A boy was extended an invitation to visit his uncle who was a lumberjack up in the Northwest . . . [As he arrived] his uncle met him at the depot, and the two pursued their way to the lumber camp. The boy was impressed by the enormous size of trees on every hand. There… Read more »
One Starfish at a Time! A friend of mine was walking down a deserted Mexican beach at sunset. As he walked along, he began to see another man in the distance. As he grew nearer, he noticed that the local native kept leaning down, picking something up and throwing it out into the water. Time… Read more »
I recently visited the Jelly Belly jelly bean factory in Northern California. I don’t think I’ve ever seen such a wide variety of colors and names of jelly beans anywhere. As a confection they have always been around. As kids we ate them, swapped them, hid them in our pockets until they stuck together and… Read more »
Expanding the Scope of Positive Media to Inspire Care-acter By Elaine Parke Founder of the Caring Habit of the Month Adventure Our educational system now resides in a complex and fast-paced climate called the information age. Despite the call to come together as community to instill citizenship in our youth, there is a powerful community… Read more »
Although the world is very full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it. – Helen Keller
It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him. – Abraham Lincoln
Energy Responsibility When you take energy away from a fellow classmate you have a responsibility to give it back! 1.You put another person down by calling them a name. Payback-Ask for forgiveness by saying I’m sorry. Saying you’re sorry means you will not repeat the behavior. 2. Someone laughed at you when you had the… Read more »
Life is an adventure in forgiveness. – Norman Cousins
At a recent seminar in Ohio, I was asked what to do if you have several children who run rather than stay in the line. Having had several boys in my classes run out of a line rather than stay with the class I found that by using a rope with several cross ropes tied… Read more »
“Now, here, my dear Glaucon, is the whole risk for a human being … And on this account each of us must, to the neglect of other studies, above all see to it that he is a seeker and a student of that study by which he might be able to learn and find out… Read more »
