The Journey of Life: 100 Lessons from Around the World is a tapestry of universally applicable lessons collected by Sharon K. Sobotta as she traveled the world as a non-tourist and journalist, while interviewing and collecting stories from people of every walk of life. This awarded-winning book (named the top multicultural non-fiction title of 2008) beckons people to get beyond superficial differences and toward a place of commonality. The book transcends boundaries of race, class, gender, ethnicity, nationality, age and social status--featuring well-known icons such as Anoushka Shankar, Michael Moore and Fidel Castro and ordinary people with extraordinary stories such as a Nepali woman born with just one breast, a homeless six-year old in India, a volunteer teacher in Japan and a resilient newspaper seller from Oakland, California.

Intercultural Encounters is challenging you to get your copy of the book, apply the lesson of the day to your life (in lieu of conventional New Year's resolutions) and share your story with us on the 'post your blog' section of the website.