I am always amazed at how, when we keep our minds open, we can learn something or other from someone or other. The trick is to be conscious, mindful. We can find mentors and teachers everywhere we look, in the most unexpected places sometimes. Take the guy who collects the garbage…
Posts tagged as “inspiration”
It is true what is said about seeing farther when we stand on the shoulders of giants. Some classic poems are so full of wisdom and life lessons that it is a joy to read them. They inspire. They encourage. They fill us with hope. One of my favorite poems is…
Acclaimed author and poet Maya Angelou died this morning at age 86. Not many people have inspired as many lives as Maya Angelou has. Did you know that at 16, Maya Angelou was the first black streetcar conductor in San Francisco and also the first woman conductor? By the time she…