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Tag: Courage
365 Books: Lockwood & Co: The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud
Feel like the odds are stacked against you? In the world of Lockwood & Co., the barrier between this world and the next has broken down and ghosts have invaded our world. I know, you can't see them - adults can't - but they are there and, if they touch you, you die. Luckily, they …
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365 Books: Dragonsong by Anne McCaffrey
Did people discourage you from following your dreams? Perhaps they said, that's not a job for girls (or for boys). Or, in our family, we go to college. I always dreamed you'd be a doctor. But what about the family business? I didn't work this hard so you could throw it away on... Our people …
Always Be Ready
Are you ready to answer when opportunity knocks? Someone once told me, “Always Be Ready.” Since they told me this in the context of public speaking, I took it as a sign that I always needed to be ready to give a speech. And I decided if no one else signed up for a speech, …
A Thread Between Heaven and Hell
Once there was a man who lived a very bad life. He lied, he cheated, he bullied people. He treated women like they were dirt, insulting them and abusing them. He raised horrible children. He enriched himself at the expense of others, he encouraged and rewarded hate and violence. On the morning that he died, …