Uprooted
“How can such sadness be beautiful?”
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Teen Transformation
Teenagers following Challenge Day’s “Be the Change” program.
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Achieving your Childhood Dreams
Randy Pausch’s Inspiring Last Lecture – If you had one last university lecture to give before you died, what would it be?
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Die Another Day
“I invite the new year to energize me with the courage to live every moment as if it were my very last…”
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A Perfect Moment
“He didn’t like to live in the past, no regrets or blame…”
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Counting the Emotional Cost
“So – stand back and look at what it’s costing emotionally. Forget the money for the moment…”
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A Light in the Dark
“The darker it gets, the more brightly the light shines”
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Not-Knowing is OK
In anyone’s life, there are going to be times of not-knowing. That has to be OK…
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This is Water – David Foster Wallace
Real education has almost nothing to do with knowledge, and everything to do with simple awareness…
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A Bit of Undaunted Silence
“so many shadows whirl, one into another, in silence…”
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Fruits of the Spirit
“He inspires me in the areas of faithfulness and integrity, to myself and to others.”
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When My Sorrow Fell Away….
I lost twin babies to death at a few days of age. That was forty years ago.
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Perfectly Balanced
“…just for an instant, the entire universe seemed perfectly balanced…”
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Either we heal now, as a team…
Tony D’Amato (Al Pacino) gives a rousing speech to his team …
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Find What You Love
Steve Jobs: “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life”
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On the Toss of a Coin
“I was tossing the coin to decide whether to buy an apple or an orange with our last dollar…”
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Grace in Receiving
Receiving with grace is beautiful – it blesses both the giver and receiver…
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My Favorite Liar
“It’s my intention to work into each lecture one lie…” His teaching technique was evil genius…
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Last Wishes
“That simple detail showed a rare respect and sensitivity.”
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