Yesterday, I had the opportunity to speak for the first time on Say Thanks Every Day. It was a the North Carolina state convention of Toastmasters, a speaking and leadership organization. It was a great time. I thought I'd share with you all my presentation.

As you will see, I've taken my thinking beyond the Five Actions to look at the specifically what we do when we say thanks. I'm cha… Continue

When I started our little Ning site here, my perception of gratitude was sort of two-fold. On one level, it was about ... ur... saying thanks. Kinda obvious, I know.

I also had almost immediately seen it acted out in the five actions I've posted on before. … Continue

Hello everyone,

Long time, no see! Things have been crazy busy, lots of changes, turns and reversals. Recent developments in my life are calling for some creative thinking and solutions. This is very personal, and it was really hard putting my pride aside to make this lens. But I hope you'll find this solution is one you can support, one way or another:

500 Hats On Squidoo

I hope this isn't violating the TOS of this group. You were… Continue

Written by Benjamin's father. Benjamin Shawa is a special five-year-old who has high functioning autism, or sometimes known as Asperger's. Benjamin has had a rough go in his short life.

Benjamin was born with 3 major heart defects. When he was a week old he

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When 4 Paws for Ability approves a child for a service dog, the child’s family goes through an intense fundraising process in order to pay for the personalized dog training. Many of the families also create blogs for their children. Once the funds are there, the family is assigned a future training group. Heather P., one of the parents of the next training session (held in Xenia, Ohio) just posted to the 4 Paws for… Continue