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Are You Willing?
People have changed the world and pushed the human race forward because they decided to be different. Are you one of them? If not, are you willing to be?
Lessons from the Iron Lady
Margaret Thatcher changed the world when she was prime minister. Will you?
Choices: the Difference Maker and the History Maker
Our choices and goals make a difference, make history, and have an impact. How big or small that difference, history, and impact is is up to us. Will you choose to make a big impact or a small one?
Be Different
There’s still hope because there’s a way out of being stuck in the place we’re in. But how?
Hope for Today
Martin Luther King, Jr. knows the heart of hope: refusing the “isness” and reaching for the “oughtness.” For every notion of hope implies that there is something wrong with the world and declares that viable solutions exist.
Are You Who You Want to be?
A new year has come; the old has gone. There’s new challenges to face, new problems to solve, new opportunities to take, new dreams to hold, and much, much more. As college students, challenges–homework, classes, jobs, etc.–and problems–paying for college, pressure to do well–can bring us down. Sometimes it seems like everything’s against us and […]
The Meaning of Christmas
What’s the meaning of Christmas? Is it presents, Santa Clause, family time, food, or Jesus’ birth? And why?
Thanksgiving: Looking Back and Looking Forward
We all know the history of Thanksgiving. The pilgrims, after a harsh winter and help from Native Americans, were able to collect their first harvest and gave thanks to God for it. Then, they ate with the Native Americans the first Thanksgiving meal. That harsh winter with disease and death and without food made them […]
Why Beliefs Matter
Nuclear weapons, cloning, robotics, genetics, nanotechnology — the future is likely to pose some of the most difficult questions humanity has yet faced. What do you believe, and why?
Nervous Breakdown
Nervousness shouldn’t get in the way of having an amazing experience. Whenever I get nervous, I just tell myself how great the experience will be. Nervousness is just a defense mechanism, and it’s mostly in our heads. When you break it down, all nervousness really is is wiring in our heads.
