Great Examples of Lives - Well Lived

 Stories About Extra-Ordinary Lives and Achievements I found on the Internet:

Live of the Intel Founder

At the age of four, he contracted scarlet fever, which was nearly fatal and caused partial hearing loss. When he was eight, the Nazis occupied Hungary and deported nearly 500,000 Jews to concentration camps, including Auschwitz.

His father, however, was arrested and taken to an Eastern Labor Camp to do forced labor. He barely survived and was reunited with his family only after the war.

During the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, when András was 20, he left his home and family and escaped across the border into Austria. Penniless and barely able to speak English, he changed his name from Gróf András István to Andy Grove and went on to found Intel. Time magazine chose him as "Man of the Year", for being "the person most responsible for the amazing growth in the power and the innovative potential of microchips.

A Story From Another Man: Actor Keanu Reeves

He was abandoned by his father at three years old and grew up with three different stepfathers. He is dyslexic. His dream of becoming a hockey player was shattered by a serious accident. His daughter died at birth. His wife died in a car accident. His best friend, River Phoenix, died of an overdose. His sister battled leukemia.

And with everything that has happened, Keanu Reeves never misses an opportunity to help people in need. When he was filming the movie "The Lake House," he overheard the conversation of two costume assistants; One cried because he would lose his house if he did not pay $20,000 & on the same day Keanu deposited the necessary amount in the woman's bank account; He also donated stratospheric sums to hospitals.

In 2010, on his birthday, Keanu walked into a bakery & bought a brioche with a single candle, ate it in front of the bakery, and offered coffee to people who stopped to talk to him. In 1997 some paparazzi found him walking one morning in the company of a homeless man in Los Angeles, listening to him and sharing his life for a few hours.

Interesting that those who are most broken inside are the ones most willing to help others

This man could buy everything, and instead every day he gets up and chooses one thing that cannot be bought: To be a good person ♥ ️

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Write with Passion – Like Tennessee Williams

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A great example of a writer who was successful because he wrote with passion and authenticity is Tennessee Williams. It is said that his play, The Glass Menagerie is somewhat autobiographical.  For those familiar with this play, it’s obvious that the playwright had strong feelings about his characters and the society in which they lived.
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Why is it Important That Our Writing be Passionate?
We need to write about that which we have strong emotions, positive or negative.  Simply put, we need to write about what we care about.  Why is this important?  Writing is like acting. People can tell if you’re emotionally connected.  The most respected actors are the actors who are not “acting” a certain role; they are “being” a certain role.  For example, if we see someone like Meryl Streep in a movie, we don’t think that she’s portraying the character in a skilled manner. Instead, we feel that she has actually become the character.  She is not divisible from the character. In the same way, writers want their material to flow smoothly.  Writers cannot write material that flows smoothly unless they care about the subject of their writing.
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How Do We Find Our Passion?
Suzanne Fetting, Confidence Coach, defines passion as energy in her blog.  She says that passion fuels the fires of inspiration and that it motivates us.  It’s hard to write about that which doesn’t engage us emotionally.
Mary DeMuth, guest blogger on Michael Hyatt’s blog, says that one of the best ways to find our passion is to find where need and joy collide.  A good example of this would be a job that contributes to society in a positive manner while it utilizes our unique talents.  Another way that she suggests that we find our passion is to ask our friends to identify what is our main personality characteristic.  For instance, our friends may define us as “artsy”, “intelligent”, “athletic”, and so on.
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How Do We Balance Our Passion in Our Writing?
It’s important not to be too emotional in our writing.  Successful writers will follow Tennessee Williams’ example of identifying what they care about and writing on those subjects.  It’s also important to show heartfelt emotion without going into unnecessary detail.  Readers don’t need a lot of details to understand a particular emotion that is being portrayed. In fact, too many details may be distracting.
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Author Traci Lawrence writes about her passion: human communication, relationships, the value of individuals and rising above verbal bullying, or trash talk.  She lives in the Northern Virginia area of the United States and teaches English, among other subjects.  
Please find more on her book: Accept No Trash Talk.

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