Inspirational Stories

Melanie Phillips: An Accidental Success

The following story is a guest blog post from Melanie Phillips, author of Love by Prescription. Two years ago I responded to an advertisement about getting something published and, though my intention was to publish a brief factual pharmaceutical article, somehow the publisher on the end of the phone talked me into sending a page of […]

Public Libraries: The Ability to Travel Through Time and Space

Public libraries are a great source of information, education, entertainment, and inspiration for those who may not be able to afford a computer, an Internet connection, books, CDs, or DVDs. It would be a shame to see them disappear. Source: Cartoonist Rob Rogers of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: http://blogs.sites.post-gazette.com/index.php/opinion/rob-rogers-cartoons/30863-library-card 1

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Reading a Book Off the Side of a Mountain

Some Book Readers Are Very Dedicated

Some book readers are very dedicated (like the one above hanging off the side of a mountain). We need more such dedicated readers. Mashable called this the world’s scariest place to read a book. A Reddit user wrote that even with climbing bolts, the platform is still hanging off a sheer cliff. “My idea of […]

Steve Jobs: On Following Your Heart

Your time is limited. Don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma, which is living the result of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of the other opinion drown your own inner voice. And, most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what […]