All Blog Posts Tagged 'courage' (12)

Natasha's Descent Into The Basement

Natasha made it out of her building and ran down the street toward Robbie’s basement to aid her friend. It was dark and creepy outside. The…

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Superhero?

Illustration byEddy-Shinjuku…

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It's only water? Tell that to a drowning boy!

Illustration by Denise Spencer (The…

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This wonderful interview with me about the story behind my new book Eighteen Months To Live was published online at The Mesothelioma Center as a two-part series on January 30 and 31, 2013. Here is Part 2:

Survivor Insight Series | 18 Months to Live by Rachele Baker: Part 2 January 31st, 2013 | By: Ben Leer

Rachele has taken the time to share her mother’s private journal while she battled mesothelioma. Here are some quotes that we discussed with her and wanted to share with the…

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This wonderful interview with me about the story behind my new book Eighteen Months To Live was published online at The Mesothelioma Center as a two-part series on January 30 and 31, 2013. Here is Part 1:



Survivor Insight Series | 18 Months to Live by Rachele Baker: Part 1

January 30th, 2013 | By: Ben Leer



It wasn’t just another day cleaning the garage when Rachele Baker came across some old memories. These were memories from her mother’s journal that had been…

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Stay Strong and Stand

Aleja Robbins Bennett was born in East Elmhurst Queens New York by her unknown biological mother July 9th 1973 at 7:23 am. In 1976 she was raised in East New York Brooklyn by her church attending adopted parents who still serves as a deacon and deaconess up until this day. From the age of two through nineteen they physically-verbally and mentally abused her.

She was tortured, starved and neglected all through her childhood. Alcohol became an escape for her…

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He that can have Patience, can have what he will.

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Aleja Bennett was born in East Elmhurst Queens New York by her unknown biological mother. In 1976 she was raised in East New York Brooklyn by her church attending adopted parents who still serves as a deacon and deaconess. From the age of two through nineteen they physically-verbally and mentally abused her. She was tortured, starved and neglected all through her childhood.



Alcohol became an escape for her while she associated with people-men that added to her abuse. At the age of… Continue

I came across this quote by Sidney Smith today and it really struck a chord within me.  "A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage." 

 

This quote does make me wonder how many books that could be written are never written.  How many inventions are in the inventor’s mind but do not find their way to an invention for lack of courage?  How many dreams are never realized because we are afraid?  Are we wasting away our talents?

 

Lack of…

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A few years ago my company merged with another and we were all assigned as part of out yearly reviews to the read the book, 'Who Moved My Cheese?" by Dr. Spencer Johnson. It is a dialog that deals with how we as individual deal with change. Dramatic or subtle we all react differently. Continue

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