From Cliff to Cliff
“It seems as if it I am standing on the very edge of a cliff, not knowing when the next change will come about, and that I will be pushed over the edge only to find myself on the edge of another...
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Dr. King once said I have a dream, that one day little black boys and little black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and little white girls as sisters and brothers. But that’s...
View ArticleSomething Inside
How does a person know when something inside of them is changing? Things do change. Storms turn into sun, snow melts into spring. People change. Perhaps a new talent or hobby is rising out of the...
View ArticleHow Does Time Shape Our View of Heroes?
Often heroes are seen as the harbingers of crucial change in societies. While heroes may have a profound impact on society, the converse is also possible: that society alters and shapes heroes in...
View ArticleWe Are Family: A Week with Global Teen Leaders
This past April, I spent a week with the 29 most passionate, inspiring, unbelievable teenagers I have ever met. Each year, the We Are Family Foundation, founded by Nile Rodgers, the musician behind...
View ArticleSowing Hope
I clasped a scintillating seedling And vowed to sow it with motive. Its growth to be a transcendent one, And bring with it a change, A change so profound and serene; Capable of spawning a portrait Of...
View ArticleA PerSpective on Climate Change
Bill McKibben is an author and environmentalist. His 1989 book, The End of Nature, is regarded as the first book for a general audience about climate change and has appeared in 24 languages. He is...
View ArticleReduce, Reuse, Recycle…?
The wrapper sat dejected on the ground, as if lost among the foliage. Faded yellow letters, barely visible against the discolored polypropylene packaging, spelled L-a-y-s. Numerous plastic pouches...
View ArticleThe Quiet City
A city once prosperous and peaceful Its gleaming buildings full of character And beauty filled the pale blue skies People filled the streets Everyone was happy Before the troubles started The city was...
View ArticleHarry Potter and the Magic to Remake the World
To the young people of the world: you don’t have to wait until you are older to make a difference. A special kind of magic is dancing within each of you. You just have to believe in your own bravery....
View ArticleOn Dinner Parties and Self-Worth
The moment I sat down at the dinner table, a little voice in my head began to scream. My instincts told me to run, but my body ignored them. I remained glued to the posh furniture that lined the...
View ArticleNarcissus
Slowly, tentatively at first, the world roused itself. The hard merciless frost yielded and the soft heady redolence of damp loam and fresh flowers rose into the pure air. Up above, in the limpid azure...
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