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PEACE Peace comes from knowing peace Love comes from being Loving Gifts come from wholly giving In this light Peace becomes My deepest brilliance Glowing brightly Step not timidly on the path Flow forward Fully Alive And Alight Peace is mine My calling card Falling with me Radiating through me Blossoming all around me Witnessing what I have done Peace realized I wake Hearing the bluebirds of the Angels Joining in the dance of Love Free I own my state of peace In grace I am a Magnificent Woman -- This peace offering on this Memorial day is in honor of our brave and courageous troops doing the job assigned them by our country, a country of "we the people" holding the candle of possibility. I honor the troops today. And. I honor the pursuit of peace on earth. Click here for a past Memorial Day post honoring the troops featuring Gene Simmons. Brought to you by I AM A MAGNIFICENT WOMAN

A new production highlighting the life and work of Stephen Sondheim opened at the Roundabout Theater last week. Stephen Sondheim has always been a huge inspiration for me. I listen to his work when I want to get inspired. When I am in a transitional phase his words and music play in my head and there is no doubt his rhythms have always offered profound insights into life, love, heartbreak, anxiety, artistry and that intricate dance of romance. If you are in New York you have two opportunities to catch the Sondheim genius... you can roll by the Roundabout and check out Sondheim on Sondheim... Here's one of the productions stars Vanessa Williams performing on Regis & Kelly... or you can rumble to the Walter Kerr Theater to catch the final performances of Tony nominated Catherine Zeta Jones and Angela Lansbury in one of my favorite musicals of all time A Little Night Music based on a Bergman film. For a little dose of the master listen in to Sondheim chat about the show on Fres...

Magnificent Woman Vanessa Redgrave personifies grace. From any one's purview she had one rough couple of years in losing dear family members but still she goes on. She is an inspiration. She is a warrior and we wish her and her family well. Brought to you by I AM A MAGNIFICENT WOMAN .

It took Charlie Rose twenty years to book Jeffrey Katzenberg to sit down on his show for a chat. It didn't (quite) disappoint Mr. Katzenberg discussed his career in animation starting at Disney where he took a huge liability (the animation department) that no one wanted to touch and reignited it into the fullest expression of its namesake. Reflecting on his success -- Mr. Katzenberg considers himself most importantly a student of Walt Disney one of the greatest storytellers to ever practice in our business. Interesting look into Mr. Katzenberg's thinking. His life of "one door closes and another one opens" was exemplified when Mr. Katzenberg's firing paved the way for The dreamer, the builder and the architect to start Dreamworks. Check out the interview at Charlie Rose.... here.

can bring peace on earth. Oh... and throw in a very positive little girl for joy and happiness.

Man Made disasters are we going to watch unfold? It's clear to me the eyes that should be reviewing and enforcing fair and safe practices in a system of checks and balances have lost focus and perspective in pursuit of outdated goals of ever increasing profits in total disregard for the planets general welfare and personal accountability. Yes. This is an SNL sketch with funny people pointing out how ridiculous the corporate and governmental system has become. I've lost my ability to laugh at the shameful actions of an elite group of executives even in the finest of satirical parody. We know better. Let's do better.

In our series of composers performing their work... Check out the great Cy Coleman singing The Best is Yet to Come, first recorded by Tony Bennett only to be eclipsed by Sinatra's rendition with Count Basie in an arrangement by Quincy Jones. "You think you've flown before but baby you aint left the ground." The lyrics were written by Carolyn Leigh who also wrote the fabulous Young at Heart which has one of the coolest opening lines of any song ever... "Fairy tales can come true, it can happen to you, if you are young at heart." Here's Frank singing The Best is Yet to Come later in his career -- while his voice and quite possibly his memory have shifted his sexy swagger is still in full effect. "You think you've seen the sun but you aint see it shine."

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Charice on Oprah singing In this Song .

To Love This Guy! Johnny Cupcakes is a true baking inspiration... every cupcake is infused with soul and love. Here's to his Mom this Mother's Day weekend for nurturing his passion and letting him be himself. Check out the Johnny Cupcakes story here .

Our mascot Cody the Pug extending the Love! brought to you by the gang at All Things Mel.

Celebrating all the Magnificent Mom's in our lives! Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.

A prayer for all of us... Today we celebrate our families, our country and our world We honor the spirit that gave birth to our nation We give thanks to everyone who walks our streets, whose hearts beat in action across this great country May any suffering weighing heavily on our hearts be alleviated May we rise to whatever challenges appear to be facing us May everything necessary for our evolution be fully realized Offering a brighter day Re-energizing the spirit of truth Now and always May we be renewed In gratitude. A National Day of Prayer does not automatically mean something religious in nature. It is merely giving voice to the dreams and wishes our heart makes. Prayer is a medium of miracles. Prayer creates a significant shift and change in the chemistry of our brain waves. Prayer is appropriate anytime and anywhere... My dear friend Miguel Villanueva became an American Citizen this year arriving hand in hand with a devastating diagnosis of Leukemia. You can guarantee it that ...

As we close out National Poetry Month enjoy.... "I dwell in possibility." Visit msnbc.com for breaking news , world news , and news about the economy

from our TALES FROM MOBILE MEL series When The Moon Hits Your Eye ... by Melanie Lutz I had one of those moments when someone said something. Something simple, something powerful, something unexpected and I was changed. Forever. This happened to me as many things do, in the quietest and most coincidental of ways. A chance meeting over a few meatballs under a sound track of Bobby Darren tunes at a particularly open moment. A burst of light during a dark music filled night at one of those round circular banquet tables at a charity event. The illumined moment came in the form of a Friend’s extraordinary Mother sitting down next to me. This artistic, beautiful woman who had spent her life promoting what she loved. This woman who at seventy plus years had devoted more than fifty of those to encouraging, developing and identifying young musical artists through a foundation supporting dreams and offering opportunity. As we munched on our meatballs and drank Chianti I heard her speak of her pa...