Why to Believe in Others

by LaDonna Coy on January 9, 2012

No one says it better than Victor Frankl, and in only 4 minutes. What will we choose to believe about others as we begin a new year?

What if we all practiced this one little thing for 2012?
What would that make possible?

Some will say it is too simplistic, that no thing this small could every make a difference on a large scale.
But what if they’re wrong?
Let’s give it a try. We don’t have anything to lose.

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