The Spirit of Giving Moves Us --- Day 35

Day 35

Ever heard of Sarah McLachlan? You may have seen her advertisement on TV with her famous song playing in the background, "In The Arms of an Angel." She has a most amazing voice and once you've heard her sing, you do not forget her.

Here is a story about Sarah that I didn't know before reading it. Perhaps you didn't know it either, so, we share it with you now: http://www.someonebelievesinyou.com/Letters/SarahMAdult.html

The article told about her socially charged video "World On Fire." Now I want to see it ;-). So, I found the link: http://www.worldonfire.ca/. Enjoy! There is a link below the video that shows all the donations she's given.

Sarah has a true Together We Can Change The World heart . . . and I'm grateful my son and I are World Changers with My Power Mall, and we are gifted the Someone Believes in You subscription as part of our monthly World Changer fee of only $15.95 per month. This is icing on the cake of an already incredible package we receive for being World Changers. For you see, without this subscription, we wouldn't have learned about Sarah's story ;-).

If you would like to know more of Sarah's story, click here to be taken to her website where you can read her touching biography:
http://www.sarahmclachlan.com/biography.html.

And, if you would like to get your own World Changer Mall AND be able to gift a F'REE World Changer Mall to a charity or non-profit of your choice, click here and watch the World Changer Video. We'll be glad to have your Together We Can Change The World heart join us and Ginny Dye as we make a difference in the world.

100% of the funds generated by clicking this link are used for the support of non-profits around the globe. It's Big Z's Foundation 1. Thank you for supporting us and funding a powerful mission to effect positive in our world: http://www.bigzgivesbig.com/.

As Suess Karlsson, the author of Sarah McLachlan's article, states, "I want to be like Sarah... more concerned for the people of the world. I wonder if you want to be like that, too? We can be, you know... just because we can't give away $150,000 doesn't mean we can't give our time, our hands or even just $5.00 to help someone else. "

We do want to be like Sarah. And though we may not be able to get a song that we sing out to the masses like she has, we can carry our songs in our hearts . . .

And, through http://www.bigzgivesbig.com/, we are able to give and give and give. That's what fills us up inside, because we are people. As people, we care for our fellow people. We are all members of humankind and we want to do what we can to help others while we are helping ourselves. Sarah is helping people get their basic needs met. Thankfully, many of our basic needs are met. But as we attend to our own needs that aren't met, we are fortunate to be able have a way to give back. Eventually, as all of our needs are met, we trust that we can increase our focus exponentially on helping others in this life. Wouldn't you agree?

Enjoy.

Lane and the Struggle of the Moth

From the Someone Believes in You subscription that comes with your World Changer Mall, I invite you to read this link about Lane and the Struggle of the Moth:

http://www.someonebelievesinyou.com/Letters/StruggleAdult.html

Enjoy.

Half-Step in this Mid-Week Steppin' It Up Series --- Day 17

Day 17

NO SCHOOL due to FLOODING.

Well, how many parents CAN identify with this situation due to the weather systems we're having these days? Most of them!

Big Z was sad about the no school call, however, he eased into full relaxation. He read a book, watched t.v., viewed a video, traded Pokemon cards, visited with his grandma, made gluten-free brownies, ate them, and walked to the post office with me and our neighbor, and lastly, played UNO with me. He was not about to do any homework OR any business this day.

Except:

Big Z listened actively to Ginny on the morning Boot Camp call regarding Chinese Bamboo. That, he felts, was worth listening to. I agree 100%.


Read the entire story here, an SBIY (Someone Believes In You) version by Ginny Dye:

http://www.someonebelievesinyou.com/Letters/chinesebambooadult.html





Accomplishments for our day:

Attend both Boot Camp calls.
--3 Follow-up calls. 1 from contact yesterday. Result: Not now due to life transition, but will follow along and consider later. 3 follow-up connects, and each haven't viewed info.
--1 Connect with team member. Good conversation.
--Visit http://www.flytoyourdreams.com/ website to take a look at Ginny's hand-bound inspirational books.
--still fatigued, but believe the bullet was dodged on full-flown virus, YEAH.
--catch up with Boot Campers' blogs and respond to some until 2 responses were eaten-- will retype those again tomorrow

Even though I'm tired (it's way past bedtime for this Mama), I'm beginning to feel that surge of energy that I've been awaiting . . . That powerful wave is coming into our lives just as Jacki and Ginny are speaking of . . . This is going to be cool. The experience. The year.

2009.

Enjoy.

Heading to bed with a song in my heart tonight:

Together We Can Change The World Song