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What I Ask

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What can one ordinary person do when they give themselves permission to be the best that they can be?  What is the yardstick that you use to measure your personal worth? Music Credits:  Kevin MacLeod Please share this story!

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3 College Students, 2 Charities, 1 Great Adventure

Thumbnail image for 3 College Students, 2 Charities, 1 Great Adventure by Brooke Leigh Sheldon August 6, 2011

On Sunday, August 7th at noon, Skate Treks For Charity ends a 13 day, 260 mile, push-powered journey down the coast of California.  Their goal has been to raise money and awareness for their two favorite charities, Mourning Star Center and Camp Erin. Both children’s charities help youth who have suffered the loss of a [...]

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The Greatest Insights

Thumbnail image for The Greatest Insights by Adam J Pearson July 26, 2011

While private reflection can be a meaningful practice, some of our greatest insights and realizations arise when we are in dialogue with one another.  In private thought, the flow of ideas is predictable; in dialogue, ideas are brought up and connections are made that would have escaped us had we only been thinking by ourselves. [...]

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Let Your Light Shine

Thumbnail image for Let Your Light Shine by Donna Morask February 9, 2011

  “As we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people the permission to do the same.” Nelson Mandela As I reflect on these words I think about the many people I have been blessed to meet, whose light shone brighter than the Northern Star on a clear starlit night. As I ponder these [...]

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When You Remember, You’ll Want To Remember

Thumbnail image for When You Remember, You’ll Want To Remember by Brooke Leigh Sheldon December 16, 2010

Each year we have what seems, more and more, like only snippets of time to share with the ones who mean so much to us. Therefore, I am asking you to consider giving them the gift that matters more than the “latest” or “greatest” newly designated “whatever” that some Madison Avenue think tank is pushing [...]

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Dear Mr. Very Tall Homeless Man,

Thumbnail image for Dear Mr. Very Tall Homeless Man, by T. Parker Vollmer July 12, 2010

Dear Mr. Very Tall Homeless Man, You should know I’m pretty burned with you right now. Hurt, even. You know that I know of your existence on my construction project, after hours. I haven’t minded. You’ve been respectful. And I have only had to move your things into an unfinished closet a couple of times. [...]

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The Porch: What you can do from here…

Thumbnail image for The Porch: What you can do from here… by Brooke Leigh Sheldon June 12, 2010
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Sometimes having the chance to just sit down and have an easy, relaxed chat with a friend allows you to sort out all kinds of things, and perhaps even come up with a few solutions to problems bigger than your own. iPhones use the Download link to listen Please share this story!

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Offer the very best

Thumbnail image for Offer the very best by Brooke Leigh Sheldon May 8, 2010
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iPhones use Download Link   What are the gifts you offer others in your life? Do you care enough to offer others the gifts of greatest value, the items that are truly treasures? Music Credit Wheels: Jason Shaw @ audionautix.com Please share this story!

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A Change of Heart

by Brooke Leigh Sheldon March 22, 2010
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Will Rogers said, “We can’t all be heroes, because somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by.”
And, while I think Will had a valid point, Holly Near’s song “Change of Heart” offers a perceptive I believe Will would agree with, to paraphrase it: Our hearts and minds change when we participate in empowering the lives of those around us. In addition, when we observe others acts of kindness we are further inspired. So, I believe Will would agree with me when I say the two roles, hero and curb sitter, in his statement shift and revolve many times in the cycles of our lives.

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Playing for Change – Stand By Me

by Moments Count March 19, 2010

This video is a guest contribution by Ann Smith Life is a collection of invaluable moments. Grab each one. Empower it with the contribution of your self. And if you will, turn to those around you, ask them to contribute. If they ask you what cause to contribute to, my suggestion would be offer them [...]

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