Inspire 21 Inspiring Words for the 21st Century

Unknown Author Back in the fifteenth century, in a tiny village near Nuremberg, lived a family with eighteen children. Eighteen! In order merely to keep food on the table for this mob, the father and head of the household, a goldsmith by profession, worked almost eighteen hours a day at …

--by Colin Ryan at astanduplife.com (for encouraging me to share my story with the world)

When I first met a kindergarten teacher named Sharon a few months ago, she struck me as a clever, thoughtful person – softspoken, but quietly confident. Which is why I was surprised to hear her say, a few weeks later at a storytelling event, that she used to be extremely shy. When I asked her how this could be, she started talking about the surprising effect an improv class had on her life. Right away it became clear that Sharon had discovered a surprising and simple way to grow more than she ever would have thought possible.

Not long after, the following interview took place…