Download or read book Your Life Matters written by Chris Singleton and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-06 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Empowering and validating, Your Life Matters reassures Black children everywhere that no matter what they hear, no matter what they experience, no matter what they're told, their lives matter. Written by national speaker Chris Singleton, who lost his own mother in the 2015 Charleston church shooting, Your Life Matters teaches kids to stand tall in the face of racial adversity and fight for the life they dream of. Each page depicts a famous hero from Black history mentoring a child of today and encouraging them to use their mind, heart, voice, and hands in that fight. Hero-mentors in the book include: Maya Angelou, Jackie Robinson, Martin Luther King, Jr., Aretha Franklin, Katherine Johnson, Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglas, Mary McLeod Bethune, George Washington Carver, and others.
Download or read book Making Life Matter written by Shane Stanford and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover what it means for the journey--your journey, my journey, our journey--to mean something.
Download or read book My Life Matters written by Rachael Reed and published by Rachael Reed. This book was released on with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not everyone is going to be Kind, but YOU can be the one to set the good example, you can be the one to lead the way. Life is tough. Some people can be cruel, rude and mean. But Do Not allow that to affect you and your mindset. Do not allow negativity to impact your outlook on life. Be a LEADER. Leadership is about inspiring and influencing others. Leadership is about influencing others to achieve their own Greatness. YOU can be a Leader. No matter who you are, YOU can positively influence and lead others. You can lend a helping hand. You can provide encouragement. YOU can make a difference in the lives of others. Never underestimate yourself and your capabilities. Be Passionate, Be Genuine, Be Yourself. And always remember that YOU MATTER. You Are Important. Your Life Matters! Black Lives Matter.
Download or read book Mylifematters written by Mike McCormick and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2008-06 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: God is offering you the opportunity to create a life that matters by furthering his kingdom in some distinctive way, and he has already gone before you to pave the way. It is up to you to follow. Your God-given purpose is already out there waiting. When you find it and live it, you will be doing what you, and you alone, were created to do. You can, and will, impact eternity. This book is going to show you how. Mike McCormick has grown the company he co-founded from a start-up venture to a national financial services firm. Since its birth in 1998, BenchMark Financial Network (formerly Blue Vase Securities) has developed into a thriving company that services tens of thousands of customers whose assets total more than $1 billion. Mike has put his gifts to work, developing people, raising capital, increasing community involvement, helping organizations increase sales, and communicating effectively with the public. Mike currently serves as president of the National Association of Christian Financial Consultants (NACFC), and is also a member of the Financial Planning Association, the Pittsburgh chapter of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (past president), the International Association of Registered Financial Consultants (IARFC), and the Christian Stewardship Association. An active participant in politics, Mike was the Republican nominee from the 20th Congressional District for the U.S. House of Representatives in 1994 and 1996. He lives near Pittsburgh, PA, with his wife, Cathie, and has three children, Michael, Allison, and Mark.
Download or read book Your Life Matters written by Junie Swadron and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your Life Matters! helps people of all ages honour their truth and embrace all that they have lived by teaching them to write their life stories. Author, psychotherapist, and writing coach Junie Swadron has guided men and women to write their life stories for more than twenty-five years. Her books, Re-Write Your Life and Write Where You Are, have helped thousands of writers move through fear and writer's block. In Your Life Matters! you will learn how to: Inspire others with the wisdom you've attained in your lifetime Achieve your life-long dream of writing your story Bust through your blocks to write with confidence and ease Free yourself from your painful past by writing your truth Allow the hard lessons of life to become your greatest gifts
Download or read book My Life Matters written by Mareco Morrow and published by Mareco Morrow. This book was released on 2021-07-14 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My Life Matters tells the story of an eighteen year old Miles, who suffers from loneliness and despair. When everything feels like it's falling from a cliff, he meets an unlikely person that tries to help him through all the difficult things that bombarded him. Never treated like a normal human being, Miles becomes skeptical about his unlikely friendship that is slowly building. Will he let go of his fear of being rejected, or will he let it all consume him? Love the book? Purchase the full version for ebook or paperback on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B099C5FZWN
Download or read book The Last Lecture written by Randy Pausch and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.
Download or read book I Wasn t Strong Like This When I Started Out True Stories of Becoming a Nurse written by Lee Gutkind and published by Underland Press. This book was released on 2013-02-25 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of true narratives reflects the dynamism and diversity of nurses, who provide the first vital line of patient care. Here, nurses remember their first "sticks," first births, and first deaths, and reflect on what gets them though long, demanding shifts, and keeps them in the profession. The stories reveal many voices from nurses at different stages of their careers: One nurse-in-training longs to be trusted with more "important" procedures, while another questions her ability to care for nursing home residents. An efficient young emergency room nurse finds his life and career irrevocably changed by a car accident. A nurse practitioner wonders whether she has violated professional boundaries in her care for a homeless man with AIDS, and a home care case manager is the sole attendee at a funeral for one of her patients. What connects these stories is the passion and strength of the writers, who struggle against burnout and bureaucracy to serve their patients with skill, empathy, and strength.
Download or read book Just One Thing written by Rick Hanson and published by New Harbinger Publications. This book was released on 2011 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book offers simple brain-training practices you can do every day to protect against stress, lift your mood, and find greater emotional resilience."--P. [4] of cover.
Download or read book Year of Yes written by Shonda Rhimes and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-11-10 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The creator of "Grey's Anatomy" and "Scandal" details the one-year experiment with saying "yes" that transformed her life, revealing how accepting unexpected invitations she would have otherwise declined enabled powerful benefits.
Download or read book Self Matters written by Phil McGraw and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2003-05-06 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addresses the issues of self and self-esteem, demonstrating how to fully realize one's own power through a plan that explains how to overcome fear and fulfill personal potential.
Download or read book Rescuing Socrates written by Roosevelt Montas and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2023-03-21 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Dominican-born academic tells the story of how the Great Books transformed his life—and why they have the power to speak to people of all backgrounds What is the value of a liberal education? Traditionally characterized by a rigorous engagement with the classics of Western thought and literature, this approach to education is all but extinct in American universities, replaced by flexible distribution requirements and ever-narrower academic specialization. Many academics attack the very idea of a Western canon as chauvinistic, while the general public increasingly doubts the value of the humanities. In Rescuing Socrates, Dominican-born American academic Roosevelt Montás tells the story of how a liberal education transformed his life, and offers an intimate account of the relevance of the Great Books today, especially to members of historically marginalized communities. Montás emigrated from the Dominican Republic to Queens, New York, when he was twelve and encountered the Western classics as an undergraduate in Columbia University’s renowned Core Curriculum, one of America’s last remaining Great Books programs. The experience changed his life and determined his career—he went on to earn a PhD in English and comparative literature, serve as director of Columbia’s Center for the Core Curriculum, and start a Great Books program for low-income high school students who aspire to be the first in their families to attend college. Weaving together memoir and literary reflection, Rescuing Socrates describes how four authors—Plato, Augustine, Freud, and Gandhi—had a profound impact on Montás’s life. In doing so, the book drives home what it’s like to experience a liberal education—and why it can still remake lives.
Download or read book Fewer Better Things written by Glenn Adamson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2018-08-07 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the former director of the Museum of Arts and Design in New York, a timely and passionate case for the role of the well-designed object in the digital age. Curator and scholar Glenn Adamson opens Fewer, Better Things by contrasting his beloved childhood teddy bear to the smartphones and digital tablets children have today. He laments that many children and adults are losing touch with the material objects that have nurtured human development for thousands of years. The objects are still here, but we seem to care less and know less about them. In his presentations to groups, he often asks an audience member what he or she knows about the chair the person is sitting in. Few people know much more than whether it's made of wood, plastic, or metal. If we know little about how things are made, it's hard to remain connected to the world around us. Fewer, Better Things explores the history of craft in its many forms, explaining how raw materials, tools, design, and technique come together to produce beauty and utility in handmade or manufactured items. Whether describing the implements used in a traditional Japanese tea ceremony, the use of woodworking tools, or the use of new fabrication technologies, Adamson writes expertly and lovingly about the aesthetics of objects, and the care and attention that goes into producing them. Reading this wise and elegant book is a truly transformative experience.
Download or read book The First 20 Hours written by Josh Kaufman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-06-13 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forget the 10,000 hour rule— what if it’s possible to learn the basics of any new skill in 20 hours or less? Take a moment to consider how many things you want to learn to do. What’s on your list? What’s holding you back from getting started? Are you worried about the time and effort it takes to acquire new skills—time you don’t have and effort you can’t spare? Research suggests it takes 10,000 hours to develop a new skill. In this nonstop world when will you ever find that much time and energy? To make matters worse, the early hours of practicing something new are always the most frustrating. That’s why it’s difficult to learn how to speak a new language, play an instrument, hit a golf ball, or shoot great photos. It’s so much easier to watch TV or surf the web . . . In The First 20 Hours, Josh Kaufman offers a systematic approach to rapid skill acquisition— how to learn any new skill as quickly as possible. His method shows you how to deconstruct complex skills, maximize productive practice, and remove common learning barriers. By completing just 20 hours of focused, deliberate practice you’ll go from knowing absolutely nothing to performing noticeably well. Kaufman personally field-tested the methods in this book. You’ll have a front row seat as he develops a personal yoga practice, writes his own web-based computer programs, teaches himself to touch type on a nonstandard keyboard, explores the oldest and most complex board game in history, picks up the ukulele, and learns how to windsurf. Here are a few of the simple techniques he teaches: Define your target performance level: Figure out what your desired level of skill looks like, what you’re trying to achieve, and what you’ll be able to do when you’re done. The more specific, the better. Deconstruct the skill: Most of the things we think of as skills are actually bundles of smaller subskills. If you break down the subcomponents, it’s easier to figure out which ones are most important and practice those first. Eliminate barriers to practice: Removing common distractions and unnecessary effort makes it much easier to sit down and focus on deliberate practice. Create fast feedback loops: Getting accurate, real-time information about how well you’re performing during practice makes it much easier to improve. Whether you want to paint a portrait, launch a start-up, fly an airplane, or juggle flaming chainsaws, The First 20 Hours will help you pick up the basics of any skill in record time . . . and have more fun along the way.
Download or read book Saying Yes to Life written by Ruth Valerio and published by SPCK. This book was released on 2019-12-19 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Ruth Valerio’s book is perfect for individuals and groups to think, reflect, pray and be challenged together.' JUSTIN WELBY, from the Foreword Saying Yes to Life lifts our focus from natural, everyday concerns to issues that are having an impact on millions of lives around the world. As people made in the image of God, we are entrusted to look after what he has created: to share in God’s joy and ingenuity in making a difference for good. Ruth Valerio imaginatively draws on the Days of Creation (Genesis 1) as she relates themes of light, water, land, the seasons, other creatures, humankind, Sabbath rest and resurrection hope to matters of environmental, ethical and social concern.
Download or read book Transitions written by Pastor Marshelle Cummings- Lyons and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2022-08-01 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transition is a constant movement from one state or condition to another. And at times, that movement may be in a darkened state of mind unbeknownst to you because darkness (your own way) will move you from left to right and at times, paralyzing you in motion. It's not until you realize and connect with the light of God do you really begin to live and move forward into the direction of your God-ordained destiny. Our ultimate goal is to reach our destiny. Though it may seem like destiny has been denied, it is only delayed. "For it is [not your strength, but it is] God who is effectively at work in you, both to will and to work [that is, strengthening, energizing, and creating in you the longing and the ability to fulfill your purpose] for His good pleasures." Therefore, keep moving forward with The Holy Spirit! Pastor Lyons has written a revealing, no nonsense betrayal of her life's journey. Through every challenge, she reveals how Christ, at work in her, gave her strength to overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles. It is without question a thought provoking read, guaranteed to encourage you as you face the challenges of life. The resounding message is that of survival and encouragement that you too can be a survivor. --Bishop Charles Rogers of the Hope Community Church, 1111 Pulaski Pike NW, Huntsville, AL 35816. "Transitions" is riveting and awe inspiring. As you read the pages of Marshelle's life you cannot do anything but repent, rejoice, and say; but for the grace of God there go I. You will find yourself clinging to every word waiting to see what comes next. "Transitions" challenges you to take an inventory of your life and ask the question: What on earth am I here for? This is no ordinary book. This book will inspire you to search the scriptures and get a closer walk with God. --Pastor Tereasa Brown Spread The Word Ministries Of Leavenworth, Kansas
Download or read book Meaning in Positive and Existential Psychology written by Alexander Batthyany and published by Springer Science & Business. This book was released on 2014-04-26 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a first attempt to combine insights from the two perspectives with regard to the question of meaning by examining a collection of theoretical and empirical works. This volume therefore is destined to become an important addition to psychological literature: both from the viewpoint of the history of ideas (again this would be one of the first times that positive and existentialist psychologies meet) and from the viewpoint of theoretical and empirical research into the meaning concept in psychology.
