"If you are lucky enough to be successful, you have a responsibility to give back. We're all intertwined. We're responsible to make the world a better place for one another."
Lori Greiner, inventor, entrepreneur and co-host of Shark Tank.
I recently heard about a program at University of Dayton in Ohio. Recent graduates from college have taken a year to live in groups of four with other graduates in a challenged, poor and under-served community. They are choosing and offering a year of service to their community to make a difference in the lives of others who have not had opportunities, encouragement and support systems to inspire them.
According to Alma Powell and General Colin Powell, "Devoting a year after high school or college to serve their community lets them join with others in works of healing. This cause of helping children become healthy, moral, skilled adults is the cause that will determine the future of our nation. Raising children prepared for lives of accomplishment, self-respect, and contribution is our core responsibility. We can make a difference, one caring adult and one child at a time."
"Be ye fishers of men. You catch 'um--He'll clean 'em"
"Are you fishing or just preoccupied with the net?"
Both taken from a church bulletin
Are you ready to make a difference? We can't save the world but we can lessen the burden of just one person we meet. It is easy to look away or at the computer or cell phone. It takes love to reach out!
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