Happy Memorial Weekend everyone. My amazing friend Nicole McKinney shared this post on her blog BCAD Group. I would like to share it with you as a source of inspiration and direction. Ellen has gained a great deal of wisdom on life’s journey. I find she shares this wisdom honestly with the graduating students of Tulane University in New Orleans.
I thought I would change the tone and theme of my post today and provide some humor as well as some inspiration. We all know Ellen Degeneres. I find her so funny. For those of you who do not know, Tulane University is located in New Orleans. As of today there are many who are suffering the ravages years later from Hurricane Katrina. A city with so much history and vibrant with culture….almost drown at the hands of mother nature. As this brave city shows its resilience, this speech from Ellen reminds each of us to be who we are. The power of believing in yourself will be the milestone that allows each one of us to make our most profound contribution. I came across this post from a daily feed called Splendora. Gina Pell, the founder of this trend zine as I like to call it, always finds such interesting things to cover on her weekly radar! Enjoy — I sure did.
I love this video on voting. This is a video campaign created by Leonardo DiCaprio, will i. am, Tobey Maguire and Forest Whitaker to encourage American youth to register to vote.
How about spreading the word about this video you found here at Living in Courage Online. It takes courage to become aware of what is going on in the world and make some tough decisions. We need to vote. Everyone needs to vote so our voices can be heard loud and clear. Forget about the side shows and mud slinging the media loves to wallow in. What do you want for the greater good of all people everywhere? It is up to us to make a profound difference in the direction of this country and beyond our borders. Stand up courageous and tall as you make a vital choice that affects the world we all live in. Send this video to friends, talk to young people, old people, talk to everyone and encourage them to vote.
The actors you will see in this video are: Amy Adams, will.i.am, Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Bacon, Halle Berry, Kate Bosworth, Kevin Connolly, Courteney Cox, Ellen DeGeneres, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jamie Foxx, Jonah Hill, Dustin Hoffman, Anthony Kiedis, Ashton Kutcher, Adam Levine, Laura Linney, Eva Longoria, Tobey Maguire, Demi Moore, Natalie Portman, Giovanni Ribisi, Ethan Suplee, Kyra Sedgwick, Michelle Trachtenberg, Usher, and Forest Whitaker.
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