Today, I woke up with a deep sense of calm… as the Winter days have finally set here on the Midwest, I felt the coolness of the air.. I sat there in bed for what seemed to be around 5 minutes, having one thought in mind… It’s Tuesday…
Unlike Monday, I’ve always wondered about what […]

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A few weeks back I wrote about the movie It’s A Wonderful Life, and on the last scene in that movie, George picks up Clarence’s book on Tom Sawyer and sees the inscription:

Dear George:
Remember no man is a failure who has friends.
Thanks for the wings!
Love
Clarence.

You truly are measured, not by how much money you […]

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History was made today as Nancy Pelosi became the first woman Speaker of The House. It’s really amazing, long overdue, and a great win in the battle for the women’s movement to gain equal ground. Democrat, Republican, Independent, no matter what party you were on today, you were a proud witness to this […]

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(AP Photo by Nick Brooks)
While I was sleeping, there’s been news around the place about this “Subway Hero”. About Wesley Autrey and his heroism that saved a young 19-year-old man from certain death. The heroic incident occurred Tuesday at around 12:45 pm.
So, here’s how the scenario played out.
Wesley Autrey is with […]

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The great University of Michigan Alumni, Gerald Ford, is finally home. The line is long and winding toward the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum, around 5000 people per hour have been arriving since last night.
(Associated Press)
Gerald R. Ford, the nation’s 38th president and a former football star at the University of Michigan, […]

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This morning we look back at the official statement that Mrs. Ford made in announcing the death of her husband, Former President Gerald Ford. I missed giving the official statement a few days back in December, but I think during the scrambling of actually writing the misty eyed story of the death, I forgot […]

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If you have noticed a trend today, it will be noted that it has central aspects in education. I’d like to take this opportunity to provide you the commencement speech that Steve Jobs (CEO of Apple Computer and Pixar Animation Studios), delivered on June 12, 2005 at Stanford University.
The video follows the speech. […]

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If you weren’t watching the annual New Year’s Dropping of the Ball at Times Square, you wouldn’t have seen a true inspiration at work. As you may know, Dick Clark suffered a stroke last year, and because of the stroke, had partial paralysis in some parts of his body…
Last year, Dick Clark was […]

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Here’s a real nice way to get to know our fellow bloggers out here in the Blogosphere. I’ve been tagged by Carol.
And now I must tell you 5 things you didn’t know about me. In turn I will be tagging 5 other bloggers. You will see the links to their blogs at […]

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I’m always looking for individuals who have attained success. But the more inspiring stories are those that usually follow the humble beginnings part and through struggle and heavy odds, they work hard to achieve success. Isn’t that what’s exciting about life, knowing that if you work hard enough, you will succeed.
Peter Belisi can […]

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(third update)
President Ford, died at the age of 93, his wife Betty Ford informed The Associated Press earlier.
It was expected for some time because of ailing health, former United States President Gerald Ford has passed away. In an inspirational life that would take him from the football field to the battle field, into politics, […]

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Before there were fluorescent light-bulbs and flashlights to light our way, people used lamps and candles. In the past few years, candles have made a comeback, and one man saw the light.
Jimmy Belasco was that man, and in that light, he founded a company devoted to candles. He created Er’go (prounounced Air Go), […]

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The Godfather of Soul and the “Hardest working man in showbiz”, died on Christmas… An influential musical artist who’s hits spanned, not years, but decades. From the 60’s on up, he was influencing music and musicians all over. From hip hop, soul, jazz, blues, funk, rock and roll… He was inevitably inducted […]

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Here’s one story that also didn’t get the much deserved press that many other stories received this year. Thankfully, we have Guy Kawasaki to thank. Guy interviewed Aziza Mohmmand, a woman who runs a soccer-ball factory in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Here’s snippets of Guy’s interview with Aziza.

Question: What is your life story?
Answer: I was born […]

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Do you need a hug? Ahhhh…. Come here and give me a hug… We all deserve it..
Here’s one inspiring story that has definitely been on the news this year, and is one of our notable inspiring stories for 2006. It was even featured on Oprah.
Free hugs is a real life controversial story of […]

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