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To ActiveRain Members: We want to say "thank you very much" for participating in this great Challenge. We appreciate your taking the time to create and share with all of us your blogging success stories, something we celebrated and will continue to create and celebrate.From all of us, the hosting...

"Dogs do speak, but only to those who know how to listen."– Orhan Pamuk, Author of "My Name Is Red."To All My Human Friends and Family:    I remember when I first met my mom and dad, who took me to their new home. As a puppy, I must say, I was pretty intimidated by other giant dogs that towered o...

"I dream of painting, and then I paint my dream." — Vincent van GoghWhen it comes to expressions of the human experience, Art is King. No form of communication is more potent, dynamic, or purer than artwork. Whether it's a painting, a sculpture, a photograph, a song, or a dance, Art can touch us ...

"A leader, first and foremost, is human. Only when we have the strength to show our vulnerability can we truly lead." — Simon Sinek.What do we think about when we see influential and fearless leaders?A leader is someone who is in a position of strength, someone who is unbreakable and can handle a...

"What you think, you become. What you feel, you attract. What you imagine, you create." -Buddha.The wisdom of why we choose the world we live in may lie here in this short story.  Falling into a pit of negativity is not a complex task today. There's so much hurt, so much anger and so much divisio...

"Keep your eyes on the Stars, but your feet on the ground." — Theodore Roosevelt.Kids have a never-ending list of why questions. Why is the grass green? Why do I have to eat broccoli? Why do I have to go to school? As we grow older, we become less curious about finding the answers to these questi...

Thank you, Carol Williams, for your invitation to co-host this October Challenge with you and Leanne Smith.  My success story occurs right here on activerain. "I found my voice" through my storytelling posts. Because of you, my post readers, I want to send this "thank you" card to let you know I ...

"Run the race of life set for you with all your very best."― Lailah Gifty AkitaSo often, we convince ourselves that falling in love with winning is sexy. We sometimes pressure ourselves to win some earth-shattering race that everyone will talk about.In today's world, we are constantly encouraged ...

A Lemonade Stand. An America's iconic for a child's first business. For many years, it was a summer-long tradition—a lesson learned by children across the country about the basics of starting and running a business. Was it just child's play? Or wisdom learned from our children. We use the term "y...

"Authenticity is a collection of choices that we have to make every day. It's about the choice to show up and be real. The choice to be honest. The choice to let our true selves be seen. ― Brene Brown, The Gifts of Imperfection.The subject of "authenticity" is not talked about much. Many new agen...