All of us need others to inspire, invigorate, and challenge us to live more fully in this life or perhaps to make a difference in the world. Here are some stories that may do the same for you.

Decorator Brightens Haven
With grit, generosity and creativity, interior decorator Terry Grahl is transforming a woman's shelter
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Sending Students to College
Oral Lee Brown, Founder, Oral Lee Brown Foundation, Oakland, CA, who works as a real estate agent in Oakland, California, knows the high cost of an education. That's because she's sent dozens of students to college.
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Trying to be "Ugly"
Everyone in the apartment complex I lived in knew who Ugly was. Ugly was the resident tomcat. Ugly loved three things in this world: fighting, eating garbage, and, shall we say, love.
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Home Sweet Home
Because of their great compassion for the children being shuffled in and out of the East Texas institutions, Reverend W.C. Martin, pastor of Bennett, and his wife, Donna, opened their home and hearts to dozens of abused or unwanted youngsters.
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Health Education
When successful businessman Phil Sokolof suffered a heart attack at age 43, he identified high cholesterol as the culprit. He changed his diet and resolved to alert Americans to the dangers of a high fat diet.
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Sharing is Caring
Mother Wright now age 84, believes she is on a God-given mission to feed the hungry. Some 21 years ago she heard a voice in the night which motivated her to give all of her $236 Social Security check to provide Thanksgiving dinner for 300 homeless people in Oakland, California.
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Forklift Operator Donates Over $1 Million to Charity
Mat Dawson has worked for 59 years at Ford, and might have retired decades ago. Instead, he continues to work 12-hour days, sometimes seven days a week to donate money to charity.
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