making-a-difference

Discourse and critical thinking are essential tools when it comes to securing progress in a democratic society. But in the end, unity and engaged participation are what make it happen.

Having a vested interest in other souls unconditionally creates a ripple effect that produces miracles in the lives of those around us.

When we involve others in spontaneous acts of kindness, we go from being strangers to becoming a united team connected at the heart level.

In a world where very few people care if you live or die, there is a light that shines in the distance. It has a name that they call hope and it carries with it people that never stop caring. They learned long ago that extending mercy was not a choice, but a place where God lives.

If you're trying to serve someone in need and it doesn't hurt a little, you're doing something wrong. Sure, it's nice to lend a helping hand, but true compassion causes your heart to break - even at the moment you're helping...When people say the only reason to help the less fortunate is so you can feel better about yourself, I laugh. Those people obviously have never lived among the poor, the destitute, the heartbroken. They have never put themselves out there and truly suffered with someone in pain. This idea that philanthropy is self-medication is not true; in fact, it's so outrageous that it's laughable. If you're really helping someone in pain - if you're really experiencing compassion - you can't help but hurt too.This is the litmus test for those aspiring to make a difference in others' lives: Do we feel cheery about the work we're doing, or does it hurt a little, maybe even a lot? If the latter, you're on the right track.

An act of kindness may take only a moment of our time, but when captured in the heart the memory lives forever.

This is what made the difference, they used social networking for entertainment and I used it for business.

...if anything matters then everything matters. Because you are important, everything you do is important. Every time you forgive, the universe changes; every time you reach out and touch a heart or a life, the world changes; with every kindness and service, seen or unseen, my purposes are accomplished and nothing will be the same again.

Turning up our light in the presence of those whose light is dim becomes the difference that makes the difference.

A person cannot shine light if he is afraid of the dark.

But one of the things I have learned during the time I have spent in the United States is an old African American saying: Each one, teach one. I want to believe that I am here to teach one and, more, that there is one here who is meant to teach me. And if we each one teach one, we will make a difference.

To make a difference in the world, it only takes one optimistic person, who can gather millions of people to make the change.

When we face our fear of death and slow down our busy lives, we come to realize our relationships are precious, a part of life__ foundation. Knowing this fact helps us to understand that death__ true purpose is to teach us how to live.

Love people who hate you. Pray for people who have wronged you. It won__ just change their life_it__l change yours.

When you have discovered your significance, your life will now begin to move towards making a difference.

When you live for the purpose of making a difference for the people, for society, for the things that are beyond you, then significance will not be able to elude you.

Though you can live for as much as you like, but your longevity is stupidity if you were leading a worthless life.

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