Take The Open-Hearted & Courageous Way

The minute a person whose word means a great deal to others 

dares to take the open-hearted and courageous way, 

many others follow.

~ Marian Anderson

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[GMW #2882]

9 Things Educators Should Know About the Brain

9 Things Educators Should Know About the Brain

Learning is a dynamic function that each person experiences in a vastly different way. For instance, one individual may retain knowledge the best by studying a textbook while another may need to link an idea to a physical activity they perform. It is important to apply this concept both in our classrooms along with our own daily lives. This is especially critical in a child's early formative years, as we can no longer apply "industrial methods" of education to our students today. In this piece, psychologist Louis Cozolino applies social neuroscience research to the classroom. He offers up nine insights from science that just might transform the way educators think about and approach their work. { read more }

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[GMW #2875]

Give Daily Thanks For The Abundance In Your Life

You simply will not be the same person two months from now 

after consciously giving thanks each day for the abundance that

exists in your life. And you will have set in motion an ancient

spiritual law: the more you have and are grateful for, the more will

be given you.

~ Sarah Ban Breathnach, Simple Abundance

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[GMW #2821]

Fidelity To A Worthy Purpose Is True Happiness

Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness.
It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.
~ Helen Keller, 

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[GMW #2936]

Be A Gracious & Courteous Citizen Of The World

If a person be gracious and courteous to strangers,
it shows they are a citizen of the world, and that
their heart is no island cut off from other lands, but
a continent that joins to them.

~ Francis Bacon

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[GMW #2928]

Stand Up To Challenge & Controversy

"The ultimate measure of a person

is not where they stand in moments of comfort and convenience,

but where they stand at times of challenge and controversy."

~ Martin Luther King Jr.

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[GMW #2915]

Contemplate Better Ways So They Can Be

A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single person
contemplates it, bearing within them the image of a cathedral.
~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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[GMW #2907]