When Allied troops entered a concentration camp in 1945, they found a handful of starved, sick prisoners who survived to see the end of World War II. A soldier found a three-line poem scratched by a Holocaust prisoner in the wall of the barracks: I believe in the sun,...
There is a fable about a man who fell from the edge of a cliff. As he tumbled through the air, he desperately grabbed and clung to a branch that grew from the wall of the cliff. He cried out, “Is there anyone out there who can help me?” “I can help...
William Wallace, the courageous hero in the movie, Braveheart, fearlessly exclaimed, “Every man dies, but not every man really lives.” A great life is not shaped by one remarkable feat or success, but by a collection of decisions grounded in your core values. Your...
I was livid. I don’t remember what made me feel so angry on that cold, grey day so many years ago, but I remember I was given an unexpected solution. A friend called. I furiously explained what happened. “Have you tried gratitude?” she asked....
A teen cried as she described her day to her grandmother. “Everyone thinks I’m weird,” sobbed the teen. “Why do they keep posting labels on me that aren’t true?” “A label is like an old hat,” laughed the elderly woman. “If you...
