Never has our strap line been so apt as today! We’ve always liked, “Making the impossible, possible” ever since it came to us as a way of expressing Matthew 19:26, ‘Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”‘ Phase two of our first project started…
Category Archives: Think
I have a dream. Now where have you heard that before?!
I have a dream for this place. A vision of what it could be. The things it could do and individual lives it could bring a ray of sunshine to. It started as an idea. A spark of an idea really. How to make a difference to a child and her mother in one small…
“The people who care are the ones who win” @GaryVee
Despite having been around this blogging bubble for only a short time, it will come as no surprise to you to learn that I had vaguely heard of the little book, Crush It! However, I’m generally not one for hype and given that the title contains its very own explanation mark, I have to admit…
Dreamers dream, winners follow through by @6aliens
Today we have a lovely community post from 6aliens.com writer and Give A Brick friend, Ben Lumley. Why not go and say hello to Ben on Twitter? Or if you haven’t already, check out his blog. It’s great! And now Ben, over to you … photo credit: kyle simourd “Dreams are wonderful but they’re not…
Weekend wrap: Giving while you shop, social media, surviving abuse and Carlos!
Welcome to the weekend. I trust today finds you well and you’ve had a wonderful week. Go and grab yourself a lovely hot cup of tea and settle down to enjoy what you might have missed this week. On Monday we had a post especially for our UK friends. The Giving Machine is a wonderful…
Rethinking Wealth and Prosperity – Community Post from @coblyn
Today it is my great pleasure to introduce a community post from Life Coach and all round lovely lady Christine Livingston. If you don’t already, please check out her blog or go chat with her on Twitter in 140 characters or less. Christine very kindly offered her time to Give A Brick after my now…
The Power of Asking – Community video post by @6aliens
It’s been an amazing fortnight here at Give A Brick. An update on just how wonderful will be coming up tomorrow but today we have our first ever community video post. It’s by the lovely Ben Lumley from 6aliens.com and if you’ve not already done so, you should check out his blog or go and…
Sunday Surprise: A rose by any other name? A look at life through a different lens
For our first ever Sunday Surprise, I’m delighted to bring you our first community post from 3D artist, blogger and all round super star Heather Craik. She has an original voice so if you don’t already, I recommend you follow her on Twitter and subscribe to her blog. I’m no artist but she always brings…
What do you do when your bottle threatens to pop?
We all like to think that we’re cool, calm and collected under pressure but unless you’re George Cloony (and if you are, please will you Give A Brick and I loved you in ER ) the reality is that there will be times when you feel your blood start to boil or your fizz threaten…
On judging a book by its cover and, what does yours say about you?
You’ve discussed the perils of judging a book by its cover. You probably have an anecdote pertaining to how, where and when you really learned this valuable lesson. If you stick around to the end, I’ll share a lovely one with you. First however, think about the motivation behind this saying. Who first penned these…