Category: Inspirational

A woman called a silversmith and made an appointment to watch him at work. She didn’t mention anything about the reason for her interest. It was just a curiosity about the process of refining silver, she said. As she watched the silversmith, he held a piece of silver over the …

My Grandmother was always encouraging me to set goals and work hard to achieve them. She would tell me not to be a follower and not to set limits on what I could achieve. She truly believed that there were no limits that you could achieve whatever you wanted. A …

In September 1960, I woke up one morning with six hungry babies and just 75 cents in my pocket. Their father was gone. The boys ranged from three months to seven years; their sister was two. Their Dad had never been much more than a presence they feared. Whenever they …

“How does one become a butterfly? You must want to fly so much that you are willing to give up being a caterpillar.”  – Trina Paulus