Humanitarian Acts & Community Volunteers
I heard someone say that you can’t teach others humanitarian behaviors, I disagree. Humanitarian Acts & Community Volunteers – If you keep hitting at the heart, at some point that heart is going to react. At what point it begins to react, that is the question. It is similar to teaching children to share in the sandbox. Eventually, they learn to play together. Same with volunteering – the more you do it, the more you enjoy it. Here is a tricky question to consider. What if I told you to guide or get out of the way? Would it have sounded better, if I had said lead or get out of the way? Truthfully,…
Humanitarian Giving – If it isn’t fun, you’re doing it wrong.
Humanitarian Giving – If it isn’t fun, you’re doing it wrong. There is a number of articles out there about giving to charities, Humanitarian Giving. The best kind of articles, are the ones that show you what giving has done to help someone else. It’s seeing the smiles and heartfelt thank you’s coming from the recipients. Be it someone old, young, homebound, sick, or impoverished – it feels good to give. It can actually be fun to give. Meeting the needs of providing a normal family life is difficult for some. Offering to help isn’t and shouldn’t be a handout – but rather a hand up with the support of…
Life and writing – beautiful metaphors
Life and writing – beautiful metaphors. I wholeheartedly enjoy the ability to write and create my own materials in any situation I find myself in. Sure, I can write for the other guy, but when it’s just for my own pleasure, I like to allow myself to research and design materials based on my own creative needs, my own passions. The same holds true for those of us who present to live audiences. The same holds for those of us who present in person, to live audiences, like teachers, lecturers, and public personalities, etc. It doesn’t matter which field you may be presenting on – all that really matters is that…
Change how you think – and you will change your life
By nature, you are happy, caring, respectful, and have a deep appreciation for those around you. You are a good person. Yet some days you feel like “meh“. It’s a jolt to your happy-go-lucky self, to have to put up with other people who don’t feel good about themselves; or anything in general. In fact, they feel so bad about themselves and their plight in society, that they want to make everyone around them feel just as miserable. They like to control, their bossy, whiny, vindictive, and they want to be YOUR friend. Don’t pay the ransom – I escaped! I escaped from the “meh” mindset – and so can…
How to keep from falling behind, when you are already ahead – STOP
How to keep from falling behind when you are already ahead: Stop. A lot of us live our lives like this. Meeting deadlines, negotiating deals, and setting up operations or systems. Once you are caught up and on track, you still sense a nagging thought in the back of your mind that says, “I gotta keep going”. “I can’t relax”. I’m all caught up, but why do I feel like I’m late? I’m all caught up, but why do I feel like I’m late? Just recently, I finished a project that was eating up a lot of my time, and left me feeling on the edge of my seat. If I finished…
