December 2008
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Act For Change
A man once told me, “One snowflake is a pretty insignificant thing, not much to it. But, if you get enough snowflakes together… Schools closed.”
If you get enough like minded people together, focused on one goal, and with a willingness to act, you can change the world.
I believe that, and if you’re reading this, maybe you do too.
So, let’s prove it…...
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“You don’t get to choose how you’ll die. You can’t choose when...”
– Bob Laurant, via twitter @timastevens
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“Intentions and actions are not the same thing. Just because you intended to do...”
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Rule #2- To change the world
When you see someone and ask them how they’re doing, stop and listen.
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Rule #1 - To change the world.
“Ask yourself what you want people to do for you, then grab the initiative and do it for them.”
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“Don’t be impressed with charisma; look for character.”
– MSG
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Good People. Bad Things.
I have asked many questions in my life. There are a few that I am slowly learning the answers too. This was one of my questions: Why do bad things happen to “good” people? The answer? They don’t. Bad things happen to everybody, “good” or “bad”. “Rain falls on the just and unjust alike”. A better question would be, “why do bad things...
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“They played the oddest game in high school football history last month down in...”
– From Life of Reilly, ESPN.com
Read the original here.
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“When God looks at our world, God must weep. God must weep because the lust for...”
– Henri J.M. Nouwen, Finding My Way Home
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For some people, Christmas is an emotional roller coaster. You can go from joy to anger in a matter of seconds, depending on the person or relative you might be talking to.
It’s sad, but Christmas sometimes brings the worst out of people. Old scars that aren’t quite healed can get a little (or a lot) raw.
If you are one of these people who are dreading getting together with family...
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“Your care for others is the measure of your greatness.”
– TLB
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What does love look like?
This week 200 people got together and collected 9 bags of toys and clothes for 1 young mother and her 2 kids.
200 people.
9 bags.
1 young mom with 2 kids.
It doesn’t seem like a lot. Surely 200 people could have done more.
Your right. They probably could have.
Except, this week 200 people, took time out of their own lives, their own holiday schedules, and...
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“I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And...”
– Edward Everett Hale (via affremblequotes)
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Let go
It is amazing how many people are missing so many great opportunities because they can’t bring themselves to let some things go.
There are people that are holding on so tightly to an offense that they don’t have a hand free to grab on to anything good that might be coming there way.
Unforgiveness is a prison. It traps you in the moment in time when the offense occurred. You can see...
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“Hindsite might be 20/20, but you’re still just focusing on the past.”
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I want to be more than just a consuming force in this world. More than just a person that lives my life to fill my own needs or desires.
I want to make a difference. I want to help affect change. I want to leave a wake of hope and justice behind me.
Is this all there is to life?
What I eat, where I sleep, what I do or who I am?
This world deserves more. This world deserves everything I am,...
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“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is an attribute of the strong.”
– Ghandi
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“Love is not something you say, it’s something you do. You might be the...”
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“People are unreasonable, illogical and self-centered. Love them anyway. If you...”
– Mother Teresa (via littlemiss)
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“It is possible to stand for what you believe in without crushing others under...”
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“There is only one of you. You are unique. You are priceless.”
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“What do I wish for this Christmas?
Well this might seem cheesy or fake. But it...”
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“It is a tragic, criminal thing to use love as a weapon or tool of control and...”