Inspiration Report

April is National Poetry Month, and since I posted a video on the “Don’t Quit” poem last week, I thought it would be fun to continue posting video poems every Friday of this month. I’ve always loved William Wordsworth’s poem, “Daffodils,” a perfect tribute to spring that starts with the famous lines, “I wandered lonely as a cloud….” …

A veteran Sherpa is preparing to scale Mount Everest for the 20th time, all in the name of a better education for his four children. “Apa Sherpa, who holds the record for the number of successful climbs to the summit of Mount Everest, has often said that he makes the death-defying ascent so that his…

 By Deborah Price As Tax Day 2010 rolls around we wanted to bring you this popular post from Deborah Price’s ‘Your Daily Spiritual Stimulus’ blog. As Deborah pointed out last year, rather than worry, approaching taxes with gratitude and a sense of peace can make dealing with them so much easier. Here’s hoping your Tax Day…

“It’s my job to share inspiring stories,” says broadcast journalist Daryn Kagan. The focus of her work at www.DarynKagan.com is to “Show The World What’s Possible!” This awesome and very personal story by Daryn Kagan just proves that the power of our intentions and the potency of our love can help create miracles in the…

Last month we wrote about Carlos, a brave 7-year-old boy who saved his mom and sister from robbers with guns. This month, another brave young boy in Chicago named Luis Reteguin saved his mom from a dangerous attacker and intruder. At 1 a.m., a man armed with a knife entered Luis’s home.  Both Luis and his mother…

METROPOLIS, IL – Small town spirit is evident here as the great citizens of Metropolis make plans to take part in a bone marrow drive in Monday, April 12, from 2-6 pm. The Metropolis Planet has organized this event in honor of the Planet’s Editor Emeritus, Clyde Wills, who has been diagnosed with luekemia–a diagnosis that…

At 13-years-old, Jordan Romero has a high and lofty goal: to be the first youngest person to climb Mount Everest in Nepal. Together with his father and stepmother, Romero is an avid climber who has already traveled from his hometown of Pasadena, CA to climb six of the world’s seven highest peaks. “To get up off…

Tired of family movie night? Try a family book blog night. A family of four in Milburn, New Jersey is connecting together as a family through their shared love for books and blogging. To inspire their two girls (Lauryn, 11, and Sami, 9) to hold on to their love for reading, Mara and Dave Lateiner created a…

The Metropolis Planet is organizing a Bone Marrow Drive in honor of Clyde Wills, their Editor Emeritus, on April 12, and the town of Metropolis is rallying around this very special man. In this photo, then presidential hopeful Barack Obama poses in front of the town’s Superman statue in a photo taken by Clyde Wills. Many…

In honor of the Yankee’s opening game on Sunday, let’s talk baseball–and work.   Here is a list of 7 ways baseball can help us step up to the plate in today’s workplace, written by strategic change expert, Scott R. Singer, author of How to Hit a Curveball: Confront and Overcome the Unexpected in Business (Portfolio,…

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