29 Oct
2013
Jimmy Valvano’s 1993 ESPY Speech
“Don’t give up, don’t ever give up.”
OTHER POSTS
Google Treks
Google does it again. They have come out with another cool spin off site – Google Treks. Check it out — here. We had post previously about Google Trekker, the device being used for these fantastic angles and shots of places and cities around the globe. It seems as if Google Treks is a platform that […]
Loving Kindness
Author George Saunders gave the convocation speech for the 2013 graduates of Syracuse University. I find myself unable to add anything meaningful to his amazing words. Please enjoy and feel the love—-Here. Hakuna Matata
Love Through Locked Doors by Ronald Rolheiser
Interesting piece that speaks to the power of love and God’s power to help the sick and suffering. Love Through Locked Doors by Ronald Rolheiser Several years ago, a family I knew well lost a daughter through suicide. She was in her late twenties, and had become dangerously depressed. An initial attempt at suicide failed. The family […]
Why the tradition of “family dinner” is worth preserving
The American “family dinner” tradition, as we know it, is only 150 years old, according to a new book called Three Squares: The Invention of the American Meal by cultural historian Abigail Carroll. This is interesting because family dinner is often viewed as a sacred custom with near-magical powers attributed to it, yet it’s really not as deeply […]