Wilma Rudolph was born prematurely at 4.5 lbs., the 20th of 22 siblings.  Her father Ed was a railway porter and her mother Blanche a maid.  Wilma spent her childhood in leg braces and special shoes; doctors had told her family that she would never walk normally. Because of racial segregation, she and her mother were…

From Catherine Ponder: The ancients knew a secret about the universe that you should know, too.  When you are aware of this universal truth, you can turn failure into success, disappointment into increased understanding and loss into gain. The secret is this: God, as a loving Father, has prepared unlimited, boundless good of each of…

Some good information from Dennis Waitley: In a way, human beings behave like bees.  If you place several bees in an open-ended bottle and lay the bottle on its side with the base toward a light source, the bees will repeatedly fly to the bottle bottom toward the light.  It never occurs to them to…

“We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.” Martin Luther King You are here to actualize your full, creative potential.  Deep inside of you is your heroic mission, your divine purpose.  All human beings are spiritual beings.  And all spiritual beings are blessed with infinite, divine potential. These past few…

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