• 45,000 works of art
• Castles
• Estates
• Cash
• Assets worth $250 million at the time — equal to several billion dollars today

Picasso was likely the wealthiest artist in history, a multimillionaire long before his death.

And yet… he lived like a poor man.

He wore simple striped shirts.
Ate modest Mediterranean meals.
Worked in cluttered, dusty rooms filled with canvases and chaos.

One of his most famous lines sounds like a paradox:
“I wanted to live like a poor man — with lots of money.”

But it wasn’t a contradiction.
It was a strategy.

In the mindset of the average person, wealth means complication:
gold-plated toilets, huge mansions, luxury cars.
But houses require upkeep.
Yachts require a crew.
Status comes with endless social obligations.

Wealth, instead of creating freedom, often creates chains.
It demands attention.

When skyscrapers began blocking the view from his villa in Cannes (La Californie), Picasso didn’t sue, complain, or fight the developers.
He simply called his agent and bought another home —
the Château of Vauvenargues, an empty, quiet castle with bare walls perfect for his paintings.
No parties. No extravagance. Just space and silence.

To him, “living like a poor man” meant having as few obligations as possible.
A poor man doesn’t waste time maintaining assets — because he has none.

Picasso used money to eliminate survival stress,
but kept the simple lifestyle of someone who owns little —
so he could focus on his work.

He wasn’t an ascetic.
He simply understood a truth most people never learn:

Everything you own demands a piece of your attention.
And attention was his most precious resource.

We often confuse “standard of living” with “standard of consumption.”
For Picasso, his true standard of living was measured by the hours he could spend painting, uninterrupted by the administrative chaos that great wealth usually brings.

He used capital to build a bubble around himself —
a bubble where he could create.

In today’s Instagram era, success means showing off.

But Picasso believed real wealth isn’t the size of your possessions —
it’s the minimum amount of attention those possessions demand from you.

It’s not about how much you have.
It’s about how little of your life it consumes.

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June Is Dedicated to Myasthenia Gravis Awareness

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Myasthenia gravis (MG) (Mai-uhs-thee-nee-uh   gra-vuhs) is a rare, chronic, heterogeneous, and unpredictable autoimmune disease.

MG results from a problem in signaling between nerves and muscles. This problem happens in the neuromuscular junction (NMJ), the place where nerve cells and muscles communicate. Generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG) is caused by antibodies in your immune system that get in the way of signals between nerves and muscles at the NMJ that can weaken muscles throughout the body.

Shanaz, a single mom and interior designer in Los Angeles, was living an active life in 2022 when she began experiencing trouble swallowing and was diagnosed with gastroesophageal disease. That diagnosis didn’t feel quite right to her. In 2023 her symptoms took a turn for the worse: She lost her vision and couldn’t talk or swallow. At that time, she was correctly diagnosed with gMG.

Those living with gMG may experience a variety of symptoms that can make activities of daily living very challenging – activities like talking, chewing, swallowing, breathing, brushing teeth or hair, or even getting up from a chair. Those living with gMG may appear healthy on the outside, but what is happening on the inside can seriously impact every part of life.

Shanaz’s story highlights the challenges of misdiagnoses and delayed diagnosis, and underscores the critical role of self-advocacy in navigating complex medical conditions. Shanaz will tell her story. She’ll be joined by Dr. Said Beydoun (Suh-eed Bay-doon) who will discuss the symptoms and triggers of gMG and a treatment option that addresses the underlying causes of the condition.

Interview courtesy: UCB, Inc. (References available on request)

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Our Good News is that some special funders/sponsors have joined us and we will be sharing information with you on March 20 Special Newsletter. We still need …$25,000 for our Mother Earth ~ Earth & Water Day Times Square Event. We have a great corporate ROI opportunity for any ESG, CSR, DEI company or PSR (Personal Social Responsibility/Respect) for any person or philanthropist. UNIFY to broadcast, with 130 Million Facebook Reach Followers. 5 Hour LIVE World Wide Broadcast. Other Media to Broadcast as well.

SAVE THE DATE AND TIME: MOTHER EARTH – EARTH & WATER DAY TIMES SQUARE, Saturday April 22, 2023 11am to 4pm.

Here is our latest Sizzle Reel from our International Day of Peace Times Square Event on September 21, 2022. Our Mother Earth – Earth & Water Day April 22, will look exactly like this, same stage and crew, however the subject is Earth & Water Day. http://pausetheworldforpeace.org/2023/01/17/2022-peace-day-sizzle-reel/  Our website once again is: www.pausetheworldforpeace.org

Remember, “A Positive Attitude will take on all challenges.” We, hope that this is everyone’s motto for 2023, you can do it if you focus on your GOALS & PASSION. WE BELIEVE IN YOU.  In addition, try to Flow like water & you will find your way through ANY ROCK. 

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“All we are is what we are with each other.” Zeal 

With Respect. Love and May Peace Prevail on Earth,  For Information

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When mind is weak,
Situation is a problem.
When mind is balanced,
Situation is challenge.
When mind is strong,
Situation becomes an opportunity.

Good Morning

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This story sounds like a nightmare, but for Elma Linz Kanefield it was very real and life changing. She wanted to understand how and why this “stage fright” happens and what makes some performers succeed while others struggle.

Elma’s trauma inspired her to become one of the world’s only specialists in the psychology of the performing artist. She has shared how she empowers performers and restores their mental health in her new book Hamlet’s Mirror: Reaching Your Performance Potential Onstage and Off (September 2022, Original Trade Paperback, $15.99).

Elma defines Performance Potential as “being the best you can be and doing the best you can do based on what you know in the moment of performance.” This is an internal state when you are emotionally and mentally able to balance the challenges, fears, and insecurities that can come with entertaining others.

In Hamlet’s Mirror, Elma explores the performer’s culture: its challenges, the highs and the lows. Then she delves into the four performing personality profiles she identified in her work:

1. Problem-Ridden Performer
2. Pugnacious Performer
3. Promising Performer
4. Potential-Realized Performer

Each section of the book is accompanied by fictionalized anecdotes of real performers who worked with Elma throughout four decades of having a New York City psychotherapy practice exclusive to performing artists. Also included are questions and reflections for readers who will have an opportunity to identify what kind of performer they are. Finally, Elma reveals how to reach your performance potential and adds examples to support her points.

Hamlet’s Mirror is for anyone considering a life in the performing arts from young people preparing to enter the “real world” of professional artists to seasoned performers who feel they are not realizing their performance potential.

Hamlet’s Mirror
by Elma Linz Kanefield, LCSW with Dianne Conjeaud

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We ask for you to consider giving just a little, as every dollar will help us. To be direct, by you giving some money, then I won’t have to take it out of my life savings, because the event must go on, especially in these WAR AND VIOLENT TIMES. It’s Good News Corporation, a nonprofit, 20th Anniversary supporting the message of The International Day of Peace! Paul:  To donate go to:  https://goodnewsplanet.com/pausetheworld/peace-day-donations/

Thanks in the name of Peace.

We expect over 100 Million to watch our Peace Day so a $10,000 sponsorship is very small money for a big audience, Here are some of the benefits someone will receive. https://goodnewsplanet.com/peace-hero-sponsorship-sponsorship-donor-2022/

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Our events will also be a benefit for: www.we.net, www.unify.org, the Ukranian St. Volodymyr Church and The Actors Temple/UJA Ukraine, Salvation Army 

Here they are some Peace Day stories: Our 2022 Sizzle Reel, Conversation with Debbie Garcia from our broadcast partner UNIFY and Chuckie Armstrong II telling us what Peace means to him:

Here is our 2022 Sizzle Reel

Debbie Garcia Cuppa Grata She is known as the g-vibe girl and spends her days studying, practicing teaching gratitude intelligence skills

We have many young people in our broadcast, here particularly is one sharing a positive message for Peace from our partners at Wonderama.

With respect,

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Founder, Good News Corporation, Nonprofit 501 C 3,

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Americans may not realize it but if they are tossing their prescription medicines in the household trash or flushing them down the toilet, they are actually adding to the nation’s pollution problem and potentially harming our critical natural resources.

After being flushed or poured down the drain, many medications pass through sewer and septic systems. Because these systems can’t always treat or remove all the medications, they may end up in streams, lakes, and groundwater. This can cause adverse effects in fish and other aquatic wildlife as well as unintentional human exposure to chemicals.

In addition to harming our environment, disposing of medication in the trash, makes it easier for drugs to fall into the wrong hands and continue the cycle of misuse.

A recent survey showed that Americans often hold on to their unused prescriptions for future use, for fear of their illness returning or because they don’t know how to get rid of them. In fact, 47% of Americans currently have 1-3 bottles of unused prescriptions in their medicine cabinet followed by 8% with 4-6 bottles, 2% with more than 10 bottles and 2% with 7-10 bottles.

With no knowledge of safe disposal practices, one in four (25%) Americans admit to flushing leftover/unused prescription drugs down the drain, and another 25% toss unused prescriptions in the trash.

But you can be part of the solution to this problem. There’s a helpful strategy easily available that can help: drug deactivation and disposal pouches. They’re a safe, effective choice that can be used to destroy and properly dispose of unused, unwanted, and expired medications. With the simple addition of tap water, any medications placed in a pouch are rendered harmless by its patented activated carbon technology. Then, the plant-based pouch is completely safe to dispose of in normal household trash, preventing contamination of landfills and water systems.

Nancy Devine, Verde Environmental Technologies Inc. Chief Operating Officer as she outlines what you can do to be greener at home beginning this Earth Day. She’ll also provide details on how to keep your medications from polluting the environment by using safe deactivation and disposal methods.

Interview is courtesy: Verde Environmental Technologies www.deterrasystem.com

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