May I Elaborate? Sound Wisdom from JB Smoove

Today actor Martin Starr (Silicon Valley, Freaks and Geeks) joins JB Smoove and Miles as they continue to “Reach for the F***ing Stars!” JB and his Spider-Man co-star reminisce on their adventures shooting overseas before teaming up on a quote about how to enjoy life's rain-out games. Today’s Quote: "Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." - Nuke in the movie "Bull Durham," screenplay by Ron Shelton (Keep Calm and Carry On Calendar, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today Wanda Sykes joins JB Smoove and Miles as we “Reach for the F***ing Stars!” JB reunites with his Curb and Pootie Tang co-star to explain why you need to start practicing a routine of positivity. Today’s Quote: “The flow of water carves rock, a little bit at a time. And our personhood is carved, too, by the flow of our habits.” – Jonathan Safran Foer (Keep Calm and Carry On Calendar, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today JB Smoove and Miles elaborate on more quotes submitted by listeners - they also explain how “crazy” is relative. Today’s Quote: "Don't dig up in doubt what was planted in faith." - Elisabeth Elliot (a listener submission from Sullydude) Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today JB Smoove and Miles explain that your role in this life’s story is up to you. Today’s Quote: "Other people might try to make me think I'm wrong or cast me as the villain to justify their own actions and protect themselves, but I don't have to fall for it and scapegoat myself." - Tanya Carroll Richardson (A Year of Self Love, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today JB Smoove and Miles ask you to take stock of the memories you’ve put away in your soul’s storage space. Today’s Quote: "I'm more sensitive than I let on. Sometimes I have to go back and feel emotions from the past that I've had to push down just to survive or be strong." - Tanya Carroll Richardson (A Year of Self Love, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today JB Smoove and Miles implore you to look for beauty in every obstacle. Today’s Quote: “It should be expected that we will find wonder in a vast mountain landscape but it is a more serious challenge to find wonder in a hill. It is a great achievement to find it in a molehill.” – Tristan Gooley (A Year Of Gratitude: Inspiration For Living Life As A Gift, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today JB Smoove and Miles explain that this week doesn’t care about last week’s accomplishments. Today’s Monday Thought: “Don’t rest on your laurels.” Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today JB Smoove and Miles explain that your reactions are just as important as your actions. Today’s Quote: “It’s not our experiences that form us but the ways in which we respond to them.” – Pico Iyer (A Year Of Gratitude: Inspiration For Living Life As A Gift, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today JB Smoove and Miles explain that none of us can make sparks on our own. Today’s Quote: “Each of us is born with a box of matches inside us but we can’t strike them all by ourselves.” – Laura Esquivel (A Year Of Gratitude: Inspiration For Living Life As A Gift, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today JB Smoove and Miles remind you that there’s nothing wrong with shooting for the stars. Today’s Quote: “We can be grateful for what we have while also demanding what we deserve.” – Abby Wambach (A Year Of Gratitude: Inspiration For Living Life As A Gift, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today JB Smoove and Miles explain that sometimes you need silence to finally hear your own genius. Today’s Quote: “Those who dance are considered insane by those who can’t hear the music.”– George Carlin (You're Doing a Freaking Great Job, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today JB Smoove and Miles ask you to stop putting off pleasure. Today’s Quote: “Eat your dessert first.” – Melissa Washburn (Today Is Going To Be A Great Day! Page-A-Day Calendar, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today JB Smoove and Miles remind you that chasing your own personal passions is the key to finding other passionate people. Today’s Quote: “To be interesting be interested.” – Dale Carnegie (Today Is Going to Be A Great Day! Page-A-Day Calendar, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today JB Smoove and Miles explain why moderation isn’t always the answer. Today’s Quote: “Too much of a great thing can be wonderful.” – Mae West (Today Is Going to Be A Great Day! Page-A-Day Calendar, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today JB Smoove and Miles encourage you to start looking beyond your line of vision. Today’s Quote: “The question is not what you look at but what you see.” – Henry David Thoreau (Today Is Going to Be A Great Day! Page-A-Day Calendar, Workman Publishing) Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today JB Smoove and Miles elaborate on listener-submitted quotes, and explain why you need to start floating with the tide. Today’s Quote: “You cannot step into the same river twice, for other waters are continually flowing on.” - Heraclitus (a listener quote from Accomplicated). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today JB Smoove and Miles explain that hard work leads to a clear mind. Today’s Quote: “Inspiration does exist but it must find you working.” - Picasso (Today Is Going to Be A Great Day! Page-A-Day Calendar, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today JB Smoove and Miles ask you to slow down and consider the real cause of your problems. Today’s Quote: “Blaming someone else for your suffering is like having an itch on your head and scratching your bottom. Now you have two itches for the price of one.” - Ajahn Chah (Zen Page-a-Day Calendar, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today JB Smoove and Miles explain that comfort is not found in a store, it is found in the present moment. Today’s Quote: “One of my favorite ways to nurture myself is to cozy up my surroundings.” - Tanya Carroll Richardson (A Year of Self Love, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today JB Smoove and Miles remind you to let go of any baggage that might be holding you down. Today’s Quote: “Let go or be dragged.” - Zen Saying (Zen Page-a-Day Calendar, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today JB Smoove and Miles explain that sometimes the smartest thing you can do is to consult someone smarter than yourself. Today’s Quote: “It’s not all on me to figure everything out. When I need good advice, I have people I can go to for wise counsel.” - Tanya Carroll Richardson (A Year of Self Love, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today JB Smoove and Miles ask you to stop following the path of negativity. Today’s Quote: “Don’t chase after thoughts and don’t push them away. Let them come in and go out like a swinging door.” - Jukuso Kwong (Zen Page-a-Day Calendar, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today JB Smoove and Miles remind you that paradise is in your mind, not on a map. Today’s Quote: “Vacation is more about the mindset than money.” –Tanya Carroll Richardson (A Year of Self Love, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today JB Smoove and Miles ask you to carefully consider the guest list for the party that is your life. Today’s Quote: “It can be scary to let people in because there is always a chance of getting hurt. Yet letting people in is how I get more of the good stuff.” - Tanya Carroll Richardson (A Year of Self Love, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today JB Smoove and Miles elaborate on more quotes submitted by listeners. Submit your own quote and get elaborated! Today’s Quote: “It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.” – Epictetus (a listener submission from Bhawk22). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today JB Smoove and Miles explain that the walls you feel confined by are just hurdles for you to leap over. Today’s Quote: “The only boundaries to what you can achieve are the ones you set for yourself.” – Margaret Spellings (Keep Calm and Carry On Calendar, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today JB Smoove and Miles explain why the rainstorm you feel stuck in might just mean a rainbow is around the corner. Today’s Quote: “I learned from the pleasant experience that at the most despairing crisis, when all looked sour beyond words, some delightful ‘break’ was apt to lurk just around the corner.” – Amelia Earhart (Keep Calm and Carry On Calendar, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today JB Smoove and Miles explain how growing old grants you the freedom to really be yourself. Today’s Quote: “With age comes certain perks and not caring as much what people think about the way I live my life is one of them. My loving generous courageous heart is my best guide.” - Tanya Carroll Richardson (A Year of Self-Love, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today JB Smoove and Miles ask you to start thinking about your life’s exit interview. Today’s Quote: “When I’m on vacation to a fun and interesting place I try to pack in as many new experiences as possible to make the most of my tip. I want to make the most of this trip called life too.” - Tanya Carroll Richardson (A Year of Self-Love, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today JB Smoove and Miles explain that having character and being a character are often two very different things. Today’s Quote: “I’m a real character and I like that.” - Tanya Carroll Richardson (A Year of Self-Love, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today JB Smoove and Miles discuss how you can find the right balance between instinct and intellect. Today’s Guts: “The guts carry the feet, not the feet the guts.” – Miguel De Cervantes (Keep Calm and Carry On Calendar, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today JB Smoove and Miles explain that your battle scars are what make you interesting. Today’s Quote: “It’s impossible to go through life unscathed. Nor should you want to.” – Christopher Paolini (Keep Calm and Carry On Calendar, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today JB Smoove and Miles remind you that the sense of awe you experienced as a child doesn’t need to go away in adulthood. Today’s Quote: “When laughing children chase after fireflies, they are not pursuing beetles but catching wonder.” - David George Haskell (A Year Of Gratitude: Inspiration For Living Life As A Gift, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today JB Smoove and Miles ask you to stop running away from hard feelings. Today’s Quote: “When we protect ourselves so we won’t feel pain, that protection becomes like armor, like armor that imprisons the softness of the heart.” – Pema Chodron (A Year Of Gratitude: Inspiration For Living Life As A Gift, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today JB Smoove and Miles take you on a trip to the past in order to understand your present. Today’s Quote: "It is right to be contented with what we have but never with what we are." - James Mackintosh (Keep Calm and Carry On Calendar, Workman Publishing) Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today JB Smoove and Miles remind you to keep your eye on the finish line, but enjoy the small victories along the way. Today’s Quote: “You’ve got to go through it to get to the end of it.” - Suzanne Collins (The Keep Calm and Carry On Calendar, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today JB Smoove and Miles explain why you need to cast the perfect narrator for your internal monologue. Today’s Quote: “One of the first principles to honor your relationship with yourself is to respect and trust your own inner voice. This form of trust is the way of the heart, the epitome of well-being.” – Michael Bernard Beckwith (A Year of Gratitude Page-A-Day Calendar, A Network for Grateful Living, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today JB Smoove and Miles encourage you to see every obstacle as an opportunity. Today's Quote: "Don't assume a door is closed. Push on it." – Marian Wright Edelman (Keep Calm and Carry On Calendar, Workman Publishing) Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today JB Smoove and Miles ask you to consider what you're putting in your body every day. Today's Quote: “Hope is a good breakfast but a bad supper.” – Sir Francis Bacon (Keep Calm and Carry On Calendar, Workman Publishing) Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today JB Smoove and Miles remind you that there is a time to step up and a time to step aside. Today’s Quote: “Sometimes kindness takes the form of stepping aside, letting go of our need to be right, and just being happy for someone“ -Sharon Salzberg (A Year of Gratitude Page-A-Day Calendar, A Network for Grateful Living, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today JB Smoove and Miles challenge you to pull up a chair and sit down — sometimes the choice to sit and do nothing is the most empowering thing you can do. Today’s Quote: “To what extent the habit of sitting can impress and change us becomes clear only when we have taken pains to practice it. After a short time we find ourselves asking: how is it possible that such a simple exercise can have such far-reaching effects on the body and soul.” - Karlfried Graf Durckheim (The Keep Calm and Carry On Calendar, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today JB Smoove and Miles ask you to consider your life's soundtrack. Today’s Quote: “We cannot step outside life’s song. This music made us; it is our nature.” – David George Haskell (A Year of Gratitude Page-A-Day Calendar, A Network for Grateful Living, Workman Publishing) Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today JB Smoove and Miles ask you to embrace your foolishness. Today’s Quote: “He who knows he is a fool is not the biggest fool; he who knows he is confused is not in the worst confusion.” — Zhuangzi (Zen Page-a-Day Calendar, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today JB Smoove and Miles remind you that every giant wave begins with a little ripple. Today’s Quote: “Enlightenment for the wave is the moment the wave realizes that it is water.” - Thich Nhat Hanh (Zen Page-a-Day Calendar, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today JB Smoove and Miles challenge you to start flying with your feet still on the ground. Today's Quote: “To be fully alive, fully human and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest. To live fully is to be always in no-man’s-land, to experience each moment as completely new and fresh.” – Pema Chodron (A Year of Gratitude Page-A-Day Calendar, A Network for Grateful Living, Workman Publishing) Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today JB Smoove and Miles explain why you should stop letting toxic thoughts occupy valuable real estate in your brain. Today’s Quote: “Thoughts think themselves.” – Buddhist Saying (Zen Page-a-Day Calendar, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today JB Smoove and Miles explain that dreams are the elaborations of the subconscious — the wisdom you seek is already in your head. Today’s Quote: “During our dreams we do not know we are dreaming. We may even dream of interpreting a dream. Only on waking do we know it was a dream. Only after the great awakening will we realize that this is the great dream.” – Chuang Tzu (Zen Page-a-Day Calendar, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today JB Smoove and Miles squeeze some spiritual juices out of more listener-submitted quotes! Don’t forget to submit your own favorite quotes by leaving a review. Today’s Quote: “Tape is a wonderful thing.” - a listener quote from Chevy Chase Chick. Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today JB Smoove and Miles ask you to find the emotional fuel that gets your engine moving. Today’s Quote: “It ain’t about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done!” Sylvester Stallone as Rocky in "Rocky Balboa" (Today Is Going To Be A Great Day Calendar, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today JB Smoove and Miles explain that your inner power is stronger than any comic book character. Today’s Quote: “The most powerful thing you can be when you grow up is yourself.” – Bryony Gordon (Today is Going to be a Great Day, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices