Freshly Brewed Inspiration

Flavor of the Day: Quote

2009-12-16T14:29:00.000-08:00

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.

- Hannah Arendt

Flavor of the Day: Picture

2009-12-14T13:25:00.000-08:00

Flavor of the Day: Quote

2009-12-13T13:50:00.000-08:00

"Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none. "

-William Shakespeare

Flavor of the Day: Quote

2009-12-11T08:20:00.000-08:00

"Just a minute - just a minute. Now, hold on, Mr. Potter. You're right when you say my father was no businessman. I know that. Why he ever started this cheap, penny-ante Building and Loan, I'll never know. But neither you nor anyone else can say anything against his character, because his whole life was - why, in the twenty-five years since he and Uncle Billy started this thing, he never once thought of himself. Isn't that right, Uncle Billy? He didn't save enough money to send Harry to school, let alone me. But he did help a few people get out of your slums, Mr. Potter, and what's wrong with that? Why - here, you're all businessmen here. Doesn't it make them better citizens? Doesn't it make them better customers? You - you said - what'd you say a minute ago? They had to wait and save their money before they even ought to think of a decent home. Wait? Wait for what? Until their children grow up and leave them? Until they're so old and broken down that they... Do you know how long it takes a working man to save five thousand dollars? Just remember this, Mr. Potter, that this rabble you're talking about... they do most of the working and paying and living and dying in this community. Well, is it too much to have them work and pay and live and die in a couple of decent rooms and a bath? Anyway, my father didn't think so. People were human beings to him. But to you, a warped, frustrated old man, they're cattle. Well, in my book he died a much richer man than you'll ever be."

-George Bailey, It's a Wonderful Life

Inspiration from a true story

2009-12-09T10:55:00.001-08:00

Eternity's fortress;

forever glorious masterpiece.

Your wings, how they flutter!

It is so light.

So light.

Lift my heavy heart

and kiss the breast of a new dawn.

Beautiful,

Ava Maria.

Flavor of the Day: Quote

2009-12-08T13:32:00.000-08:00

"Que sera, sera"

Flavor of the Day: Picture

2009-12-07T11:48:00.000-08:00

Inspiration from an Unlikely Source

2009-12-03T10:26:00.000-08:00

This holiday season, when you are stressed out,

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and have your heart melt.

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Flavor of the Day: Picture

2009-12-01T09:28:00.000-08:00

Inspiration from a true story

2009-11-29T13:56:00.000-08:00

Love can be our native tongue.

Inspiration from lyrics

2009-11-28T12:51:00.000-08:00

"Oh I'm a lucky man, to count on both hands the ones I love

Some folks just have one, yeah, others, they've got none"

- "Just Breathe", Pearl Jam

Flavor of the Day: Quote

2009-11-27T07:38:00.000-08:00

"Art is not a treasure in the past or an importation from another land, but part of the present life of all living and creating peoples."

- FDR

Inspiration from a lyrics

2009-11-25T07:57:00.000-08:00

Who says I can’t be free?

From all of the things that I used to be

Re-write my history

Who says I can’t be free?

- "Who Says" - John Mayer

Inspiration from a true story

2009-11-23T07:32:00.000-08:00

Give, thanks.

Flavor of the Day: Picture

2009-11-21T16:40:00.001-08:00

Inspiration from a true story

2009-11-19T10:30:00.000-08:00

Most females turtles return faithfully to the same beach each time they are ready to nest. Not only do they appear on the same beach, they often emerge within a few hundred yards of where they last nested.

Flavor of the Day: Picture

2009-11-18T13:19:00.001-08:00

Inspiration from an Unlikely Source

2009-11-17T17:37:00.001-08:00

Don't miss out on opportunities like these.

Inspiration from an Unlikely Source

2009-11-16T11:47:00.000-08:00

Adjectives:

outrageous

panicky

perfect

petite

plastic

pleasant

precious

pretty

prickly

proud

Flavor of the Day: Quote

2009-11-13T06:48:00.000-08:00

"When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it happened or not."

- Mark Twain

Flavor of the Day: Picture

2009-11-12T07:31:00.001-08:00

Flavor of the Day: Quote

2009-11-11T15:11:00.000-08:00

"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them."

-JFK

Inspiration from an Unlikely Source

2009-11-10T10:34:00.000-08:00

Turning pressure into something amazing.

Inspiration from lyrics

2009-11-09T12:52:00.000-08:00

"That I can change the world

I would be the sunlight in your universe

You will think my love was really something good

Baby if I could change the world"

-Change the World, Eric Clapton

Flavor of the Day: Picture

2009-11-04T17:41:00.001-08:00

Flavor of the Day: Picture

2009-11-03T19:55:00.001-08:00

Inspiration from a blessing

2009-11-02T12:44:00.000-08:00

May the road rise up to meet you.

May the wind always be at your back.

May the sun shine warm upon your face,

and rains fall soft upon your fields.

And until we meet again,

May God hold you in the palm of His hand.

-Old Irish Blessing

Inspiration from a poem

2009-10-31T11:38:00.000-07:00

"'Those who speak know nothing:

Those who know are silent.'

Those words, I am told,

Were spoken by Lao-tzu,

If we are to believe that Lao-tzu,

Was himself one who know,

How comes it that he wrote a book

Of five thousands words?"

-The Philosophers: Lao-tzu, by Po Chu-I

Inspiration from a verse

2009-10-29T09:25:00.000-07:00

Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

-Galatians 6:9

Flavor of the Day: Picture

2009-10-28T15:10:00.001-07:00

Flavor of the Day: Quote

2009-10-26T07:14:00.000-07:00

"Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What’s a sundial in the shade?"

-Benjamin Franklin

Flavor of the Day: Picture

2009-10-24T10:07:00.001-07:00

Inspiration from a Legend

2009-10-22T06:29:00.001-07:00

"Baseball is 90% mental -- the other half is physical."

-Yogi Berra

Flavor of the Day: Quote

2009-10-20T13:45:00.000-07:00

"Be like a duck. Remain calm on the surface and paddle like hell underneath."

-Michael Caine

Inspiration from a failure

2009-10-19T12:36:00.000-07:00

In the first year of her contract, Marilyn Monroe was dropped by 20th Century-Fox because her producer thought she was unattractive and cannot act.

Flavor of the Day: Picture

2009-10-18T07:49:00.000-07:00

Inspiration from a Poem

2009-10-15T10:50:00.000-07:00

There is a place where the sidewalk ends

And before the street begins,

And there the grass grows soft and white,

And there the sun burns crimson bright,

And there the moon-bird rests from his flight

To cool in the peppermint wind.

Let us leave this place where the smoke blows black

And the dark street winds and bends.

Past the pits where the asphalt flowers grow

We shall walk with a walk that is measured and slow,

And watch where the chalk-white arrows go

To the place where the sidewalk ends.

Yes we'll walk with a walk that is measured and slow,

And we'll go where the chalk-white arrows go,

For the children, they mark, and the children, they know

The place where the sidewalk ends.

Shel Silverstein

Flavor of the Day: Picture

2009-10-13T10:48:00.000-07:00

Flavor of the Day: Quote

2009-10-12T09:13:00.000-07:00

"I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way (s)he handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights."

— Maya Angelou

Flavor of the Day: Picture

2009-10-09T06:58:00.000-07:00

Inspiration from an Unlikely Source

2009-10-07T20:27:00.000-07:00

"Love is hugs and kisses and a warm feeling inside."

Flavor of the Day: Picture

2009-10-06T09:30:00.000-07:00

Flavor of the Day: Quote

2009-10-05T19:27:00.000-07:00

“I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.”

-Mother Teresa

Flavor of the Day: Quote

2009-10-02T07:28:00.001-07:00

"Little by little, one travels far."

- J.R.R. Tolkein

Flavor of the Day: Picture

2009-09-30T06:29:00.000-07:00

Inspiration from a legend

2009-09-28T06:06:00.001-07:00

"I wear zero becomes it lets me know I need to go out there and fight everyday."

-Gilbert Arenas

Inspiration from a true story

2009-09-25T10:10:00.000-07:00

All she wanted was a bit of earth.

She cried out for the green mother who had already given her so much. She fought for those whispers in the wind, and when she got it, when she got her bit of earth, it was hers.

Neigh sayers thought it wouldn't do any good. They didn't think there was a point to tucking something into a pocket of space where other, more functional businesses could thrive. But it wasn't profit she sought.

It was years later, when someone very sick, needed a quiet place to rest. The park was built for them.

It's 100 years later, when the little tree in the middle of the surrounding path, would grow into its full oak potential, and become a new generation's backbone. The park was built for them.

It was the pride she felt on the day when the sun was warm and high, the air was soft and crisp, and her smile was in her heart.

The park was built for her.

Flavor of the Day: Quote

2009-09-24T07:04:00.000-07:00

“God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.”

- Reinhold Niebuhr

Flavor of the Day: Picture

2009-09-23T07:42:00.000-07:00

Flavor of the Day: Quote

2009-09-21T13:57:00.000-07:00

A person is a success if they get up in the morning and gets to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.

- Bob Dylan

Flavor of the Day: Quote

2009-09-17T06:01:00.000-07:00

"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return."

- Leonardo da Vinci

Flavor of the Day: Quote

2009-09-15T05:51:00.000-07:00

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

— William James

Inspiration from a legend

2009-09-13T09:04:00.001-07:00

"And the competition didn't stop there. And my younger sister Ross, never wanted to be by herself. She took classes to graduate from high school with me, to go to the University of North Carolina with me, and to graduate prior than me. Now you guys sit and ask me where my competition or my competitive nature comes from - it came from them. It came from my older sister ... my father ... "

-Michael Jordan's induction into the Hall of Fame, explaining where his drive came from

Flavor of the Day: Picture

2009-09-11T12:47:00.000-07:00

Inspiration from a true story

2009-09-09T06:18:00.000-07:00

An example of his philosophy can be encompasses in a simple wardrobe choice. The man, for God's sake, skis in jeans. When teased and laughed at, he smirks, with an honest charm and piquant gusto of the child that lives within him.

"I know I can wear jeans because I know I won't fall."

Down the mountain, through slopes and terrain, surpassing pine and pedestrians, he makes it look as if he's gliding down the side of the beast. He shifts his weight to tailor to the unexpected bumps and sharp turns that come as if out of nowhere. The cold brittle air whips past his face; the elements aim to bring him down; a glare that usually overawes mortals: prove to be no match to the solider on skis. When he finds himself on the belle neige terra firma, he stands, unstained with watermarks or bruises from a stumbled journey.

Actually, he stands, blue jeans triumphant,

despite a mountain of temptation.

Flavor of the Day: Quote

2009-09-07T08:22:00.000-07:00

And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.

-Nelson Mandela

Flavor of the Day: Quote

2009-09-04T09:22:00.000-07:00

You see things; and you say ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say ‘Why not?’

- George Bernard Shaw

Flavor of the Day: Picture

2009-09-03T13:13:00.000-07:00

Flavor of the Day: Quote

2009-09-01T10:19:00.000-07:00

“A teacher is a compass that activates the magnets of curiosity, knowledge, and wisdom in the pupils.”

-Ever Garrison

Inspiration from a failure

2009-08-31T18:27:00.000-07:00

Thomas Edison is considered one of the most prolific inventors in history, holding 1,093 U.S patents to his name. When he was a boy his teacher told him he was too stupid to learn anything. When he set out on his own, he tried more than 9,000 experiments before he created the first successful light bulb.

Flavor of the Day: Picture

2009-08-30T14:21:00.000-07:00

Flavor of the Day: Quote

2009-08-27T07:08:00.000-07:00

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.

Edith Wharton