The first time Jake enters Marjorie’s classroom he calls himself stupid. He has zero hope of achieving his GED… That is until Marjorie recognizes he has dyslexia and introduces him to unique teaching methods, that take him from Jake the inmate to class valedictorian. My students were plagued by inner demons. I didn’t know what crime Jake […]
Newly divorced, with no prospects for a 57 year old woman living in a foreign country, Cynthia thought her life was over.That was until a chance meeting with an older woman on her flight back to the USA changes her perspective about life and starting over. The marriage is officially over. I can’t say that […]
Now legally blind, Amy teaches us a beautiful life lesson …
What may seem mundane, what we may consider unremarkable, when given conscious attention, can give us our most treasured memories and exquisite gifts in life.
Born in China with a cleft-lip, orphaned, then living in foster homes until she was seven, Ashleigh wished her life might be different. She constantly sought approval from others and got in with the wrong crowd. Deep inside she knew something had to change. But how?Be inspired by Ashleigh’s story as she shares how she […]
Found in a trash-can in the backstreets of South Korea to becoming an international empowerment coach and motivational speaker; Sasha takes you on a powerful journey of reframing her story. I am not the words spoken “to” me. I am the words “I” speak to me.20 December 1957, Seoul Korea; the only sound breaking the […]
How do you get up and face each day while coping with incredible loss? Where can you go, what can you do to draw hope and courage to just keep going?Be inspired by Tom’s story … A long tube arrived, postmarked British Columbia. In it, a black and white poster of a police car lighting the […]
A confronting story about the deep hurt inflicted by prejudice and the wise words that brought healing into a young woman’s troubled life. In my seventeenth year of life, I was privileged to visit a woman who lived in a shanty that was supported on stilts above a swamp, with dirt-packed floors and a thatched […]
Linda Strader, one of the U.S. Forest Service’s first female firefighters in the 70’s, shares an inspiring piece about overcoming life’s challenges against insurmountable odds.I left early. A little snow and ice challenged me on this cold and blustery day. I reached the summit, my knees trembling from the precarious exposure. It’d been years since […]
I was just forty years old. A few weeks earlier, I had booked an appointment with my doctor for a “routine” breast examination ..
When Patricia catches sight of two girls jogging around the lake, she is inspired to turn her life around. 100 pounds overweight, while battling stage 3 cancer Patricia knew she had a challenge ahead…What she achieves is remarkable. The hope she passes on, invaluable …I closed my eyes and lifted my face towards the […]
Barb Geiger and her husband Gene set off on an epic five-month service adventure, paddling down the Mississippi in a twenty-foot kayak they built themselves.
Along the way they encounter countless everyday heroes and river angles who offer compassion, care and opportunity to others. Be inspired by just one of their many encounters …
Determined to fulfill her life-long dream to shine in the spotlight, Mara quits her job and runs away with the circus, where she learns the ultimate lesson in vulnerability Secretly I always wanted to be on stage and shine in the spotlight. When I was twenty-six years old, I quit my security job in Switzerland, to run […]
