Inspiration

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Inspiration comes in all shapes, sizes, and forms. When trying to change your life for the better, inspiration can help draw out what your heart is already telling you. Find the stories that can help inspire you below!

A Book About Achieving Freedom

June 11, 2013

What does freedom mean to you? It’s a tough question. When I was younger I think my answer would have been much more skewed to the financial aspects of life. Back when I had my first job in the corporate world, an intern at GE Appliances in Louisville, Kentucky, I thought I had it all [...]

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Change Your Paradigm – Different Is Beautiful

June 3, 2013

On my first day at Inle Lake it was too late to take a boat tour of the city. Instead I rented a bike and cycled around the outskirts of the town. I had a destination in mind, but at one point I decided to cycle down an unpaved road to see where it led. [...]

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Zach Sobiech’s Story – Life, Love, And Music

May 25, 2013

Rarely do I find myself speechless, but that’s exactly how I felt after I saw this video. The wisdom this young man had, the purity of his love, and the impact he had on his community. It’s all so beautiful. Unfortunately he passed away last week, but his story lives on via the video below, [...]

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What Is Love? The Hoyt’s Story

April 27, 2013

I came across this story and it was too beautiful not to share. Maybe it’s because I have thoughts of running my first marathon on my mind, or maybe it’s just because I’m human! How could you not be moved by such a story? In short, while in the womb Rick’s umbilical cord cut off [...]

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Sabarmati Ashram – Gandhi’s Ashram In Ahmedabad, India

March 30, 2013

While visiting my friend in Ahmedabad, I visited the Gandhi Ashram, also known as Sabarmati Ashram. Gandhi lived here for 12 years. It was from here that he undertook the salt march, a 241-mile, 24 day march to the sea to protest the British tax on Indian salt. Gandhi and his followers were beaten mercilessly [...]

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I Quit

March 27, 2013

No, I haven’t quit being a Happy Nomad, nor writing for this site. It’s a bit of a play on words since the verb “to quit” is the same in present and past tense. In this case, I refer to the past. When I went home to surprise my mom for Christmas I opened a [...]

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Something I’ve Learned From Kids On This Journey

March 23, 2013

I spoke to a class of engineers here in India recently and one student asked me what the biggest learning or realization I’ve had so far on this trip. I thought for a minute and realized it had to do with children. I didn’t have much contact with kids in my adult life. When I [...]

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Hitting Bottom In An Indian Train’s Bathroom – And Still Finding Happiness

March 18, 2013

It’s inevitable. Most people I talked to said upon entering India you’d have to spend a week on your back (when not in the bathroom) fighting evil microbes you never knew existed. In my case, I was in Nepal/India for six weeks before these microbes struck, and strike they did! After the amazing experience at [...]

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The Man In The Mirror

March 16, 2013

I recently took the picture below after waking up one morning. I found my crazy hair funny and I knew my parents would laugh at it. I didn’t recognize myself in the mirror and it got me thinking… It made me think of one’s relationship with one’s self. Too often it’s unhealthy – love/hate at [...]

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