Today people care about success and being healthy. They care about wealth and being loved and being happy. But people only think of that for themselves. Mark Bezos the VOULNTEER firefighter only got the opportunity to go and retrieve this woman a pair of shoes while the other firefighters got to save the dog and put out the fire. At the time he didn’t think that what he was doing would ever impact this woman’s life. He realized that his small act of kindness really did make an impact on this woman when the fire department received a letter from the woman thanking them for saving her house and even daring to have the kindness to get her a pair of shoes. Bezos’ lesson to the world was not to wait to make an impact on someone’s life because in the end you will regret it, and even when you don’t think that what you are doing is making a difference in someone’s life, it actually his. Bezos said “Not every day is going to offer us the chance to save someone’s life but, every day offers us the opportunity so affect one” and this is so true. So what have you done today that might have made a positive impact on someone? Make it a goal every day to do one kind thing for someone even if you think that no one is looking because someone always is. Every small act of kindness you do will make a difference not only in someone else’s life but also in yours.
Friday, May 6, 2011
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
TED blog 7 Ric Elias on Three Things That I Learned While My Plane Crashed
People in this day and age have learned to live in the moment, but sometimes living in the moment doesn’t allow us to see the bigger picture in life. When someone fails to see their own bigger picture they may never know their purpose in life and they may never find out. It took a plane crash for Ric Elias to see his bigger picture. It took that for him to find out that his purpose in life and the only thing that mattered to him was for him to be an amazing parent. It took a plane crash for him to realize that life is too short to waste especially too short waste the time that matters with those who matter to you. The lesson that he wanted to pass on to everyone was that living in the moment can be great but it all comes down to knowing your purpose in life and finding that one goal that will make you happy. Find the joy in life because it is too short to waste.
David Eggers on Once Upon a School
Students work better when they have one on one attention for their teachers. Now why aren’t there more opportunities for this in every neighborhood? There are tutoring facilities all over the place but no child wants to say that there are being tutored. Every kid wants to say that they go and do their homework in the back of a super hero warehouse or a pirate supply store. How easy would life be if kids got in the habit of doing their homework right after school? This is such a beneficial skill to all kids. If they can learn to manage their work by getting the one on one attention that they need. Kids have a chance to express their creativity to one person that can help them channel that into their writing and speaking. If tutoring centers can find a way to make tutoring more enjoyable kids will find a way to grasp these skills and use them to become better students. What matters from this video is that this one person had an idea to help kids in their learning and that turned in to this incredible place where kids want to come and do their homework. This turned into a sanctuary for writing. Kids got the opportunity to be published and they learned how to become successful writers who were taught by newspaper journalists and publishers. IF this opportunity could be given to every kid they would know how to write and harness their creativity to become an even more successful writer.
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