“In honor of International Women’s Day, Kiva has a great new 30-second video worth sharing on FB, Twitter, and all social media — I think it’s really powerful, and it speaks right to Kiva’s original core wheelhouse issue of helping women in the developing world: http://www.kiva.org/videos/dreams” ~ Bob Harris, Author, TV and travel writer, voice…
Tag: dream
Living without societal constraints
I want to live simply. I want to sit by the window when it rains and read books I’ll never be tested on. I want to paint because I want to, not because I’ve got something to prove. I want to listen to my body, fall asleep when the moon is high and wake up…
Nominated for a Liebster Award – what’s that?!
Well, this came as a wee shock (sorry, ‘surprise’ is more positive, substitute that here please) in my notifications the other day – nominated for a Liebster Award by fellow blogger and mathematical genius, AbyssBrain. Thanks AbyssBrain – I do appreciate that you thought of lil ol’ me! Having said that, I did an online…
“To be a single mother gives you more strength, you want to fight even harder.”
“To be a single mother gives you more strength, you want to fight even harder.” – Lourdes, shop owner and Kiva borrower, Paraguay This month, we’re celebrating dreams and inspiring Kiva borrowers with our Dreams are Created Equal campaign. Lourdes’s dream was to prove her worth as a woman to her family, her ex and…
Call of the Welsh countryside
My dream of you Woke me today. I couldn’t stay sleeping Curled up under the covers Drifting away. But now I’m sat here Feeling the pull. Being drawn and Sucked in By this want for you.
Mark Twain – Humourist, Author & Philosopher
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover”
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