Showing posts with label quotes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label quotes. Show all posts

Friday, January 29, 2010

It's time to act!

“It is a revolutionary world that we all live in, thus you and your young compatriots everywhere, have had thrust upon you a greater burden of responsibility than any generation that has ever lived.” - Robert F Kennedy.

The time to act is now, all we have is today and today is a gift!
Each day carved out of time just for you, lets hope you make the most of each moment!
Get inspired, get involved.

Love - it's as simple and as difficult as that.

Monday, April 20, 2009

paying the poor

intrigued by a recent post, if you pay people to be poor, you'll never run out of poor people by dan hannan



"this big idea is very simply stated. Poverty is not simply an absence of money. rather, it is bound up with a whole set of other circumstances: lack of qualifications, demoralisation, family break-up, substance abuse, fatherlessness. it follows that you do not end poverty by giving money to the poor.. ..only when you tackle poverty holistically will you facilitate meaningful improvement."

if we really want to help we need to make sure the money we give is being used to change a situation for a group of people and not to enable the poverty to continue, it comes down to a level of commitment.. how much are you willing to commit when you give money? does the transaction end when the money leaves your hands or do you ensure it makes a meaningful change?

i think of it like this>
what rog(return on gift) can you give to the poor person? will the gift keep them where they are or will it help them improve their situation? where does your giving start and where does it end?

Gandhi - “Poverty, is the worst form of violence.”

Sunday, April 19, 2009

abundance

if you are not generous with a meager income, you will never be generous with abundance. harold nye

harold hit the nail on the head there, another great quote to get us thinking, constantly evaluating how much we give, if you are reading this post, this line right now, you have abundance/surplus.. what are you going to do with all of it?

may we never forget that feeling of giving, that internal smile of joy..

Friday, April 17, 2009

wisdom

Live Simply So That Others May Simply Live ~ Ghandi

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

I am 1

“I am one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something; I will not refuse to do something I can do.” - Helen Keller