Inspiration/Motivation

• Proud to Be a Teacher

  “Where are the heroes of today?” a radio talk show host thundered. He blames society’s shortcomings on education. Too many people are looking for heroes in all the wrong places. Movie stars and rock musicians, athletes and models aren’t heroes; they’re celebrities. Heroes abound in public schools, a fact that doesn’t make the news.

• Wooden People: The Dots and Stars Story

  Every Wemmick was different. Some had big noses, others had large eyes. Some were tall and others were short. Some wore hats, others wore coats. But all were made by the same carver and all lived in the village.
  And all day, every day, the Wemmicks did the same thing: They gave each other stickers. Each Wemmick had a box of golden star stickers and a box of gray dot stickers. Up and down the streets all over the city, people could be seen sticking stars or dots on one another.

• A Stumbling Block or a Stepping Stone?

  A thought provoking poem by R.L. Sharp.

• The Cracked Water Pot

  We’re all cracked pots,but it’s the cracks and flaws we each have that make our lives together so very interesting and rewarding. You’ve just got to take each person for what they are, and look for the good in them.

• Story of the Starfish

  Teachers often ask the question: “How can you make any difference?”

• Langston Hughes - Mother to Son

  Wonderful advice give to a son on perseverence.

• The Seasons of Life

  Beautiful pictures of the same scene during four seasons. Some terrific life wisdom is included.

• Animal School

  Once upon a time, the animals decided they must do something heroic to meet the problems of ‘a new world’. So they organized a school. They adopted an activity curriculum consisting of running, climbing, swimming, and flying.

• Carrot, Egg, Coffee story

  A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved a new one arose. Her mother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water.

• Life that Makes a Difference

  A beautiful presentation that reminds us to Live A Life That Matters!

• Story of the Father and his Disabled Son

  At a fundraising dinner for a school that serves learning disabled children,
  the father of one of the students delivered a speech that would never be
  forgotten by all who attended.

• "The Bamboo Farmer"

  An inspiring story of faith and perseverance

• Story of Teddy

  As she stood in front of her 5th grade class on the very first day of school, she told the children an untruth. Like most teachers, she
  looked at her students and said that she loved them all the same.
  However, that was impossible, because there in the front row,
  slumped in his seat, was a little boy named Teddy Stoddard.

• The Daffodil Principle

  Several times, my daughter had telephoned to say, “Mother, you must
  come see the daffodils before they are over.” I wanted to go, but it was
  a two-hour drive from Laguna to Lake Arrowhead. “I will come next
  Tuesday,” I promised, a little reluctantly, on her third call.

• The Strangest Secret

  George Bernard Shaw said, “People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can’t find them, they make them.”

• Mother Love: The Tiger Story

  In a California zoo, a mother tiger gave birth to a rare set of triplet tiger cubs. Unfortunately, due to pregnancy complications, the cubs were born prematurely and died shortly after birth.
  Mother tiger after recovering from the delivery, suddenly started to decline in health, although physically fine. The vets felt that the loss of her litter had caused her to fall into a depression. The doctors decided that if she could surrogate another mother’s cubs, perhaps she would improve. GREAT PICTURES FOR YOU TO PRINT OUT!

• Man's Search for Meaning

  Famous quotes by Viktor Frankl.

• The Donkey in the Well

  One day a farmer’s donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do….

• Until one is committed....

  Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it! (Goethe’s famous wisdom)

• Letting Go

  To let go doesn’t mean to stop caring;
  It means I can’t do it for someone else.

• Clever use of incentives

  Once upon a time there was an old man who was picked on by a group of rowdy boys. Every day on their way home from school, they would yell nasty remarks and throw rocks at the old man’s house.