Inspiration

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What does it meant to be inspired? To be inspired is to be “in spirit” or in harmony with your goal. Psychologist Abraham Maslow said that it is only the…
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Repair

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To repair is to make good again. This can mean we make reparations, restitution or amends to those we’ve hurt. As a community it can mean that we reach out…
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Reflection

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In West African wisdom, sankofa means to “return and get it”. The sankofa image is typically is a bird with an egg on its back and the phrase “Se wo…
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Charity

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Most people think of charity as simply giving to the poor. But the meaning goes much deeper. Charity, in its definition, means a “voluntary giving of help.” It also can…
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Determination

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“Hope is taking the next step.” When we are determined, we have set a course in our mind to achieve something. The goal may be to attain a thing, a…
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Courage

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What is courage? It is not the absence of fear. A courageous person is not a person who is not afraid. Courage is feeling the fear and doing it anyway.…
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Forgiveness

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Many people think of forgiveness as a saintly, unselfish act. We sometimes feel that by forgiving the person who has wronged us, we are wiping clean the memory of the…
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