Comments on: Time to make a difference. Are you ready?

By: Cleonice

Cleonice — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 09:36:10 +0000

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By: SMA

SMA — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 03:22:33 +0000

Making a difference. No matter what you do, someone is watching you. What book are you allowing them to read? What “golden nuggets” are you giving them to apply to their lives? In your living book is there a chapter on charity? Is there a chapter on respect? What about ethics? How about family values? I believe one misconception we have is everyday individuals can’t have the same impact on society as the rich as famous. While the rich and famous may have a bigger audience temporarily, those of us who are equally as rich in kindness are in a better position to build more meaningful relationships by making ourselves available. In football there’s a stat analyst track called YAC yards, or Yards After Catch. The idea is once the ball is in the player’s hand, what will he/she do with it on their own? This gives an indication of how good a player is. What if our “RAK” yards, Random Acts of Kindness, were tracked. How would we measure up? Would our stats say we were a blessing to others, too selfish to give, or not enough acts of kindness to score? What are we doing with the blessing we have been bestowed with? The thing about making a difference and random acts of kindness is that anyone can participate at any time. So just as others have inspired you to become who you are today, pay it forward by encouraging, helping, or supporting others. Good deeds never go unrewarded. If you are looking to grab more blessings, you must first release the blessings you are currently holding in your hands.

By: Kristina Patrice

Kristina Patrice — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 04:35:34 +0000

We exchange energy with people for a reason. We are characters in God’s play. He wrote the script and we are to just live our roles. People fail to realise that God can use anyone to bless us. He can use anyone to teach us. We can’t judge the person. We really should not judge people at all. God can use a stranger to bless you and you may miss that blessing for assuming that a well-known individual will bless us. Let God be God. Let Him order your steps. You have enough to be worried about by just being you. Get out of His way and allow Him to control your blessings. It’s funny how we shoot prayer requests to God and ask His Will to be done; yet, we try to control and influence His Will. If He needed our help, He wouldn’t need us to pray to Him. We should be humble at all times and always consider that the very person we mistreat will be a person we may need in the future. It’s hard to be consistently bubbly and always happy. But, it doesn’t take much effort to smile or say “thank you” or “please.” It’s small things like manners that have the BIGGEST impacts…

By: LaTavya

LaTavya — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 00:23:51 +0000

I believe we all have neglected to share knowledge or experiences at some point. I don’t believe this neglect is due to our selfishness or inability to express ourselves properly; I believe our neglect to share knowledge or experiences is because of the fear of rejection and the fear of strangers. We all hear that voice in our heads telling us to lend a ride to the mother on the busstop with two small children. I know I’ve heard that voice before, but I don’t always stop because she’s not in my comfort zone – she’s a stranger. I even hear the voice in my head telling me to correct a colleague’s misuse of words or grammatical mistakes, but most times I don’t because I fear them rejecting me, rejecting my knowledge. It is sad to say, but fear causes us to miss out on helping others and consequently feeling good about ourselves. I can attest that when I have chosen to give a stranger a ride, or tell a young man to pull up his pants, or tell a young girl the correct way is “You are..” and not “You is…” or share my stories of extreme adversity with women who are going through what I’ve been through, it does make me feel good that I’ve lended a helping hand, and it always surprises me that they have never rejected me and are ready to accept my gesture or hear my advice. Doing good is contagious. Helping someone or sharing with someone causes them to want to help and share with others. Then, it’s like a domino effect. I can’t help but now think about all the times strangers have helped me and shared their experience and expertise and how it has boosted my knowledge and capabilities. You know, I believe in a divine power (GOD) who causes all encouters and interactions to happen for a reason. That reason, I believe, is to interact in godliness, to always be friendly and helpful. We do lose sight of this because of fear, but fear is of the enemy and the enemy’s goal is to keep the world divided and callous. And it’s true, sometimes people just want you to listen. Even lending an ear is a way of helping. Now, as I am responding to this parent post, I am reminded of the many times I’ve heard that still, small voice tell me to invite that stranger to church or invite that co-worker to church, and I ignore it. I can’t help but wonder what my fear has caused those individuals to miss.