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Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Inspirations - Wednesday, November 30, 2016


I know there is strength in the differences between us. I know there is comfort, where we overlap.

Ani DiFranco

Monday, November 28, 2016

Sunday, November 27, 2016

Thursday, November 24, 2016

Inspirations - Friday, November 25, 2016


True joy is an attitude of gratefulness
I am honored to be in a family of people
Who are passionate about helping others
If serving others is beneath you
Then Leadership is beyond you

Harvey Alston

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Inspirations - Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Inspirations - Wednesday, November 23, 2016


It is always “The other Guy” . . . until it is YOU!

As we attempt to distance ourselves from the plight of those who are in any way different than ourselves, I pray that we remember, reflect upon and consider the wisdom of these words:

”First they came for the Jews
and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the Communists
and I did not speak out because I was not a Communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists
and I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for me
and there was no one left to speak out for me.”

Niemöller

Please note: The quotation stems from Niemöller's lectures during the early postwar period. Different versions of the quotation exist. These can be attributed to the fact that Niemöller spoke extemporaneously and in a number of settings.


Inspirations - Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Inspirations - Wednesday, November 23, 2016


It is always “The other Guy” . . . until it is YOU!

As we attempt to distance ourselves from the plight of those who are in any way different than ourselves, I pray that we remember, reflect upon and consider the wisdom of these words:

”First they came for the Jews
and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the Communists
and I did not speak out because I was not a Communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists
and I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for me
and there was no one left to speak out for me.”

Niemöller

Please note: The quotation stems from Niemöller's lectures during the early postwar period. Different versions of the quotation exist. These can be attributed to the fact that Niemöller spoke extemporaneously and in a number of settings.


Monday, November 21, 2016

Inspirations - Tuesday, November 22, 2016


Geography has made us neighbors. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners, and necessity has made us allies. Those whom God has so joined together, let no man put asunder.

John F. Kennedy
35th U.S. President

Thank You!

Just a Big Thank You to our followers and others for helping us rise in rankings.  A couple of examples below:


We promise to keep working hard to inspire and make a positive difference.

Sunday, November 20, 2016

Inspirations - Monday, November 21, 2016


Our ability to reach unity in diversity will be the beauty and the test of our civilisation.

Mahatma Gandhi

Thursday, November 17, 2016

Inspirations - Friday, November 18, 2016


He who is different from me does not impoverish me - he enriches me. Our unity is constituted in something higher than ourselves - in Man... For no man seeks to hear his own echo, or to find his reflection in the glass.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Inspirations - Thursday, November 17, 2016


If man is to survive, he will have learned to take a delight in the essential differences between men and between cultures. He will learn that differences in ideas and attitudes are a delight, part of life's exciting variety, not something to fear.

Gene Roddenberry

Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Inspirations - Wednesday, November 16, 2016


Never judge someone by the way he looks
Or a book by the way it's covered;
For inside those tattered pages,
There's a lot to be discovered.

Stephen Cosgrove

Thank You President Obama & 1st Family

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Monday, November 14, 2016

Inspirations - Tuesday, November 15, 2016


If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity. For, in the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal.


[Commencement Address at American University, June 10 1963] 

― John F. Kennedy

Post Election Thoughts

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Sunday, November 13, 2016

Inspirations - Monday, November 14, 2016


Pit race against race, religion against religion, prejudice against prejudice. Divide and conquer! We must not let that happen here.

Eleanor Roosevelt
Former 1st Lady of the United States

Wednesday, November 09, 2016

Inspirations - Thursday, November 10, 2016


Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

George Santayana
Philosopher, Essayist, Poet

Tuesday, November 08, 2016

Inspirations - Wednesday, November 9, 2016


The very best thing you can do for the whole world is to make the most of yourself.

Wallace Wattles – 1860-1911, Author

Monday, November 07, 2016

Inspirations - Tuesday, November 8, 2016


To those who can . . .
PLEASE VOTE!
. . . because we cannot:
Medgar Evers. Michael Schwerner, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Rev. James Rebb, Viola Luiiuzzo, 4 little girls in a Birmingham Church, the other 109 victims of the Civil Rights Movement identified at the Civil Rights Memorial (and the ones not listed), the over  2,882,000 U.S. Military Veterans who died at war, the thousands who have died in support of workers’ rights, and all others who died supporting the belief that we all have value.

Veterans Day and The Vote

We are approaching Veterans Day and preparing to honor those who truly helped make this country great by keeping the peace, and contributing to our communities by giving back their energy, time, and talent.  It is fitting that we take this opportunity to extend a thank you to our friend Roy Richardson and all Veterans.  Roy is pictured below with autographs of fellow Airmen including legendary Lt. Colonel Clarence C. Jamison of the famed Tuskegee Airmen.
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We urge you to VOTE on November 8th to help insure that this nation continues to live up to the principles of freedom and equality, regardless of the heritage of its citizens.

Read more about THE VOTE and VETERANS DAY in the latest issue of VISIONS Newsletter by PRESSING HERE!

Sunday, November 06, 2016

Inspirations - Monday, November 7, 2016


We generate fears while we sit. We overcome them by action. Fear is nature’s way of warning us to get busy.


Dr. Henry Link – Psychologist

Thursday, November 03, 2016

Inspirations - Friday, November 4, 2016


See yourself where you want to be and then be there. Don’t be in the past. Be there! Act like the person you want to become.


Bob Proctor – Speaker and Author

Wednesday, November 02, 2016

Inspirations - Thursday, November 3, 2016


The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.


Robert Green Ingersoll – 1833-1899, Lawyer and Politician

Tuesday, November 01, 2016

Inspirations - Wednesday, November 2, 2016


If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.

Albert Einstein – 1879-1955, Theoretical Physicist