Weekly Challenge - DO SOMETHING

Hold The Door Please...

I have been hesitant to post on the blog, but time for deliberation has expired. "Do Something" for me is presenting "challenges" to myself and hoping it can positively impact the lives of others by sharing them on here with you. That something does not have to be made public or get recognition, as long as it is the "right thing" to do a euphoric feeling will come about because you are taking part in something larger than self.
The Challenge, as the title states to DO SOMETHING, prompting us all to take action in order to affect change. There are so many issues plaguing our world today that we often attempt to disconnect ourselves from them because it does not hit home. We focus on what is here and now, or what immediately effects us personally - so the challenge is to do something here and now. In turn, the actions we take here and now will have instantaneous affects on our world both in the now and forever. Here is a practical example: Today I was at the top of a flight of stairs and a student held the door open for me until I made it down the stairs and through the door (the chain reaction has been sparked)So guess what I did the next time I had the opportunity - that's right, I held the door open for a person who was on their way to the door. Another example: Yesterday I stopped to pick up a cup left on the floor of a residence hall and a student saw this action and the piece of trash near his foot was picked up as well - what a wonderful feeling. It felt so good because typically students walk by and help rub trash into the carpet rather than taking .2 seconds to improve their living space.

It is important to know that our society can change with simple, every day actions, by normal every day people. One of best coaches I ever had the opprotounity to play for often stated "you dont have to do extrodinary things to be great, doing the ordinary things extrodinary is more effective". This references the fundamentals of athletics but also the basic functions of life. Doing what you can to help others is a fundamental function of being a human being. Going green involves more than recycling, the very notion of improving our world is an ordinary, extrrodinary action. Lets clean up our world together both mentally and physically!

Leave thinking about these thoughts:
Gandhi said "be the change you wish to see in the world"
Ben Franklin states "you may delay, but time will not"
Snickers "why wait, grab a snickers"

WHAT CHANGE DO YOU WANT TO SEE & WHAT WILL YOU DO?

Stay driven - your dreams can come true (ace a test, become a super star, pro athlete, get a job, lose weight, create an atmosphere of service etc.) - What about now? Do it!
Be Blessed and Inspired!