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Keep on Pushing – Monroe Journal – Aug 4, 2022
“Success is to be measured not so much by the position one has reached in life as by the obstacles he has overcome while trying to succeed.” Booker T. Washington July 1987 – Kingston, Jamaica: Devon Harris saw the flyer on the bulletin board. “Dangerous and...
New Feat with her Feet – Monroe Journal – July 28, 2022
“Do not follow where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” Ralph Waldo Emerson 2006 – Tucson, Arizona: Parrish Traweek received a call from Jessica Cox. “Mr. Traweek, I’ve looking for...
The Prophet to the Poor – Monroe Journal – July 14, 2022
“Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirty and give you drink? When did we see you a stranger and welcome you, naked and clothe you? And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you? And the Lord answered them, as you did it to one of the least...
T-Bone – Monroe Journal – July 21. 2022
“Life was hard in the hood. Things were challenging, sometimes devastating, but I made it through. I am proof that your circumstances don’t have to determine your destiny.” Tinesha "T-Bone"...
Courage Under Fire – Monroe Journal – July 7 , 2022
“There’s nothing wrong with being afraid. True courage is being afraid and going ahead and doing your job anyhow. Courage is the resistance of fear, the mastery of fear – not the absence of fear.” Norman Schwarzkopf April 1993 –...
Providence Spring – Monroe Journal – June 30, 2022
“I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom and that of all those around me seemed insufficient to the day.” Abraham Lincoln January 1864 – Andersonville...
From Homeless to Harvard – Monroe Journal – August 30, 2018
“No one knows what is possible until they do it - until the attempt is made. Every day is another chance. The fork in the road happens hundreds of times each day, and it’s the choices you make that will determine the shape of your life.” Liz Murray ...
Not Left Behind – Monroe Journal – June 29, 2022
“I sometimes wonder what would have happened if I had quit my job at the Kalamazoo paper. I might have missed the Left Behind series. The best advice I ever got was don’t quit.” Jerry Jenkins 1968 – Kalamazoo, Michigan: At...
The Birmingham Preacher – Monroe Journal – Feb 22, 2018
“Courage is one thing. A sense of purpose another. When you put them together in one human being, the world can be changed.” John Brown Christmas night, 1956 – Birmingham, Alabama: The late-night explosion reduced the small house to shambles and rattled...
Miracle in Massachusetts – Monroe Journal – August 9, 2018
“Providence would seem to sleep unless faith and prayer awaken it. The disciples had but little faith in their master's accounts, yet that little faith awakened him in a storm, and he rescued them.” Stephen Charnock February 18, 1952 – Coast Guard...
