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Need 2 Pairs of Shoes, Please

December 16, 2008 By Leave a Comment

The 50,000 Pairs in 50 Days Challenge

My friends at Soles4Souls recently launched a campaign to raise 50,000 pairs of shoes for those who have never, I repeat, never had them before. While the goal is daunting, please don’t focus on the 50,000. Focus on the 2 for $5. Yep. INVEST $5 and GIVE 2 pairs of shoes…today.

In case you’re thinking, I don’t have $5 to give, consider the following ways to find $5 you didn’t even know you had:

  • Find and sell something forgotten on Craigslist
  • Cash in the piggy bank sitting on your dresser
  • Brew your coffee at home today and stop by here instead
  • Donate a percentage of your companies profit for one hour or one day
  • Make some fudge and sell it to a friend at work
  • Work one hour of overtime this week
  • Don’t order the dinner drink next time you go out to eat
  • Opt to borrow your next book, not buy it

What other creative ways can you find money in a cash-crunch economy?

GIVE.

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Now, we say goodbye to Mother Frances (hospital)

December 3, 2008 By 1 Comment

First of all, thank you all for your prayers and support of my dad. We, as a family, are elated that dad has made it through pneumonia, staph infection and surgery on his neck with flying colors. The best part is, after being told that he would remain in Mother Frances Hospital for the new two weeks, we are being told that he will get to go home today (Wednesday). If you know my dad, the idea of sitting in one room in one of two positions for the next 14 days was inconceivable. So this news comes with great excitement!

Thanks again!

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It’s time to change the filters

December 3, 2008 By 3 Comments

All filters require cleaning and changing. Overtime, they become clogged and full of dirt, residue and waste. If you don’t change the filter, your system bogs down and requires an increase in resources to operate at a normal capacity. This results in decrease output and efficiency.

Personal filters are no different.

We all start with a clean filter, then life happens: hurts, frustrations, abuse, misunderstanding, distrust, hate … the list goes on.

Here are five warnings signs that your filters need a change:

  • You assume you know what people are thinking
  • You start a sentence with “I will never…”
  • You offer more complaints than thanks
  • You’re always looking to place blame
  • You’re quick to judge someone you don’t know or just met

The important thing is to react quickly when your filters require a cleaning or change. If you miss the warning signs, your ability to see reality become seriously hindered, if not impossible.

Do yourself a favor, start today by changing one filter and leave a comment below on how your perspective changed. Here are some filters to choose from:

  • job
  • finances
  • spouse
  • child
  • boss
  • friend
  • yourself

It’s time to change the filters.

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