When I was a young girl, my other promised me many good things but one of them stood out. I can’t forget the day when she said that when I finish elementary grades, I will continue studying in high school and proceed to get a college degree of my choice. I cherish her promise [...]
My friend told me a story about Stephen May who discovered a treasure while teaching literature at the University of Northern Colorado . In the library, he found 150 boxes of letters, manuscripts, journals, outlines, and notes given to the school James A. Michener.
Surprisingly, no one was using those materials to write [...]
Built into our nature is an internal judicial system, the conscience, that commends us when we do right and condemns us when we do wrong. But this vital monitor of morality does not say the same thing to everyone. In some cultures vengeful killing is seen as honorable. In others, a person [...]
One morning I pondered and say to myself that some things we accomplish in life require intense commitment for a short time—and the result has lifelong value.
Think , for instance, of people who earn a doctorate in their chosen field. Those diligent people set aside other goals and dedicate their time, money, [...]
A high school senior honored as one of the “Best & Brightest” in our community has provided a forceful demonstration of integrity. When his school team was given the word auditorium in a regional spelling bee, Andrew Davis glanced down to ponder his response and noticed that the word was printed on the microphone [...]
On my father’s farm were certain fields he sowed by hand. He would strap on a canvass contraption that looked like a kangaroo pouch, fill it with seed, and go out to sow. He would cast seed everywhere.
When a farmer sows seed in his field, it looks like he’s throwing [...]
Communications experts tell us that the average person speaks enough to fill 20 single-spaced, typewritten pages every day. This means our mouth crank out enough words to fill 2 books of 300 pages each month, 24 books each year, and 1,200 books in 50 years of speaking. Thanks to phones, voicemail, and face-to-face [...]
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