The Most Caring Child
March 10th 2008
I received a neat story by email last week about author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia, who once talked about a contest he was asked to judge. The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.The winner was a four-year-old child, whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman, who had recently lost his wife. (more…)
Jimmy V’s Moving Speech
February 25th 2008
I shared Randy Pausch’s “Last Lecture” in this blog, and a friend was kind of enough to share with me Jimmy Valvano’s speech that he gave at the 1993 ESPY Awards.
If you’ve never heard Jimmy V’s speech, I encourage you to take time to watch it. I watched it live and have viewed it a few times since he delivered it in ’93, and enjoyed it each time.
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A Little Girl’s Search for a Miracle
January 7th 2008
I received via email one of those inspiring stories that makes you stop and say to yourself, “Wow, I wish more of this took place today and received more widespread media attention than the negative press we see, hear and read about each day.
Here’s the story and I hope most of you enjoy it as much as I did: (more…)
Who’s Packing Your Parachute?
May 4th 2007
I received the story below from a friend via email, and if you’ve never heard it before, it includes a great lesson for us all. Here’s the story:
Charles Plumb was a US Navy jet pilot in Vietnam. After 75 combat missions, his plane was destroyed by a surface-to-air missile. Plumb ejected and parachuted into enemy hands. He was captured and spent six years in a communist Vietnamese prison. He survived the ordeal and now lectures on lessons learned from that experience. (more…)


