I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.
~Maya Angelou
Today is World AIDS Day. For more information about how you can help or statistics, please consider http://www.worldaidscampaign.org/ and http://www.worldaidsday.org/. Also, for testing locations, check out http://www.hivtest.org/.
Pictured above are teens sharing at a summer camp for HIV positive kids.
Make it safe for people to disagree with you. You’ll be surprised by how much you can learn.
~ Dr. Rodger Duncan
Pictured above is F. W. de Klerk, the last President of apartheid-era South Africa, and Nelson Mandela.
Your story is not what happens to you in your life; rather it is what you make happen in your life that is your story.
~ Kerri Zane
Love deeply and believe completely, speak truthfully and listen openly. Pray faithfully and act courageously, share passionately and sleep peacefully.
~ Anna Taylor
It's not until you have the courage to step off the ledge that you'll realize you've had wings all along.
~ Gail Lynne Goodwin
The only way to get what you want is to risk being uncomfortable. The greater your gratitude for discomfort, the greater the opportunity.
~ Chris Cade
Each day I am thankful for nights that turned into mornings, friends that turned into family, dreams that turned into reality and likes that turned into love.
~ unknown
Happy Thanksgiving!
Be honest with yourself about how you feel, because only then can you be honest with others about what you need.
~ Miriam Owens
Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man.
~ Rabindranath Tagore
Today is Universal Children's Day as recognized by the UN to commemorate the passing of the Declaration of the Rights of the Child, in 1959, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, in 1989.
The worst thing that happens to you may be the best thing for you if you don’t let it get the best of you.
~ Will Rogers
Here are the two best prayers I know: 'Help me, help me, help me' and 'Thank you, thank you, thank you.'
- Anne Lamott
When you follow your bliss, doors will open where you would not have thought there would be doors.
- Joseph Campbell
One of the secrets of a long and fruitful life is to forgive everybody, everything, every night before you go to bed.
- Bernard M. Baruch
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
~ Leo Buscaglia
Today is World Kindness Day. We hope you are touched by each and every day!
I learned much from my teachers, more from my books, and most from my troubles.
- Kaminer, Baraitot de Rabbi Yitzhak
