This is astounding….A series of images to show us the wonder of our world from space.
From the Endeavor space shuttle. Thank you to NASA for your endless pursuit of exploration. Oh and happy 50th Birthday!
http://www.greatdanepro.com/Blue%20Bueaty/index.htm
If you haven’t seen it before..enjoy. Susan 
To my dear associates, friends and families,
I’d like to share a really cool website with you. I stumbled across it a week ago and the concept inspired me to forward it to you because I think you’ll appreciate its simplicity and meaning.
It’s called The Encouragement Foundation and it was launched this month (www.theencouragementfoundation.com.au). Its purpose is to do just that, encourage people. The simple concept is that you receive encouragement from them, together you encourage others through you and excite people about furthering their life long learning skills. Continue Reading »
An inspiring story of a man giving his all to the very last moment.
A family man and teacher, his battle with Pancreatic Cancer even though ultimately lost, gave us this awesome example of courage and wisdom.
Randy Pausch: Life. Lessons. Legacy.
Public service announcement of The Lustgarten Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research featuring Dr. Randy Pausch. http://www.lustgarten.org/ - Leaders in Pancreatic Cancer research.
Click the read more tag to see the full lecture - over an hour
Check out this little Korean baby singing Hey Jude with his guitar and accent to boot. So cute!
korean baby singing hey jude
There’s no sound, but look at the picture first, which is “baby lion” and then watch the video.
These two guys reared this lion from a baby in England but the authorities would not allow them to keep it once it reached maturity so they were forced to give it up, they took it back to Africa and placed it in a wildlife sanctuary, a year later they went to see it and were told it would not remember them, true love never dies, how gorgeous.
A 1st grade school teacher had twenty-six students in her class. She presented each child in her classroom the 1st half of a well-known proverb and asked them to come up with the remainder of the proverb.
It’s hard to believe these were actually done by first graders. Their insight may surprise you. While reading, keep in mind that these are first-graders, 6-year-olds, because the last one is a classic! Continue Reading »
These days there is a lot of bad news out there. This news story shows us that good things happen in the middle of the bad too.
The Iraq war is fast becoming a Human Rights issue that evokes strong reactions from everyone.
This is a reminder that soldiers and civilians are the victims of war.
Feel free to download this image as a PDF and send it on to your friends.
May this madness end soon and the soldiers and civilians be in peace with their loved ones.
Download comforting-embrace.pdf now.
Click on the image to see a larger version.
As you might know, the head of a company survived 9/11 because his son started kindergarten.
Another fellow was alive because it was his turn to bring donuts.
One woman was late because her alarm clock didn’t go off in time. Continue Reading »
A must see for every parent and teacher.
This is a speech from Sir Ken Robinson, leading expert on innovation in education and business. His jovial, yet profound style will warm you to the truth and depth of his message. In short ” We need to encourage Creativity in our young people and stop conditioning them to avoid mistakes and/or being wrong.”
Visit www.ted.com to access all the treasure this awesome yearly event has to offer.
In 2002 Ken Robinson was voted Business Speaker of the Year by over 200 global and European companies. In June 2003, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his outstanding achievements as a leader in creativity, education and the arts. Read more about him at - http://www.sirkenrobinson.com/
He is the Author of Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative
This young man, recently seen on the Oprah Winfrey show has learned how to “see” with sound. At the age of 2 he lost his vision to cancer and since then has worked so skilfully with his blindness that his family makes no allowance for him at all. With the support of his wonderful mother and family he now has an incredible life to “look” forward to.
This is part 1 of 5. To see the next in the series, click here.
