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The Man Who Thinks He Can

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Whether you think you can or think you can’t – you are right. — Zig Ziglar

Thinking: The Man Who Thinks He Can
By: Walter D. Wintle

If you think you are beaten, you are
If you think you dare not, you don’t,
If you like to win, but you think you can’t
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15 Bob Marley Quotes for a Positive Day

Bob Marley Guitar Poster

He made his reggae music to uplift us, inform, entertain, inspire, and make change in the world. He’s a musician, a poet and songwriter, a philosopher, a soldier, an activist and a leader. — Cedella Marley

In honor of Bob Marley’s Birthday we are spreading his positive vibrations. Enjoy these 15 Bob Marley Quotes for a positive day. Continue reading »

What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger

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

Kindness is Contagious

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

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?

Happy 67th Birthday, Bob Marley!

You just can’t live in that negative way…make way for the positive day. — Bob Marley

What’s Right With the World – 10 Years After 9/11

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The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker.

—Helen Keller, American author, political activist, and lecturer

Today marks the 10th anniversary of 9/11. So in honor of those who lost their lives, saved lives on 9/11 and those who continue to sacrifice their lives, we are going to take notice of 10 things that are right with the world 10 years later.

  1. 5-year-old behind 9/11 charity New York Says Thank You, grows up.
  2. Louisville man walks over 7,000 miles, raises $500,000 for military families
  3. John Feal, 9/11 Responder, Helps Injured Get Benefits.
  4. Tuesday’s Children
  5. Epileptic boy’ s book helps raise money to buy service dogs.
  6. 13-Year-Old Prodigy Looks to Trees for Our Solar Future.
  7. Pencils of Promise
  8. Patagonia Launches eBay Storefront to Buy, Sell Pre-Owned Gear.
  9. The 2nd annual Social Good Summit in New York September 19-22.
  10. Retired Teacher Raises More Than $1 Million to Build School in Africa.

Laugh Out Loud

Here at We’re So Inspired, we love to laugh, but occasionally we have to remind each other. Sometimes in the form of a good joke, a funny quote, a tickle fight or laughter yoga.  So here’s your reminder. A fun laugh out loud video and our top 10 favorite laughter quotes.

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What’s Right With The World

The other day I found The Bold Life, a blog by Tess Marshall which she describes as “a delicious and juicy mix of inspiration, spirituality, and personal development.” On one of her latest posts she writes, “It’s very important to notice what’s right about the world. Let’s talk about that, build upon it, grow it. Make a big freakin’ deal about it!” And then goes on to list 52 things that are right with the world to get the positivity started and challenges others to do the same. So here I am, taking on the challenge and sharing it with all of you in hopes that you will continue the chain of positivity. We liked the idea so much that “what’s right with the world” will become a regular feature.  Here’s the first of many.

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Top 10 Inspirational Movie Quotes

The other day we were discussing some of our favorite movie quotes and realized that many of them are actually pretty inspiring. So we thought it would be fun to share them with you. The list was pretty long but we cut it down to our top 10  (plus a few extras) . Continue reading »