Featured Inspiration

  • The Kindness Of Community

    The Kindness Of Community

    Last Wednesday was the one month anniversary of the Boston Bombings and it had me thinking back to that day, the following days and all the good people that stepped up to help complete strangers in a time of turmoil, tragedy and terror. I wrote about Jeff Bauman one week [...]

  • How To Live Longer: Sunscreen

    How To Live Longer: Sunscreen

    In a previous installment of How To Live Longer, we established that the sun can be healthy for you. The sun offers vitamin D, a natural compenent to a healthy life and lower stress levels, but too much of a good thing can be a bad thing. As most everyone [...]

  • A Death That Inspired Life

    A Death That Inspired Life

    Last week I had the privilege of witnessing an incredible woman die gracefully. In severe pain and struggle she taught me more about perseverance and success than any of my mentors ever have. Her name is Beth Russell and she changed my life. Beth has a wonderful husband and two [...]

  • Stop And Listen

    Stop And Listen

    This grainy image to the left was captured from a hidden camera in a subway station in 2007. The man on the left is playing the violin. His name is Joshua Bell. He may be the greatest violinist ever. An equally accomplished composer once said Bell “plays like a god”. [...]

  • How To Live Longer: Get A Dog

    How To Live Longer: Get A Dog

    I was introduced to therapy dogs the other day and after considering their mental health abilities, I believe it’s safe to say dogs can help you live longer. That’s a stretch –maybe– but seriously, dogs are good for more than just companionship on a long hike. In fact, hike or [...]

Through The Wire

The Myth Of Hard Work

The Myth Of Hard Work

Inspiration, Inspiring People May 8, 2013 at 8:07 am 0 comments

“You’re only working at about 60 percent right now.” I heard that when I was about 1 1/2 hours into a yoga class with sweat dripping off my face and my fingers sliding off the mat from holding my leg up. Yeah, I was agitated to say the least.  Then [...]

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Nothing Was Built In A Day

Nothing Was Built In A Day

Inspiration May 2, 2013 at 10:00 am 0 comments

I’m sure many of you have heard the old adage “Rome wasn’t built in a day,” but do you know what it really means? Of course you know what it means. It’s pretty straight-forward, but do you ever actually really consider what it means and remind yourself of this in your daily [...]

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How To Live Longer: Sweet Potatoes

How To Live Longer: Sweet Potatoes

Inspiration May 1, 2013 at 10:00 am 0 comments

Living an inspiring life isn’t just about your mental state, but it’s also about what you eat. You are what you eat after all, so if you want to be healthy mind and soul, you should approach your nutrition intake as feverishly as you do mental intake. One of the [...]

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How A Lie Calmed A Victim

How A Lie Calmed A Victim

Inspiration, Inspiring People April 30, 2013 at 12:27 pm 0 comments

I don’t advocate lying, but we’ve all seen instances where a small white lie, a fib, a mere stretching of the truth can turn out to be a positive for someone. As the weeks pass from the horror that took place earlier in April, stories of heroism and people at the right [...]

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Creating A Ripple In Eternity

Creating A Ripple In Eternity

Inspiration April 29, 2013 at 10:00 am 0 comments

(Editor’s Note: Jeff Knapp is one of our CoInspirators. He’s too awesome for words, but some of his words are below.) Often the most significant transformations are born from a tiny catalyst. Consider a droplet of water: Swollen, it sits at the tip of an icy finger on an evergreen tree [...]

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Avoid The Fate Of The Lion

Avoid The Fate Of The Lion

Inspiration April 25, 2013 at 10:00 am 0 comments

I came across this great post from The Huffington Post earlier this week about concentration. You’re already wondering what concentration has to do with lions and the taming of them, no doubt so here goes… First, consider why a lion tamer uses a chair in their act with a lion in addition [...]

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How To Live Longer: Avocado

How To Live Longer: Avocado

Inspiration April 24, 2013 at 3:13 pm 0 comments

Is there anything more inspiring than trying to live a healthy life? We’re all trying to do this in one way or another and CoyWire.com is here to help. The life of a blogger includes writing about things in their life and my efforts to eat healthier in the last [...]

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Don’t Forget Jeff Bauman

Don’t Forget Jeff Bauman

Inspiring People April 22, 2013 at 7:14 pm 0 comments

There are so many heroes from the Boston Bombings and they’re all worthy of gratitude, but one hero in particular got a little lost in the shuffle as the manhunt for the second suspect took place last Friday. The authorities that tracked down the images of and identities of the [...]

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Tragedy Inspiring Kindness

Tragedy Inspiring Kindness

Inspiration April 18, 2013 at 10:00 am 2 comments

The prayers of everyone at CoyWire.com go out to anyone affected by Monday’s tragedy in Boston. As we all try to comprehend the whats and whys of this most recent tragedy, I wanted to share something I ran across this morning. In the wake of the Sandy Hook shootings, NBC [...]

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Learning While Locked Up

Learning While Locked Up

Inspiration, Inspiring People April 16, 2013 at 10:00 am 0 comments

On Sunday I found myself with nowhere to be so I ended up on the couch watching a marathon of Locked Up Abroad (italic), a show about citizens from around the world arrested, sometimes wrongfully so, in a foreign country. One particular episode had me completely engrossed. Occasionally the show [...]

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