"If the timing's right and the gods are with you, something special happens." Rick Springfield

Two years ago, Jakob Erickson says his world and his dreams were much smaller. Jakob, then a junior in high school, spent most of his[...]

When retired Master Sergeant Guy Rex decided to re-enlist in the U.S. Army in 1996, he was given his choice of where he'd like that[...]

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Jeff Daehn's job title at Mayo Clinic is, as he puts it, "pretty unique." As Mayo's resident carillonneur, Daehn is only the third person to[...]

"Music is a world within itself; it is a language we all understand." Stevie Wonder

Six months after having surgery to remove the cancer from his body, Leonard Hislop was told that the cancer had returned. He suddenly was facing[...]

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"If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude." Maya Angelou

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"Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for[...]