No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. – Aesop ‘Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.’ Many of you will remember this popular rhyme from elementary school. In fact, you may have even recited it a number of times as kids as it’s a common childhood […] Read more… Read More»
Our lives are the sum of the choices we make. – Albert Camus Many citizen leaders are unable to pinpoint the exact moment they first decided to embrace the personal discomfort associated with taking action to right a wrong and change the world. Simone Honikman, however, remembers with great clarity the day she made that choice. […] Read more… Read More»
There were once a brother and sister who were each given a gift. The boy, fearful his gift would be lost or stolen, chose to hide his gift under a rock to keep it safe. The girl, on the other hand, took her treasure and bought some seed. The girl planted and cared for her […] Read more… Read More»
You are tired. You are frustrated. You are weary. Weary of feeling as though your dreams are impossible to reach. Weary of being told you don’t fit in, won’t make the cut or don’t have what it takes to play on the team. Weary of feeling as though no one appreciates the unique gifts, talents and skills you so desperately […] Read more… Read More»
On August 9, 1945, the United States dropped its second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan, killing 70,000 people and injuring hundreds of thousands more. One of those severely injured in the blast was Dr. Takashi Nagai, a radiologist at the Nagasaki University hospital. Thrown to the ground while filing x-rays in his office, which […] Read more… Read More»
I do not at all understand the mystery of grace – only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us. Anne Lamott A popular Russian tale recounts how when Nicholas II was the Czar of Russia, a father enlisted his son in the military with the […] Read more… Read More»
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