J.K. Rowling gave a rather good commencement address at Harvard this past Thursday, entitled “The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination.” (Thanks to Joni for …
The Archives: Inspirational
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In a conversation I had the other day, it hit me: pretty much everyone feels inadequate. It’s not just me. :) And yet “I’m the only one” is …
Yesterday at the ward conference I was attending, the elders quorum president read this little story which I rather liked. I spent a couple minutes trying to track down …
I went to Gary Gillum’s retirement address today (he’s been the ancient studies librarian here at BYU for a while, and he’s done a lot of other things — he …
“Isn’t it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out about?” says Anne Shirley in Anne of Green Gables. “It just makes me feel glad …
An hour or so ago I was skimming through my Google Reader backlog (it’s been a week or so), and I came across Janssen’s post about World Vision. …
But fear itself, right? Lately I’ve had my own fair share of anxieties, with the inevitable result that this has been bubbling around in my mind a lot. …
To dream or not to dream: that is the question. Last night my roommate told me that there was a survey a few years ago on satisfaction, and they …
10. Live backwards
Time for another potpourri post.
1. Being a creature of habit, over the past couple of years I’ve settled on three shirts that I cycle through each week (excluding Sundays). …
I know it’s a little early for New Year’s resolutions, but I watched a movie called Homeless to Harvard with my family yesterday, and it changed my life. It’s …
I want to change the world. Is it okay to say that? :) But there’s more to it than that — I want to change it in a …
From NorthTemple.com, check out this inspiring video from Dove Evolution:
You can also watch it on YouTube. As …
On Saturday I needed a break from homework and so I watched A Man for All Seasons, a movie from the 1960s about Sir Thomas More. Great movie! …
15. When you believe
Lately I’ve been thinking about hope. We’re taught to hope, to dream big, to believe, and yet on the other hand we’re warned against getting our hopes up. …
16. Donde está joy?
“Men are that they might have joy,” the scripture says. Do I have the right amount of joy? Or am I doing things that prevent me from enjoying …
From Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning:
It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the …
I’ve been reading Virginia Pearce’s new book, A Heart Like His, and have about a quarter of the book left. I really like the idea of opening my heart …
19. The Room
There’s a story called “The Room” which I’d heard several times, but I didn’t know where it originated. Then last night I was reading Joshua Harris’s book I Kissed …
From LifeHack.org, Conversations About Passion:
My number one trick for talking with people I don’t know is that I steer the conversation as fast as I can away from weather, …
In reading the latest issue of the BYU Alumni magazine, I came across this quote on page 25 by President Hinckley (yes, another one :)):
I am glad that you are …
From the spring 2006 issue of the BYU Alumni magazine (p. 27), a quote by President Hinckley:
It was ever thus. The price of leadership is loneliness. The price …
This morning I was reading Mosiah 18:8-9 and got to thinking about the part which says followers of Christ are “willing to bear one another’s burdens, that they may be …
From Queen Esther’s blog:
Do one kind deed every day without letting anyone know. Isn’t that a nice idea? I’m so used to wanting and needing positive feedback from …
In the CES fireside address which ended about 30 seconds ago, President Faust quoted Teddy Roosevelt:
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the …
