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Eric Thomas, a critically acclaimed author, world-renowned speaker, educator,  and pastor, talking about success. ET as he is better known, has taken the world by storm with his creative style and high-energy messages.

This short tells the story of the 27 year romance of Danny and Annie, from their first date to Danny’s final days with terminal cancer as they get ready to brave the finality of loss. Beautiful and Heartbreaking story of true love which serves as an inspiration for the rest of us.

Story Corps, an American non-profit organization whose mission is to record, preserve, and share the stories of Americans from all backgrounds and beliefs. StoryCorps’ mission is to provide people of all backgrounds and beliefs with the opportunity to record, share and preserve the stories of their lives. They do this to remind us of our shared humanity, to strengthen and build the connections between people, to teach the value of listening, and to weave into the fabric of our culture the understanding that everyone’s story matters. At the same time, they are creating an invaluable archive for future generations.

Spoken word written and performed by Mark Grist, UK teacher, poet and battle rapper, from Peterborough UK. He reminds us that we have to keep learning, we have to keep growing, constantly striving to flourish. Being smart is cool, so why not strive to be a smart and cool person. Learn in any way that you want, you don’t necessarily have to read, but make you sure you keep learning. Becoming Human is a learning process and the more we know the better people we are, becoming more and more awesome with every new thing we learn. 

“Some guys prefer asses, some guys prefer tits, and I am not saying that i don’t like these bits, but what’s more important. What supersedes? Is a girl with passion, wit, and dreams. So i’d like a girl who reads.”

-Mark Grist

“Build a life, don’t live one, build one. Find Your opportunity. And always be sexy.”

Opportunity looks a lot like hard work.

“The Sexiest thing in the Entire world is being really smart, and thoughtful, and generous.”

Build your own Life

“…There are moments on the brink, when you can give yourself to a lover, or not; give in to self-doubt, uncertainty, and admonishment, or not; dive into a different culture, or not; set sail for the unknown, or not; walk out onto a stage, or not. A moment only a few seconds long, when your future hangs in the balance, poised above a chasm. It is a crossroads. Resist then, and there is no returning to the known world. If you turn back, there is only what might have been. Above that invisible crossroads are inscribed the words: Give up your will, all who travel here…”

Video by spoken word poet, writer and teacher Boonaa Mohammed.

I am going to be a storm – a flame –
I need to fight whole armies all alone;
I have ten hearts; I have a hundred arms; I feel
Too strong to war with mortals –
(He shouts at the top of his voice.)
BRING ME GIANTS!

-Cyrano De Bergerac

The basic difference between an ordinary man and a warrior is
that a warrior takes everything as a challenge, while an ordinary
man takes everything as a blessing or as a curse.

For the average man, the world is weird because if he’s not
bored with it, he’s at odds with it. For a warrior, the world is
weird because it is stupendous, awesome, mysterious, unfathomable.
A warrior must assume responsibility for being here, in this
marvelous world, in this marvelous time. 

The self-confidence of the warrior is not the self-confidence
of the average man. The average man seeks certainty in the eyes of
the onlooker and calls that self-confidence. The warrior seeks
impeccability in his own eyes and calls that humbleness. The
average man is hooked to his fellow men, while the warrior is hooked
only to infinity.

–Teachings of Don Juan, Carlos Castaneda