Zen Moments

“I had a great time…”

11 year old Brenden Foster was diagnosed with leukaemia, three years before this video was made.
“The boy who once rushed through homework so he could play outside was now confined to a bed.
“I had a great time. And until my time has come, I’m going to keep having a good time,” [...]

“…all I could think of was: life. the good and the bad.”

More wonderful replies to the question: “What Inspires You?” from our Twitter and Facebook friends…
DixieThorn: Hi! My Inspirations are: Nature, Art, Passion, & Random Acts of Kindness.
knitfemme: What inspires me is new people coming into my life doing really interesting things!

teresantoinette: hello [...]

“The capacity of the human spirit to overcome against all odds…”

More wonderful replies to the question: “What Inspires You?” from our Twitter and Facebook friends…
Allison Doyle: The moon, nature, my children, my dogs and many of the new people i’m meeting on facebook. what inspires you?
Katy Dawes: The sunset, sunrise, Friends, Family, my cats….so many [...]

“Without a doubt, that was the biggest surprise I have had in three years of this show…”

Susan Boyle – Singer – Britains Got Talent 2009
“SHE lives alone with her ten-year-old cat, has never been kissed, and is teased by children in the street. But 47-year-old Susan Boyle could just be the UK’s next singing [...]

” I am still trying to figure that one out…”

More wonderful replies to the question: “What Inspires You?” from our Twitter and Facebook friends…
ZebranoBrazil:  U asked what Inspires you? Ummm, Love, Life, Art, definitely Art, the chance to experience new things, sensations, feelings…  Oooh & Ice-cream!
CollectiveThink: What inspires me: my children, art, music, nature, passion, [...]

“How about you?”

Zen Moments asked our Twitter and Facebook friends: “What Inspires You?” – and had these wonderful replies…
RubenCHerrera: Silence, color, noise, breathing, reflecting, listening, observing, organic movement….these are some of that which inspires me.
Serene_Balance: What inspires me the most is my son, because he lives in the present moment and has nothing but love [...]

“His smile…I felt I was shown a glimpse of heaven on earth.”

I reside in India and some of the descriptions are specific to the locality. Child labor might be a hard thing to imagine in the US but very common in India. This story is about how a 5 yr. old pumped high spirit, dignity [...]

“…a grotesque figure moving erratically, crab-like toward me…”

At the end of World War II there were more Kentuckians in Detroit, where they had come to work in defense plants, than there were back in Kentucky. Well, maybe I exaggerate a bit but there were a lot of mountain people working in Michigan back then. My [...]