Inspiration

Role Models, heartwarming stories, and other glurge that's been e-mailed to me over the years. Get a hanky if you're sentimental. [46 entries.]

Bottle Cap Art Car Project - Ready, Steady, Go!
This weekend we worked on a couple of big things -- lots of lawn and garden work, and the beginnings of the art car. Dunno if I've written much about the Art Car Project - it's something Stephanie has been wanting to do for a long time, and now is a great opportunity for her to tackle it. She has...
Topic: Cool Things | Inspiration | Journal
April 7, 2008, 5:30 PM | 0 Comments

The Tao Te Ching: Three Different Translations Compared
by Lao Tzu
Topic: Inspiration
February 8, 2006, 9:16 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

Shri Hanuman Chalisa
The Hanuman Chalisa is one of the most sacred books of Indian Mythology.
Topic: Inspiration
February 18, 2003, 5:59 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

Pallas Athena
The Goddess of Wisdom and Battle, the future patron of Greece's golden city of Athens, and arguably the most important figure in the Greek pantheon, was born.
Topic: Inspiration
February 18, 2002, 5:51 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

Ancient Greek Hymns to Athena
translations and notes by Shawn Eyer to commemorate the dedication to Athena Parthenos of the temple and statue which bear her name
Topic: Inspiration
February 18, 2002, 5:47 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

Buffy The Vampire Slayer
As long as there have been vampires, there has been the Slayer. One girl in all the world, to find them where they gather and to stop the spread of their evil and the swell of their members. She is the Slayer.
Topic: Inspiration
February 18, 2002, 5:41 PM | 8 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

Revolutionary Girl Utena
An awesome Japanese comic book turned TV series about a cross-dressing young girl, Utena Tenjou, who is rescued by a prince, and as a result, decides to become a prince herself.
Topic: Inspiration
February 18, 2002, 5:35 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

Saint Joan of Arc
Saint Joan was one of my favorite childhood heroines; a teenage girl who lead the French army to victory against the British in the early 1400's, inspired by heavenly voices.
Topic: Inspiration
February 18, 2002, 5:23 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman was one of my favorite childhood shows.
Topic: Inspiration
February 18, 2002, 5:20 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

The "I Have A Dream" Speech
Martin Luther King, Aug. 28, 1963
Topic: Inspiration
February 18, 2002, 5:14 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

Inaugural Address
John F. Kennedy, (January 20, 1961)
Topic: Inspiration
February 18, 2002, 5:11 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

Words To Live By
Discontent is the penalty we pay for being ungrateful for what we have.
Topic: Favorite Quotes | Inspiration
February 18, 2002, 3:25 PM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

True Love
by S. I. Kishor
Topic: Inspiration
February 18, 2002, 3:22 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

Life Lesson: Giving When it Counts
Author Unknown
Topic: Inspiration
February 18, 2001, 6:26 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

Life Lesson: The Obstacle in Our Path
Author Unknown
Topic: Inspiration
February 18, 2001, 6:18 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

Life Lesson: Remember Those Who Serve You
Author Unknown
Topic: Inspiration
February 18, 2001, 6:16 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

Life Lesson: Pickup in the Rain
Author Unknown
Topic: Inspiration
February 18, 2001, 6:14 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

Life Lesson: Pop Quiz
Author Unknown
Topic: Inspiration
February 18, 2001, 6:12 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

Every Woman...
author unknown
Topic: Inspiration
February 18, 2001, 4:21 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

The Bill of Rights
The first ten amendments to the constitution
Topic: Inspiration
February 18, 2001, 4:18 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

I've Learned
Author Unknown
Topic: Inspiration
February 18, 2001, 3:50 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

Abraham Lincoln
Author Unknown
Topic: Inspiration
February 18, 2001, 3:28 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

Seattle Special Olympics
Author Unknown
Topic: Inspiration
February 18, 2001, 3:20 PM | 12 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

Jerry's Attitude
Author Unknown
Topic: Inspiration
February 18, 2000, 4:33 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

Doggy Wisdom
author unknown
Topic: Inspiration
February 18, 2000, 4:27 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

If I Had My Life To Live Over
by Erma Bombeck
Topic: Inspiration
February 18, 2000, 4:24 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

What Is A Friend?
author unknown
Topic: Inspiration
February 18, 2000, 4:15 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

Instructions For Life
author unknown
Topic: Inspiration
February 18, 2000, 4:13 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

Hindsight
by Guy Kawasaki
Topic: Inspiration
February 18, 2000, 4:06 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

Twenty Keys to a Happy Life
author unknown
Topic: Inspiration
February 18, 2000, 3:55 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

Prayer for the new year (2000)
Author Unknown
Topic: Inspiration
January 1, 2000, 3:16 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

Reading More and Dusting Less
Author Unknown
Topic: Inspiration
February 18, 1999, 4:31 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

The Window
by Alan Seager
Topic: Inspiration
February 18, 1999, 3:11 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

Success
by Bessie Anderson Stanley (1904)
Topic: Inspiration
February 18, 1999, 2:56 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

The Invitation
May 1994, Oriah Mountain Dreamer
Topic: Inspiration
February 18, 1999, 1:57 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

The Famous "Wear Sunscreen" Commencement Address
by Chicago Tribune columnist Mary Schmich (incorrectly attributed to Kurt Vonnegut)
Topic: Inspiration
February 18, 1998, 4:36 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

It's a Small World
Author Unknown
Topic: Inspiration
February 18, 1998, 2:49 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

The Tree
Author Unknown
Topic: Inspiration
February 18, 1998, 2:14 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

The Wise Woman's Stone
Author Unknown
Topic: Inspiration
February 18, 1998, 1:55 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

Phenomenal Woman
Maya Angelou
Topic: Inspiration | Poems
February 18, 1998, 1:37 PM | 6 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

Some Important Lessons Life Teaches You
Author Unknown
Topic: Inspiration
January 4, 1998, 8:54 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

Vonnegut? Schmich? Who Can tell In Cyberspace?
Mary Schmich, Chicago Tribune
Topic: Inspiration
February 18, 1997, 4:38 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

Teddy's Teacher
by Elizabeth Silance Ballard
Topic: Inspiration
February 18, 1997, 2:46 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

Simple Friends and Real Friends
author unknown
Topic: Inspiration
February 18, 1996, 3:03 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

The Fence
Author Unknown
Topic: Inspiration
February 18, 1996, 2:32 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

The Value of Time
Author Unknown
Topic: Inspiration
February 18, 1996, 2:17 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks