By Dexter Lunde Peter Rosenberger, host of a weekly radio program, public speaker, writer, and spokesman for caregivers, is also the president of Nashville-based STANDING WITH HOPE; a company that provides artificial limbs to people in developing countries. He’s been through his share of struggles and has a few helpful tips to help you follow…
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Turn Your Weaknesses Into Strengths By Using Negative Energy to Be More Productive
Image by: Pavlofox By James Reubin I married a woman who is the total opposite of me and I have to say that it was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made in my life. I used to see her as someone who was always worried about something. Small things used to trouble her…
Let Victoria’s Secret Angel Lais Ribeiro Inspire Your Next Great Act
By Jack Day Some of the best advice you’ll get in life sometimes comes from things you never considered. When you get that knowledge it feels good, like you just leveled up in the game of life. That’s why it’s important to me that I bring you the kinds of stories you can really gain…
On Your Way to Conquering the World, You Are Going to Need These Tools From the Motivation Store
Image by: Ben Grey By John Cace I hope you are reading this somewhere quiet because I want you to be focused on what I’m about to tell you. And really, that idea of being focused is what will help you achieve the things you want in life. You’ll learn how inspiration is conceived and…
A Team’s Inspirational Support For Their Sidelined Player Shows Us the Meaning Of Compassion
By Jack Day Life always seems to have other plans for you when you least expect it. An unexpected traffic jam when you are running late, a cancelled flight, a chance encounter with a long lost relative at the DMV. Then there are the life altering changes that you just can’t ever prepare for. For…
This Guy Can’t Believe that Someone He Just Met Could Be This Generous
By Jack Day Sometimes in life, you just have to blaze your own trail. That was the thinking of Jared Auger, a resident of Bountiful, Utah and local entrepreneur. Before Auger met another resident, Richard Uhl, he was performing his job of uninstalling old satellite dishes by foot. He would throw his ladder on his…
Down, But Not Out, These Two Brothers Finished the NYC Marathon Thanks to the Kindness Of Strangers
By Jack Day Sometimes karma comes around when you least expect it. Like when brothers Kyle and Brent Pease were making their way into mile 13 of the New York City Marathon last Sunday and a wheel on Kyle’s special wheelchair blew out. At first the brothers from Atlanta put there heads together and devised…
You Won’t Believe What Racing Legend Jeff Gordon Just Gave One Of His Biggest Fans
By Jack Day When you are a Nascar Legend like Jeff Gordon, you probably have a couple extra cars just sitting around the garage. I mean your life is racing, so why not have as many trophies as possible right? Jeff felt the same way, especially about the 2003 model of his special edition Monte…
This Guy Is Helping Homeless People Find Their Families Using the Power Of Social Media
By Jack Day Kevin Adler had a really good idea last Christmas when he filmed a homeless man looking to find his sister and uploaded the video to YouTube. Within an hour the sister was tagged on social media and a month later after some fundraising the two were reunited. So Adler thought why not…
One Football Play In Their College Days Turned These Two Men Into Best Friends
By Jack Day Two men who were opponents for a brief moment in their lives could have never imagined that 30 years later they would be best friends. Especially after one of them wound up paralyzed after their first meeting. During a college football game between The Citadel and East Tennessee State in October of…
These Young Men Are Restoring Dignity to Homeless Veterans As They Are Laid to Rest
By Jack Day You may have heard about the Patriot Riders, a national organization of motorcycle enthusiasts, as well as other patriots, who attend the funerals of veterans. Some of the most important funerals for them to be present at are the veterans who died homeless with no family to bury them. Recently in Holly…
With His Life Hanging In the Balance, This Pooch Got a Second Chance Thanks to These Young Heroes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv8ou-V19E0 By Jack Day If you were a Boy Scout when you were younger, then you probably know how how to do some pretty cool survival stuff. I never was one myself, but I know from friends who were that it takes a pretty dedicated and honorable person to fill the role. Kind of like…
It Took 200 Years Of Waiting, But These Native Americans Are Finally Going “Home”
By Jack Day Sometimes doing the right thing can take a long time. For the Kashia band of Pomo Indians living near the Sonoma coastline of northern California, it took almost 200 years of waiting before the right thing was done for them. Originally the land was their home for generations and it is where…
This Cop Knew a Ticket Was Worthless, So Instead He Went Shopping For the Man He Pulled Over
By Jack Day Officers Justin Gower and Cale Hawkins of the Cedar Park Police Department in Texas are the kind of police who remind the world that not all cops are bad. As evidence of this charge I present this video in which the two decided to do the right thing and help out a…
This Penguin Comes Home Every Year From the Ocean to the Man Who Saved His Life
By Jack Day If you have ever performed one simple act of kindness for an animal, chances are you made a friend for life. That is exactly what happened to João Pereira de Souza of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil when in 2011 he found a small black and white Magellanic penguin covered in oil on…
This Dad Just Made the Best Halloween Costume Ever For Him & His Baby Boy
Image by: Will Montague By Jack Day Halloween is less than a week away guys! So if you are the DIY type then maybe this new dad’s homemade mech-warrior costume might give you some inspiration if it hasn’t struck yet. Imgur user PutABowOnIt recently shared the creation and the smile on his son’s face is…
He Barely Survived Birth & Is Now Considered By Many As One Of the Greatest Piano Players In All Of History
By Jack Day The mind is a beautiful and mysterious organized mess of wonder. While neuroscientists are currently studying the brain to further understand how it works, the rest of us can just sit back and enjoy the music of life thanks to the fact we don’t know how it works. And even though he…
They Call This Doctor a Hero Because He Is Doing Something Unheard Of For His Patients
By Jack Day To help someone in need is the essence of human kindness. To help 100,000 people in need without any expectation for anything in return is heroic. That’s about the number of patients who have received free medical care through the nonprofit OnePatient Global Health Initiative established by Dr. Daniel Ivankovich in 2010….
This Former NFL Star Shows Us How His Moves Off the Field Are Even More Impressive Than On It
By Jack Day Ever heard of Warrick Dunn? He played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the early 2000’s and then for the Atlanta Falcons. He was the 1997 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year, made the Pro Bowl three times and rushed for over 10,000 yards in his career. His stats are impressive, but…
You Have Never Seen a Video About the Moon Landing Quite Like This One
By Jack Day As you may know from some previous posts I am a huge fan of anything having to do with space and astronomy. Ever since I was a little kid I can remember being in complete awe of the night sky and the mighty secrets that it possesses. That’s why when I come…
This 20-Year-Old Man Was Living On the Street, Until the Kindness Of a Stranger Changed Everything
By Jack Day This is a before and after photo of 20-year-old Shylow Murphy, who less than a week ago was homeless on the streets of Norwich, England. The transformation took place thanks to the kindness of a stranger who happened to be passing by him one day last week. That stranger was Abbi Claxton,…
These Homeless Activists Just Got a Place to Stay For the Winter Thanks to Two Very Generous Men
By Jack Day Usually when homeless people squat in a building the authorities are called to get them out. But in this compassionate story about a group of homeless activists called the Manchester Angels, the reverse has happened. The building in question is owned by Manchester United football stars Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs, who…
Inspired As a Youth In India, This MIT Student Just Created a Way to Re-purpose Pollution
By Jack Day File this under: Awesome. Sometimes a person has an idea that is so basic, but is so big that it makes you wonder how in the world no one thought of it sooner. This is one of those ideas. Anirudh Sharma is a really smart person. He is a co-leader of a…
Living In a Food Desert, This Pastor Became a Shepherd & Led His Community to Healthier Lands
By Jack Day Ever heard of a food desert? The USDA defines a food desert as, “urban neighborhoods and rural towns without ready access to fresh, healthy, and affordable food… USDA’s Economic Research Service estimates that 23.5 million people live in food deserts.” Pastor Richard Joyner of Missionary Baptist Church in Conetoe, North Carolina lives…
