Blog Posts by David Romanelli

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In anyway you are hard on yourself for not being where you think you should be in life, take today, if not just today, to be stoked on who you are and where you are.

Because our world isn't built to make you feel good about yourself. Awesome is an inside job.

As Morrie Schwartz, subject of Tuesdays with Morrie, said, "The culture we have does not make people feel good about themselves. And you have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn't work, don't buy it."

The following 3 questions should help determine if you are awesome and able to rise above "the culture."

1. Someone doesn't like you. What do you do?

a. Ask them why and try to change yourself
b. Go home defeated, cry, and go on an Adderall-induced smoking binge
c. Tell 'em to stick it where the sun don't shine and walk away

2. You feel badly about yourself when you are with a certain energy-sucking companion. What do you do?
a. Ask them to go into

I tend to avoid quotes or messages with God, but something happened to me last week, something incredibly exciting and positive, only later to be told that it wasn't going to work out.

"Bad timing," they said. "And timing is everything."

I was so pissed when I read that. Like I don't know that time is everything.

But thinking back on my wedding Saturday, I'm grateful for those women who broke my heart allowing me to greet the bride who's just right for me.

Namaste,

David Romanelli

www.beautifulfunnydelicious.com

"A beautiful, funny and delicious moment each day...keeps the stress away."
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Something is not right here.

Little kids want to be sharks or robots or Elmo for Halloween.

When daddy is dressing you up as a pack of Marlboros, one has to wonder what's wrong with daddy.

If you find yourself getting a little too excited tonight about dressing up (or dressing your kids up) as a pimp or hooker or lactating nipple (yes I saw that in the East Village) or "strung out ex-addict on a ripping binger," please remember Halloween is supposed to be a kid's holiday and the freaks are best tonight behind closed doors.

Be Safe and Happy Halloween!

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Namaste,

David Romanelli

www.beautifulfunnydelicious.com

Even if you're not a sports fan, you might have heard that last week's Game 6 of the World Series was one of the greatest baseball games ever.

On two occasions, the Texas Rangers were just one strike away from the championship.

And on both occasions, the St. Louis Cardinals came through big time before winning on a dramatic gamewinning home run

If you've read my book, you might know my all-time low was being in attendance at another famous World Series game in 1988.

That's when LA Dodger Kirk Gibson also hit a dramatic, gamewinning home run, widely considered one of the greatest moments in sports history.

My dad and I left early and missed it.

I often share that Kirk Gibson moment in my Livin the Moment presentations with an extreme emphasis on not making the same mistake as I did. (Fun fact: that's why we named our puppy Gibson...as a constant reminder to be present and not miss the moments)

Last week, I received the following email from someone present

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Sometimes we all feel like a fish out of water, like we're not smart enough to make it in this world, as if we're getting dragged under the current of life. Consider the plight of Abraham Lincoln.

As a young man, Abraham Lincoln went to war a captain and returned a private.

Afterwards, he was a failure as a businessman.

As a lawyer in Springfield, he was too impractical and temperamental to be a success.

He turned to politics and was defeated in his first try for the legislature, again defeated in his first attempt to be nominated for congress, defeated in his application to be commissioner of the General Land Office, defeated in the senatorial election of 1854, defeated in his efforts for the vice-presidency in 1856, and defeated in the senatorial election of 1858.

At about that time, he wrote in a letter to a friend, "I am now the most miserable man living. If what I feel were equally distributed to the whole human family, there would

This photo features people very close to me, a MEGA Batman and a mini Batman, a father and son, preparing for Halloween. But in the spirit of superheroes, I would never, ever reveal their true identity.

Maybe it's just me but I think it's the most awesome, cutest photo ever.

As playwright Tom Stoppard says, "If you carry your childhood within, you never become older."

Something interesting happens on Halloween. We don't just dress UP. We also dress IN.

If you look at this photo deeply, very deeply, both MEGA Batman and mini Batman seem to be taking it very seriously. One in his thirties, one not yet 3.

There's something about dressing up that stirs an inner warrior still dreaming of saving the world or a swordsmen looking to unleash his passion or a princess who can charm the socks off her pre-school teacher…or daddy…or King of The World.

If you, like me, have gone too long without dressing up for Halloween, I have to ask the question….what's wrong

I have a mantra that a beautiful, funny and delicious moment each day...keeps the stress away.
If you join me in feeling frustrated, overwhelmed, like you could explode at any time...
...take a second to enjoy this funny moment of the day...
As Henry Beecher said, "A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs, jolted by every pebble in the road."
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David Romanelliiwww.beautifulfunnydelicious.com

I'm getting married in a few weeks and trying to slim down for the occasion. It's so hard. I really like to eat.

So to make it OK, I'm declaring today WORLD INDULGENCE DAY. This means go out and indulge without guilt!

Because who would you rather hang out with…someone with a bumper sticker reading "Peace is a Hard Ass" or someone with a bumper sticker reading "Peace is a hot chocolate chip cookie and a chocolate banana shake and a nice glass of Port and a wet kiss from a puppy that's not your own!"

I know most of the health freaks out there would single me out as a bad example, but I'm a lot more fun to hang with. That I can promise you!

As Erma Bombeck said, "Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the Titanic who waved off the dessert cart."

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Namaste,

David Romanelli
www.beautifulfunnydelicious.com