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On June 12, 2010, Anne Frank would be 81. She was born in 1929 in Frankfurt, Germany and died in a concentration camp in 1945. Two years after her death, her father published her now famous diaries. Her wisdom is available in The Diary of Anne Frank. As one of the most quoted and celebrated victims of the…

We’ve all heard the unbelievable horror stories of being fired from jobs for misusing Twitter, but how about finding a job because of Twitter? After Renee Libby was laid off from her job in Baltimore, she began following PR executives on Twitter and tweeting relevant PR news every hour.  Soon, she had accumulated followers and…

With only 35 students and just a budget of $300, the senior class of Downieville High School struggled to have a real, memorable prom. When StumpsParty.com sponsored a “Proms Across America” contest that would award $1,000 to one high school in each of the 50 states, Randi McCreary was inspired to enter her high school…

In 1936, Ellen and Walker Robinette got married.  She was 17 and he was 20. The couple then went on a honeymoon to San Francisco and San Jose that cost under $35.  While honeymoons now cost more, the couple’s love have also increased.  Ellen and Walker are still married over 70 years later, and they recently celebrated their anniversary by renewing marriage vows in…

Guest Post by Wendy SchumanWeddings are always highly emotional events–but in the case of one Indianapolis couple, the extremes of joy and sorrow, life and death, intersected all too closely. The van carrying bride and groom Lauren Magee and Tom Hanley and their bridal party crashed into another vehicle before the wedding, killing one groomsman,…

Guest Post by Marysa Sheren   Frank Lloyd Wright’s birthday is June 8.  On that day we remember a truly inspirational man whose legacy has been formative to the development of the field of architecture in America and around the globe.   Over the course of his lifetime Wright designed more than 400 built structures,…

Beliefnet readers are known for their desire for inspiration and happiness. And they are always ready to put a smile on their faces! To celebrate Power of a Smile Day 2010 on June 15, we asked them to share their philosopy on smiling.     “I’ve said all my life a smile a day is better than an…

The audio is a little low on this but what a lovely rendition this is of the Prayer of St. Francis by Sarah MacLachlan.

While doing some research on the famous Prayer of St. Francis I found this awesome Twelve Steps version, which appears in Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, an Alcoholics Anonymous book. Seems with everything going on in the world this is a fitting prayer for those of us who want to try to make things a…

Writing in the Huffington Post, weight loss blogger Jan Shepherd discusses the challenges of living in Los Angeles where physical beauty is such a high premium and encourages people to look inward and focus on important lessons, including: Learning there is nothing wrong with you if you are not a classic physical beauty and understanding…
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