What if the book “A New Earth” by Eckhart Tolle or a children’s version of it were taught to children and teenagers?

The average young person today is caught up in downloading their favorite songs on their ipods, playing video games, and, of course, all the other stuff that kids have always done such as oohing and aahing over their romantic fantasies.

What if they became interested in the concepts that this book, “The New Earth” describes?  Instead of meandering through life and making so many wrong choices, they got it right early on.  They would, no doubt, discover their interests, skills, and passions to light their fire.  Then their natural fearlessness would be grounded in self-knowledge, inspiration and purpose instead of risk taking dangerous behaviors.

Discovering their potential and their purpose and using their dynamic energy of their youth, they would be inspired and led to creations that would lift up our society.  Because they would be on purpose and relate to oneness, their ideas and energetic creative energy would indeed propel their generation and ours into a new earth.

Almost everyone has a little bit of good earth upon which a little garden can grow.  What if everyone who has a little space available put that space to work.  Hundreds and thousands of backyards are sitting idle, blank canvases, upon which to start growing a little garden.  To successfully grow a few plants does not require a huge garden space.  Plants can be grown in little spaces.  They just need some good soil with drainage, the proper amount of sunlight, some watering, and you have become a part of going green.

If you don’t have a little plot of good earth, buy some garden soil at your local gardening or nursery store.  They will have just the right type for the plants you want to grow in your particular location.

Growing a few plants can have many benefits, a few of which are listed below.

1)  A healthy food source  — growing some lettuce, a tomato plant, a few peppers or onions can be a nice little source of extra nourishment.  Picking and eating fresh vegetables from your backyard or patio garden is a tasty experience that everyone should have.

2)  Growing even just a single plant is a therapeutic activity.  Taking care of and enjoying the growth and changes of the plant is relaxing and just makes you feel good.

3)  Brighten up your world with some beautiful colorful flowers.  There is no one who doesn’t enjoy pretty flowers.

4)  Growing plants is an opportunity to learn many new practical lessons about the local environment where you live.

5)  Having a few houseplants will also help to deliver a healthier air supply in your home.

6)  Growing healthy plants is satisfying and rewarding.

What if everyone grew a little garden, and this little garden were to give them pause for a little bit more happiness.

What if you took the time and gave a little of yourself to inspire someone today?

We are like links in a chain. We do influence one another by what we do, say, and the thoughts we think. What if your influence lights a spark of inspiration or enthusiasm that may propel someone to follow their dream, stay the course, help someone else to follow their dream, invent a product that changes the world, heals the sick, ends terrorism, or gives hope to someone somewhere?

The ability to inspire someone else is an easy gift that anyone can give.

Motivate and Inspire Someone Today

“Failure seldom stops you. What stops you is the fear of failure.”
- Jack Lemmon

Don’t Quit

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill,
When funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest if you must, but don’t you quit.

Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As every one of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about,
When he might have won if he’d stuck it out.
Don’t give up, though the pace seems slow -
You may succeed with another blow.

Often the goal is nearer than
It seems to a faint and faltering man;
Often the struggler has given up
When he might have captured the victor’s cup,
And he learned too late, when the night slipped down,
How close he was to the golden crown.

Success is failure turned inside out -
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,
And you never can tell how close you are -
It may be near when it seems afar;
So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit -
It’s when things seem worst that you mustn’t quit.

- Author Unknown