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Archive for June 12, 2011
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| Jun 12, 2011 |
| “Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which you need more than I do.” — Kahlil Gibran |
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 “I work at a school and today I went in extra early to decorate the caretaker’s little office. I decorated it with balloons, banners and streamers and left a chocolate orange on his table, for his 50th birthday. He gets to school early each morning, and when he arrives today, I hope this little surprise will make him smile.” — damsel182
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| “Sometimes I feel that life hasn’t been kind to me but recently I realized that I haven’t done too much for the world either. So instead of waiting for when happiness will come to me, I wanna spread it to others so I can make someone happy. When I know I have made a positive difference for someone, even if it’s a small one, I will be happy.” — janjiyer |
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Life shrinks and expands in proportion to one’s courage.
– Anais Nin –
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How One Teenager Used Her Life Savings
After finishing high school in New Jersey, Maggie Doyne took a gap year during which she did service projects and cultural programs in South Asia. In India, she met a teenage refugee who had escaped Nepal seven years earlier. Maggie felt moved to accompany the girl back to Nepal in search of her family. In the process, she was deeply touched by the orphans she met in the villages. “It was really this rude awakening,” Maggie said. “I thought, it only takes $5 admission and $5 for a uniform to put her into school. Why can’t I do that?” So Maggie had her parents wire her all $5000 of her life savings, using it to build an orphanage and then a school for children in that remote area. She continues to run it at the ripe age of 24. { read more }
Be The Change
Follow your inner voice and take a small but courageous step today. |
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Sangha of Auspicious Companions 