Gabby Giffords

January 7th, 2012
Posted By:

Photo by CBSNews.com

If you Google the word resilient, you will find yourself reading about Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-AZ.

Resilience is the ability to recover from a crisis, a dramatic life change or even failure.  Some people are born with resilience and others develop it.

Resilience is when life hands you an awful situation and you turn it into an opportunity to learn or develop something about yourself.

Resilience is digging down deep within ourselves and finding the resources to cope with a changed life.

To me, this is the essence of Gabby Giffords.

One year ago tomorrow, Giffords was … Read More

Maya Angelou

October 27th, 2011
Posted By:

Talk about rebuilding your life and living courageously.  Maya Angelou is truly an inspiring woman.  Enjoy this Washington Post interview with her: Marvin Joseph/WASHINGTON POST Celebrated poet Maya Angelou speaks about a life well and creatively lived By Laura Hambleton, Published: October 24 The Washington Post Poet, writer, civil rights activist, professor, filmmaker, dramatist, singer, Grammy Award winner: Maya Angelou, 83, has also been called the nation’s premier memoirist. She was in Washington last week speaking about her long, rich life. Having come to prominence in 1970 with the publication of her acclaimed first memoir, “I Know Why the Caged… Read More