May I Elaborate? Sound Wisdom from JB Smoove

Today JB Smoove and Miles remind you that no piece of jewelry or article of clothing can ever be as beautiful as your spirit. Today’s Quote: “Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.” – William Morris (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

Today JB Smoove and Miles ask you to accept the cards that you are dealt - and remind you that more cards on their way. Today’s Quote: “We play out our days as we play out cards – taking them as they come, not knowing what they will be.” – Samuel Butler (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 water the garden of your relationships. Today’s Quote: "Progress lies not in enhancing what is but in advancing towards what will be." - Khalil Gibran (The Keep Calm and Carry On Calendar). 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 all meaningful journeys begin with a step towards the unknown. Today’s Quote: “Experiment with your experiences” – Jaclyn Atkinson (The 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 ask you to channel your anger into making the world a more beautiful place. Today’s Quote: “When my feelings are hurt it doesn’t help to pretend I'm okay and keep it all inside. Finding a healthy way to express the hurt helps me get over it fast.” – Tanya Carroll Richardson (A Year of Self-Love 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 the answers to all of your questions are already inside of you... you just need to listen. Today’s Quote: “I make the best decisions when I consult both my head and my heart. And my life feels more harmonious when they can at least compromise." – Tanya Carroll Richardson (A Year of Self-Love 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 quotes submitted by listeners! Listen to hear how you can take charge of your emotions -- and don’t forget to leave a review with your own favorite quote. Today’s Quote: "The only thing you can really control is how you react to things out of your control." – Bassam Tarazi (submitted by FakeMikeGorman). 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 sometimes a victory can be a loss — and vice versa! Today’s Quote: “Saying ‘yes’ doesn't mean I don't know how to say no, and saying ‘please’ doesn't mean I am waiting for permission.” - Amy Poehler (The 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 ask you to enjoy your day in the sun — but pack an umbrella. Today’s Quote: “When you come out of the storm, you won't be the same person who walked in. That's what this storm's all about.” - Haruki Murakami (A Year of Gratitude 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 invite you to grow at your own pace — just like the dandelion. Today’s Quote: "The flower is not concerned about tomorrow. It doesn't plan. It doesn't worry about death; nor does it make effort to smell beautifully. The flower teaches being, being what one is." - Wu-Hsin (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 how you can walk the tight rope between order and chaos. Today’s Quote: “One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.” - Friedrich Nietzsche (The 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 encourage you to change your perspective on life. Today's Quote: "Life is a peephole, a single tiny entry onto a vastness." - Yann Martel (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 are joined by comedian, actor, and master impressionist Jay Pharoah! Together, they explain what it means to be a filled container. They also talk about Jay's starring role in the movie "Resort to Love," which just hit Netflix. Today's Quote: "We never sit anything out. We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out." - Ray Bradbury (Keep Calm and Carry On 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 to hear from the elders who walked these paths before you. Today’s Quote: "Getting wise advice from people I respect who are older than I am is a loving way to parent myself." - Tanya Carroll Richardson (A Year of Self-Love 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 you’ve already got the best role in this production of life. Today’s Quote: “Pretending to be someone I'm not takes too much time and energy. Being the authentic me might be messier, but it's much less tiring.” - Tanya Carroll Richardson (A Year of Self-Love 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 throw out the rule book and embrace the uncertainty of today. Today’s Quote: “Beginnings are scary, endings are usually sad, but it's the middle that counts the most. Try to remember that when you find yourself at a new beginning. Just give hope a chance to float up. - Sandra Bullock as Birdee Pruitt in "Hope Floats" (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 are joined by their friend Scott Aukerman, host of Comedy Bang! Bang! Together, they explain how you can begin hiking the path to enlightenment. Today’s Quote: “As I navigate transition in my life, I look to the mountain goat for inspiration. Taking my time and taking careful steps to find my footing on a loving path forward.” - Tanya Carroll Richardson (A Year of Self-Love 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 stop fast forwarding through life. Today’s Quote: “It really is strange the way I work for success, but when I get there, cannot appreciate it. Only in retrospect can I begin to enjoy the moment and admit how great it was.” - Sarah Brightman (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 you can leap over any mental obstacles. Today’s Quote: “More is lost by indecision than wrong decision.” - Tony Soprano (A Year of Gratitude 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 how you can level up in the game of life. Today’s Quote: “With each game I play, with each season I play, I’m running out of chances. You’re never guaranteed next year, you’re never guaranteed the next game. You have to seize the opportunity when it’s there in front of you” - Brett Favre (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 dare you to dream bigger. Today’s Quote: “Nothing is far and nothing is near, if one desires. The world is little, people are little, human life is little. There is only one big thing — desire” - Willa Cather (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 start living on your own timeline. Today’s Quote: “The time which we have at our disposal every day is elastic.“ - Marcel Proust (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 need to stop postponing life. Today’s Quote: “Always just try. Because you never know - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (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 how the winds of change can lift you to new heights. Today’s Quote: “Do all you can with what you have in the time you have in the place you are.” - Nkosi Johnson (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 challenge you to start preparing for your Big Moment. Today’s Quote: “Is today the day? Am I ready? Am I doing all I need to do? Am I being the person I want to be?” - Morrie Schwartz in “Tuesdays with Morrie” by Mitch Albom (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 how you can find the courage to confront life’s harsh truths. Today’s Quote: “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” - James Baldwin (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 are joined by their friend, SNL star Kenan Thompson. Together, they explain how you can start digging deeper into yourself. Today’s Quote: “You wonder what’s inside, you wonder if you can trust it.” - Kobo Abe (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 why you need to go full speed ahead towards your dreams. Today’s Quote: “A ship in port is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.” - John A. Shedd (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 take care of your emotional engine. Today’s Quote: “If you miss the present moment, you miss your appointment with life. That is very serious." - 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 explain how you can free yourself from fear. Today’s Quote: “I was young and crazy, I didn’t know what is possible and what’s not, so I did the impossible.” -Matt Laar (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 start speaking your truth. Today’s Quote: “I’ve learned to value failed conversations, missed connections, confusions. What remains is what’s unsaid, what’s underneath. Understanding on another level.” – Anna Kamienska (A Year of 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 stop acting like an extra in the movie of your life. Today's Quote: "One of the processes of your life is…to constantly reaffirm that I am somebody." – Alvin Ailey (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 dare you to live a life worth remembering. Today’s Quote: “Postponing joy until a goal or milestone is reached is punishing and not for me." - 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 pilot your emotional plane through any turbulence. Today’s Quote: “You must rise above the gloomy clouds covering the mountain top, otherwise how will you ever see the brightness?” - Ryokan (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 how you can find quiet confidence in a loud world. Today’s Quote: “A tiger does not proclaim his tigritude, he pounces. In other words: a tiger does not stand in the forest and say ‘I am a tiger.’” - Wole Soyinka (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 how you can use your past experiences as ingredients in the delicious feast of life. Today’s Quote: “All that happens to us – including our humiliations, our misfortunes, our embarrassments, all is given to us as raw material, as clay, so that we may shape our art.” - Jorge Luis Borges (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 discuss the planet’s most valuable resource: knowledge. Today’s Quote: “Today I’m particularly appreciative of the wisdom I’ve accrued over time.” -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. Find out if they elaborate on yours! Today’s Quote: “Never make decisions until you have to.” - a quote submitted by listener Checkmate #17. 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 only joy can feed your soul. Today’s Quote: “The more you praise & celebrate in your life – the more there is in life to celebrate.” - Oprah Winfrey (The 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 teach you how to re-charge the battery in your soul. Today’s Quote: “Protect your own energy.” -Jessica Swift (The 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 how you can find enlightenment by looking inward. Today’s Quote: “Human happiness and human satisfaction must ultimately come from within oneself.” – The 14th Dalai Lama (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 stay true to your character. Today's Quote: "What you do matters, but not much. What you are matters tremendously." -Catherine Doherty (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 help you find the place where you can grow. Today’s Quote: “Be sure you put your feet in the right place then stand firm.” - Abraham Lincoln (The 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 we all deserve to be noticed. Today’s Quote: “Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.” - Simone Weil (The Keep Calm And Carry On Calendar, Workman). 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 create your own opportunities. Today’s Quote: “If you’re waiting for a sign, this is it.” - LeeAndra Cianci (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 discuss the beauty of longevity. Today’s Quote: “Better to live one day as a tiger than a thousand years as a sheep.” - Indian Proverb (The Keep Calm and Carry On Calendar, Workman). 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 do your part. Today’s Quote: “You have no excuses not to change the world.” - Barack Obama (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 quotes submitted by listeners. Find out if he elaborates on yours! Today’s Quote: “You can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.” - Mark Twain (submitted by Calm In Calabasas) Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today JB Smoove and Miles teach you how to escape your emotional cage. Today’s Quote: “Unclose your mind. You are not a prisoner. You are a bird in flight, searching for your dreams.” - Haruki Murakami (Keep Calm and Carry On Calendar) 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 just have to let things slide. Today’s Quote: “The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook.” - William James (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