Author: Peter Prichard

A central message in my daily media posts about having  positive impact in the  crazy world in which we  all  live is that individuals can have  that impact in an infinite number of  ways.  This cartoon is a perfect example of that.  Whether you use quotes, humor, personal examples of successes you or others  have had, random  acts of  kindness, being a good person, writing something positive, and  yes, sharing  a cartoon with a powerful message…. you  can influence others in a way that has a positive impact on them […]

 In the 2016  article, Positive Emotions and Wellbeing,” by Marianna Pogosyan, Ph.D. she wrote, “The health benefits of positive emotions is well documented. They improve physical health. They buffer against depressive symptoms and help people recover from stress. They can even undo the undesirable effects of negative emotions. With frequent experience and expression of positive emotions comes resilience and resourcefulness.” That article was written before  Covid and the political divide in the United States that has  created increased  tension and accelerated negative  news stories. What follows are nine positive news […]

Yes! Yes! Yes! Blessings to every librarian and teacher wherever you are. You are changing our lives in the most positive way. Have a healthy, positive and impactful year.Peter Prichard CMF -WEBSITE/BLOG – https://havepositiveimpact.com/

Jocye Nicholson Weird & Beautiful Things Keanu Reeves was abandoned by his father at 3 years old and grew up with 3 different stepfathers. He is dyslexic. His dream of becoming a hockey player was shattered by a serious accident. His daughter died at birth. His wife died in a car accident. His best friend, River Phoenix, died of an overdose. His sister has leukemia. And with everything that has happened, Keanu Reeves never misses an opportunity to help people in need. When he was filming the movie “The Lake […]

𝗢𝗵 𝗡𝗼 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱  · Sometimes, all we hear are the bad things young people do but not the good. I needed some good news today. “I drive a school bus and have a 6 grader who I would like to talk about. Last week he was talking about an elderly neighbor not leaving her house for weeks. I tried to explain how hard it could be for her to do things. On Tuesday I pulled up and he wasn’t at the stop waiting. I looked over and saw him shoveling […]

AmoMama Nostalgia  https://news.amomama.com/ “Very few people know what it is like to live down there underneath the surface of the world, in that total blackness.” “The Great Escape” star Charles Bronson added that living on his knees and breathing in that dust, unable to shake it off, was terrible. Bronson spoke of being born with a number two shovel in his mouth instead of a spoon. He was a loner, and his poverty-stricken family lived in a town locals described as a hopeless place with no trees, drinking water, and […]

A Mighty Girl: http://www.amightygirl.com/ “Happy 51st birthday to soccer legend Mia Hamm! She is considered one of the best soccer players in history having scored 158 international goals during her career – more than any other player, male or female, until Abby Wambach broke her record in 2013. Over the duration of her professional soccer career, Hamm won two World Cup titles, two Olympic gold medals, and was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame. In 2004, she was one of only two women and two Americans named to […]

“When she applied to run in the Boston Marathon in 1966 they rejected her saying: “Women are not physiologically able to run a marathon, and we can’t take the liability.” Then exactly 50 years ago today, on the day of the marathon, Bobbi Gibb hid in the bushes and waited for the race to begin. When about half of the runners had gone past she jumped in. She wore her brother’s Bermuda shorts, a pair of boy’s sneakers, a bathing suit, and a sweatshirt. As she took off into the […]

Sujata AgarwalHigher Dimensions Jacqueline Nyetipei Kiplimo did something that stunned the world during the 2010 Zheng-Kai Marathon when she witnessed a disabled competitor struggling to drink water who was a double amputee. Instead of seeing her moment to run ahead of this struggling athlete, she ran along side of him from the 6.2 mile mark to the 23 mile mark (10km mark to the 38km mark), helping him drink water at all of the watering stations. The aide that she so compassionately provided her fellow competitor slowed her run time […]