• The 1 book by Dan Zadra & Kobi Yamada
  • How many people does it take to make a difference? One One song can spark a moment One flower can wake the dream One tree can start a forest One bird can herald spring One smile begins a friendship One handclasp lifts a soul One star can guide a ship at sea One word can frame the goal One vote can change a nation One sunbeam lights a room One candle wipes out darkness One laugh will conquer gloom One step must start each journey One word must start a prayer One hope will raise our spirits One touch can show you care One voice can speak with wisdom One heart can know what’s true One life can make a difference. That difference starts with you. -Unknown The world needs more you in it. In her speeches, Marian Wright Edelman, founder of the Children’s Fund, reminds us that a lot of people these days are till waiting for Martin Luther King, Jr., Mother Teresa or Mahatma Gandhi to come back-but they are gone. We are it. It is up to us now. It is up to you. More than ever before, our world needs more goodness, more kindness, more caring, more action, more you in it. John F. Kennedy said that one person can make a difference, and every person must try. What if each of us really tried? What if each of us spontaneously decided that, one by one, we really can be the better world we wish for? This is our time, yours and mine. You have important discoveries to make. Now is the time to make them. You have important talents to develop. Now is the time to develop them. You have important gifts to give the world. Now is the time to give them.'
  • Odds of Your Being Born If we have never been amazed by the very fact that we exist, we are squandering the greatest fact of all. -Will Durant Statistically, the probability of any one of us being born exactly as we are in this precise time and place is so unlikely that your very existence verges on the miraculous and should be a continuing source of dazzlement for you. - Odds of bowling a 300 game: 1 in 11,500 - Odds of being hit by lightning: 1 in 576,000 - Odds of getting a royal flush on first five cards: 1 in 649,740 - Odds of becoming U.S. President: 1 in 10,000,000 - Odds of winning $340 million jackpot in MegaMillions lottery: about 1 in 175,000,000 - Odds of your being born in this particular time, place and circumstance: about 1 in 400,000,000,000 ** **Odds calculated by factoring in the chances of survival of a continuous lineage of more than 100,000 generations of your predecessors, all surviving successive natural disasters throughout more than a million years of geological time, including factors of evolution, biogenesis, specific sperm and egg combinations, ultimately merging successfully together to result in the one-and-only YOU. You are not here by mistake. Around the world and down through the ages there has never been another you, and there will never be another you. The miracle of your existence is now in your hands. You are here for a purpose. You have something that only you can give to the world. Take time to consider what that is.
  • Calling All Heroes We relish news of our heroes, forgetting that we are extraordinary to someone too. -Helen Hayes Will Tough Times Pull Us Together...Or Pull Us Apart? During difficult times, some say that people will think only of themselves-that it’s every man for himself-but is that really the case? According to Nancy Gibbs of Time Magazine, there seems to be another kind of story at large in our land. It’s the story of millions of people who believe that problems shared grow smaller, that courage is contagious, that each of us can make a difference in the lives of our neighbors, and that a crises is an opportunity to pull together instead of pulling apart: - Someone placed an 18-karat-gold diamond ring in the Salvation Army kettle in Uniontown, Pennsylvania. - Food donations in Paradise, California are up five-fold. - A Santa Clarita, California family took in an 83-year-old woman left homeless by wildfires and helped rebuild her life. - A Sioux Falls, South Dakota hotel manager came up with a plan to open his doors to 200 homeless people at Christmas. - Mississippi, which ranks as the most generous state in charitable giving, is also the poorest. Maybe as times get worse we bet better. Our pain makes us feel other people’s too; our fear lets us practice valor; we are tense, and tender as well. And among the things we can no longer afford are things we never really wanted anyway.... -Nancy Gibbs Those who say there are no heroes left in the world just don’t know where to look. You can see heroes every day, going in and out of schools, hospitals, homes and businesses. Heroes are everyday people who have chosen to give a portion of their lives to something bigger than themselves. Heroes light a candle in the dark. They just have a way of brightening our world with a word, an example, a gift, a hand, an idea. We all need heroes. They inspire us to be better versions of ourselves. Who are your heroes and how do they inspire you? What more could you be doing to encourage, help, support or inspire those who look up to you?
  • Which path of service is yours? To make a difference is not a matter of accident, a matter of casual occurrence of the tides. People choose to make a difference. -Maya Angelou There is a cause or an issue out there with your name on it...something you care about...someplace where you can serve or make a difference in a way that is unique to you. Whatever it is, find it-and follow it. Let the answers to these questions guide you to your path of service. Causes I care about-things that get my creative juices flowing: Things that upset me, or make my blood boil: Things that make me sad, cry or feel indignant: Issues I always talk about with my friends: Right spread Are you a natural at entertaining children, working with animals, giving speeches, planning events, taking pictures, talking on the phone, being patient with the elderly, crunching numbers, writing letters, rallying support...or just working quietly behind the scenes to get things done? Know in your heart that these gifts are given to you for a reason-how can you use them for good? Just connect the dots between your concerns and your talents. List your strengths Things I am good at: Things that make me feel good: Talents I would be excited to use more: Unique background or experience: Everybody has a strength to share. If we can tap into that-if people can find ways to contribute whatever their particular unique talent or gift is, then that really can change the world. -Bill Shore, founder, Share Our Strength
  • Here is the test to find whether or not your mission on earth is finished. If you are alive, it isn’t. -Richard Bach Right spread Years ago, Sam Levinson was filled with joy and hope at the birth of his new granddaughter. One night he sat down and wrote a letter to her-something he hoped she would read again and again as she grew up and made her way through the world. He wrote, in part, We leave you a tradition with a future. The tender loving care of human beings will never become obsolete. People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed and redeemed and redeemed. As you grow older you will discover that you have two hands-one for helping yourself and the other for helping others. Never throw anyone away. May God bless you with the foolishness to think that you can make a difference in the world, so that you will do the things which others tell you cannot be done. You have great days still ahead of you. May there be many of them. -Unknown
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