Tentree: Grow the World, Love the World
There is immense beauty in the world. When you adventure outdoors, you not only stimulate physical movement, but you begin to form connections with the nature that surrounds you. The more you venture,...
View ArticleInternational Sanctuary: Handcrafting Hope
Desmund Tutu famously said, “Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.” For some of us, these words may ring more true as recent events have cast a cloud of darkness...
View ArticleKrochet Kids International: Empowerment that Changes the World
What if with the purchase of beanie or a scarf, you could directly contribute to the wealth of a woman halfway across the world? What if your purchase did more than just provide a job for someone, but...
View ArticleThe Little Market: The Beauty Behind Empowerment
Nobel Prize recipient, National Humanities honoree, and notable economist, philosopher, and relentless advocate for social justice, Amartya Sen once said, “Women are increasingly seen, by men as well...
View ArticleI Have A Few Dreams
I say to you today, my friends, though, even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day...
View ArticleThe Dreamer’s Dream
“Few will have the greatness to bend history, but each of us can work to change a small portion of the events, and then the total- all of these acts- will be written in the history of this generation....
View ArticleEmbracing Your Dance
In the movie Invictus, the highly acclaimed New Zealand All Blacks rugby team performed the haka before facing off against the South African Springboks. South Africa’s team, uniting under the...
View ArticleThe Beauty in the Process of Becoming
Maya Angelou said, “We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.” In the early days of elementary school, I was taught of the...
View Article31 Bits: The Power in a Bead
About two years ago, I traveled to Gulu, Uganda, a trip that captivated my heart and forever transformed the way in which I saw the world and understood the lives of the people that filled its many...
View ArticleGenerosity.org + Generosity Water: To Give The Gift of Life
Growing up in Southern California, I have always been a “water baby”. When I was younger, I spent my afternoons at swim practice and on the weekends I would compete in swim meets. During the summers,...
View ArticleAn Unconventional Warm Up: Reflecting on the Years Past
We all have a jam that gets us going- our favorite song to set the tone for the day, a warm up song before a long work-out, an upbeat song to put us in a good mood, a dance song … Continue reading →...
View ArticleNew Year’s Reflection: Learning from our own Histories
Maya Angelou said, “History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.” Studying the events of history, then, have become important in shaping...
View ArticleFixing a Routine that Demands our Rest
In our day in age, there seems to be not nearly enough hours in a day. Between working our way up the corporate ladder, caring for our families, spending time with friends, seeing to our extra...
View ArticleA Community of Lighthouses
A lighthouse has often been represented in literature, film, history, and culture as a guiding light, a safe harbor, a beacon of hope. Joseph Panek has described a lighthouse’s proximity to sea as an...
View ArticleI Have A Few Dreams
I say to you today, my friends, though, even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day...
View ArticleFinding the Love of your Life
One of my favorite books is Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert. In this semi-autobiographical tale, Liz takes her readers on a journey of self-discovery. Throughout her own account of finding...
View ArticleThe Pursuit of Happiness: Why Choose Joy?
“Always find time for the things that make you feel happy to be alive,”- Author unknown. Happiness can be somewhat of a taboo subject. We are told to put others’ happiness before our own. We are told...
View ArticleThis Little Love of Mine
I visit coffee shops quite frequently to write. Sometimes, as I break away from my zone, I observe the people and conversations around me. As I scan the room, I see friends catching up and work...
View ArticleI Think Therefore I Am … Purposeful
In the second part of her semi-autobiographical book, Eat, Pray, Love, Liz Gilbert travels to India where she learns the devotion of her faith in the practice of yoga. During her three months of...
View ArticleFixing a Routine that Demands our Rest
In our day in age, there seems to be not nearly enough hours in a day. Between working our way up the corporate ladder, caring for our families, spending time with friends, seeing to our extra...
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