Inspiration Archives

By Gail Lynne Goodwin. I'm in New York City today, taking part in the Million Moms Challenge. It's a cause to unite a million moms with a million moms in developing countries around the world. The best thing about this program is that you don't have to be a mom to help a mom. You just have to be "one in a million".  Join us to make healthy pregnancies, safe births, and children who survive and thrive a basic right around the world. As a part of this project, I've been asked to answer the question, "What was the best…

I'm proud to be one of the Team Leaders for BlogFrog, to help launch the Million Moms Campaign. I'll be flying to New York City on Monday, to attend the Social Good Summit. I'll share more details about this exciting campaign with you next week. In the meantime, for those of you in NYC who would like to be on TV, here's your chance! Good Morning America will be covering the launch of the Million Moms Challenge campaign on Monday, Sept 19th. If you are going to be in NY and would like to have a cameo on the show,…

By Stephen Simon. A few days ago, my wife Lauren wrote a wonderful blog about the disappearance of manners that really resonated with me. Her blog focused on the lost art of writing handwritten "thank you" notes for gifts, rather than just taking the easy email route, which in turn got me thinking about the loss of manners in movie theaters and  almost everywhere we turn. The "me" years seem to be signaling that common courtesy, admitting mistakes,  and polite behavior are not only no longer necessary, but are actually "corny" or, even worse, a sign of weakness. Recently, I…

We're proud to be a part of Seth Godin's Domino Project and feature Michael Bungay Stanier as our Luminary today. Here is more information on their project. Today the Domino Project releases End Malaria, not just a book, but a cause fueled by 62 business thinkers pushing you to rethink the way you work. $20 from the purchase of every copy of End Malaria goes directly to Malaria No More, an international advocacy organization dedicated to ending malaria by 2015, and to send a mosquito net to a family in need and to support life-saving work in the fight against…

Tears are falling this morning for the tragic loss of our friend, Trey Pennington. Trey and I met years ago on line and I could always count on him for friendship, advice and support. With more than 100,000 Twitter followers and nearly 5000 friends on FaceBook, Trey was alone last night as he took his own life, outside of his church. He was a successful husband, father and businessman, but dealt with depression for some time. Those of us who knew Trey, even just online, loved him. But it wasn't enough to prevent this tragedy from happening. I was a…

By Stephen Simon. As my first post here on Inspire Me Today, I highlight my favorite film so far in 2011. When I was 22 years old, the last 15 minutes of Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey introduced me to a cinematic concept of the vast wonder of the cycle of life and death that I had never even imagined before. At that time, I thought no one would ever again attain that kind of symbolic representation of spirituality on film. And then I  saw The Tree of Life, which is so mind-bogglingly original and breathtaking that it truly…