Words of Inspiration and Motivation

"Part of being who you are has to do with feeling your feelings, which means you'll have a wide range of emotions-not just constant sunshiny happiness." Janet Gonzalez-Mena, M.A.

 

"We'll hold out our hand; they have to unclench their fist." Hillary Clinton, JD.

 

"I had just a built-in passion that was important to make a real contribution int the world and to fix all the injustices that existed in the world." Louise Derman-Sparks, Professor Emeritus, Pacific Oak College, CA (from week 2 video segment)

"You are worried about seeing him spend his early years in doing nothing.  What!  Is it nothing to be happy?  Nothing to skip, play, and run around all day long?  Never in his life will he be so busy again."  ~Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Emile, 1762

We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today."  ~Stacia Tauscher

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

Helen Keller
US blind & deaf educator (1880 - 1968)

The story of Helen Keller as a child touched my heart.  Although I may only lost my hearing, I am utterly terrifying of know what it may be like to have no hearing and sighting.  Helen Keller showed me that regardless of the obstacles, there is always a way to overcome.

Oddly, I feel slightly connected to Helen Keller, because medical professionals told my parents that I could have been deaf and blind.  As an infant, I was very ill with measles and a very high fever.  I am fortunate to only lost my hearing.  Still, medical professionals worry about my future. They continue to think I might end up being blind by the scars that measles marked in my eyes. 

If Helen Keller achieved so much, why not anyone else?

Favorite Quote---

Someone posted this quote on my door when I was young.  This quote did not have the writer's name attach to it, so I apologize for crediting this to that person...

"A friend walks in when the rest of the world walks out..." 

I like this quote because it reflects my personality.. I tend to rescue people even now as an adult.  The hard part is accepting that some situations I cannot even rescue a friend or two.  A recent situation occurred and I had to remain on sideline. 

My sisters and I with our mother.... (as children) (

I am the kid with white blond hair.

Favorite Children Book---

http://www.berenstainbearstreehouse.com/books.php

I loved reading Berenstain bears books as a child.  The books are visual and colorful, which are important to children---especially, deaf children... I often found how much I could related to the stories.  While my sisters loved Dr. Seuss, I preferred this. I never understood Dr. Seuss books until I was much older.