When you think about how many people are in the world its kind of overwhelming. According to just about everybody today the planet is way over populated. Think about what a difference we could make if every person did just one good deed a day. I'm not talking about spending half your day building houses or giving up your night to volunteer at the local shelter. If that's what you choose to do thats great. But it doesn't have to be something huge to make a difference. All the little things we do count too whether you think they do or not.
Giving an extra 5 minutes when you pass someone you know to find out how they are can make a difference. Or even finding out about someone you don't know.
I work with this older man. He's a delivery guy at the pizza place where I work. Every Saturday night when I go into work about 9 o'clock this older man is supposed to check out at about 9 or 10 depending on how busy we are. Every Saturday night he'll check out and give me his money to put away and then he'll sit and talk to me and sometimes he stays until we close at 1 am. We sit and talk about everything. He tells me about his wife and why he doesn't look forward to going home and just how unhappy he is with life. I feel bad but I know that, that time I spend with him every Saturday night makes him happy. If everybody spent just a little bit of their time and did something good just think about how great life could be.
Have you ever walked past smiled at a stranger and seen that look in their eye. That look like you just made their day. Its amazing that something as little as a smile can make others feel happy and yet most people can't find the time to do even that.
If you don't have time or feel like smiling you could always donate money, clothes, toys, books and well the list goes on forever. If every person on our planet would donate just $1 it could make a huge difference. We could find a cure for aids, or help to win the fight against cancer.
I feel like I'm meant to do something great. I haven't figured out what it is yet but I know that I don't want to be actress great. I want to do something to help people, something that will make our world a better place.
Here are a few of the things I've been looking at and a few I've even donated to:
Standup2cancer.org
care.org
cancer.org
habitat.org
volunteermatch.com
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