In 2008, before the Beijing Olympic Games, Dr. Maya Angelou came across the brand manifesto for the US Olympic Committee's new campaign, Amazing Awaits. She was inspired to write her own poem "Amazement Awaits," which we filmed her reading in her home in Harlem.

This is a personal favorite-a simple yet iconic reflection on a major, life-changing shift in one's life. This masterpiece of Robert Frost is always a source of inspiration.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama talks about the importance of optimism at the end of a two day interactive dialogue with United States Institute of Peace Youth Leaders at his residence in Dharamsala, HP, India on May 4, 2016. The entire program can be viewed at http://bit.ly/1WNYe45.