Legacy Journal Archive

 

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As the Editor of the Legacy Journal, I hope you enjoy reading our newsletters – previous issues are below. There are SO many great legacy stories to tell, and they provide great examples of what you, too, could build. May you be inspired by some of these to begin your own. I would love to help! Get your own complimentary subscription of our ezine by registering for our Creating Legacy Kit in the box to the right! If you have questions, or would like to submit an article or story idea for consideration, simply email me. Copyright, reprint and article submission information is at the very bottom of this page. Cheers,

2012

[Legacy Journal] 30 Year Secret Legacy Project – 2012-07-1
The future… seems to me no unified dream but a mince pie, long in the baking, never quite done.” ~ Edward Young
Feature Article: LIVING INTO FULFILLMENT
Legacy Story: 30 YEAR SECRET LEGACY PROJECT … REVEALED – Having a legacy mindset isn’t just about what you do, it’s about who you are.  That’s even more significant when you keep what you do a secret … for over 30 years!

[Legacy Journal] Ever Thought You’d Be A Bag Lady? – 2012-06-2
Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.” ~ Helen Keller
Feature Article: EVER THOUGHT YOU’D BE A BAG LADY?
Legacy Story: THE PASSIONATE BAG MAN, UH, ER … MONSTER – In 2004, Andy Keller was landscaping his backyard.  That necessitated a trip to the local landfill. It was a trip that radically changed his life.

[Legacy Journal] Creating A Thriving Legacy – 2012-06-1
It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.” ~ Robert H. Schuller
Feature Article: DO A PERSONAL ENERGY CHECK
Legacy Story: CREATING A THRIVING LEGACY  – Foster and Kimberly Gamble have gone a very different direction, too – one focused on THRIVING.
That caught my interest. In forming and naming my company Thrive!! in 1997, I too, was focused on the notion that everyone deserves – is designed, really – to thrive in their own lives. I chose the domain name “AllThrive” dot-com to reflect that and developed my post-law career to help promote more thriving lives and businesses.

[Legacy Journal] Honoring As Legacy – 2012-05-2
He who cannot change the very fabric of his thought will never be able to change reality.” ~ Anwar Sadat
Feature Article: RITES OF PASSAGE
Legacy Story: HONORING A LIVING LEGACY WITH A LIVING LEGACY   – Gloria Barron was a teacher who lived a life of making a difference focused on what she valued: children, nature, clear communication and life-long learning. She moved through life with a childlike sense of wonder and urged her own children to make a positive difference, too.  Living from that vision and orientation of creation, she did amazing things.

[Legacy Journal] Build It And Enjoy It – 2012-05-1
Above the cloud with its shadow is the star with its light.Above all things reverence thyself.” ~ Pythagoras
Feature Article: CULTIVATING GENEROSITY
Legacy Story: A LIVING LEGACY UNFOLDS WITH FEMININE FLAIR  – Two years ago, the trio had an idea, and they made a plan to begin acting on.  Over the years, they were inspired by the old bumper sticker that read: “Practice Random Acts of Kindness and Senseless Beauty” (still available online); and the national best-selling book called “Pay It Forward” by Catherine Ryan Hyde (no relation) that was adapted into a movie of the same name.

[Legacy Journal] Are You An Explorer In Your Own Life? – 2012-04-2
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did so. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor.
Catch the trade winds in your sails.
Explore. Dream. Discover.”
~  Mark Twain
Feature Article: BECOMING AN EXPLORER IN YOUR OWN LIFE
Legacy Story: WHAT COULD BE IF YOU STARTED TODAY? – Here’s a great story that started out as political activism, turned into philosophy and humor, and then expanded into a whole host of annual events that support a community and raise money for children in the foster care system.

[Legacy Journal] Facing A Choice Or A Dilemma? – 2012-04-1
A peacefulness follows any decision, even the wrong one ~  Rita Mae Brown
Feature Article: CHOICE OR DILEMMA?
Legacy Story: EVERYONE LEAVES A LEGACY  – That is one of the things I know for sure – everyone leaves a legacy.  The question is whether they are aware of it or not, and whether they choose to consciously design it as a part of their lives.  It is my hope that more and more people will do the latter.

[Legacy Journal] Philosophy As Legacy? – 2012-03-2
What can I do that isn’t going to get done unless I do it, just because of who I am? ~  Buckminster Fuller
Feature Article: ENVISIONING YOUR OUTCOMES
Legacy Story: PHILOSOPHY AS LEGACY  – Kathy Delaney-Smith got the philosophy from her mother.  As a girl growing up in a blue-collar Boston neighborhood, coaching at Harvard University was far from her mind.  Coaching itself never really entered her list of things to do, until 1969, when a friend asked her to consider becoming a high school sports coach. Her athletic background included participation in synchronized swimming.

[Legacy Journal] Are You Doing Work You Love? – 2012-03-1
All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence. ~  Martin Luther King, Jr.
Feature Article: DOING WORK YOU LOVE
Legacy Story: WHAT’S YOGA GOT TO DO WITH IT?  – Here’s my definition of legacy: “a conscious and meaningful contribution of your authentic gifts, talents and resources that adds value in a lasting way.”

[Legacy Journal] A Love of Nature – 2012-02-2
“Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult,
is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.”
~  Margaret Thatcher
Feature Article: WHAT DOES SUCCESS MEAN TO YOU?
Legacy Story: A LOVE OF NATURE  – That place is the woods of northern Maine, where years ago Quimby bought 30 acres, built a little cabin with no electricity or running water, and raised her twins

[Legacy Journal] Second Acts And First Loves – 2012-02-1
There is a rich and flowering place within you. You must journey there. Close your eyes and envision yourself entering the colorful and fragrant gardens of your mind and heart. ~  Isha Lerner
Feature Article: WHAT ABOUT YOUR SECOND HALF?
Legacy Story:  SECOND ACTS AND FIRST LOVES – Joe and Sally Bauer’s second act has been full of one of their first loves, an avocation and interest that will continue to benefit a corner of the world they cared about for a long time to come.

[Legacy Journal] A Passion For Purpose, People and Greater Profits – 2012-01-2
“You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love.” ~  Henry Drummond
Feature Article: A PASSION FOR PURPOSE, PEOPLE AND GREATER PROFITS
Legacy Story:  LAW, WITH LOVE – Sean Mason has found joy and fulfillment as a lawyer.  He started law school in 1991 intent on becoming a mediator.

[Legacy Journal] Witness Life’s Work As Legacy – 2012-01-1
“Hope is not about proving anything. It’s about choosing to believe this one thing,
that love is bigger than any grim, bleak shit anyone can throw at us.”
~  Anne Lamott
Feature Article: THE 5 D’S
Legacy Story:  INTEGRATIVE LAW – WITNESS LIFE’S WORK AS LEGACY

 2011

[Legacy Journal] Exceptional Living Exceptional Legacy – 2011-12-2
When I chased after money, I never had enough. When I got my life on purpose and focused on giving of myself and everything that arrived into my life, then I was prosperous. ~  Wayne Dyer
Feature Article: MAKING YOUR JOYFUL NOISE
Legacy Story:  THE STORY OF YOUR LIFE

[Legacy Journal] Exceptional Living Exceptional Legacy – 2011-12-1
When I stand before God at the end of my life,I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say,’I used everything you gave me’. ~  Erma Bombeck
Feature Article: FIVE TIPS FOR EXCEPTIONAL LIVING
Legacy Story:  THE RED-NOSED REINDEER LEGACY –  Robert Lewis

[Legacy Journal] What If You Could Not Fail? – 2011-11-2
Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism
or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.
~  Martin Luther King, Jr.
Feature Article: RIGHT LIVELIHOOD
Legacy Story:  A LIFE’S WORK AS A GREAT LEGACY –  Richard Buckminister Fuller’s very consciously live whole life defined his legacy … as much as any of the individual gifts he left us as part of living it.

[Legacy Journal] What If You Could Not Fail? – 2011-11-1
You were not made for failure, no matter who you are, nor how much you know,
nor what anyone has told you.
~  Emma Curtis Hopkins
Feature Article: SELF-IMPROVEMENT IS A LEGACY BUILDING EXERCISE
Legacy Story:  MAKE IT MERRY MAKE IT BRIGHT –  Amy and John Cervantes had an idea, which led to the great work of their amazing, and amazingly fun, legacy project.

[Legacy Journal] What If You Could Not Fail? – 2011-11-1
You were not made for failure, no matter who you are, nor how much you know,
nor what anyone has told you.
~  Emma Curtis Hopkins
Feature Article: SELF-IMPROVEMENT IS A LEGACY BUILDING EXERCISE
Legacy Story:  MAKE IT MERRY MAKE IT BRIGHT –  Amy and John Cervantes had an idea, which led to the great work of their amazing, and amazingly fun, legacy project.

[Legacy Journal] Getting To The Great What’s Next – 2011-10-2
Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart.
Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakens.
~  Carl Jung
Feature Article: A SMOOTH EXIT ON THE ROAD TO YOUR GREAT “WHAT’S NEXT”
Legacy Story:  HELPING MAKE PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY – Bob Infarinato developed an interest in photography and received his first camera at age 10.

[Legacy Journal] Revolution Sized Legacies – 2011-10-1
“You have been telling the people that this is the Eleventh Hour.
Now you must go back and tell the people that this is The Hour.
And there are things to be considered:
Where are you living?
What are you doing?
What are your relationships?
Are you in right relation?
Where is your water?
Know your garden.
It is time to speak your Truth.
Create your community. Be good to each other. And do not look outside yourself for the leader.
This could be a good time!
There is a river flowing now very fast. It is so great and swift that there are those who will be afraid. They will try to hold on to the shore. They will feel they are being torn apart, and they will suffer greatly.
Know the river has its destination. The elders say we must let go of the shore, push off into the middle of the river, keep our eyes open, and our heads above the water.
See who is in there with you and celebrate.
At this time in history, we are to take nothing personally. Least of all, ourselves.
For the moment that we do, our spiritual growth and journey comes to a halt.
The time of the lone wolf is over. Gather yourselves!
Banish the word struggle from your attitude and your vocabulary.
All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration.
We are the ones we’ve been waiting for.
~  The Elders Oraibi , Arizona Hopi Nation
Legacy Story:  A REVOLUTION SIZED LEGACY – Kim Wright’s legacy journey epitomizes exploring for such gold

[Legacy Journal] Health Wealth & Fulfillment Part 2 – 2011-09-2
I keep the telephone of my mind open to peace, harmony, health, love and abundance. Then, whenever doubt, anxiety or fear try to call me, they keep getting a busy signal – and soon they’ll forget my number ~  Edith Armstrong
Feature Article: TIPS FOR HEALTH, WEALTH AND FULFILLMENT – PART 2 – Self-Control as Limited Resource: Regulatory Depletion Patterns
Legacy Story:  A FIFTY YEAR LIVING LEGACY OF SUCCESS THAT CONTINUES – Bob Proctor has created a veritable empire of programs and courses

[Legacy Journal] Health Wealth & Fulfillment Part 1 – 2011-09-1
“It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.” ~  Mohandas Gandhi
Feature Article: TIPS FOR HEALTH, WEALTH AND FULFILLMENT – PART 1 – Centennarians share their secrets to long, happy, healthy lives
Legacy Story:  A REAL SPORTS LEGACY – Christopher Nowinski and Robert Cantu, M.D., on the problem of concussion related sports injuries and innovative solutions

[Legacy Journal] Banish Overwhelm From Your Big Dreams – 2011-08-2
It is those who have compassion for all life who will best safeguard the life of man. Those who become aroused only when man is endangered become aroused too late.” ~  Edwin Way Teale
Feature Article: BANISH OVERWHELM FROM YOUR BIG DREAMS AND PLANS
Legacy Story: DON’T MISS THE TRAIN! –  Bob Dylan and Jack Weinberg in the 1960’s; Ryan Eliazon in the 1990’s – on intergenerational cooperation for great results

[Legacy Journal] What “Body Shop” Are You?- 2011-08-1
“Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” ~ St. Francis of Assisi
Feature Article: MAKING THE WORK YOU LOVE LAST FOREVER
Legacy Story: WHICH BODY SHOP SOUNDS MORE LIKE YOU? – Late Anita Roddick

[Legacy Journal] Art Of Networking- 2011-07-2
We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
Feature Article: NETWORKING – why not knowing can be one of your best assets!
Legacy Story: WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES! – Robin Herskowitz and HealthStart Foundation

[Legacy Journal] Are You On The Ride of Your Life? – 2011-07-1
“I will not die an unlived life. I will not live in fear of falling or catching fire. I choose to inhabit my days, to allow my living to open me, to make me less afraid, more accessible, to loosen my heart until it becomes a wing, a torch, a promise. I choose to risk my significance; to live so that which comes to me as seed goes to the next as blossom and that which comes to me as blossom, goes on as fruit.” ~ Dawna Markova
Feature Article: WHERE TO START?! Focus on getting your current needs fully satisfied.
Legacy Story: ONE WOMAN’S LEGACY PROJECTS: QUITE A RIDE – Sally Ride and Sally Ride Science™

[Legacy Journal] Are You A Warrior For Life? – 2011-06-2
“Each Warrior wants to leave the mark of his will, his signature, on important acts he touches. This is not the voice of ego but of the human spirit, rising up and declaring that it has something to contribute to the solution of the hardest problems, no matter how vexing!” ~ Pat Riley
Feature Article: LIVING YOUR LEGACY: DESIGNING YOUR IDEAL LIFE – Applying the “Legacy Full Life Planning Wheel™”
Legacy Story: THE UNDERWATER WORLD OF EMPOWERED VETERANS – The “Wounded Warrior Project” and “SUDS” – Soldiers Undertaking Disabled Scuba

[Legacy Journal] Dry Spells And Global Alliances – 2011-06-1
“Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.” ~ Henry David Thoreau
Feature Article: DEALING WITH YOUR OWN DRY SPELLS – Steps to take when you’re not sure what else to do
Legacy Story: A DEEP AND ABIDING ALLIANCE FOR ALL HUMANITY – Lynne and Bill Twist and “The Pachamama Alliance” Feature Article: TEENS TO TITANS™ – Coaching and Business Women supporting teen girls Legacy Story: KNOWING WHAT MATTERS AND DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT – Alec Loorz and the “I Matter March”

[Legacy Journal] Impact Through Moving and Giving Forward – 2011-05-2
“In the arena of human life, the honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action.” ~ Aristotle
Feature Article: PRECESSION … TAKING THE LEAD, STAYING IN MOTION – Master the use of an invisible and guiding power
Legacy Story: MEANINGFUL WORDS THAT MATTER GOING FORWARD – Catherine Ryan Hyde and “Pay It Forward”

[Legacy Journal] Sustaining Environments, Sustaining Ourselves – 2011-05-1
“I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad. Otherwise what is there to defend?” ~ Robert Redford
Feature Article: PERSONAL ENVIRONMENTS 101 – Customizing your most important environments for greater personal effectiveness
Legacy Story: FIRST … BUT NOT LAST – A Family Legacy, “Garlo Heritage Nature Preserve”

[Legacy Journal] Intergenerational Community Matters – 2011-04-2
“As for the future, your task is not to foresee it, but to enable it.” ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Feature Article: TEENS TO TITANS™ – Coaching and Business Women supporting teen girls
Legacy Story: KNOWING WHAT MATTERS AND DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT – Alec Loorz and the “I Matter March”

[Legacy Journal] Taking Social Responsibility – 2011-04-1
We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.“~ George Bernard Shaw
Feature Article: TAKING SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY – A picture of corporate social responsibility (CSR)
Legacy Story: HEALTHY PEOPLE – HEALTHY PLANET, NATURALLY! – Barbara Jaffe and “Barbara’s Bakery”

[Legacy Journal] Improving Your Brilliance – 2011-03-2
“I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do.” ~ Edward Everett Hale
Feature Article: THE GIFT OF 10% – What could you do with just 10% more?
Legacy Story: WOMEN AND GIRLS CHANGING THE WORLD – The Women of “Expanding Your Horizons in Science and Mathematics™”

[Legacy Journal] Women’s Brilliance Leading The Way – 2011-03-1
“When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
Feature Article: DEVELOP AND TRUST YOUR BRILLIANCE – Learning Styles and Multiple Intelligences
Legacy Story: A SPIRITUAL LEGACY THROUGH BENEFICIAL SCIENCE – Dr. Candace Pert, RAPID Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and The Institute for New Medicine (TINM)

[Legacy Journal] So What’s Next For You? – 2011-02-2
When you let go of trying to get more of what you don’t really need, it fires up oceans of energy to make a difference with what you have. When you make a difference with what you have, it expands.” ~ Lynne Twist
Feature Article: START YOUR ENGINES – THE NEXT TRIP IS ABOUT TO DEPART – Facing the “What’s Next?” Question
Legacy Story: REINVENTION AND RENEWAL IN THE SECOND HALF – Louise Hay, “Hay House Publishing”

[Legacy Journal] Coaching For You – 2011-02-1
I never cease to be amazed at the power of the coaching process to draw out the skills or talent that was previously hidden within an individual, and which invariably finds a way to solve a problem previously thought unsolvable.” ~ John Russell
Feature Article: HOW CAN COACHING BENEFIT YOU? – What Coaching is and its many potential benefits
Legacy Story: A COACHING LEGACY – COACHING CONNECTIONS CATALYST – Jerri Udelson, founder “International Personal and Business Coaching Week”

[Legacy Journal] Awaken Your Olympian Withing – 2011-01-2
“Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.” ~ Marilyn vos Savant
Feature Article: TURNING DARKNESS INTO LIGHT – Overcoming challenges
Legacy Story: AWAKEN YOUR OLYMPIAN WITHIN – Nicki Stone, Olympic Gold Medalist, a legacy of overcoming defeat

[Legacy Journal] Making Dreams Come True – 2011-01-1
If we can choose our future, and I believe we can, then we should do so mindfully, attentively, deliberately and hopefully. Now.” ~ Chip Ward
Feature Article: MAKING DREAMS COME TRUE – Practical ideas to help you get started realizing your big dreams for making the world a better place (while enjoying it).
Legacy Story: FROM GRIT AND DETERMINATION TO HAPPYNESS, PROSPERITY AND LEGACY – Chris Gardner, an extraordinary life and legacy, built on the foundation of childhood poverty, domestic violence, alcoholism, sexual abuse, family illiteracy … and a mother’s love

 

2010

[Legacy Journal] What’s Your New Year Commitment? – 2010-12-2
An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.” ~ Mae West
Feature Article
: MAKING NEW YEAR COMMITMENTS – from compromise to resolution to commitment
Legacy Story: INSTRUMENTS OF PEACE: TURING SORROW INTO SERVICE – Jerilyn Brusseau and “Peace Trees Vietnam”

[Legacy Journal] It’s That Magical Time of Year – 2010-12-1
I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance.” ~ Pablo Casals
Feature Article: ‘TIS THE SEASON – Some Ideas On Giving
Legacy Story: MASSIVE LEGACY DEVELOPS FROM WORK ASSIGNMENT – Robert Lewis May and the Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Story

[Legacy Journal] Gifts And Gratitude – 2010-11-2
“The most beautiful emotion we can experience is the mystical. It is the sower of all true art and science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger … is as good as dead.”~ Albert Einstein
Feature Article: YOUR UNIQUE GIFTS
Legacy Story: FROM WAR TO INDEPENDENCE – Ernest M. Burgess

[Legacy Journal] What Do You Deeply Yearn For? – 2010-11-1
“There is a spiritual hunger in the world today – and it cannot be satisfied by better cars on longer credit terms.”~ Adlai E. Stevenson
Feature Article: WHAT DO YOU YEARN FOR AT YOUR CORE?
Legacy Story: TRINITY PLACE – A COLLABORIATIVE CONTRIBUTION MODEL – local community YWCA and a local Rotary Club project

[Legacy Journal] Consciously Communicating Legacy – 2010-10-2
“I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I’m not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.” ~ Robert McCloskey
Feature Article: WHAT WERE YOU SAYING?
Legacy Story: SHARED EXPERIENCE AS A FOUNDATION FOR LEGACY – Lull Mengesha

[Legacy Journal] Many Ways To Make A Difference And Benefit YOU – 2010-10-1
“As you grow older you will discover that you have two hands. One for helping yourself, the other for helping others.” ~ Abraham Lincoln
Feature Article: BENEFITS OF CONTRIBUTION FOR YOUR COMMUNITY, PLANET … AND YOU
Legacy Story: PROJECTS THAT IMPACT THE EARTH – Gaylord Nelson

[Legacy Journal] The Importance of Self Care – 2010-09-2
“Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves.  All things are bound together. All things connect.” ~ Chief Seattle, Chief of the Suquamish
Feature Article: The Importance of Self-Care
Legacy Story: Beyond the Mat – Ancient Wisdom, Enduring Legacy – David Life and Sharon Gannon

[Legacy Journal] The People, Places & Things You Love – 2010-09-1
“If every American donated five hours a week, it would equal the labor of twenty million full-time volunteers.” ~ Whoopi Goldberg
Feature Article: Discovering What and Who You Love — What Moves You
Legacy Story: A Passion-Fueled Contribution to the Health of the Planet – Dr. Gregor Hodgson

[Legacy Journal] Getting To The Positive- 2010-08-02
“If every American donated five hours a week, it would equal the labor of twenty million full-time volunteers.” ~ Whoopi Goldberg
Feature Article: Discovering What and Who You Love — What Moves You
Legacy Story: A Passion-Fueled Contribution to the Health of the Planet – Dr. Gregor Hodgson

[Legacy Journal] You Are A Creative Spirit – 2010-08-1
“When you hold resentment toward another, you are bound to that person or condition by an emotional link that is stronger than steel. Forgiveness is the only way to dissolve that link and get free.”~ Catherine Ponder
Feature Article: A Powerful Self-Development Tool
Legacy Story: A Forgiveness-Inspired Legacy – Dr. Frederic Luskin

[Legacy Journal] Take Heart: You Can Be A Legacy Leader – 2010-07-2
“It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.”~ Mahatma Gandhi
Feature Article: TAKE HEART!
Legacy Story: A Heart-Full Portrait of Belonging – Cathy Maier Callanan

[Legacy Journal] Simplicity & Planning – A Powerful Combo – 2010-07-1
“Thinking well to be wise: planning well, wiser: doing well wisest and best of all.”~ Malcolm Forbes
Feature Article: The Value of Simplicity
Legacy Story: Masterful Synthesizer, Masterful Mobilizer – Thomas J. Leonard

[Legacy Journal] Summer Legacy Adventures – 2010-06-2
“It is in the compelling zest of high adventure and of victory, and in creative action, that man finds his supreme joys.” ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery Feature Article: Adventure Is Where You Find It
Legacy Story: Turn What You Know and Love Into A Major Contribution – Mike Tuccelli

[Legacy Journal] Empowering Women – 2010-06-1
“If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation.”~ Abigail Adams
Feature Article: Empowering Women – Marianne Williamson
Legacy Story: A New Emancipation Proclamation – Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn

[Legacy Journal] The Legacy Journey – 2010-05-2
“Become aware of what is in you.Announce it, pronounce it, produce it, and give birth to it.”~ Meister Eckhart
Feature Article: The Legacy Journey
Legacy Story: Engineer Inventor By Day Pioneers Wilderness Preservation – John Muir

[Legacy Journal] If You Build It, Other Legacies Will Bloom – 2010-05-1
Women share with men the need for personal success, even the taste of power, and no longer are we willing to satisfy those needs through the achievements of surrogates, whether husbands, children, or merely role models.”~ Elizabeth Dole
Feature Article: Take Care …
Legacy Story: A Legacy For Women – If You Build It, Other Legacies Will Bloom- Collins-Margulies

[Legacy Journal] Take A Pivotal First Step – 2010-04-2
“Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.” “We can do no great things, only small things with great love.”~ Mother Teresa
Feature Article: How To Feel, And Then Do Something Just … Extraordinary
Legacy Story: Take A Pivotal First Step – Coleman

[Legacy Journal] Water, Water & Fewer Drops to Drink – 2010-04-1
“Nature gave men two ends — one to sit on, and one to think with. Ever since then man’s success or failure has been dependent on the one he used most.”~ Robert Albert Bloch
Feature Article: What Water Has To Teach Us
Legacy Story: Ryan’s Wells – Ryan Hreljac

[Legacy Journal] CSR Is Not Lost On The Young! – 2010-03-02
“Those who contemplate the beauty of the Earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of birds, the ebb and flow of tides, the folded bud ready for spring. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature — the assurance that dawn comes after the night and spring after the winter.”~ Rachel Carson
Feature Article: Choose Spring Every Day – Eliza Crouch
Legacy Story: Youth May Be Wasted On The Young, But CSR Is Not Lost On Them! – Emily Matson and Julianne Goldmark

[Legacy Journal] Legacy The Girl Scout Way – 2010-03-1
“Commitment is the enemy of resistance, for it is the serious promise to press on, to get up, no matter how many times you are knocked down.” ~ David McNally
Feature Article: Be Heard?!  – Eliza Crouch
Legacy Story: Legacy The Girl Scout Way – Juliette “Daisy” Gordon Low

[Legacy Journal] Litigation and the Power of Good – 2010-02-2
“Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.” ~ John F. Kennedy
Feature Article: Your Epic Legacy  – Eliza Crouch
Legacy Story: Litigation and the Power of Good – Phoummarath family

[Legacy Journal] A Legacy of Information Dissemination To The Rural Poor – 2010-02-1
“Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity.” ~ Henry Van Dyke
Feature Article: Places In the Heart  – Eliza Crouch
Legacy Story: Creating A Legacy of Information Dissemination To The Rural Poor – Khaukha and Obella

[Legacy Journal] Having the Idea is the Easy Part – 2010-01-2
“A cake’s no good if you don’t mix the batter and bake it. And love’s just a bubble if you don’t take the trouble to make it. So if you’re free to go with me, I’ll take you quicker than 1,2,3. Lets gooooo. Times a wasting.”~ June Carter Cash
Feature Article: Having The Idea Is The Easy Part
Legacy Story:  Never Too Early, Never Too Late To Build On A Great Idea – Alison Barnstable and Laurel Redding

[Legacy Journal] A Farmer’s Legacy – 2010-01-1
“… but when I said that nothing had been done I erred in one important matter. We had definitely committed ourselves and were halfway out of our ruts. We had put down our passage money — booked a sailing to Bombay. This may sound too simple, but is great in consequence. Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one’s favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his way. I learned a deep respect for one of Goethe’s couplets:’Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it!’”~ W.N. Murray (from The Scottish Himalayan Expedition)
Feature Article: Declaration or Commitment — Ready to Put Your Stake in the Ground?
Legacy Story:  A Farmer’s Legacy ’Teaching Others to Fish’ … And Share – Dan West

[Legacy Journal] The Secret Santa Who Keeps On Giving, Multiplied – 2009-12-2
“Learn to keep the door shut. Keep out of your mind and out of your world, every element that seeks admittance with no helpful end in view.”~ George Matthew Adams
Feature Article: Do You Run A Social Enterprise? Do You Want To?
Legacy Story: The Secret Santa Who Keeps On Giving, Multiplied  – Larry Dean Stewart

[Legacy Journal] Legacy-Level Holiday Gift-Giving – 2009-12-1
“You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.”~ Kahlil Gibran
Feature Article: Legacy-Level Holiday Gift-Giving
Legacy Story: A Legacy Born From Salad Dressing And A Pretzel – Paul Newman

[Legacy Journal] Your Legacy Looks Like You – 2009-11-1
“I must admit that I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to her or his fellow human beings.”~ Margaret Mead
Feature Article: Your Legacy Looks Like You
Legacy Story: A Legacy That Covers the Basics – TOMS Shoes

[Legacy Journal] An International Legacy Explosion of Legacies – 2009-10-2
“Cheshire Puss, asked Alice. Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here? That depends a good deal on where you want to go, said the Cat. I don’t much care where, said Alice. Then it doesn’t matter which way you go, said the Cat.”~ Charles “Lewis Carroll” Dodgson
Feature Article: Legacy Begins With What You Value
Legacy Story: An International Legacy Explosion of Legacies – Bill McKibben

[Legacy Journal] Just What IS A Legacy Anyway? – 2009-10-1
“Sacred Activism is the marriage of two noblest fires of the human soul. The fire of the mystic’s passion for God with the activist’s action for justice. When these two fires marry, they birth a third fire that of divine love and wisdom in action. I believe this third fire is destined to transform the world.”~ Andrew Harvey
Feature Article: Just What IS a Legacy Anyway?
Legacy Story:  Digital World Legacies – Graham Hill

[Legacy Journal] Girl Power – 2009-09-2
“You are not here merely to make a living.  You are here to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement.  You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.”~ Woodrow Wilson
Feature Article: There’s The Power of Women Leaders….
Legacy Story:  … And Then, There’s Girl Power

[Legacy Journal] Who Will Lead Going Forward – Maybe You? 2009-09-1
“[Worldwide] depredations have had a nearly 500-year head start on humanity’s immune system. The exponential assault on resources and the production of waste, coupled with the extirpation of cultures and the exploitation of workers, is a disease as surely as hepatitis or cancer. It is sponsored by a political-economic system we are all a part of, and finger pointing inevitably comes back to self…. In essence, the environmental movement can be seen as humanity’s response to contagious policies killing the earth, while the social justice movement addresses economic and legislated pathogens that destroy families, bodies, cultures and communities.”~ Paul Hawken (from his book, Blessed Unrest)
Feature Article: Championing Nature and Ultimately Ourselves
Legacy Story:  Who Will Lead Going Forward – Maybe You? – Senator Ted Kennedy

[Legacy Journal] Overcoming Artist Envy – Part Two 2009-08-2
“Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.”~ Martin Luther King, Jr. Feature Article: Overcoming Artist Envy – Part 2

[Legacy Journal] Overcoming Artist Envy – Part One 2009-08-1
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”~ Margaret Mead Feature Article: Creating Joy and Memories
Legacy Story:  Overcoming Artist Envy – Part 1

[Legacy Journal] Making A Difference That Lasts 2009-07-2
“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Feature Article: Making A Difference That Lasts
Legacy Story:  It’s Good For You – Sir John Marks Templeton

[Legacy Journal] Exercising Your True Capacity? 2009-07-1
“Creativity is…seeing something that doesn’t exist already. You need to find out how you can bring it into being and that way be a playmate with God.”~ Michele Shea
Feature Article Powerful Human Attributes You Can Build On
Legacy Story:  A Living Legacy Designed to Carry Forward – Dacie Moses

[Legacy Journal] From The Hands Of Babes 2009-06-2
“One day a man was walking along the beach when he noticed a boy picking something up and gently throwing it into the ocean.  Approaching the boy, he asked, “What are you doing?”The youth replied, “Throwing starfish back into the ocean.  The surf is up and the tide is going out.  If I don’t throw them back, they’ll die.”“Son,” the man said, “don’t you realize there are miles and miles of beach and hundreds of starfish?  You can’t make a difference!”  After listening politely, the boy bent down, picked up another starfish, and threw it back into the surf.  Then, smiling at the man, he said…”I made a difference for that one.”~ The Starfish Story, by Loren Eisley
Feature Article: Do You Create Benefit That Is Touching and Meaningful?
Legacy Story:  From The Hands Of Babes – Austin Gutwein

[Legacy Journal] Inspired, Thought- & Heart-Full 2009-06-1
“If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in bed with a mosquito.”~ Betty Reese
Feature Article: Inspired, Thought- & Heart-Full
Legacy Story: If You Think You’re Too Small – Emily Goldstein

[Legacy Journal] Mistakes As Memorable Legacies 2009-05-2
“The real winners in life are the people who look at every situation with an expectation that they can make it work or make it better.”~ Barbara Pletcher
Feature Article: Top Characteristics of a Great Legacy
Legacy Story: Business “Mistake” Becomes Enduring Contribution – Morrill Worcester

[Legacy Journal] Are You A Mother of Invention? 2009-05-1
“I have an irrepressible desire to live till I can be assured that the world is a little better for my having lived in it.”~ Abraham Lincoln
Feature Article: What Does Creating a Legacy Mean for YOU?
Legacy Story: A Mother of Invention Profiled – Dr. Sharon Conley

[Legacy Journal] A Present For Earth Day 2009-04-2
“I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security.  Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad.  Otherwise what is there to defend?”~ Robert Redford, Yosemite National Park dedication, 1985
Legacy Story: first legacy story – Dolly Garlo

[Legacy Journal] Heart 2.0 In An Era of Greater Chaos 2009-04-1
“Never forget that you are one of a kind. Never forget that if there weren’t any need for you in all your uniqueness to be on this earth, you wouldn’t be here in the first place.”~ R. Buckminster Fuller
Feature Article: Heart 2.0 In An Era of Greater Chaos
Legacy Story: Earth Day – Gaylord Nelson, Wisconsin

[Legacy Journal] Who And Why, Before What And How 2009-03-1
“Know Thyself”~ Plato, Greek Philosopher, 428 – 348 BC
Feature Article: Who And Why, Before What And How
Legacy Story: Meaning Of Legacy – Jess, Jack, Eleana

[Legacy Journal] What Will You Create From Love? 2009-02-1
“No individual has any right to come into the world and go out of it without leaving behind him distinct and legitimate reasons for having passed through it”~ George Washington Carver
Feature Article: What is Legacy? Legacy As Love
Legacy Story: Meaning Of Legacy – Curt, Frieda, Myrna

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