"We had luncheon and dinner at the Paternos, each one contributed one peso. With our fingers, we ate rice, stewed chicken, adobo, fritada, and roast suckling pig. We were Felix Resurreccion, Emilio and Esteban Villanueva, the two Paternos, the two Llorentes, Figueroa, Vicente Gonzalez, Raymundo Perio, Manuel Iriarte (the initiator), Eduardo Lete, Juan Fernandez, Federico Calero and me."
From Ambeth R. Ocampo's Inquirer column, "Looking Back."
Cignal show "Wag Po" hosts have learned their lesson not to anymore post nasty comments of trolls. Last night, they taunted their negative viewers to share their huge salaries with Odette victims.
At almost year-end, Shibashi reminds us not to hop from dwelling in the past to getting anxious for the future.
"We owe God Big Time.
He paid our debt One Time.
We should forgive All the Time."
Two- Minute Reflection
There is a cartoon of the 3 Queens who brought fresh diapers, casserole for a week and wine to the Holy Family!
When you look for me at Christmas You won't need a special star I'm no longer just in Bethlehem I'm right here where you are. You may not be aware of me amid the celebrations. You'll have to look beyond the stores, and all the decorations. But if you take a moment from your list of things to do To close your eyes and say a prayer... I'm waiting here for you. You're the one I want to be with. You're the reason that I came! And you'll find me in the stillness Where I'm whispering your name."
Aggressive: Keep on being Assertive
Bossy: Keep on Leading
Difficult: Keep telling the truth
Too much: Keep taking up space
Awkward: Keep asking hard questions
Please don't shrink yourself to make people happy. Be yourself. You're beautiful that way."
@myhealingcircle
The German cable show featured synagogues. Interestingly, the kippot(?) headgear worn in respect looks like the papal cap. The golden pointer they use for Torah passages likewise manifest their reverence for the Word of God.
Jerry Seinfeld learned his lesson when the woman he was interested in turned out to be a native American. He had to define the dinner arrangement he had made for both of them. He couldn't say directly from whom he got the tickets to the game. When she asked back the TV Guide previously given to Jerry, he couldn't call her the term.
A truly uplifting film from Netflix about a boy with cerebral palsy who became a gold medalist in Paralympic Track and Field, HK's So Wa Wai.
His mom first challenged him to walk and survive by putting him on a conveyor belt in the laundry service where she worked. Bullies also made him run faster.
In the end, he offered his gold medal to his mother for jewelry she never had.
Reminder on whom to pray for:
1. Thumb- closest to you, family and friends
2. Pointer- leading the way, pastors, teachers
3. Tallest- authority figures
4. Ring- less fortunate
5. Pinky- smallest, you
Sure looks like it after DU30 offered the DOH top post to OCTA fellow Fr. Austriaco, OP.
They say it happens to different organs thus:
Liver- 11 pm - 3 am, as we sleep (after drinking?)
Lungs- 3 - 5 am, as we exercise
Large Intestine- 5 - 7 am, as we poo
Stomach- 7 - 9 am, as we eat breakfast
BBM are the initials of Marcos Jr.
Lately, they have meant:
Bayad Bago Motor/votercade
Buwis Bayaran Mo
Bago Bumoto Magsiyasat
"If Trump and Biden have a rematch in 2022, they would both be shuffling for the presidency."
"Worry is a conversation you have with yourself about things you cannot change.
Prayer is a conversation you have with God about things He can change."
Latest episode on the administration dramedy is the withdrawal from his presidential candidacy of Go.
Eyo Morales' Shibashi group of RAKers (doing Random Acts of Kindness) also press their thumb and index finger on the following to get corresponding relief:
1.Thumb- anxiety
2. Index- fear
3. Middle- anger
4. Ring- depression
5. Pinky- self-esteem
Japan, Australia, Canada, France and Germany have more concern about PH sovereignty than our own leader.
Zoom events are a boon but not those comments popping up throughout.
Facebook is a fun way to connect except when there are about 20- 100 photos attached.
As in parties, gatecrashers in one's group chat or other platform is a no-no.
A "Check In" feature traced their humble beginnings in Hamburg's red light district's Indra bar. They were to sing their own compositions while sporting their trademark mop hair only later at the prophetic Star Club.
Whiz kids starting their multi-million businesses in garages of their parents had a boost from the latter, too.
Bill Gates' mother Mary Maxwell Gates was the President of United Way, together with John Opel, CEO of IBM who initially learned about Microsoft.
In 1995, Jeff Bezos was "lent" $ 250k by his parents.
Elon Musk' father was a property developer with a stake in a Zambian emerald mine.
Allan befriended an elderly neighbor so Charlie teased him:
"He called her Hun because she was one. Her first Christmas was the first Christmas. Her birthstone was lava."
Diggy Fer Minute needs a neck brace too. He got whiplash from his victim's son asking why he didn't catch the guilty one, why his daughter teamed up with him, and what about himself and those close to him?
HBO's "The Way I See It" features Obama's chief official photographer. A White House staff describes the job as "sipping water from a fire hose."
"Keeping up with the Dutertes"- that's how a political analyst describes a selection in our current viewing menu.
Bishop Ambo David traces its Pilipino derivatives. From mapalad, bukas-palad, kapus-palad to sawing-palad.
He bribed his way through the Gestapo to save the Jews. From his watch, diamonds, cash and those familiar Christmas baskets!
Suspected of behind the current case vs Marcos Jr., VP Leni says if true, she should have done so last election.
Mother Angelica of EWTN, who looks like one of our nuns in high school, writes:
"And haven't you done that to God?
Zechariah says, 'I am an old man, and my wife is advanced in years.' Luke 1:18
He's telling the angel, 'Forget it, brother. I know you mean well but it is impossible. See you next time I'm here.' To struggle is part of holiness.
You know, we're an odd bunch of people. We pray for things, but we're so sure the Lord isn't going to do them that we even tell Him He can't do it. But we keep on praying anyway.
We all do that, and see, God so often is prevented from doing the miraculous because you and I will not do the ridiculous."
One is never sure about the words and actions of this political dynasty. Father brags about bringing a sack of money to campaign rallies. The daughter preaches about saving on fuel and not conducting motorcades, while island-hopping on a jet.
Gretchen Barretto credits her slim arms to genes. Plus carrying those (expensive) shopping bags!
"Have you ever watched kids on a merry-go-round? Or listened to the rain slapping on the ground?
Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight? Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?
Refrain: You better slow down. Don't dance so fast. Time is short. The music won't last.
Do you run through each day on the fly? When you ask "How are you?" Do you hear the reply?
When the day is done, do you lie in your bed, with the next hundred chores running through your head?
Refrain:
Ever told your child, We'll do it tomorrow? And in your haste, Not see his sorrow?
Ever lost touch, let a good friendship die Cause you never had time To call and say, "Hi"
Refrain:
When you run so fast to get somewhere, You miss half the fun of getting there.
When you worry and hurry throughout your day, It is like an unopened gift...Thrown away.
Life is not a race. Do take it slower. Hear the music Before the song is over."
Poem by a child cancer patient
In reply to the ICC investigation of thousands of killing due to the War on Drugs, DOJ offers some 52 cases.
It has gone even lower than a circus. It is now a bunch of kindergarten brats lying and fighting a girl among them.
"When the franchise denial happened, we had to take a hard look at our digital assets because they were not affected by the franchise." Richard Reynate, Head of Digital Entertainment, ABS-CBN
Discovered his new time slot on NATGEO. Last night he was able to train a blind chihuahua through an obstacle course. And not to bite his female owner's partner when he touches her!
"How beautiful it is to do nothing and then to rest afterward." Now we know where our leaders get it from
On the feast day of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary commemorating the miraculous victory of the Spanish fleet over a mightier armada, another woman launches her "Impossible Dream" campaign.
It was a refreshing scene before cameras rolled on Prince William in an interview. In keeping with covid protocols, he held the "cutter" himself in declaring the start of filming.
"Starve the dog- groomer/ photographer and you lose your wedding pictures." Google story
"It is the main cause of divorce, someone has said.
Before marriage, they hold hands. After, it is for self-defense." Fr. Sim, SJ
"It is a choice, not a result. Nothing will make you happy until you choose to be happy. No person will make you happy unless you decide to be happy. Your happiness will not come to you. It can come from you." Ralph Harslon
Interviewed on a French cable network, he revealed his Italian blood on his father's side. From him, he learned humility in his art. As one star he was greeting said, "You are not as ugly as they say." True to character, he adopted a 3-legged dog in Romania even if they were giving him a better-looking one.
Fame does not necessarily lead to a happy family, but doing a job well does.
Actors act for the audience, not for the critics. Actors love; critics hate.
Actors, forget it if you just want to be a star. Start acting on stage first, as he did.
"1. Learn how to respond better to the situation.
2. Find those you can learn from.
3. Reframe mindset to focus more on solution."
Stop spreading fake news
Get out of FB
Polluting all our accounts too
Bow wow, bow wow. (for Davao)
(Parody on New York, New York)
"See your goal.
Understand obstacles.
Create a positive mental picture.
Clear your mind of self-doubt.
Embrace the challenges.
Stay on track.
Show the world you can."
"May your health improve
... finances multiply
friends be blessed
family be loved
pain be removed
worries disappear.
God bless you."
According to Rick Hanson, "tasks are not like boulders a la Sisuphus' that we repeatedly push upward then fall. They are more like clouds vaporous, insubstantial, soft, yielding, fluid like streams we step into and contribute before they swirl on and become something new:
1. Impermanence= continually changing
2. Compoundness= all made up of parts
3. Interdependence= changing parts arise and pass away
Therefore, he shies away from labels but sees them as frothy foam on transient waves in our ocean of a universe. Relax, flow into our clouds of responsibilities, relationships and roles. We are clouds ourselves, flowing into, through and beyond them."
"People.with EQ embrace this Rule on bad decisions:
1. Type 1-way door= impossible to reverse, like firing an employee, selling a business, ending a vendor-supplier relationship
2. Type 2-way door= reversible, like hiring an employee, starting a business, providing new service can be tweaked, modified, reversed."
For us, it is Tuesday and Friday. For Jerry Seinfeld, it the ordinary and mundane, like maybe taking them out for pickup tomorrow. For Jeff Haden, it is unplanned and without pressure to meet expectation at work. But exceeds it.
In the Anti-Terrorism Law paranoia of seeing protest rallyists indulging in such, their arms are literally struggling- with streamers and placards.
HISTORY featured PH guerillas who matched the grenade of the Japanese with homemade dynamite of local fishermen.
In the sitcom "The King of Queens," his wife clueless about a Thanksgiving dinner followed a recipe- carrying grocery shopper.
1. Cecilio Segismundo vs KKK/ Aguinaldo
2. Januario Galut @ Tirad Pass
3. Apolinario Alcuitas @ Cebu
4. MAKAPILI @ WWll
5. Antonio Sugaba @ Tondo with Spain
6. Miguel Vicos & Pedro Becbec vs Diego Silang
7. Dominador Gomez, MD vs Sakay with US
8. Teodoro Patino vs KKK
9. Felipe Buencamino vs KKK with Spain, US
10. Pedro Paterno vs Aguinaldo with Spain, US
And so many more to be added today...
Lourd de Veyra proposed competition among:
1. Trollympics
2. Wrestling of Logic
3. Tumbling of Grammar
In Bolivia's El Choro Trail, a flock of sheep did not want to cross a bridge. A boy picked up a lamb and led the ewe and the rest across.
BBC Earth
Tablets were replaced by scrolls. Scrolls were replaced by books.
Now we scroll through books on our tablets.
(Dad Jokes)
Sen. Ralph said it best when he remarked that while DU30 curses the communists in PH, he loves those in China!
The black American Olympic gold medalist in track-and-field:
was not given a handshake by Hitler,
still sat at the back of the bus in the US upon his return,
promised movies did not materialize except as a movie reel documentary of the Olympics,
treated to a "restaurant" in NY called Sabrett,
had to leave receptions after he was awarded,
had to close his losing Olympic Cleaners business
going back to college at Ohio State U, he became Assistant Coach handing out towels,
IRS ran after him for unpaid taxes when he gave most of his money to helping others. The Judge decided in his favor.
(From the HITS feature)
"Forgo if rejected,
Forgive if unloved,.
For God if disrespected. Ipa sa Diyos."
(Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Parish Priest)
"It is when you go over a thought over and over, often with regret or guilt. You can give yourself a compassionate self-talk and/or go into distraction activity that is cognitively absorbing, outside your regular wheelhouse and productive." (Psychology Today)
That's Sara Duterte, according to her spokesperson, Christina Frasco. Sure had furious hands on that sheriff a few years back!
Navotas Mayor Toby Tiangco quipped how apt to jab prisoners belonging to the Sputnik gang with the vaccine from Russia.
"As my friend Maud once said, 'There are times when you must speak, not because you are going to change the other person, but because if you don't speak, they have changed you.'"
At the entrance gate of a university in South Africa is this message:
"Destroying any nation doesn't require the use of atomic bombs or long-range missiles. It only requires lowering the quality of education and allowing cheating in the examinations of the students.
Patients die at the hands of such doctors.
Buildings collapse at the hands of such engineers.
Money is lost at the hands of such economists and accountants.
Humanity dies at the hands of such religious scholars.
Justice is lost at the hands of such judges.
The collapse of education is the collapse of the nation."
"Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought.
To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears.
To be led by a fool is to be led by opportunists who control the fool.
To be led by a thief is to offer up your most precious treasures to be stolen.
To be led by a liar is to ask to be told lies
To be led by a tyrant is to sell yourself and those you love into slavery."
Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Talents
"Get married (before 30- when you are ready).
Retire with ($5M- loads of memories).
Become an (entrepreneur- influencer).
Fall in love with someone who (is beautiful- has inner beauty).
Make your parents proud of how (much you earned- happy you are).
Make (many- real) friends.
Find happiness in (luxury- the ordinary).
Find someone you (can live with- cannot live without).
Forgive everyone (who apologizes- even without an apology).
Spend more time (working- in nature).
Keep a daily to (do- be) list.
Stick to a (strict diet- healthy lifestyle)."
Power of Positivity
"To an Obliger- prone to burn-out, ask to go off early...
To a Questioner- limit communication to email, allow to choose, just give deadline
To an Upholder- just give direction, lessen rigidity
To a Rebel- get in touch with self, state consequence/s." Gretchen Rubin, Happy Guru
"1. Learn to respond better to situations.
2. Find those you can learn from.
3. Reframe mindset to be more solution-focus.
4. Let teacher's philosophy resonate with you."
"Today, we mourn
Tomorrow, we reflect
The day after, we work towards change.
Next year, we vote wisely."
"1. If life were your roommate, describe your relationship.
2. If life were a close friend, who takes the lead?
3. Do you like the path you and your life are following?
4. If in conflict, do you and your life work it out?
5. How do you want to change your relationship with your life?" Robert Taibbi
"When we choose to see things through the lens of complaint, we're giving away our power to other people or to outside circumstances. We act like victims.
When we chose to see things through the lens of gratitude, we feel empowered and we gain perspective. We realize how carefully and meticulously God must be working in the background just to send help right at that moment when we need help." Sha Nacino
1. Pisces
2. Capricorn
3. Taurus
4. Aquarius
5. Cancer
6. Libra
7. Scorpio
8. Virgo
9. Gemini
10. Sagitarius
11. Leo
12. Aries
"Soften your gaze, seeing everything around you but seeing nothing in particular. This makes you more observant but not judgmental."
"1. Is s/he a good person, following the Golden Rule?
2. Does s/he give energy or take away?
3. If with another offer, could s/he be exceptional?
4. Are there rationalizations, excuses more than strong results?
5. Do their principles fit in the company culture?"
This Netflix feature followed the life of 6 elderly couples from all over the world.
Americans David and Ginger Isham, maple/ berries/ Christmas tree farmers, have prepared their end- from the urn to the memorial! Shades of Prince Philip!
Spain's Augusto and Nati into shepherding just planned a trip to the beach.
From Hiroshima, Japan, Haruhei dealt with leprosy while his wife Kinuko had a tumor.
Korea's Yeongsam and Saengja, abalone farmers, had the wife suffering from deafness and a bad back.
In Brazil, females Nicinha and Jurima lived in a favela like any couple.
India's Satyabhama and Satva attributed their farm's low productivity to climate change.
Warren Buffet and Bill Gates' exit plan, they say stand to benefit them more than their supposed beneficiaries. Deceiving Pledge of Buffet and (flood) Gates!
This presidential aide poses as a senator heading the Health and Demography Committee, no less. In a recent session, he tried passing the return of two local hospitals to the national government as buried in a series of bills. Caught by Senator Drilon, Bong Go was beaten hard. He should head the Ill Health and Demagoguery Camote instead.
In a recent ruling, Associate Justice Leonen overturned the Molina Doctrine on annulments. From having to exist medically at the start of marriage in a permanent and incurable manner, psychological incapacity is now a legal concept that had been true only in relation to a specific partner and revealed in subsequent behavior.
AJ Leonen is now undergoing impeachment in Batasan, but for another ending- of someone else's political dream.
Reservations are being accepted from 280 guests to be flown on Voyager Station by Orbital Assembly Corporation of former pilot John Blincow, together with of crew of 112. Partners are Elon Musk of Space X and Richard Branson of Virgin Galactic, who is charging $250, 000 per person. Accommodations would cost like a cruise
It could mean Communist Party of PH or Community Pantries of PH. How times and presidents have changed!
A Jew in France during Hitler's reign of terror, he started doing mime at the cabaret and was called a clown by his butcher father. He took on another silent occupation when he joined the Resistance and personally took schoolchildren choir members across the Alps to Switzerland.
Penalties have suffered inflation too. From the 20 push-ups for mutineers imposed by FVR, it has gone up to 300 for Covid protocol violators. One of them is now a goner.
"God is Great." Life has more to offer.
"Beer is Good." At present.
"People are Crazy." Different.
"Live in Dignity." Treating self and others.
(Kristi Hoke Miranbell)
"We are not. We are Human Beings. As such, at
Happy moments, Praise God. Difficult moments, Seek God. Quiet moments, Worship God. Painful moments, Trust God. Every moment, Thank God."
(Paul Bradshaw interview with Rick Warren)
He could be the Covid 19 poster boy for hand-washing but not for judicial wisdom, sentencing an innocent man, or at best leaving it up to a boisterous hang jury to decide.
Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic is yet another meaning of the word.
"It's not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is, What are we busy about?" (Henry David Thoreau)
It stands for "Life After Divorce Is Eventually Sane." It's the support group Lynn Noe joined after her 19 years of marriage to Michael Landon ended in divorce.
On his feast day, there is news about a father, 83 being strangled by his son, 57 to prevent his being humiliated by scammers- a fate worse than death?
On hosting Jeopardy: Am a generalist; being a journalist, spread one-mile wide, one-inch thick.
"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function." (F Scott Fitzgerald)
Featured in Lifetime, they are taxed as personal property, not being on land. Unreal property?
After portraying Peter in the Brady Bunch series, he is now into furniture, and his patio chairs, he quips, "knighted" Harry and Meghan that fateful /faithful interview with Oprah. ALL sold out.
"In the beginning was the word, and the word was no!" is an Irish joke. However, Christ came up with the Be-Attitudes which start with "Blessed" and "Happy." (Bishop Barron)
In this YouTube old film, he was the homeless guy picked up for a Scavenger Hunt. This is different from a Treasure Hunt, i.e. for an object one wants.
Nguyen Manh was sitting inside his delivery truck preparing to drop off another parcel when he heard a woman and a child screaming from a high-rise building nearby. There hanging on a 12th floor balcony was the child. Springing to action, Manh climbed up the building's fence onto a roofing just in time to catch the child, who was about the age of his own.
"It is not the absence of fear. It is doing it afraid." (Sha Nacino, Inspirational Speaker, after doing The Plunge in Bohol)
Caster Semenya is a female South African Olympic champion runner. Being hyperandrogenous or having a high testosterone level, she has appealed for case before the European Court of Human Rights.
His "Jeopardy" wardrobe lives on in the lives of homeless men trying to apply for jobs. Giving even in death.
"As long as we have memories, yesterday remains.
As long as we have hope, tomorrow waits.
As long as we have love, today is beautiful.
As long as we have God, anything and everything is
Possible."
McIngvale opened his huge furniture store and restaurant complete with generator to evacuees from the recent snowstorm in Texas. His showroom suddenly had live models!
While lending her double C logo to Prince Charles and his Camilla, Coco traced her sewing skills to the nuns in the orphanage she grew up in. Could the habit they wore also have inspired her updated little black dress?
VP Leni rightly states that the people and not DU30 will judge if she is qualified or not.
"It is not the strongest of the species that survive nor the most intelligent. It is the one that is most adaptable to change." (Anon.)
FOX Movies depicted the rare relationship between two country singers. The goodwill between them all started when Loretta lovingly sang one of the hit songs of Patsy, who was then recovering in a hospital. Asked to visit Patsy, Loretta thought she would be told off. Instead, their friendship and unconditional support for each other blossomed till Patsy's death. Loretta named a daughter after Patsy and continued to look after Patsy's husband. Rare story in show business!
"Human rights are not a privilege conferred by government. They are every human being's entitlement by virtue of his humanity."
Netflix' take on the Irish fight for independence from British rule in 1916 depicted difficulties of espionage then. If rebels needed documents, they needed to get through a government official's secretary to bring the papers by herself to their lair.
NATGEO's Earth from Above featured a balloon ride over the pyramids of Egypt. Some space travel!
We again have a reluctant daughter being convinced to "Run, Sara, Run" for President 365 times in a calendar that is going around.
"An orchestra conductor chided a drummer who was not doing well by saying, 'When a musician can't handle his instrument well, they take it away, give him two sticks and make him a drummer.' A whisper was heard from the percussion section: 'And if he can't even handle that, they take away one of his sticks and make him a conductor.'" (Fr. Jerry Orbos)
There were three dogs- American, Polish and Russian.
American dog bragged, "When I bark in the morning, I get a breakfast of meat."
Polish dog asked, "What is meat?"
Russian dog asked, "What is bark?"
This film about two bartenders had one observing his colleague also studying college as a "seeker of wisdom." Went to the right place of work.
President Biden's slogan is questioned after he was shown wearing an expensive Rolex during his Inauguration.
The lovable old man with the mittens during the Inauguration has raised funds for a feeding program from his instant fame. He also pictured having so much to do in Congress at this time, "We can chew gum while walking."
For 2022, Presidential and Vice-Presidential choices of the odd-ministration:
1. SaPac= Sara- Pacquiao
2. SaBa= Sara- Bato
3. SaAng= Sara- Ang
4. SaGo= Sara- Go
5. SaRo= Sara- Rodrigo
6. SaKo= Sara- Isko
7. SaBong= Sara- Bongbong
8. SaLlar= Sara- Villar
"He is never blind to your tears,
Never deaf to your prayers,
Never silent in your pain.
He sees, hears and will deliver. Amen"
(Good Morning Quotes and Blessings)
After the Capitol insurrection, there are more troops now in DC than war zones. Could that be why Trump recalled them from overseas?
It works for countries like Switzerland.
But on a personal level, "Neutrality helps the oppressor, not the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented." (Dr. Carlo Mortega on the Christine Dacera case)
After inciting the Capitol captors on their rampage 06 January, and now threatened with the 25th Amendment and an historic 2nd impeachment, Trump calls for "healing and unity as one nation." Just like an abusive spouse!
Who was talking about vaccine requisitions last night? A mayor from a small town in the South, former actor Richard Gomez also gave his reasons why his city chose Astra, like most of the other local leaders, unlike the President who is leaning toward Sinovac.
This film featured her workday in a production office where girls went through a revolving door. This bright no- nonsense Northwestern graduate started her "She Too" Movement.
There was a local broomstick waved by a Pinoy rioter inside the Capitol the other day.
For some seconds of infamy?
That's "Crash Landing On You," whose co-stars are now dating in real life. This first foray into Netflix' Korean series has turned out enlightening too on the contrasting yet similar situations in the North and South.
Bishop Barron's reflection on the Epiphany:
1. We have to look up and see the signs from God.
2. We have to act on those signs.
3. We have to give the best of ourselves to God.
4. We cannot go back to our old ways after encountering God.
Pulse Asia released its latest findings on the probable next president. As expected, Sara Duterte it was.
False Ata
In his Inquirer column, Gideon Lasco denies this condition of our country. He says we are "robbed" instead.
Revisited this film about a truly dedicated teacher of students with various personal problems whose lives she turned around. She reached out to their particular circumstances and encouraged them to make a Toast to Change. In the end, they became their own heroes after taking a long hard look at themselves.
