Change and choice. These go hand in hand in making a difference.
Just yesterday I came across a group on facebook in regards to the Victorian bushfires. A young woman decided to take an opportunity of the current Samboy competition giving away $10k to the largest group promoting them and decided to win it for Red Cross. When I joined there was just under 20,000 members. This afternoon it hit 40,000 members. I have no doubt it will reach 50,000 by the end of today.
It reminds me of an NSLF I attended a couple of years ago. A young man I met was moved by our guest speaker that night. Soon after the talk, the young guy found an empty container and asked that it go around. Just in that room alone within 20mins had raised $2000 and was able to hand it over to the guest speaker that night.
It is these people that inspire me and others. Of course it is easy to cop flack for doing so. Taking a great leap forward when no one else is brave enough. There can only be so much talk. It takes a great deal of confidence to just act.
These people don’t do it for kudos. They do it to enable others to create change. They make the choice to put their name forward and do something.
I believe both of these young people will go and do bigger and better things for others, with or without receiving kudos- because they are doing this from the heart.
Both appeals are doing great work for country Australia who unfortunately battle it out much harder working with the land. Spare a thought for what people are going through and ask yourself; can I really compare? There will always be situations where people are doing better or worse. Its all about filling in that gap.
I leave you with this: “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi
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