Make a Difference Today!

Condoleezza Rice once said that tackling the problems of the world can become overwhelming, but any contribution to a solution, however small, is valuable. "All you have to do with the large, huge, and very frightening problems that we face is to make a contribution. If you focus too much on solving that problem, rather than just making a contribution to its solution, I'm afraid that you will become paralyzed at the enormity of the task and unable to do anything at all. People say that time is running out for us. Well, maybe.... All that we can do is hope that we have the time and to work consistently to make sure that we make good use of that time." (Condi - The Condoleezza Rice Story by Antonia Felix, pg 151)

We need to ask ourselves, a hundred years from now, will it have made a difference that I lived? Did I wake up every day and give it my best, pursuing my dreams and goals? Did I keep my heart of compassion open, helping others, giving, caring, serving? Our attitude should be, “I’m going to leave this place better off than it was before. I’m going to make a difference with my life.”

Don't just make a living, make a difference! This holiday season, lets give a gift worth remembering. A gift of energy independence. A gift of clean technology. A gift of green and sustainability.

This song has been a source of inspiration for me over the years: We are the World!

Tile: Michael Jackson - We Are the World
Lyrics from http://www.lyrics007.com/

There comes a time
When we heed a certain call
When the world must come together as one
There are people dying
And it's time to lend a hand to life
The greatest gift of all

We can't go on
Pretending day by day
That someone, somewhere will soon make a change
We are all a part of God's great big family
And the truth, you know love is all we need

[Chorus]
We are the world
We are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let's start giving
There's a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day
Just you and me

Send them your heart
So they'll know that someone cares
And their lives will be stronger and free
As God has shown us by turning stone to bread
So we all must lend a helping hand

[Chorus]
We are the world
We are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let's start giving
There's a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day
Just you and me

When you're down and out
There seems no hope at all
But if you just believe
There's no way we can fall
Well, well, well, well, let us realize
That a change will only come
When we stand together as one

[Chorus]
We are the world
We are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let's start giving
There's a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day
Just you and me