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What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger

Posted in Life, Optimism

This uplifting and moving video of cancer patients, doctors and nurses from Seattle Children’s Hospital performing a lip sync to Kelly Clarkson’s song “Stronger” was created by Chris Rumble who himself is a cancer patient at the hospital. He said “It was not only good to see the kids happy, but it was also great to see how their parents were so happy as they watched their kids just being kids – dancing, singing and having fun.”

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.— Friedrich Nietzsche

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Never, Ever Give Up. Arthur’s Inspirational Transformation!

Posted in Life, Motivation, Success

Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.
—Confucius

This amazing video shows the inspiring transformation of Arthur Boorman, a veteran of the Gulf War who had been disabled for 15 years.  He was told by doctors that he would never be able to walk on his own again. But did that stop him from trying? No. Arthur fell many times but never gave up and he proved the doctors wrong. He shows us all, that through hard work and determination, we can accomplish anything we put our minds to.

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25 Simple Ways to Simplify Your Life and Focus on What’s Truly Important

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The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.—Hans Hofmann

When I met my wife 10 years ago, she was a minimalist and I was, well, the opposite. I was an impulsive consumer, always “wanting” and “needing” the latest and greatest. I held on to things both physical and emotional. I kept things, like clothes that I hadn’t worn in years, because I thought maybe one day I would want to wear them again or they would come back in style.  I held onto emotional stuff mainly because I wasn’t even aware of the harm it was doing to me. I held grudges, anger and resentment and had a lot of trouble letting go. I was always “busy” mostly because I was disorganized, I couldn’t say NO and I always wanted to please everyone. As the years went on, my wife fortunately started rubbing off on me and showed me lots of easy ways to simplify my life.

Looking back over the past 10 years I realized that everyone can benefit from her lessons, so I put together this list. Simplifying your life is a process of eliminating everything that is not essential, getting rid of clutter, both emotional and physical, and reducing excess and complexities. This in turn reduces stress and frees up time and space, so you can do the things you actually want to do and help you on the road to a more meaningful life. Even small changes in our environment, thoughts,  habits and attitude can make a big difference in our lives. Funny thing is, this started as a list of 100 easy ways to simplify your life, but instead I decided that the first step to simplifying your life would be to cut down this list. So here are the top 25 ways that worked for me, let us know what works for you. Continue reading »

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Caine’s Arcade – A Cardboard Arcade Made By A Creative 9 Year Old Boy

Posted in Motivation, Success

Caine Monroy is an inspiration! He had a dream to create this incredibly creative arcade built out of cardboard boxes he found in his Dad’s warehouse. He spent months building the games by hand in hopes that one day he would have a lot of customers to enjoy the games.
As luck would have it, his first customer was Nirvan Mullick, a filmmaker looking for a door handle for his car. Impressed by what he saw, Nirvan decided to organize a flash mob to get customers to the arcade, which he documented and made into this short film. Nirvan also helped set up a scholarship fund for Caine with the hope of raising $25,000 for his college fund. You can donate at Caine’s Arcade website.
As Caine and his Dad drove home from the arcade after the flash mob, Caine said to his Dad. “This was the best day of my whole life.”
Update to this story:
As of April 17, 2012 not only has Caine’s scholarship fund raised over $170,000, but The Goldhirsh Foundation has pledged to match the donations dollar for dollar up to $250,000. The money from Goldhirsch will go towards the Caine’s Arcade Foundation, which was set up to help other creative kids reach their dreams.

 

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Magic Johnson: Something I learned in Basketball

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For me, it always goes back to something I learned in basketball. There’s winning and there’s losing, and in life you have to know they both will happen. But what’s never been acceptable to me is quitting. —Magic Johnson in the ESPN film The Announcement

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Top 10 Dr. Seuss Quotes

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Dr. Seuss Life quote print by kbphotographie on Etsy

Theodor Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss was born on March 2, 1904. In honor of  his birthday birthday here are our top 10 Dr. Seuss quotes.

  1. “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.”
  2. “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.”
  3. “Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!”
  4. “Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.”
  5. “Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one.”
  6. “The more that you read, the more things you will know, the more that you learn the more places you’ll go.”
  7. “Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!”
  8. “I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it’s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life’s realities.”
  9. “I meant what I said and I said what I meant.”
  10. “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. You are the guy who’ll decide where to go.”

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What’s Right with the World – Random Acts of Kindness Week

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In honor of Random Acts of Kindness Week we want to take notice of the kindness in the world with “What’s right with the world” today. Enjoy these inspiring stories of kindness, generosity, courage and goodness.

  1. 366 random acts of kindness in 2012
  2. Snow storm inspires random acts of kindness
  3. Bill Gates donates $750 million to fight Aids, TB and malaria
  4. Kindness at the Corner Perk coffee shop
  5. No Rhinos poached in Nepal last year
  6. Blind 11 year old girl finishes Honolulu marathon
  7. Boy writes nice encouraging letter to football player
  8. Kindness overtakes gas station
  9. Restaurant owner surprises strangers with kindness
  10. Jon Bon Jovi opens pay what you can restaurant
  11. Good Samaritan rescues driver

Please share your stories with us about what’s right with the world.

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Kindness is Contagious

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No kind action ever stops with itself. One kind action leads to another. Good example is followed. A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees. The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves.—Amelia Earhart

Kim, one of our readers, sent over the trailer for the documentary Good Virus, Kindness is Contagious that we thought was fitting for Random Acts of Kindness Week. Watch the trailer after the jump.

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Random Acts of Kindness Week

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No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.  —Aesop

We can’t believe that we didn’t hear about this until today. This week is Random Acts of Kindness Week from February 13 – 19, 2012.  We stumbled upon the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation website while doing research for another blog post, and are super excited to share what they are doing with all of you. The mission of the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation is to inspire people to practice kindness and to pass it on to others. Each day this week they will be announcing new kindness ideas and will be challenging you to participate.

Everyday this week we will be posting things on the We’re So Inspired blog, Facebook page, and Twitter feed to inspire you to do random acts of kindness.   We highly recommend checking out the Random Acts of Kindness foundation website to get more ideas and getting involved.

What random acts of kindness are you going to perform this week? What was the last random act of kindness that someone did for you?

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Gandhi’s Top 10 Fundamentals For Changing the World

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Gandhi’s Top 10 Fundamentals For Changing the World

  1. Change yourself
  2. You are in control
  3. Forgive and let go
  4. Take care of this moment
  5. Without action you aren’t going anywhere Continue reading »

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