Being Grateful

From the Green Renaissance YouTube channel: It certainly doesn’t mean convincing yourself of some bogus notion that everything is fine and dandy.  Because we all experience struggles, loss and pain - that is part of life.  So it isn’t about blocking out these difficulties.  Instead, it is about approaching the tough times from a different perspective.

We can choose to focus our time and attention on what we appreciate.  And when we begin to turn toward the things that we cherish, the world opens to reveal that there is always some small thing for which we can be grateful.  It soothes our minds, and takes root in our hearts, by connecting us with the wonderfully ordinary things, great and small, that we might otherwise take for granted.
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Steve Goodier Wisdom: Love Is About Keeping Faith

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom . Enjoy!

When the world lets you down, is there somebody who will keep faith?

In her book SMALL SACRIFICES, (Signet, 1988) Ann Rule tells a gruesome story of a mother who sacrificed her three children and how one family went the distance to set things right.

Diane Downs rushed to the emergency room covered in blood. She screamed that her children were in the car and had been shot. She said she’d stopped to help a hitch-hiker who pulled a gun and shot all three of her children in the head and torso. Her five-year-old daughter died. Her little son Danny was paralyzed and would certainly suffer psychological trauma. Her six-year-old daughter Christie suffered a stroke, some paralysis and, like Danny, psychological trauma. Read more

Memories Bring Back You

Just when you needed a smile here is the One Voice Children’s Choir bringing you one. Enjoy!

Everyday leadership

From the TED.com YouTube channel: We have all changed someone’s life — usually without even realizing it. In this funny talk, Drew Dudley calls on all of us to celebrate leadership as the everyday act of improving each other’s lives.

Steve Goodier Wisdom: Listen Louder

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom . Enjoy!

A man realized he needed to purchase a hearing aid, but he felt unwilling to spend much money. “How much do they run?” he asked the clerk.

“That depends,” said the salesman. “They run from $2.00 to $2,000.” Read more

The Candy Bomber Story (Narrated by Tom Brokaw)

From the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square: Tom Brokaw tells the story of Gail Halvorsen (The Candy Bomber) during the 2012 Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas Concert. With the Orchestra at Temple Square and the Choir providing musical accompaniment, Brokaw chronicles Halvorsen’s efforts to share candy and gum with the children of war-torn Germany.

Steve Goodier Wisdom: Learn to Speak Their Language

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom . Enjoy!

A woman was explaining her theory of putting her children to bed: “I never tell bedtime stories that begin with ‘Once upon a time,’” she said. “If I really want to put them to sleep, I start off with, ‘Now, when I was your age…’” It’s nice to understand people so well that we know just what to say! Here is a mother who could speak her children’s language.

The story is told of the most famous elephant in the world — a huge, beautiful and gentle beast named Bozo. Children extended open palms filled with peanuts for the Indian elephant, who gently plucked them from little hands and seemed to smile as he ate his treats. But one day, for some inexplicable reason, Bozo changed. He almost stampeded the man who cleaned his cage. He charged children at the circus and became incorrigible. His owner knew he would have to destroy the once-gentle giant. Read more

New Year’s Poem: New Day’s Lyric

New Day’s Lyric
Amanda Gorman end-of-year poem

May this be the day

We come together.

Mourning, we come to mend,

Withered, we come to weather,

Turn, we come to tend,

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Christmas Truce of 1914

Beautiful movie about the Christmas truce of 1914. You will have a deeper appreciation watching this video about the making of this movie. Enjoy!

Steve Goodier Wisdom: Equip the Children

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom . Enjoy!

Should we chain our children to the bedpost until they reach adulthood? Should we shield them from all negative influences until they can make mature decisions?

When Dr. Willis Tate was at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, he told of a mother who gallantly tried to protect her son. She wrote a long letter to Dr. Tate about her son who was coming to enroll as a freshman. She wanted the president to make sure that the boy had a “good” roommate who would encourage him to go to church and not use bad language. She did not want the roommate to smoke or otherwise negatively influence her son. Read more

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