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Tobacco products killed my father and many individuals that readers of this article loved. I encourage you to donate to Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids – https://www.tobaccofreekids.org/ – in support of their National Day of Action today, April 1st or on any day in the future. Big Tobacco never gives up on their efforts to sell their products that kill people and make them more money. Have a healthy and impactful life. Peter Prichard WEBSITE/BLOG – Have Positive Impact: https://havepositiveimpact.com/ “At hundreds of youth-led events across the U.S., people are […]

Wonders Of The History At 40, Franz Kafka (1883-1924), who never married and had no children, was walking through a park one day in Berlin when he met a girl who was crying because she had lost her favourite doll. She and Kafka searched for the doll unsuccessfully. Kafka told her to meet him there the next day and they would come back to look for her. The next day, when they had not yet found the doll, Kafka gave the girl a letter “written” by the doll saying “please […]

In Bizarre and Interesting Things: Jeremy Knowles, discusses the complete lack of recognition Cecilia Payne gets, even today, for her revolutionary discovery. OH WAIT LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT CECILIA PAYNE. Cecilia Payne’s mother refused to spend money on her college education, so she won a scholarship to Cambridge. Cecilia Payne completed her studies, but Cambridge wouldn’t give her a degree because at that time there was not much exposure for women, so she said to heck with that and moved to the United States to work at Harvard. Cecilia […]

“On Sunday a woman in New York City accidentally threw out her diamond wedding ring. She realized it in the middle of the night, and did the only thing she could think of, she left a NOTE on the windshield of a parked garbage truck. When the garbage man got to work, he read the note, dug through tons of garbage, and FOUND her ring. The driver’s name is Gary Gaddist, and he went through the garbage HIMSELF. It took him about an hour, but he was able to find […]

I missed International Women’s Day by a day. Here goes: Eighteen-year-old Elizabeth Cochrane was living in Pittsburgh when the local newspaper published an article titled “What Girls are Good For” (having babies and keeping house was the answer, according to the article). The article displeased Elizabeth enough that she wrote an anonymous rebuttal, which in turned so impressed the paper’s editor that he ran an ad, asking the writer to identify herself. When Elizabeth contacted him, he hired her on the spot. It was customary at the time for female […]

“My name is Jordanna and this is my daughter Mackenzie (the little blonde). At 3.5 months Mackenzie was diagnosed with a rare form of pediatric cancer called retinoblastoma. She’s since been through 7 rounds of chemo and IS CURRENTLY ALMOST ONE YEAR CANCER FREE. All of her treatment has been at UCSF and we could not be luckier for the care we have received. Today was a special day as we had surgery for Mackenzie and as we were waiting we met this beautiful girl Akira. Akira is 2 years […]

When I was pregnant with my daughter I lost her twin and my body worked double time to keep her in utero. At one of my appointments, the doctor told me tests showed my baby would be severely disabled. We were given options to terminate the late term pregnancy or get counseling to prepare us for our special child. She was born 6.5 weeks premature, purple, with an Apgar score of 2. She stopped breathing while in the NICU, but was nurtured to health. Fast forward 24 years and 2 […]

DAILY POSITIVE IMPACT – HAVE YOUR PURPOSE BE ACTING OUT OF KINDNESS, COMPASSION AND LOVE. I have been blessed with many amazing bosses over my career. One of them provided a desk ornament that said, “The Purpose Of Life Is A Life of Purpose.” I have had it directly in front of me on my work desk because I believe what the Note To Self below says. Thanks for this post Kathy Lenniger and Tommy Deeb. — I hope, through the publication of positive stories and resources, to energize readers […]

I’d like to introduce Anna. Anna was hired  4 weeks ago!! She works a couple days a week, cleans the lobby and talks with guests. She has quickly become the face of my store. Today, Anna took her first order on frontline. With some assistance, she was able to navigate the screen, take names and give out change! In Anna’s words herself, ‘Nailed it!’ We are proud of Anna!” ~Emily Trusty” Daily Story Weird And Fantastic Things — I hope, through the publication of positive stories and resources, to energize […]

Booker T. Washington was born a slave on a plantation in Franklin County, Virginia in 1856. At age 16, he left his job as a salt miner in West Virginia and walked 500 miles to Hampton, Virginia, where he was able to convince the administrators of the Hampton Institute (now Hampton University) to admit him as a student. Arriving with only fifty cents in his pocket, he worked as the school janitor to pay his way through school, ultimately graduating in 1875. Having distinguished himself as a student, Washington joined […]