Category " Inspirational"

Can People Really Change? "It's only on the brink that people find the will to change. Only at the precipice do we evolve." Professor Barnhardt ~ The Day The Earth Stood Still I watched a TV special about a hooker the other night. She started turning tricks when she was 16. Lost her virginity on her first call. She would have probably ended up dead in a hotel room somewhere but something...

The Four Forces That Guide Us Paulo Coelho, the best selling author of the Alchemist, and one of my greatest inspirations, believes that there are four forces that guide us through our lives. Well, that's what Maureen believes. She's one of the main characters in his new book, "The Winner Stands Alone". You see Maureen has a dream, and to achieve that dream she turns to the four forces that...

Creating Opportunity "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." ~ Mark Twain Don't look back at your life and think about what could have been. Get out there and create what can be now. Life's a beta test....

As a writer there's so many times that I've read, heard or seen something that has made me step back and say, "Man I wish I had come up with that." And today I had one of those moments. Where someones art and honesty pierced my heart and touched me in such a way that it brought tears to my eyes. // < ![CDATA[ google_ad_client = "pub-2379780222727043"; /* 468x60, created 8/5/10 */ google_ad_slot...

And This Too Shall Pass - Two Stories and One Poem And this too shall pass has brought comfort, hope and humility to millions of people for some time now. This simple phrase, “And this too shall pass” has shown up in tattoos, rings, posters, and wall plaques. You name it and it might just well be on it. Sometimes it's phrased, “This shall past too.” or shortened like, “This too shall...