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Inspiration: A Few More Things Ive Noticed Along the Road So Far


Here's a quote from the late great columnist Sydney Harris that I believe says much about the state of marriage in our culture: "Almost no one is foolish enough to imagine that they automatically deserve great success in any field of activity; yet almost everyone believes they automatically deserve success in marriage."

One of the best unexpected blessings of marriage is to count the parents of your spouse among your friends.

Certain so called "parenting experts" may be saying the right things. So why do they have to say the right things in such a very wrong way?

Three things guaranteed to bring out any "unfinished business" in a family: births, deaths and weddings.

From now on, whenever we leave on a family trip, I will choose something to be the "designated item we forgot to pack." I even have a place picked out in the garage to put it the day before we leave.

It's myth, perhaps started in the James Dean era, that teenagers have to rebel. They do have to learn how to separate from their family. This is a good thing, unless you want your kids living with you when they are thirty. But they don't have to rebel.

The decision to have a child is the decision to have your heart walking around outside of you for the rest of your life.

No matter how hard we try not to, as parents we catch ourselves saying the very things we hated hearing from our own parents and swore we would never say to our own children.

An old song seems to be the closest thing we have to a time machine. Hearing a favorite song can instantly take you back in time, place, and emotion.

No matter what I'm doing, or how very busy I think I am, I just can't resist these six words; "Daddy, will you play with me?"

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Obama hails Joplin grads as 'source of inspiration'
Politico (blog)
By JENNIFER EPSTEIN | President Obama on Monday told the graduates of tornado-ravaged Joplin High School that while commencement speakers are generally expected to be inspirational, it's the people of the Missouri town who have inspired him.

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Wagner: Fargo Marathon is an inspiration event
Dickinson Press
At one marathon party, I heard the stories of many courageous and inspirational acts. For example, one friend ran alongside another runner the entire race, even though it was significantly slower than her natural pace. A gifted runner, she devoted her ...

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Robin Gibb's inspirational words for Scottish youth
stv.tv
The singer is survived by his second wife, Dwina, and four children, as well as his older brother, fellow Bee Gee Barry Gibb, and his sister Lesley Evans, who lives in Australia. Robin Gibb's inspirational words for Scottish youth.

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Inspirational Olympic athlete overcame polio to win seven golds
Manawatu Standard
OPINION: This last week has seen a lot of activity on the cross-country scene, which has been well covered already in this newspaper. The interclub event and the Palmerston North Boys' High School Super 8 race were both held on a new cross-country ...

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A Inspirational and Environmental Childrens Book Written by a New Author Janis ...
PR.com (press release)
... different than everyone else and how the support of family and friends supports the life of a child with challenges. The entire book rhymes and is so heartfelt. A Inspirational and Environmental Childrens Book Written by a New Author Janis Pacileo.



ksl.com

52 weeks, 48 states: finding inspiration in America
ksl.com
By Stephanie Grimes Other times, you have to go out looking for it, as five recent college graduates did when they renovated an old school bus and embarked on a 52-week journey to find America's inspirational stories. From the Florida men who placed ...



Inspirational torchbearers counting down hours until Droitwich relay
Droitwich Advertiser
A HOST of inspirational people from Droitwich Spa and the surrounding area have been given the honour of being Olympic torchbearers. People of all ages will line up to pass on the iconic flame as it travels through the town on Thursday, May 24.
Inspirational Bromsgrove torchbearers prepare for relayBromsgrove Advertiser

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Want to Inspire Your Staff? Push Them Out of the Office for a Day
AdAge.com
We work in the inspiration business. We inspire consumers to like, love and buy the brands we represent. We inspire clients to take risks, strive, aspire. But how good are we at inspiring our own staffs? We motivate, encourage, reward and promote them.



“A tete-a-tete with Andy Grove was inspirational
Financial Express
Most inspirational moment: When I had a tete-a-tete with Andy Grove. The turning point in my career: That was when I joined Intel. The first thing I do when I reach office: Talk to my team, solve urgent issues and grab an overview of the top news of ...

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Mirror.co.uk

Sporting dreams live on: Stef Reid's inspirational journey to culminate at ...
Mirror.co.uk
"He has been the most incredible source of inspiration to me," said Reid. "This is a guy who does marathons in little more than 2:40 yet had first to learn to run on his stumps and took six hours for his first attempt." Doubtless there will be those ...

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