Download or read book Channel Kindness Stories of Kindness and Community written by Born This Way Foundation Reporters and published by Feiwel & Friends. This book was released on 2020-09-22 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Bestseller For Lady Gaga, kindness is the driving force behind everything she says and does. The quiet power of kindness can change the way we view one another, our communities, and even ourselves. She embodies this mission, and through her work, brings more kindness into our world every single day. Lady Gaga has always believed in the importance of being yourself, being kind to yourself, and being kind to others, no matter who they are or where they come from. With that sentiment in mind, she and her mother, Cynthia Germanotta, founded Born This Way Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to making the world a kinder and braver place. Through the years, they've collected stories of kindness, bravery and resilience from young people all over the world, proving that kindness truly is the universal language. And now, we invite you to read these stories and follow along as each and every young author finds their voice just as Lady Gaga has found hers. Within these pages, you’ll meet young changemakers who found their inner strength, who prevailed in the face of bullies, who started their own social movements, who decided to break through the mental health stigma and share how they felt, who created safe spaces for LGBTQ+ youth, and who have embraced kindness with every fiber of their being by helping others without the expectation of anything in return. In one story, you’ll read about a young person with an autoimmune disease, who after being bullied at school, learned how to practice self-love and started an organization with the mission of educating others about the importance of self-love, too; and in another story, you’ll meet a young person who decided to start a movement to help eliminate the stigma surrounding mental health and encouraged others to talk about their feelings openly and honestly, a reminder that kindness and mental wellness go hand in hand. Not only were we moved by these individual acts of kindness, but we were also touched by the many stories of organizations, neighborhoods, and entire communities that fully dedicated themselves to helping those in need and found new, innovative ways to make our world a kinder and braver place. Individually and collectively, these stories prove that kindness not only saves lives but builds community. Kindness is inclusion, it is pride, it is empathy, it is compassion, it is self-respect and it is the guiding light to love. Kindness is always transformational, and its never-ending ripples result in even more kind acts that can change our lives, our communities, and our world.

Download or read book My Grandfather s Life Second Edition written by Editors of Chartwell Books and published by Chartwell. This book was released on 2022-01-11 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With 200 thought-provoking and lighthearted writing prompts and exercises organized into chapters based on his life, My Grandfather’s Life guides your grandfather to begin his life’s memoir and create a fully realized record of his adventures, stories, and wisdom for you and your family to cherish for future generations.

Download or read book The Gift of the Blessing written by Gary Smalley and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 1993 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Packed with compelling news stories and up-to-date research, this expanded version of the bestselling The Blessing helps readers discover the roots of family acceptance. Includes step-by-step instructions on how to be a blessing and pass on life-changing acceptance to family and friends.

Download or read book My Grandfather s Altar written by Richard Moves Camp and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Christmas Cafe written by Eliza Evans and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2023-10-03 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jingle all the way to Silver Bells, Wyoming, where love is a treat! Clumsy, earnest baker Sylvie West has worked at the Christmas Café in Silver Bells, Wyoming, ever since her boozy eggnog fruitcake won the town’s annual holiday bake-off. Her forever happy place, the café complements her sweet, well-ordered life with her roommates: recently widowed Gramps and her yappy chihuahua-pug, Crumpet. So, when Sylvie learns the café might be sold, she’s determined to save it the only way she can: by getting the Holiday Channel crew to set a scene at the café. She’s even met the film’s charming lead actor, Royce, thanks to Crumpet’s meddling. Between an unexpected acting gig, a booth at the Christmas festival, an appearance at the Christmas parade, and a budding romance with Royce, Sylvie has a lot on her plate. Good thing her old friend, gruff yet reliable Abe, has just come home to manage his parents’ goat farm—until she catches herself feeling a little too merry and bright in his presence. With some help from family, friends, Crumpet, and the goat farmer down the way, Sylvie’s plate might just be full of the sweetest treats she’s ever had . . .

Download or read book Generational Gifts The Legacy Of Evelyn Marie written by Laura Lea White and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-01-06 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My grandmother left a legacy when she passed from this life. In a folder containing hundreds of her unpublished poems I discovered a treasure. Her poems told of her dreams and disappointments, her love and loss, and her resilience in an era of economic depression and world war. Deeply impacting, emotionally challenging, humorous, soulful, and honest her poetry was a creative expression of her life and a healing balm for her grief. It is a wonderful gift to all future generations. This story peeks into a young girl's life filled with challenges. She overcame these challenges and developed into a beautiful young woman. It tells of a young love affair that collapses into a tail of abuse and alcoholism. It is my hope that this book will encourage others to write about their own family memories and share their gifts with generations of readers all around the world.

Download or read book The Return into the Deep written by Kathleen Martin and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2022-12-30 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Mike Aul receives an urgent summons from Arthur White Horse, asking for his help, he’s forced to weigh out the consequences. Still dealing with the nightmares from his last trip to the Navajo Indian Reservation, ten months earlier, he finds himself torn between answering Arthur’s urgent call, and keeping his sanity. But, considering Arthur a good friend, he decides to throw caution to the wind, and catches the first flight to Arizona. He thinks he’ll be building a goat pen. However, what Arthur has in mind is much more demanding, than pounding nails! When the young tattoo artist arrives at Arthur’s home on the “Rez”, he’s met with dire news. “Black Fox is missing!” Arthur tells him. Mike is taken aback! Black Fox is a name that lived only in 1830, and in his past life as Two Ponies. Not in 2017! In reality, the old Hopi shaman passed on nearly two centuries earlier! How can he now be considered missing? What happens next, sends Mike on an adventure that nearly costs him his life, and he’s forced to rethink everything he’s ever known about the world around him.

Download or read book Take What You Need written by Jen Crow and published by Broadleaf Books . This book was released on 2022-03-22 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jen Crow's transformation was triggered, quite literally, by a bolt of lightning. That jolt, which destroyed her home in a subsequent fire, forced her to consider what she really needed as she looked to rebuild her life. In Take What You Need Crow opens new perspectives for all of us looking to understand our past, our unexpected suffering, our failures, so we too can begin charting a course forward--one drawn from resilience and hope. We see with the immediacy of someone who nearly lost it all that our possessions won't carry us. Our responses to the regrets, losses, separations, addictions, and unexpected twists and turns of our lives are shaped by the spiritual values that sustain us and the people who support us. Crow invites us to explore the expected and unexpected turns our lives can take--and all the ways we can pay attention to what we truly need to survive the painful moments and live lives of meaning. Survival guide, spiritual companion, and a light in the dark, Take What You Need offers hope, humor, and real-life spiritual tools to meet the hardest moments of our lives.

Download or read book Buried Deep and Other Stories written by Naomi Novik and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 2024-09-17 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thrilling collection of thirteen short stories that span the worlds of the New York Times bestselling author of the Scholomance trilogy, including a sneak peek at the land where her next novel will be set. From the dragon-filled Temeraire series and the gothic magical halls of the Scholomance trilogy, through the realms next door to Spinning Silver and Uprooted, this stunning collection takes us from fairy tale to fantasy, myth to history, and mystery to science fiction as we travel through Naomi Novik’s most beloved stories. Here, among many others, we encounter: • A mushroom witch who learns that sometimes the worst thing in the Scholomance can be your roommate. • The start of the Dragon Corps in ancient Rome, after Mark Antony hatches a dragon’s egg and bonds with the hatchling. • A young bride in the Middle Ages who finds herself gambling with Death for the highest of stakes. • A delightful reimagining of Pride & Prejudice, in which Elizabeth Bennet captains a Longwing dragon. • The first glimpse of the world of Abandon, the setting of Novik’s upcoming epic fantasy series—a deserted continent populated only by silent and enigmatic architectural mysteries. Though the stories are vastly different, there is a unifying theme: wrestling with destiny, and the lengths some will go to find their own and fulfill its promise.

Download or read book Devil s Grandson written by W. A. Bill Harris and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-04 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a gray early morning, the shadowy figure of a young girl leaves a cardboard box at the end of a long driveway that leads up to a broken-down farmhouse. A newborn boy child in the box cries for milk. His seemingly uncaring mother walks away quickly and disappears into the mist. The child is about to begin a life of living hell. This is a story of a boy who suffers extreme mental and physical abuse at the hands of a brutal grandfather. It's a story of courage and the will to live. He survives and excels, but he can never forget his nightmare past.

Download or read book No Reason for Goodbyes written by Chassie West and published by BalboaPress. This book was released on 2011-02-04 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No Reason for Goodbyes - Messages from Beyond Life is a compilation of over one hundred instances of messages or contacts from the departed, submitted by the men and women who experienced them, contributors from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and as far away as Australia. There is Colleen who, during the Arlington National Cemetery memorial service for her father, a veteran of World War II, saw him standing tall and erect in the distance for the playing of the Marine Corps Hymn. And Jacki who, as she knelt to pray the Rosary before bedtime, felt a presence beside her and heard the voice of her late father: Teach me how to say it. And Tylers sister, Robyn, whod died in infancy, sending a message during a television show that she liked the new athletic shoes hed just bought. Incidents such as these leave no doubt of the continuation of life beyond physical death and the assurance that our loved ones remain with us still. Transcripts and detailed messages from the departed, courtesy of well-known psychic mediums during group and one-on-one readings offer further proof of continued life after death. And from Patti Sinclair, a professional psychic medium, along with Dr. Bhrett McCabe, a licensed clinical psychologist and his mother, Mary Jo McCabe, a professional psychic intuitive, we are given sage advice for those among us who are skeptical or grieving. No Reason for Goodbyes strongly suggests that we rethink everything we have believed about the finality of death. It confirms that those who have departed from our physical world can and do reach out and touch, in some cases, quite literally, and that love is indeed eternal. If there was ever a time for a paradigm shift about the way we view death, that time is now.

Download or read book Winsome words Ed by grandfather Goodheart written by Goodheart (grandfather, pseud) and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Prince s Unwilling Bride written by Lena Blake and published by Lena Blake. This book was released on 2024-10-01 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Prince's Unwilling Bride In search of her estranged biological father, Anaya Bashir never imagined her journey would lead her into the dangerous clutches of ruthless criminals. But when she's kidnapped and held captive, her only hope of survival lies in the hands of a man she never expected—a powerful and devastatingly handsome Arab prince. Zarif, one of the three heirs to the wealthy Emirate of Sintarah, has spent his life as the world's most sought-after bachelor, sworn to remain free of love and marriage. But when fate forces his path to cross with Anaya's, his sense of duty compels him to act, rescuing her from her captors. However, his act of honor comes with a price—one that even a prince cannot escape. Bound by a marriage neither of them wanted, Anaya and Zarif are thrown into a world of royal intrigue, passion, and conflict. As they navigate the tensions of their forced union, deeper feelings begin to surface, threatening to shatter the walls they've both built around their hearts. But can love truly bloom in a marriage forged out of obligation? For fans of captivating royal romances and high-stakes drama, The Prince's Unwilling Bride will sweep you into a whirlwind of passion, danger, and desire. Will Anaya and Zarif defy the odds, or will duty tear them apart?

Download or read book Frank Leslie s Popular Monthly written by Frank Leslie and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 762 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book When Cotton Was King written by Alvin S. Yusin and published by LifeRich Publishing. This book was released on 2017-10-17 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is 1795 in Williamsburg, Virginia, as the son of an alcoholic father and bastard mother grows up in poverty. Still, little Andrew Blackstone is resolute to make something of his life—and does years later when he acquires a fortune through illegal slave trade. Determined to achieve economic and social dominance, Andrew eventually marries into the Wellworth family, rich in ancestry but poor in purse. His wife, Rebecca, who was raised by a slave until her father sold her, wants to buy back Momma Jo. When she learns she has died leaving two sons, Michael and Gabriel, Rebecca buys and then frees the boys, prompting Michael to meet John Brown and participate in the Pottawatomie massacre. As the Blackstone family is impacted by other antebellum events that include the Fugitive Slave Act, Underground Railroad, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act, Rebecca gives birth to twins, Jackson and Arabella. But as tensions increase between the north and south and a civil war looms on the horizon, the Blackstones are all about to learn the power of battle and its ability to not just transform the country, but also their lives and the lives of their descendants.

Download or read book CSB Athlete s Bible written by Fellowship of Christian Athletes and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 2023-05-01 with total page 2242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Fellowship of Christian Athletes exists to see the world transformed by Jesus Christ through the influence of coaches and athletes, reaching millions worldwide. The CSB Athlete’s Bible, developed in partnership with FCA, features 365 daily devotions written by athletes for athletes of all sports. Other helpful tools are included to encourage athletes to spend regular time with God and be a valuable resource for conversation and discipleship with teammates and coaches. FEATURES 365 daily devotions written just for athletes Special front matter section including “The FOUR” gospel presentation, “The CORE,” and other E3 Discipleship resources for athletes, accessible via QR codes 365 “Topical Group Studies” placed throughout the Bible on the same page as the related scripture passage Book introductions for all 66 books of the Bible with book-specific reading plans Durable Smyth-sewn lay-flat binding Two-column text format Topical subject headings Easy-to-read 9-point type size Words of Christ in red Footnotes Gilded page edges Ribbon marker for easy referencing between pages Topical Concordance to quickly find and share key topics and truths in the Bible Presentation page for gift-giving Full-color maps The CSB Athlete’s Bible features the highly readable, highly reliable text of the Christian Standard Bible® (CSB). The CSB captures the Bible’s original meaning without sacrificing clarity, making it easier to engage with Scripture’s life-transforming message and to share it with others.