“After years of fetching water, and toweling off other peoples’ sweat, Jason was actually in a game…” This is one of the most touching sports stories that I have ever seen. Jason, an autistic boy who helped encourage his high school basketball team, was finally able to play in a game. The result is not…
Author: Seth Adam Smith
Seth Adam Smith is a best-selling, award-winning author and blogger whose writings have been translated into over thirty languages and featured on Huffington Post, Good Morning America, Fox News, CNN, the Today Show, and many other news outlets around the world.
A survivor of a suicide attempt in 2006, Seth is an advocate for resources and understanding concerning depression and suicide prevention and regularly writes about these topics in his books and on his blog. He recently finished "Rip Van Winkle and the Pumpkin Lantern," and is currently working on a series of historical novels set in Colonial America.
A Guy Who Didn’t Give Up
“Never underestimate what you can accomplish when you believe in yourself.” This is an incredible video. Watch it and discover how it might apply to you. Keep moving forward!
The Power of Encouragement
I’ve always been impressed by the power of encouraging someone—by using our words to inspire someone to believe in themselves. I recently finished reading How to Win Friends and Influence People. In it, Dale Carnegie shares this touching story: “In the early nineteenth century, a young man in London aspired to be a writer. But everything…
Forward Through the Fog
“Hey Seth! How are things in sunny California?” Rich asked on the phone. “Sunny California? We live in Mordor,” I answered, glumly looking out the window at a seemingly endless curtain of fog that hovered around our home in San Francisco. To be fair, we don’t live in Mordor (the mythical kingdom of the evil…
ANASAZI Foundation
There is much to be learned from the world around us—far more than we normally comprehend. The ancients knew this well—most particularly the wise teachers among them—those who, in the Navajo tongue, were called “Anasazi.” In the Native American tradition, life is a “walking.” One’s walking is determined by the state of one’s heart toward…
Don’t Give Up!
Derek Redmond was competing in the 400 sprint in the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain when he tore his hamstring. Overwhelmed with pain, he fought through it an hobbled down the course, determined to finish the race he had started. What happened after that is a lesson for all with loved ones in need… The…
The Harmonica Man
A retired Scottish-born man should have died long ago. But after facing death on more than one occasion, he decided to share his secret to happiness … music. His story is a lesson for all of us: we walk forward and overcome our own obstacles by serving those around us.
Shun Fujimoto and Olympic Perseverance
“It may sound strange, but many champions are made champions by setbacks.” – Bob Richards Do you ever feel beset by challenges and limitations? Have you ever worked hard to achieve something, only to watch it seemingly slip through your fingers? Life often presents us with obstacles and challenges that can either send us to…