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A College Degree 23 yrs After Memory Loss

It’s a poor sort of memory that only works backwards. — Lewis Carroll

~~~~ Inspiration of the Day: A freak accident involving a ceiling fan may have taken Su Meck’s memory of everything that happened for the first 22 years of her life, but it did not rob her of her determination. Since the accident that left her with amnesia, the 45-year-old from Maryland, has had to relearn how to walk, talk, read, write and drive. But Meck, whose identity was once as a mother and homemaker, carved out a place for herself as a college student. She went from having been reduced to the mental capacity of a young child to graduating from Montgomery (Md.) College with honors in May, earning an associate degree. “It was very confusing to me because everybody was telling me who I was before, and that wasn’t who I am now. It was almost like I’m a different person,” said Meck. http://premiere.whatcounts.com/t?ctl=169A30E:C3009629A010612CC14578A419928466B4B847859706E37D&

~~~~ Be The Change: Wake up to possibility, especially in the midst of loss.

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Smile Newsletter: Remembering a Friend, 15 Years Later

Oct 23, 2011 “It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do little – do what you can.” — Sydney Smith “After parking my car at the supermarket or discount store, I look around to see if anyone, especially an elderly person or mother with small children, has almost finished emptying their shopping cart. Then I ask them if they would like for me to take their cart into the store with me so that they won’t have to walk it to the cart-return area. Guess what? I have never been turned down, and have always been thanked for doing so.” — Loyal [ share your story >> ] You can also contribute comments on each story! Remembering an Anonymous Friend, 15 Years Later >> Everyone’s Using Smile Cards >> A Chain of Kind Events, Started By a 3rd Grader >> More Stories >> “As a child, I used to collect all the good quotes (kindness, friendship, right behaviour quotes, etc) that I encountered in my routine life in my ‘quotes diary’. The purpose was merely to find nice quotes at one place to write on cards that we used to give our friends on special events. But I now realize that my diary served a greater purpose. Writing and repetitive reading of those quotes instilled in me a sense of righteousness, kindness and justice which is the foundation step of my motivation to be kind all along my life.” –sachineha What is a “smile card”? It’s a game of kindness — do something nice for someone and leave a card behind asking them to pay it forward. To date, 968,222 cards have been shipped without any charge. The ‘Smiles’ newsletter is emailed to 84,826 subscribers with the intent of spreading more smiles in the world. You can unsubscribe anytime. get smile cards | donate | write to us