Archive for the ‘Giving’ Category

Discover Your Potential

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

“Every single one of you has something you’re good at. Every single one of you has something to offer. And you have a responsibility to yourself to discover what that is.”

- President Barack Obama

true giving

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

“You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.”

- Kahlil Gibran

cultivate your gifts

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

“I want to continue to grow. To me the biggest sin of all sins is to be given a gift a talent because it’s actually a gift from God. To take that and not cultivate it, and make it grow, that’s the biggest sin in the world.”

- Michael Jackson

october 1981 Ebony magazine

RIP Michael Jackson
August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009

Success

Sunday, January 11th, 2009

“He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much;
Who has enjoyed the trust of pure women, the respect of intelligent men and the love of little children;
Who has filled his niche and accomplished his task;
Who has never lacked appreciation of Earth’s beauty or failed to express it;
Who has left the world better than he found it,
Whether an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul;
Who has always looked for the best in others and given them the best he had;
Whose life was an inspiration;
Whose memory a benediction.”

- Elisabeth-Anne “Bessie” Anderson Stanley
often missattributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson or Robert Louis Stevenson

Try Harder

Wednesday, December 17th, 2008

“In this hustle and bustle world we live in it takes creativity and resourcefulness to give a gift from the heart.”

- Sherry Nicholson, Chicken Soup for the Woman’s Soul

Make Every Day A Holiday

Friday, October 24th, 2008

 ”Celebrate the happiness that friends are always giving, make every day a holiday and celebrate just living!”

- Amanda Bradley

Sharing with Others

Saturday, January 13th, 2007

“The only gift is a portion of thyself.”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Spirit of Christmas

Saturday, January 13th, 2007

“For somehow, not only at Christmas, but all the long year through, the joy that you give to others is the joy that comes back to you.”

- John Greenleaf Whittier