You can learn new things at any time in your life if you’re willing to be a beginner. If you actually learn to like being a beginner, the whole world opens up to you. – Barbara Sher By Dawn Onley So much of what we do in our day to day lives is familiar. It’s…

“Be good to your body and it will repay your journey.” By Samantha McKenzie Our bodies are beautiful soul carriers that bring life and love into this world. Believe that. Our hips, our lips, and our hands have raised us well. And with them, we have raised children and families and communities. These hips have…

By Samantha McKenzie This is Samiyah. She is a freshman at a public high school in Raleigh, NC, and enrolled in a Math III Honors class. If she passes this class, she will only need one more math class to graduate high school. This means that she is two years ahead of her peers in…

“Love of self is the reservoir for which all other love springs.” – Dawn Onley By Dawn Onley I’m becoming more decisive. This thought occurred to me the other day after I chose where I wanted my family to take me to celebrate my birthday. Ever the diplomat, usually I choose a place that I…

By Samantha McKenzie Evolution only happens when those among us are brave enough to shed away the old, create the new, and walk into the path of the unknown. ~ Rudolph Angel Most of us are given our belief system at birth. We were told, nudged or highly encouraged to become something successful when we grow…

By Dawn Onley Two years ago, I was supposed to run the Marine Corps Marathon, but I didn’t. It wasn’t that I suffered an injury or that some type of emergency came up. I didn’t run it because I couldn’t get my mind right to train so I could run it. For months, I was bummed…

“A kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal.” ~ Dr. Steve Maraboli By Samantha McKenzie Our lives are so busy. We’re often so busy that we don’t have much time to be nice. I know, it sounds a bit ridiculous, but offering kindness, or a compliment to others, sometimes doesn’t fit…