This article from Oprah magazine, written by Sara Corbett. This is a few paragraphs of it:
While other 16-year old girls thought about prom night, Abby Sunderland had a different dream: To become the youngest person to ever circle the globe without stopping, alone on a 40-foot sailboat. "Go for it!" said her family. "What were they thinking?" said the world. Is this the story of a brilliant adventure—or really shoddy parenting?
Why, honestly, would any kid want to do that? This is what everyone asked. Abby Sunderland's answer was always simple, and people either got it or they didn't. Most often, it appeared, they didn't. Because what she said didn't address the specifics—the small fortune it was costing, the fact that she had limited experience sailing alone in open seas, or that it involved utter solitude, a diet of mostly freeze-dried food, and sleeping only for short stretches while strapped into a narrow, planklike bunk. There was also the real possibility that she could die. On the imaginary balance sheet that weighed both the risks and the rewards, the rewards—the psychic payoff that comes with having achieved a near impossibility, with being the first or the youngest or the most brave—were far harder to convey. Fear she said, is a natural but unuseful emotion. When asked what on Earth compelled her, was not the sort of answer people tended to take seriously, especially coming from a girl who'd just turned 16. But she gave it anyway. What she said was, "It's always been a dream."
As Laurence and Marianne Sunderland see it, there is more harm in underestimating a teenager than in overestimating her. The decision to let Abby go had not been made lightly. They had weighed the risks. “There are people saying we should be prosecuted for child endangerment,” Marianne said, trailing off.
”What do I think of the ocean?" Laurence said. "The ocean scares me, and that's a healthy sort of fear." He added that the rewards, in their eyes, trumped the risks. "Frankly, life is unsafe," he said. "Life has a 100 percent mortality rate. We're all going to die, you know? I think the saddest thing about living, one of the saddest things about living, is getting to a ripe old age and never having fulfilled a dream in your life."
I love this video :
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6902333n&tag=contentMain;contentBody/
This video shows the lunch program in 2 public schools in France. The menu includes a 5 course meal for 3 year olds.
This video amazed me! I think you would be amazed too. Please take a look:)
I love The 2010 O Power List :
The power of vision...Sarah Lewis
"[My latest project] is an opportunity to ask the fundamental question, one we're still grappling with: Are we really separate from one another? And it offers a resounding no."
The power of taking a stand...Kamala Harris
"Having grown up around strong women, I know firsthand the importance of never taking 'no' for an answer and following your dreams. What a long way we have come! But we have so much more work to do."
The power of living large...Julia Roberts
"Loving what you do is the secret to everything."
The power of play...Jane McGonigal
"Games support happiness....Studies have shown that playing a short game—having something concrete that you can accomplish—actually gives you the motivation, energy and optimism to go back and tackle real work."
The power of taking a leap...Lisa Shannon
"Somehow, women being able to help other women helps them feel powerful."
The power of proof...Esther Duflo
"I see my job as trying to uncover little pieces of knowledge."
The power of power...Teresa King
"I just want people to be able to fly."
The power of make-believe...Sarah Ruhl
"Art is a way of freezing time, or extending time...it's another way to bridge the gaps between us."
The power of graceful gravitas...Diane Sawyer
"Whatever you want in life, other people are going to want it too. Believe in yourself enough to accept the idea that you have an equal right to it."
The power of presence...Viola Davis
"You can't be hesitant about who you are."
The power of bearing witness...Lynsey Addario
"A genius is a talented person who works really, really hard."
The power of endurance...Marge Champion
"I think stretching is the most important thing. And the next most important thing is to keep the lungs busy. You can do that with singing, dancing, walking, anything that makes you fill your lungs right down to the bottom."
The power of the big picture...Rebecca Onie
"It's a simple solution.... You change one thing, and suddenly you've changed everything."
The power of one voice...Lynn Henning
"We must change—it is the right thing to do. And if we do, I truly believe we will become a green, sustainable society. I am confident that we will make a difference together."
The power of fearlessness...Zahra Rahnavard
"We've made this promise, and we'll stand by it. I'm here to say that men and women are equal."
The power of style...Vera Wang
"The idea that I could always do better, learn more, learn faster, is something that.... I carried with me for the rest of my life."
The power of authenticity...Jane Lynch
"I start by being honest with myself. And I always expect the people in my life to help out with that. If I'm not seeing something clearly, I want them to tell me."
The power of connections...Kelly Chapman Meyer
"We all have been given a gift of one kind or another; it is important to realize and utilize those gifts for the benefit of mankind."
The power of heart...Zenyatta
"She's absolutely perfect at her profession and that is very rare—not just in sports but in all things." — Laura Hillenbrand, author of Seabiscuit
The power of speaking out...Pakistani rape victim
"I decided to speak out because I thought if they ruined my life, they could do it to some other girl, too. And I [would] be responsible for that."
The power of smart...Deborah Kenny
"There is, perhaps, no task more difficult than teaching, and none more important."
I love these words of wisdom from all around the world :
The word is all.
It cuts, it flays.
It models, modulates.
It disturbs, drives mad.
It cures or kills.
It duly magnifies, brings down.
It excites or mellows souls. -Komo-Dibi-
Everyone knows the usefulness of the useful, but no one knows the usefulness of the useless. -Chuang-tse-
Great intelligence includes; slight intelligence discriminates; Great words are brilliant; slight words are verbose. -Chuang-tse-
Opposites are useful and the sweetest harmony is born from elements that are different. -Heraclitus-
Books have the same enemies as human beings : Fire, Damp, Insects, Time; and Their own content. –Paul Valery-
The journey is the reward. -Chinese Proverb-
So what am I? A thing that thinks.
What is a thing that thinks? It is a thing that doubts, conceives, affirms, denies, wants, does not want, but also imagines and feels. -Rene Descartes-
As usual I love Sarah Wilson's blog (her newest article on 'how to really have a holiday'), and as you (I) can see I have to mention some sort of things (article, quotes) from Oprah every single time. I'm glad to have these people/websites to look up and refer to. I'm thankful to be insipired.
Ps: even the picture is from Oprah website too :(
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