Welcome to the 112th episode of Giving Back Insights! Insights are our solo show to celebrate how our guests and their charities serve others, explore actions each of can take to make a difference in people’s lives and connect.

Today we’re talking about The power of quotes! Enjoy today’s episode and keep your comments and feedback coming.

 

Key Takeaways:

I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy --- Rabindranath Tagore Douglas Tsoi conversation Attention is the purest form of generosity --- Simone Weil Cheryl Strayed’s best-selling book-turned Reese Witherspoon-starring movie Wild hit home with millions of people. At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother’s death, her family scattered and her own marriage was soon destroyed. Four years later, with nothing more to lose, she made the most impulsive decision of her life. With no experience or training, driven only by blind will, she would hike more than a thousand miles of the Pacific Crest Trail from the Mojave Desert through California and Oregon to Washington State—and she would do it alone. Now Strayed, who “thinks of quotes as mini-instruction manuals for the soul,” shares some of her favorites in her new book, Brave Enough.   “Quotes, at their core, almost always shout Yes!” she says. The smallest good deed is better than the grandest intention --- Deguet The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meet --- Frederick Buechner You are the average of the five people spend the most time with --- Jim Rohn The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why --- Mark Twain Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear --- George Addair You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take --- Michael Jordan or Wayne Gretzky Remember: Always err on the side of love & kindness --- Pastor Steve Stone, Sr Love & Gratitude, Rob

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