1st post of 2009
| January 5, 2009 | Posted by Angela under Random, Words of Inspiration & Motivation |
My first post of the new year! What an exciting 2008 it was. I got married, completed my 2nd marathon and took on some exciting challenges at work.
As a new year comes rolling in, you might find yourself thinking about the world and where we are headed. I know I do. With headlines about war zones, dramatic weather changes, child abuse cases…it’s easy to believe that the world is falling apart. It can be depressing. You might hear your grandparent comment “the world is coming to an end.” How convenient. I still have a whole a life to live and hope to bring life into this world and the world is now coming to an end? Well, we all have different beliefs and we can debate on the subject infinitely and involve religious and scientific explanations.
Regardless, today we are living. Today, we have the ability to make a difference in the world. Whether you believe it’s going to end tomorrow, or 1000 years from today or never, the world still exists.
Bad news has always existed, the numerous ways of communicating the bad news has not. We are exposed. Like it or not, people are watching you. We are now informed on what is going on. I see this as an opportunity to do something about it.
I have been watching Planet in Peril and there are so many things going on all across the world that I had no idea was going on. If Lisa Ling, Anderson Cooper and Dr. Sanjay Gupta didn’t travel across the world to research cases like the killings of elephants in Africa or sharks off the coast of Costa Rica, I would have never known.
The biggest challenge we all face is to do something about it. I think more people care in the world then don’t. For those that do care but haven’t done anything about it probably haven’t just because they don’t have time or just aren’t sure how to help.
I also just watched 7 pounds. Wow, what an awesome movie. I think this movie reveals the potential humans have to do good in the world, even if you are only touching 7 lives. It takes a lot to help one person but if you have the passion to do it, you can make the world of a difference. Our actions have a domino effect.
My commitment for this year is to help more people. I think I get so tied up in my job and doing things for myself that I forget to dedicate time to helping people.
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