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Mark Goodier sits in

Mark Goodier sits in for Chris Evans. Expect lots of great music, news headlines, a look at the papers, regular sports updates and a daily Pause for Thought.

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Mon 3 Aug 2015 06:30
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Music Played

  • Thin Lizzy

    The Boys Are Back In Town

    • (Single).
    • Vertigo.
    • 10.

  • Jess Glynne

    Don't Be So Hard On Yourself

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
    • 001.

  • The Spencer Davis Group

    Gimme Some Lovin'

    • Eight Gigs A Week - The Steve Winwood Years.
    • Island.
    • 3.

  • Nena

    99 Red Balloons

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 2 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.

  • The Police

    Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic

    • Ones On 1 (Radio 1 21st Birthday Albu.
    • ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ.

  • The B‐52s

    Love Shack

    • Now 1990 - The Millennium Series.
    • Now.
    • 3.

  • The Who

    My Generation

    • The Who Hits 50! (Deluxe Edition).
    • Polydor.
    • 004.

  • Hurts

    Some Kind Of Heaven

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
    • 001.

  • The Cars

    Drive

    • The Greatest Love (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • Diana Ross

    Upside Down

    • And They Danced The Night Away Volume 2 CD2.
    • Debutante.

  • George Ezra

    Budapest

    • Wanted On Voyage.
    • Columbia.
    • 001.

  • Marty Robbins

    El Paso

    • 25 Years Of Rock `n' Roll - 1960.
    • Connoisseur Collection.

  • Rachel Platten

    Fight Song

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • The Beatles

    The Long and Winding Road

    • The Beatles - 1.
    • Apple.
    • 027.

  • Chic

    Good Times

    • The Last Days Of Disco (Film Soundtra.
    • Columbia.

  • Texas

    Halo

    • Texas - The Greatest Hits.
    • Mercury.

  • Noah and the Whale

    5 Years Time

  • Tom Jones

    She's A Lady

    • Take A Break (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.

  • ²Ήβ€h²Ή

    Under The Makeup

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal.

  • Roxy Music

    Virginia Plain

    • Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music - Street Life.
    • Eg.

  • Ian Dury & the Blockheads

    Reasons To Be Cheerful, Part 3

    • The Best Of Ian Dury.
    • Repertoire.

  • The Pierces

    Believe In Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 001.

  • The Beach Boys

    Don't Worry Baby

    • The Best Of The Beach Boys (CD 1).
    • EMI.

  • Barrett Strong

    Money (That's What I Want)

    • Pre-Fab! (Various Artists).
    • Connoisseur Collection.

  • Santana

    Smooth (feat. Rob Thomas)

    • (CD Single).
    • Arista.

  • Lemar

    The Letter

    • (CD Single).
    • BMG.
    • 001.

  • Muse

    Starlight

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.

  • Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band

    Born To Run

    • Born To Run.
    • CBS.

  • Jackie Wilson

    (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher

    • Midnight Soul (Various Artists).
    • Music Club.

  • Charlie Puth

    Marvin Gaye (feat. Meghan Trainor)

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston

    It Takes Two

    • Duets - 36 Of The World's Greatest Ev.
    • Telstar.

  • Soul II Soul

    Keep on Movin' (feat. Caron Wheeler)

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.

  • Manic Street Preachers

    Your Love Alone Is Not Enough (feat. Nina Persson)

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

I know a story is a good one, when, like a parable, it keeps on inspiring me with every re-telling.

Years ago I discovered an extract from Jaroldeen Edwards’ book β€œCelebration!” which explained, what she called, the Daffodil Principle. The journey begins high up in the San Bernardino Mountains in Southern California with a five acre site called the Daffodil Garden. This garden was painstakingly planted over many years by Gene Bauer and her husband Dale. In full bloom β€œthe garden looks as if a giant vat of gold has been poured across the slopes” of the mountain peak.

Nearby Bauer lived in a simple A-shaped cottage. On the porch she had printed the following notice-:

β€œAnswers to the Questions I Know You are asking. 50,000 Bulbs;

Β One at a time;

by One woman;

Two hands, Two feet, And very little Brain.”

One woman, working for years on end, transformed a mountain-top. She made 50,000 little decisions and created a masterpiece. Little things make great things happen.

Incidentally, in 1999, a major mountain fire destroyed Bauer’s house. It blackened and scorched the beautiful daffodil garden too. But the following spring they grew and blossomed as magnificently as ever and continue to do so to this day.

I firmly believe in the absolute importance of the good, consistent little choices we make every day, often without even being aware of them. That’s what gives us character – the small, unseen unspectacular choices to do the right thing, especially when nobody knows about them. Jesus taught his followers: β€œWhoever can be trusted in little things can also be trusted in great things…” (Luke 16:10).

Honesty, integrity, loyalty, courage, as well as kindness, patience, goodness and compassion are the bulbs I can go on planting one at a time, transforming the barren landscapes of my life. In the end, character is what counts because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.ΜύΜύ

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