Carnival of Courage June '07 Issue

Welcome to the June '07 Carnival of Courage: A Cavalcade of Superheroes!

Greetings, All!

Yes, It's been a while since I've put one of these up.  Truth is I got sick of so many inappropriate posts and have been debating ending the Carnival all together.  However, reading over the submissions from the last 6 weeks or so there were some that were just too inspirational and thought provoking not to pass on to you.  While I'm off being a world traveller, please go visit these folks. 

Lessons on life from those who have faced death

Patricia presents Make the Most of Every Moment: Lessons from the Terminal Illness That Wasn't posted at A Better You Blog. The story of how a young woman named Ginny inspired Patricia to make every moment count.

Very interesting submission here. A wife's perspective on her husband's desire to donate a kidney to a girl in their church. No small issue here.  Julee presents Kidney Donation - Our Journey Part One posted at Homeschool Daze.

This one is short and powerful. Anna Farmery presents Inspiration and Hope posted at Widows Quest.

This one really got to me.  I don't know the story behind this and unfortunately don't have time to surf  his blog to find out the details right now with trying to get out of town but as you know, I've had a cemetary visit myself, in preparation for the day when I will contemplate a gravestone myself.  No small issue here. Also made me think about Patrick Weiland and his family, who still have not been able to bury Sue, whose body has yet to be released with the court case pending. Anthony presents The Lives and Times... of Anthony McCune: Struggling With What Was And What Is posted at The Lives and Times... of Anthony McCune.

Claiming Your Own Authority

There is a lot to this post.  In fact, this is a lesson that I have learned for myself in just the past several months and it's an important one. Cardin Lilly Routh presents Keeping Your Precious Things Precious posted at OptmistLab.com. Cargin says, "A few years ago I was starting a new business. I knew I was taking a big risk, and I knew that those in the know would tell me all about how difficult it would be. So I chose not to listen. This is what happened."

Why Me? 

This is a challenging one. Some gut wrenching stuff in here and some very pointed commentary. Lots to think about here. Charles H. Green presents How Could That Happen to Me? posted at Trust Matters. Sometimes life does something to us that is completely and gratuitously unfair. How we deal with it; whether we can get past it, can define the rest of our life.

Another short and sweet one with an inspirational and thought provoking message, rohit presents Why me? posted at darpan.

Remembering the True Meaning

So many holidays and memorial days have lost their original meaning and have just become days for cookouts and lawn chores.  It's good to remember the true intent and mark these times with reflection.  While this post may be dated, the calendar is full of such opportunites for us to do so. alfaking presents May Day posted at Alfa King Memories.

Turquoise Days

Some good old fashioned stretching here.  Just a nice post about taking life further and further along the road you wish to travel. GP presents Enduring Health posted at Fish Creek House - INNside Innkeeping.Taking an "out of the comfort range" adventure day... stretches mind, body and spirit.

One Gear, No Brakes: An Olympian's Journey

Barbra Sundquist presents One Gear, No Breaks: Behind the Scenes posted at HomeBusinessWiz. In Part 3 of my interview with Olympic Champion Lori-Ann Muenzer, we talk about her new book One Gear No Breaks and the documentary of the same name. Lori-Ann was 38 years old when she won a gold medal in cycling at the Athens Olympic Games. She's overcome many obstacles in her quest for excellence. In addition to her new book and documentary, Lori-Ann has started a motivational speakers business featuring prominent Canadian women from the sports, music and media industries.

See, We CAN All Learn to Get Along

This is just a sweet one. Joanne Tai presents Friendship posted at I'm Happy Fish.

That concludes this issue. Thanks again to all who submitted!

Ready to join us?

I'll switch this to a monthly carnival, next one will come out in July when I have sufficient entries to make a decent read for you.You are welcome to submit any courage related post you like, whether it's your own act of bravery, big or small or that of someone who has inspired you. Share your tales from the trenches as you wrestle with those things that are stretching and challenging you. General coaching or inspirational articles and "how to" submissions will be unceremoniously dismissed. I'm tired of restating this. 

SUBMIT TO THIS CARNIVAL

Because I am so awesome: I know several of my readers do not have blogs but do have stories to share. If you feel inspired to share, please e-mail me your spell-checked and well-written submission for me to consider posting on your behalf. I want to give everyone a chance to participate but I'm a one-woman show here so pieces that require heavy editing will be returned to you for fixing.

For more on me, visit Wellspring Coaching.

Comments

[OptimistLab]

Thanks for including my post, and thanks for the nice write up. It means a lot when you've hand picked just a few articles. Honestly, I think it's that kind of selectiveness that makes for a really good carnival.

I'm honored to be included amongst these gems!

Cardin Lilly

[alfaking]

Very much honoured by your selection. I'm linking it to my blog. The URL is:
http://alfaking.wordpress.com/2007/06/02/blogcarnival-series/