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I took this from the car on the way home from midnight mass, it's a terrible picture but that's not the point. This tiny litt...

“It does not matter how many times you get knocked down, but how many times you get up."   -Vince Lombardi

 “Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.”                                                ...

“If you ask me what I came to do in this world, I, an artist, will answer you: I am here to live out loud.” Émile Zola

“If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don’t hesitate. Give in to it. There are plenty of lives and whole towns destroyed o...

“If you walk across my camera I will flash the world your story.”   Woody Guthrie

“A sad soul can kill you quicker, far quicker, than a germ.” John Steinbeck One of the saddest days of my life was when I finished re...

I have decided to be a happy person. That does not mean that I will be happy under a specific set of circumstances.   It does m...

Juggernau t (JUG-uhr-not)   1. Anything requiring blind sacrifice. 2. A massive relentless force, person, institution, etc. that crushes...

 By Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D.  When it comes to our self-critical thinking, Byron Katie has created a brilliant set of four questions ...

Stay positive. This is the mantra for bad times “This too shall pass” not even the worst storm lasts forever. Stay positive. ...

Mary and I attended a fundraiser last night for "My Sister Place" a shelter for battered women and then grabbed a late dinner ...

Impedimenta (im-ped-uh-MEN-tuh)  Baggage, supplies, or equipment related to an activity or expedition, especially when regarded as slowin...

Can anything be sadder than work left unfinished? Yes, work never begun. –                                                             ...

Century-old publishing house goes to auction By Arthur Hirsch, The Baltimore Sun  The West Baltimore home of a defunct century-old...

Elijah Moment: Campaign Promotes Random Acts of Kindness By Charlene Aaron The holidays are a time for giving and sharing. That...

CLASS OF 2014 SUCCESS STORIES: OVERCOMING ADVERSITY Bowling Green State University / News / 2014 / December / Class of 2014 Succes...

Leslie Nguyenokwu Move over, GDP. Psychologists Shigehiro Oishi and Ed Diener say it's time to make room for happiness, the ne...

Generous Stranger Secretly Pays Off Every Layaway Account at Toys R Us At the Toys-R-Us store in Bellingham, Massachusetts a complet...

You cannot add to the peace and good will of the world if you fail to create an atmosphere of harmony and love right where you live and wo...

By ALYSON KRUEGERDEC. 10, 2014 David Terry is 50 years old, H.I.V. positive and homeless. He spends his nights at Bailey House, a no...

by Good News Network Her car was barely drivable after multiple run-ins with deer on roadways. She covered two windows with plastic ...

by Aisha Sultan There are times when a foggy malaise can settle into a spot. Even when cracks of sunlight break through this vapor, ...

A few months ago, bioethicist Ezekiel Emanuel had an essay in The Atlantic saying that, all things considered, he would prefer to die ar...