Inspiration Report

As baseball season revs up, it is only fitting that we remember the guy who wrote the song that everyone sings at the seventh-inning. Jack Norworth is profiled in a recent piece on AOL. “When fans arise for the seventh-inning stretch to sing “Take Me Out to the Ballgame,” few of them realize that the…

See the cutest Easter Bunnies ever, with their kitten and puppy friends. Is this a case of mistaken identity, or an interfaith-interspecies celebration of Easter? Enjoy!   See the Easter Bunny and Friends photo Gallery.

Use this Spring Cleaning meditation to clear the cobwebs of winter and welcome the fresh air of spring… and the possibility of love. Spring cleaning is as much a metaphor for spiritual life as it is an annual chore-ridden project.  In this meditation, clearing out, cleaning up, and deeply cleansing are seen through spiritual eyes, as ways…

If you have been struggling with something in particular for a long time or if you have been facing unimaginable obstacles this week, be encouraged by this famous “Don’t Quit” poem written by an anonymous author years ago.      Here are the words of the entire poem: When things go wrong, as they sometimes…

Would you be willing to give your kidney to save the life of a complete stranger? Five people (4 women, 1 man) in Chicago are doing just that–donating one of their kidneys to potentially save the lives of over a dozen people who need transplants. These “Good Samaritan organ donors” are part of a series of…

If you love dogs and wine, Mutt Lynch Winery in Healdsburg, California would be your idea of heaven. In 1995, married couple Brenda and Chris Lynch paired their love for wine and dogs by founding a vineyard to develop wine that had pictures of dogs on their bottle labels. Clever canine-inspired wine names at Mutt Lynch Winery include “Unleashed…

Everyone knows the 1988 movie “Stand and Deliver” with Edward James Olmos, about a high school math teacher in a tough Los Angeles neighborhood who helped his students succeed in AP Calculus.  Jaime Escalante, the real teacher whose life inspired the movie, passed away from bladder cancer today at 79-years-old.  In 1974, Escalante was a calculus teacher at Garfield High School.  He faced dislike and opposition…

President Obama is not the first president to tackle health reform, the economy and a new vision for the United States. This famous State of the Union speech from FDR was an sharing of what he called a “Second Bill of Rights.” Here, in another era, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt presents a healthy vision for…

One french fry brought two women together. While driving on the highway in Liberty Township, Ohio, Amanda Mountel found herself in a desperate situation–she began choking on a french fry she was eating. Immediately, Mountel “slammed on the brakes, threw it into park, and flagged down help,” by using the international sign for choking (KYPost.com).  A…

Spring is here. Do you have your Spring Cleaning Checklist ready? Famous Feng Shui expert and best-selling author, Terah Kathryn Collins, offers these super helpful tips for what she calls “Tender Loving De-Cluttering.” As you seek to clear the decks of clutter and stuff in your home, closets, basement, and life, ask yourself the following questions about…

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