Stephen Chbosky Quote – Sob Story
“Not everyone has a sob story, and even if they do, it’s no excuse.” – Stephen Chbosky
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Live Christmas Tree vs. Artificial Christmas Tree
Did you ever think that by using a live Christmas tree in your house that you were actually helping the environment? Real trees help the environment from the time they are planted until after the holiday season when they can be recycled. Did you know that the first artificial Christmas trees were actually made in the early 1930’s by a […]
Read moreHelen Keller Quote – Optimism
“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” ― Helen Keller
Read morePoem – Streets (By Joshua Medsker)
Streets My bright pavements, you inspire my night you fed and frightened I dream about the cold down in the cracks between dark and light Anchorage nights crunching snow I was streamlined, nocturnal. Bold frost on dirty street signs And our memories, bold and shared, fraternal. I love your immortal grey, shine and cracks your shine fills my consciousness And […]
Read moreCartoon – Dang Them Toilets Are Small
Girls Forced To Fight For Boko Haram
One year after Boko Haram abducted 276 Christian teenage girls from a northern Nigerian boarding school, authorities are no closer to finding them—and more have been taken. Amnesty International said this week that the Islamist group has captured at least 2,000 women and girls since the start of 2014. Those who escape say they were raped in forced marriages and trained […]
Read moreWelfare – Not Just The Poor Who Benefit
In America, 7 out of 10 people are on Welfare. That’s the percentage of people who receive more in gov’t benefits than they pay in taxes, according to a new Tax Foundation study. Some of these beneficiaries of Uncle Sam’s handouts are the poor; another new study, by the Cato Foundation, found that families collecting various welfare benefits, including food […]
Read moreNelson Mandela Quote – Powerful Beyond Measure
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. Nelson Mandela
Read moreWoody Allen Quote – Time
“Time is nature’s way of keeping everything from happening at once.” – Woody Allen
Read moreGen. Douglas MacArthur Quote – Security In Life
“There is no security in this life, only opportunity.” – Gen. Douglas MacArthur
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