Inspiration can be found almost anywhere, believe it or not, including rap songs.  Advice From A Rapper shares a new inspirational quote from a different rap star each week, beautifully illustrated by Jessica Wright. This illustration features a lyric from “Me Against The World” which can be found on 2Pac’s Greatest Hits album. “Get ready cuz yo days bout to get a whole lot betta. You feel me?” Word!
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Todd Bieber was skiing in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park and found an undeveloped roll of film. He developed it and reached out to people via the Internet to help him track down the photographer. Watch this video for the amazing conclusion to this inspiring story.
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Patrick is truly an inspiration. He has motor neurone disease (MND).
I’m gradually losing the ability to walk, talk, eat and breathe. I won’t see my daughter go to primary school and she won’t remember me. I am dying – MND is killing me.
I’m determined to use what’s left of my life and my diminishing artistic skill to encourage others to do something optimistic every day.
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If you want to do something with your life, if you really want to do it, just do it. I promise that you can. You just have to do it. And when you do, you’ll be happier for it.
— Ben Davis
Learn more about Ben and his journey at Ben Does Life.
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Alice is truly an optimist and an inspiration to all of us. After everything Alice has been through, she can still see the beauty of life:
I have had such a beautiful life. And life is beautiful, love is beautiful, nature and music are beautiful. Everything we experience is a gift, a present we should cherish and pass on to those we love.
Watch the 12 minute interview with Alice after the jump.
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As children we have the sense that anything is possible, we are not jaded. The older we get the more closed in we get, the more frightened we get, the more set in our ways we get, because we are afraid of the unknown. Where as a child, everything is unknown. What a beautiful place to reside in, in your own being where you still have the wonder of a child.
— Herbie Hancock, Musician
From the documentary Possibilities
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A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
— Lao Tzu, Ancient Chinese philosopher
This is our first step, the beginning of our journey, to inspire and motivate and encourage you in hopes that you will do the same. As Gandhi said, “be the change you want to see in the worldâ€.  One person at a time, let’s make a positive change in the world.
Our goal is to inspire 1 million people in 2011, so help us pass on the inspiration by visiting and recommending our website, liking our Facebook page and sharing our tweets with your friends and family. Â We are always looking for more inspiration (because you can never have too much) so please feel free to comment and email us your favorite inspirational quotes, stories, videos, etc.
We’re so inspired… and we just can’t hide it!
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