

5awesomeoptimists – Invitation to SUBSCRIBE to a new Collaboration Channel: Dianne Hanks THURSDAYS

Summertime

A SONNET TO SUMMER

How bright the effulgent beams which crown the hills,
And flood the world with beauteous, golden light!
The earth from sea to sea is beaming bright
With dazzling beauty, all the air it fills,
And in my saddened heart new hope instills,
Which frees it for a moment from its blight.
See all around is bloom, the mountain height,
And forest glade and banks of rippling rills.
O summer season, gladdest of the year,
Sweet, radiant season, loving, blooming time,
To me thy sunlit scenes are ever dear,
My heart is filled with the music of thy chime
Thy warm sun soothes like a maiden’s kiss the soul
And cheers and thrills and beautifies life’s; whole.

~Colfax Burgoyne Harman

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What is a SONNET?

son·net (sän′it)

noun

a poem normally of fourteen lines in any of several fixed verse and rhyme schemes, typically in rhymed iambic pentameter: sonnets characteristically express a single theme or idea

Nothing to Sniff At -- Body Odor, Smells, and Fragrances Oh My

Video Highlights:
[:39] Mmm, honeysuckle and lavender [:56]
[1:34] These smells help a home sell faster:
[2:09] Story of a student whose body odor was so bad; other students couldn’t learn
[2:30] Ironman 2: Mickey Rourke’s GROSS character
[2:48] Study about a room spritzed with orange fragrance
[3:39] My recommendation to cut bacteria that causes body odor
[4:41] Tips for after bathing UNSCENTED antiperspirant
[5:51] “When I get all clean, I feel more OPTIMISTIC about EVERYTHING in life.”
[6:29] Tips for fighting bad breath
[7:00] Tips for pleasant home smells

Optimists Create

Video Highlights: [:49] A story about little bird’s nest from my porch… followed by a little story about the sandpipers at the beach
[2:11] (A little laughing place…)”The water the water the water, the water, the water, the water…”
[2:22] “I love nature’s lessons…..I think animals are optimists…”
[2:36] “…They (animals) don’t say ‘BOO HOO’ about things, they don’t get moody about what comes their way; they just deal with it, and they deal with it in the best possible way. How? They keep on moving, they keep on creating. They keep on doing.”
‘[3:01] “When something maybe is tragic, or that we perceive at the time is tragic happens like losing your job…
then like Lilou Mace http://www.youtube.com/user/liloumace (Her Book) I Lost My Job and I Liked It…. TO ORDER: http://www.liloumace.com/shop/I-lost-my-Job-and-I-liked-It_l3.html …and she is a realist and she is an optimist and you can see how peacefully those can co-exist..”
[3:35] “The more people that I know who are truly authentic with themselves, that projects onto how they’re authentic with other people.”
[3:46]“You were put here for a reason that ONLY YOU can fulfill. So was I and my gifts are different than your gifts. My talents are different than your talents”
[4:05] “We, as optimists, MUST CREATE… We must invent things in our minds. We must see things to their fruition. We must come up with little inventions, or ideas, or events, or a better way to do something.”
[4:36] “Everything around you, EVERYTHING around you was FIRST a thought of somebody else…”
[5:10] “This necklace was made lovingly by one of my friends and subscribers –Christie, thank you so much…”
[5:27] Everything,EVERYTHING that you consume; everything that you eat, everything that you wear, everything that you buy, everything that you touch everything that you are was first a thought of somebody else and so, why haven’t some of YOUR thoughts come to fruition?
[5:47] “What inventions do you have inside of you? What creations are there inside of YOU, because only YOU can make those come out! Only you see those crystal clear in your head, ONLY YOU.
[6:02] “Part of what an optimist does is BELIEVE…”
{6:14] “How do you suppress it” [the part of you destined to create]?
[6:15] Ways to die a little bit and have little bits of your soul stolen “Those are the things that keep you from fulfilling what is part of your life’s mission.”
[6:45] “Everything about you is born for creation.”
[7:30] “What is it inside of you, that we can see SO STRONGLY, SO CLEARLY, that we can almost taste it?”
[7:45] “Put away the things that are keeping us from becoming who we were meant to be and give the world the greatest gift of you — YOUR CREATIONS”

Reap What You Sow

Some Video Highlights
[4:44] “If every person you meet you treat like a movie star…”

OPTIMISTS WE

Some Video Highlights
[1:03] “I realize that for optimists, how rare you are , how rare WE are, how PRECIOUS and FEW we are…”
[1:57] Video about the effects of positivity and water with RICE conducted by Dr. Emoto. http://tinyurl.com/ConsciousH20
[3:06] The photo of the rice
[3:22] “The actual energetic waves that are emanated from a positive vibration are actually protecting us….”
[4:15] “For me, optimism has become a mode of survival…”
[4:46] “When we are ready, the[a] master will appear…http://kandeeg.com for NOTHING BUT GOOD NEWS RADIO Ma Jaya Apr 2010 Archives
[5:26] Ma Jaya teaches a technique called detachment to be able to function in horrific situations
[7:31] “mediating, praying…to put myself in a place that I’m able to silence everything else that I can be able to be a good conduit for good things.”
[7:42]“When you put good things in you get good things out…”
[7:55] “In today’s world there is so much noise…”
[8:25] “Take away some of those distractions and listen for inspiration…”
[8:51] “Silence things….Shh, be still…let some enlightening thoughts come to you.”
[9:03] My story about a favourite broken vase…..
[9:41] “It doesn’t take any character whatsoever to react in a negative way…”
[9:48] “It takes a champion and it takes an optimist to be able to look at a situation and find something that’s good because there is always something that is good from it.”
[9:58] “You are dialed in here today because somebody in the world needs you and needs your light and needs your optimism…”

Snorkeling in Hanauma Bay in Waikiki

Some Video Highlights
[:40] Article: “Change Your Focus For Better Results”
[2:09] “Optimism isn’t something that you are necessarily born with. It is a skill you can learn.”
[2:26] Quote: “There are only idiots in the world. There are either happy idiots or miserable idiots. One are the optimists and the other are the pessimists.”
[2:52] My experience snorkeling in Hawaii.
[4:24] Disney’s Nature “OCEANS” movie released on Earth Day WATCH TRAILER
[5:00] The miserable lady with a big snarl on her face that I met snorkeling…
[6:50] The result of seeing the positive…
[[7:06] When you have a rose….see the blossom, not the thorns
[7:32] “I’m not saying that you need to be blind to all of those other things; acknowledge them, accept them, validate them, appreciate them, but then make a conscious choice to LOVE the good parts.”
[7:47] “There was a woman who, when she got married for the second time, she told her husband: “…80% of me is good and 20% of me is a work in progress; as long as you focus on the 80% that’s good, we’ll do great.” ~Barbara Barrington Jones
[8:10] “Most of us are mostly good, and we are a work-in-progress on the parts of us that we KNOW we need to overcome, but that is part if the reason I think of why we’re here on the earth is to overcome and learn how to be more self-mastering.”
[8:25] “I think one of the greatest things that we can do to discipline ourselves and to learn that kind of self-mastery to become our highest self is to learn how to be optimistic and learn not just to see the best in ourselves but to see the best in others.”
[8:45] My student from Syria: Nahim Dahoch “You know, teacher, if I had teachers like you when I was growing up, I would probably be a doctor today.”
[9:12] “If you look at the bad in people and you focus on the bad in people, you’re going to get the bad FROM people; but if you focus on the good in people, you’re going to get the good from people. Don’t you want that?”
[9:34] “It’s a really beautiful, blessed way to see the world, is to see what’s great about it.”
[9:53] It takes five positives to just neutralize a negative.

Rose Blossom

Rose Thorns -- Which will you choose to focus on, the rose or the thorns? Both are present.

Dianne locates someone from her past with the help of Oprah’s Search Network. The Video Dianne Mentions: “MY STORY IS YOUR STORY: An Awakening For Alice” (A fresh new take on the beloved tale of Alice in Wonderland has Dianne Hanks sharing her own transformation as a powerful allegory of growth and personal enlightenment after being leveled (The bottom of White Rabbit’s hole) by some tragic life circumstances. The real adventure begins only after you “get up” from the fall and surrender.)
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Some Video Highlights:
[:49] Oprah Search Network
[1:25] One of the anchors of my MakeoverSessions channel, the Alice in Wonderland metaphor story
[2:12] “I just always have believed that one day this would happen…”
[2:25] “You believe so fervently that something will happen…”
[2:51] “If you really have optimism, your behavior changes…”
[3:04] “Optimism in Action– it’s the things that you DO, it’s not just a feeling you have…”
[3:59] “I have just learned to just receive and accept the gifts.”
[4:17] the painting!!!
[5:03] “25 years — I can not believe it, but I never ever gave up hope…”
[4:50] 25 years is a long time in coming, but I always believed it would happen
[5:13] “I think that somehow, having my story to tell as YOUR story”
[6:05] “That’s the whole message of the Alice in Wonderland story through my glasses; and remember, optimism is a way to see things, so my tale is not a tale of darkness, it’s a tale of light….”
[6:22] Alice in Wonderland Painting – “Tall Is Not A Size” (copyrighted image)
[6:33] Alice in Wonderland Painting – “Alice’s Fall” (copyrighted image)
[6:40] Alice in Wonderland Painting – “Wisdom From Above” (copyrighted image)
[6:58] Alice in Wonderland Painting – “An Awakening For Alice” (copyrighted image)
[7:18] Alice in Wonderland Painting – “An Enlightened Alice” (copyrighted image)

A special thank you to the Oprah Search Network for locating my friend from high school.
A profound thank you to my friend for everything. Your gentle, kind spirit and unspeakable talent has touched my life forever.
Thank you to God for blessing me with this remarkable gift. I’m so grateful.
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[1:32] Richard Whybrow http://www.youtube.com/user/Jordmate from Australia
[4:38] Mike Fools http://www.youtube.com/DetKicker in Kansas
[8:00] Eric Jordon http://www.youtube.com/joehandsome99 from Georgia
[10:39] Bryce Tomlinson http://www.youtube.com/user/MindPower009 from Oregon

For more videos of the AMAZING MAN SUMMIT:
“Almost Lost in Kansas City”
“Lunch in Kansas City”
“Around the Block with Detkicker”
“Jordmates First Geocache!!!”
“Vlog meet and greet in Kansas City”
“Jordmate – Visiting the USA from Australia”
“Yes we Are in Kansas!”
“Hey Jewelchic! Jordmate is MrHollick approved”
“RedBox – MrHollick, Jordmate & Joehandsome99″
“Kicker Weekend Friday night Party”
“MrHollick interviews…”
“Kicker Weekend Vlog #3 – Showing Up In Kansas City!”
“Steamboat Arabia – Kansas City, MO”
“Jubba Meets Bruce in Kansas City”
“Jubba & Bruce Get Arrested”
“Interview with JoeHandsome99″
“WEEKEND AT KICKERS PT6….THE FINIAL CHAPTER”

http://www.youtube.com/user/BroBryce2009
http://www.youtube.com/user/detkicker
http://www.youtube.com/user/joehandsome99
http://www.youtube.com/user/MrHollick
http://www.youtube.com/user/Jordmate
http://www.youtube.com/user/retiredrider
http://www.youtube.com/user/AcesWorld80

Happy Face

Become a FAN of SMILING on Facebook: http://www.smilingbenefits.blogspot.com
A good smile can brighten up the room. People who frequently smile are perceived to be more in control, at ease and attractive than those who don’t. However, a genuine smile may do more than just improve your appearance. New research has found a strong connection between smiling and your general health and well-being.
[3:01] 1. Smiling Makes Us Attractive

[3:31] SONG: “If you chance to meet a frown”….

[4:09] Picture: FROWNY Face Happy Face

Happy OR Sad Face

[4:31] 2. Smiling Changes Our Mood

[4:50] 3. Smiling Is Contagious

[5:09] 4. Smiling Relieves Stress

[5:36] 5. Smiling Boosts Your Immune System

[6:06] 6. Smiling Lowers Your Blood Pressure

[6:15] Smile at yourself, your reflection in the mirror…

[7:09] 7. Smiling Releases Endorphins, Natural Pain Killers and Serotonin

[7:24] 8. Smiling Lifts the Face and Makes You Look Younger

[8:26] 9. Smiling Makes You Seem Successful

[9:06] 10. Smiling Helps You Stay Positive

[9:10] “Being positive is a very powerful tool in our belt of optimism.”

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