Graduation is the time for parents to whoop it up, and sibs and pals to offer high-fives. And from the mouths of everyone fly pellets of advice. Each commencement season has its pearls of wit and weirdness. Here, in handy form, are true gems of guidance--for the new graduate, each with a hilarious illustration. The excerpts come from high school, college and professional school graduation speeches, making this the perfect gift for new high school or university graduates.
A book that will change the world for those ready to let go of their most prized possessions- their egos, beliefs and modern philosophies.This book will tell you: Why your democracies and economies are doomed...Why your politicians will grow more and more helpless....Why there are so many religious sects and denominations....How the extraordinary wisdom of Jesus came to be lost (as you may have suspected)....How all your religions have kept you from acquiring wisdom....How to start a benevolent world-changing revolution before it's too late....Why the "age of reason" and secular humanism have brought you crushing debt and higher taxes....Why you are wasting trillions in tax money on problems Wisdom would fix for free....
Combing cutting edge science and educational philosophy, The Wisdom of the Body offers practical, effective advice for anyone interested in how humans learn and think. With compelling arguments in favor of an embodied approach to school, Shonstrom illuminates the power of learning through physical, sensory experiences, and challenges traditional approaches in education by offering dynamic, ground-breaking examples of how an embodied pedagogy could revolutionize learning.
Colby Allen Duncan is about to discover he is having a really bad day, when he wakes updead! And so begins this tale of faith and family, tracing the life of Patti Linder and her best friend Colby. It originates with Pattis mother, Kathy, who might have been perfect except for a single mistake, one that would save her nearly fifteen years later. Then meet Kathys high school friend, Sherry; family friend Detective Johnson; and Pattis friend Sarah, as the story unfolds. Share the twists and turns as these characters face lifes challenges head-on, overcoming obstacles they do not understand but never have to face alone. Most of all, laugh, cry, enjoy!
Twenty-nine years worth of wisdom come together in this collection of more than 150 sermons and personal anecdotes by the beloved and renowned evangelist Robert H. Schuller, selected and edited by his son.
Written entries on each artist offer key biographical and descriptive information and accompanying essays by leading critics, art historians, and scholars offer new perspectives on feminist art practice. The topics provide a broad social context for the artworks themselves.
“Reading this courageous book feels like the beginning of a social and personal awakening...I can’t stop thinking about it.”—Brené Brown, PhD, author of Atlas of the Heart For readers of Emergent Strategy and Dare to Lead, an activist's roadmap to long-term social justice impact through four simple shifts. We need a fundamental shift in our values--a pivot in how we think, act, work, and connect. Despite what we’ve been told, the most critical mainspring of social change isn’t coalition building or problem analysis. It’s healing: deep, whole, and systemic, inside and out. Here, Shawn Ginwright, PhD, breaks down the common myths of social movements--a set of deeply ingrained beliefs that actually hold us back from healing and achieving sustainable systemic change. He shows us why these frames don’t work, proposing instead four revolutionary pivots for better activism and collective leadership: Awareness: from lens to mirror Connection: from transactional to transformative relationships Vision: from problem-fixing to possibility-creating Presence: from hustle to flow Supplemented with reflections, prompts, cutting-edge research, and the author’s own insights and lived experience as an African American social scientist, professor, and movement builder, The Four Pivots helps us uncover our obstruction points. It shows us how to discover new lenses and boldly assert our need for connection, transformation, trust, wholeness, and healing. It gives us permission to create a better future--to acknowledge that a broken system has been predefining our dreams and limiting what we allow ourselves to imagine, but that it doesn’t have to be that way at all. Are you ready to pivot?
