tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700584.post6014714307678298329..comments2023-07-04T12:07:08.503-04:00Comments on The Modesty Writers Guild: lessons from the most successful shoe shinerUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700584.post-21047700251518395272008-10-20T18:31:00.000-04:002008-10-20T18:31:00.000-04:00Very touching. Thank you for sharing that discover...Very touching. Thank you for sharing that discovery so that we can also redefine the word success. This new definition make is more tangible. Because not all of us can make thousands and be well-off and able to buy any luxury, as you described. But all of us can work towards achieving our hearts' desire! Thanks !Story of a Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15371714380978968566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700584.post-16978005946800078872007-02-20T20:53:00.000-05:002007-02-20T20:53:00.000-05:00Some of the most amazing things I've learned in li...Some of the most amazing things I've learned in life I have learned from children and from those who we typically deem as "worse off" than we are. <BR/><BR/>From a little Mexican boy in southside Chicago I learned about trust. Because while we wandered around the neighborhood lost he just came right up and offered his assistance. He couldn't have been more than 8 and spoke about as much English Alixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09331518376934757474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700584.post-71502038630892324642007-01-29T08:52:00.000-05:002007-01-29T08:52:00.000-05:00I love it when wisdom is shown through a child. Th...I love it when wisdom is shown through a child. They teach more than they know. Our minds become so narrow-minded that we need children for that broader view and perspective that we can't see ourselves.<br />TOODLESsweetdarlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15678637044610592057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700584.post-74426840667662371982007-01-28T07:17:00.000-05:002007-01-28T07:17:00.000-05:00I view success as something (a career, etc) that y...I view success as something (a career, etc) that you are passionate about, that you pursue in order to make the world a better place. It isn't about how much money you make or how many materialistic things we can obtain. We need to seek out our success in how we can change other people's lives. What is it that we are passionate about? If someone has a passion for changing the world then they Meg-a-ronihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06642171474868117147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700584.post-71054103955450407922007-01-28T04:50:00.000-05:002007-01-28T04:50:00.000-05:00You mentioned shining shoes...
After my dad left h...You mentioned shining shoes...<br />After my dad left his pastoral position in the Episcopal Church he and my brother shined shoes together for several years. Humbling, I'm sure, but he always stayed in good spirits and joked that he was still in the business of saving soles (souls). He made much more money shining shoes than he ever did working as a pastor, but money has never been the focal Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700584.post-30370169004877149032007-01-27T16:53:00.000-05:002007-01-27T16:53:00.000-05:00i just followed the link to mission:calcutta and, ...i just followed the link to mission:calcutta and, at first, i was jealous that you got this amazing opportunity to make such a huge impact. but then I remembered that one doesn't have to travel halfway across the world to make a difference. Thats why I love the TWLOHA organization so much- the hurting people needing love are right here. It's my roomate, my society and gender teacher, and that kidKatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09919467194370886696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700584.post-9081853557503647842007-01-27T02:51:00.000-05:002007-01-27T02:51:00.000-05:00the american dream is just a painted backdrop for ...the american dream is just a painted backdrop for the campaign commercials of our elected leaders.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700584.post-61720844749329469412007-01-27T01:39:00.000-05:002007-01-27T01:39:00.000-05:00I thank you for your mission and your musings. You...I thank you for your mission and your musings. You have reminded me of a favorite quote. <br /><br />"If God told you exactly what it was you were to do, you would be happy doing it no matter what it was. What you are doing is what God wants you to do. Be happy." Werner Erhard<br /><br />When all else in our world falls away, the most basic indication of success is love. It strikes me that no Book of Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03882915452259285617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700584.post-8191509983170518352007-01-26T22:48:00.000-05:002007-01-26T22:48:00.000-05:00That was an amazing post. I've really been thinki...That was an amazing post. I've really been thinking about sucess/what I want to do with my life. And I've kinda realized how stuck I am to the materialism and consumerism that your talking about. I wouldn't be able to do what your doing, and I'm terribly ashamed of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700584.post-52901175484086269462007-01-26T18:25:00.000-05:002007-01-26T18:25:00.000-05:00Wow Stephen. Its amazing that a lesson like that c...Wow Stephen. Its amazing that a lesson like that can be learned through someone so much younger. Be safe, have fun and keep updating!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700584.post-47036070059778887672007-01-26T17:08:00.000-05:002007-01-26T17:08:00.000-05:00http://www.yellowbirdproject.com
Support a band, s...http://www.yellowbirdproject.com<br />Support a band, support a charity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700584.post-12738707143589211152007-01-26T10:30:00.000-05:002007-01-26T10:30:00.000-05:00I moved out of my hometown back in July &, financi...I moved out of my hometown back in July &, financially, it's been like getting tossed into the pool for the first time without knowing how to swim. I never realized that life in America is less about deciding what you want to spend money on as it is budgeting so that you actually have money to spend. Rent, utilities, car payments, car insurance, health insurance, student loans... it's almost likeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com