I am not a professional rose gardener by any stretch of the imagination, but I enjoy growing roses, and have learned lessons and found symbolisms from rose gardening:
Variety
Did you know there are more than 100 wild species of roses and thousands of rose hybrids developed for gardening based on bloom shape, size, fragrance and even [...]
Posted on April 21st, 2008 by Nathan Gwilliam
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On April 15, 1815, the Tambora volcano in Indonesia erupted with the largest observed volcanic eruption in history. The explosion was heard 1,200 miles away and the death toll reached more than 71,000 people. 1816 was called the Year Without a Summer because of the resulting global climate abnormalities. As a [...]
Posted on April 7th, 2008 by Nathan Gwilliam
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A few months ago, the More Good Foundation built the GordonHinckley.com website. As I helped research content for that site, I read the following quote in Teachings of Gordon B. Hinckley which stood out to me:
There is a loneliness in all aspects of leadership. . . It was ever thus. The price of [...]
Posted on April 6th, 2008 by Nathan Gwilliam
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The movie Mary Poppins was the pinnacle of Walt Disney’s movie career. He did all of his magical tricks that had made him famous in this one film. After the movie’s successful debut, Walt said “Maybe the employees will now have a feeling that I know what I’m doing.”
In the movie there [...]
Posted on March 30th, 2008 by Nathan Gwilliam
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Disneyland and Disneyworld are the most famous and successful theme parks in the world. The Walt Disney Company is now the third largest entertainment company in the world with 133,000 employees and $60 Billion in revenue. According to Fortune magazine, in 2007, Disney is America’s most admired entertainment company.
According to Newsweek, the Disney brand is [...]
Posted on March 25th, 2008 by Nathan Gwilliam
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I was recently driving a large U-Haul moving truck and stopped in Beaver, Utah for gas. After filling up, I started driving and remembered that my right-side mirror needed to be adjusted. So, I stopped the truck there in the gas station parking lot. As I got out of the truck and [...]
Posted on March 2nd, 2008 by Nathan Gwilliam
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Most of the challenges we face in our lives can be overcome through hard work and perseverance. I have been inspired by famous perseverance quotes such as “Quitters never win and winners never quit” from Vince Lombardi. I have come to believe this is misguided advice.
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Posted on August 5th, 2007 by Nathan Gwilliam
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Recently, a large adoption organization hired a new president. A few months ago I had the pleasure of having dinner with him and several members of his staff while attending an adoption tradeshow in Texas. I stick out a little in the child welfare community because of my conservative political views in a [...]
Posted on June 8th, 2007 by Nathan Gwilliam
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