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Chris goes country crazy with a special music montage.

Chris goes Country crazy with a special music montage...

Amazing Amelia gets a fanfare for telling us how she got to ride in a very cool limo for her very first school prom...

Our Mystery Guest is nutritional therapist Fiona Kirk, who serves up some edible advice and foodie facts on how to lose weight, fast!

Our Top Tenuous takes us to your desperate claims to fattened bulls, and it's the return of Father Brian D'arcy who delivers another brilliant Pause For Thought.

Today's show is dedicated to any words that inspire pictures or any pictures that inspire words...
And today's show is entitled: do everything you can to not let your mood get too heavy for your face!

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Tue 22 Jul 2014 06:30
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Music Played

  • Dire Straits

    Walk Of Life

    • Brothers In Arms 20th Anniv Edition.
    • Vertigo.

  • MAGIC!

    Rude

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.
    • 001.

  • Creedence Clearwater Revival

    Bad Moon Rising

    • Green River.
    • Fantasy.
    • 1.

  • Elton John

    Are You Ready for Love

    • Diamonds.
    • Virgin EMI Records.

  • The Divine Comedy

    Something For The Weekend

    • Fresh Hits 96 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Music TV.

  • The Banana Splits

    The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana)

    • Television's Greatest Hits Vol. 5: In Living Color (Various Artists).
    • TVT Records.

  • Propaganda

    Duel

    • A Secret Wish - Propaganda.
    • ZTT.
    • 12.

  • Paul Carrack

    One In A Million

    • Rain Or Shine.
    • Carrack-UK.
    • 1.

  • Supergrass

    Pumping On Your Stereo

    • Now 43 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Ward Thomas

    Push for the Stride

    • (CD Single).
    • WTW.
    • 1.

  • Adele

    Set Fire To The Rain

    • 21.
    • XL.
    • 5.

  • Meat Loaf

    I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)

    • Now 1993 - The Millennium Series.
    • Castle.

  • Dean Martin & Helen O’Connell

    How D'Ya Like Your Eggs In The Morning?

    • Cool Couples (Various Artists).
    • Sanctuary.

  • Family of the Year

    Hero

    • (CD Single).
    • Nettwerk.
    • 001.

  • John Denver

    Annie's Song

    • John Denver - Rocky Mountain Coll'n.
    • RCA.

  • Johnny Cash

    Ring Of Fire

    • Johnny Cash - Man In Black.
    • Columbia.

  • Glen Campbell

    Rhinestone Cowboy

    • Ultimate Country (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • Kylie Minogue

    Spinning Around

    • Now 46 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Steely Dan

    Reelin' In The Years

    • A Decade Of Steely Dan.
    • MCA.

  • Alessi

    Oh Lori

    • And Then She Kissed Me Vol.1 (Various.
    • Debutante.

  • Eagles

    Life In The Fast Lane

    • The Best Of Eagles.
    • Asylum.

  • David Bowie

    The Jean Genie

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.

  • The The

    This is the day

    • (Single).
    • Some Bizarre.

  • Big Audio Dynamite

    ·‘=²Ρ°δΒ²

    • Alternative Eighties (Various Artist.
    • Sony Music TV.

  • Si Cranstoun

    Caught In The Moonlight

    • (CD Single).
    • EastWest.
    • 1.

  • The Wonder Stuff

    The Size Of A Cow

    • Now 1991 - The Millennium Series.
    • Now.

  • Frankie Laine

    Rawhide

    • Rediscover The 60's - Sealed With A K.
    • Old Gold.

Pause for Thought

Pause for Thought

Ήσ°ω΄Η³ΎΜύ Catholic Passionist priest, Father Brian D’Arcy:

There comes a time when we need to think about the difficult subjects. Mark Twain made it easy by using humour. Take heaven and hell for example. Twain advised: β€œGo to heaven for the climate, hell for the company.” Like most of us he’d friends in both.

There’s a Samurai story which helps me see things more clearly. A Samurai warrior sought wisdom from a wise monk. β€œTeach me about heaven and hell”, he pleaded. The monk looked at the striking figure in front of him and with an attitude of utter disdain replied: β€œTeach you about heaven and hell? I could not teach you anything. You’re dirtyΒ­, your sword blade is rusty, and you’re a disgrace to Samurais. Please go away.”

The warrior was furious. He shook with a rage so overpowering that he drew his sword and raised it over the head of the monk, ready to behead him with one mighty swipe.

The monk looked perfectly resigned and said gently: β€œThat is hell”

The warrior was overwhelmed that the monk endangered his own life in order to teach Β­him about hell. He’d never experienced such compassion. So he sheepishly put his sword aside. As he did, he was filled with a majestic peace. He was so happy he almost floated.

The monk glanced towards the warrior again. β€œAnd that is heaven”, he told him quietly. In reality we create our own heaven and our own hell while still on this earth.

The spiritual guide, Maya Angelou taught many of us what she had already learned for herself – that we are responsible for our own peace of mind and indeed our happiness.

Before she died she put it beautifully in the very last tweet she posted.

β€œListen to yourself and in that quietude you might hear the voice of God.”

I hope you are filled with joy sometime today, as the voice of God from within lifts you to heaven on earth.

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