Author: Tara May

An Effort in Passion

What is passion? We talk about having passion in love, in our beliefs, in our values, in our work, in our voices and in our writing. Most of us can identify something that we are passionate about, whether it's a person, place, religion, or hobby. But what does it really mean to be passionate about something? The dictionary defines passion as such: Passion: A strong feeling of enthusiasm or excitement for something or about doing something. (Merriam-webster.com) So passion is not necessarily something we have;  it's something we feel with our whole being. It's organic and natural. It's a...

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A Lift Along the Road to Remarkable

Over the summer, I attended a conference in Portland, Oregon, called The World Domination Summit that was all about being remarkable in a conventional world. I learned a whole lot of life lessons from many people who were willing to share their stores in the hopes of inspiring creativity and action in their audience. One of those stories made an especially powerful impact on me and the 3000 other people listening to IT, and that was the story of journalist Tess Vigeland. She was up on stage that day to give us a distinctly intimate glimpse into her life, her...

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Strength in Numbers

I was helping my 13-year-old neighbor with her math homework last night, and it got me thinking. She was displaying a distinctly negative attitude, not really caring about learning how to solve the problems, but rather more concerned with getting the answers. At one point, as I laboriously explained a rule about simplifying expressions with negative numbers, she sighed heavily and said in a whining tone, "Can't you just give me the answers?" I was appalled, of course, but forget my bruised sense of integrity—why was she saying this? Why did she feel this way? That's when I arrived at...

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