Looking for something fun to do this weekend? Are you tired of going to dinner and then a movie? Well, it’s time to think outside the box.
You were cooped up indoors for the winter. Now the spring weather is inviting you to join it in an outside adventure. What has your soul, heart or body longed to do for so long? Have you wanted to try an adrenaline rush or a new adventure? Now is the time to do it. Don’t wait any longer!
If you are looking for a little adventure, try something a bit out of your comfort zone. Jump on a 4-wheeler, and go tracing through the fields, woods or open land. You can create your own track and drive like you are a contestant in NASCAR. Or climb on the back of a horse, and let the animal take you on a journey. If you’re a competitor like me, it’s enjoyable to be able to slowly walk alongside someone, and then seconds later to race that person on his/her horse, knowing your horse is so much better than the other one. Of course, there is no bias there either.
Want a little workout? Don’t go walk around your block, grab your loved one, find a trail and go on a hike. Or do a little research and go rock climbing. Yes, you can probably do this at your nearest mall or sports center. But I mean, go and actually rock climb outside. There are groups you can join and places to do this outside. One time will not be enough; you will want to keep rock climbing. Once you get a taste of it, it’s addicting. It gives you a boost of energy, and when you are finished you feel a huge sense of accomplishment.
If you aren’t scared of heights, you have a ton of options. My personal favorite, you can take your favorite person, whether it’s a significant other, your sister or best friend, on a hot air balloon ride. You can create romance or fun, while you see the city from another perspective. This ride is one that can’t be duplicated and one you won’t forget. You can also relax while you parasail above an ocean. This allows you peace and quiet, while you see the beauty from another point of view. Make sure your camera has a strap attached, so you can securely take it up with you. You want to make sure you catch these moments.
Are you seeking adrenaline? You probably have already thought about bungee jumping or skydiving. If you have already done it, try it again, but in a different way. Try bungee jumping from a higher spot or get trained to skydive solo. If you want something brand new, get certified to scuba dive or go on a shark dive. Yes, I said a shark dive. It may sound a bit frightening, but if adrenaline is what you seek, then shark diving is right up your alley. There is no experience quite like it, and you will be talking about it for years, looking forward to the time you can do it again. But make sure you buy an underwater camera. You can’t afford to miss those close ups of the sharks.
Whether you go horseback riding or shark diving, make sure you take advantage of the spring weather. Before you know it, it will be summer, and all you will want to do is stay inside with the air or be in the pool, lake or ocean. This is the right time to get out and soak up the weather, as you are exploring different activities and yourself. Don’t wait! This is the perfect weekend to get started. ENJOY THE FUN!
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
SELLING YOURSELF
How much time do you spend selling yourself? No matter if you are looking for a new job, having a meeting with your boss, or networking, you may not be aware of it, but you are selling yourself. These interactions may lead to that new job or your boss giving you a promotion or meeting a new client.
You may not have majored in marketing; therefore, you never had to take a sales class. You don’t consider yourself a salesperson at all. You just don’t have “that personality.” But everyone needs to be a salesperson, because you are always selling yourself. There are several ways you can master selling yourself:
1. Always dress the part. There are days that you just don’t feel like going to work. Or days that you are so tired, you want to sleep an extra 15 minutes, so you won’t do your hair. You always want to look your best, because you don’t know what that day has in store for you. Maybe you are meeting an unscheduled client that will bring in business for the next three years. You want to look and be prepared.
2. Have the right attitude. When you are going to a networking event, don’t be a wallflower. You are there to meet people and introduce yourself. Don’t stand in the back alone and not talk to anyone. That defeats the whole purpose. Make yourself known. Have the courage and go up to strangers. They aren’t going to be rude or not talk to you. That’s how they become friends or possible future coworkers.
3. Be passionate. Love what you do and do what you love. If you aren’t then be passionate about what you are doing. Become interested. Research more, and maybe you will find an undiscovered treasure that you can apply to your job. When you have that next great idea at work, make sure you present it with enthusiasm and passion. You might be amazed at how far these can go in selling your idea and you.
4. Know what’s going on in the industry. If you know what is happening in your industry, with your competition, and with your own company, you will be able to talk with anyone. You can offer your suggestions or counter someone else with what your biggest competitor is doing and how you can do it better. You will look like you keep up with the trends and are interested in helping your company achieve better success.
5. Join social networking sites. If you are not on Linkedin, Facebook or Twitter, join them. Some companies look at your Linkedin profile when hiring. You may not have time to be on different social media sites, but really how much time does it take? Two minutes? Three minutes? Everyone can find two to three minutes in his/her day for social media. Companies know that social media is not the future, it’s the now. And you should too.
If you ever think, it’s not about selling yourself, think again. Even in your personal life, it’s about selling you. If you are at a store wanting to find an item, the clerk will likely help more efficiently when you are nicer to him. You may get a five minute longer massage, because you asked the masseur about her personal life. The agent may give you a better deal or find a coupon, because you treated him like he was a real person and not someone there to “serve” you.
You are constantly selling yourself. Put some thought and effort into this job. Once you excel at it, you can surpass other interviewers for a new job, meet with your boss without reservations, and network with the best of them. So make sure you have the necessarily skills to make the best impression you can, because you never know what the unknown reward might be and how you can benefit from it.
You may not have majored in marketing; therefore, you never had to take a sales class. You don’t consider yourself a salesperson at all. You just don’t have “that personality.” But everyone needs to be a salesperson, because you are always selling yourself. There are several ways you can master selling yourself:
1. Always dress the part. There are days that you just don’t feel like going to work. Or days that you are so tired, you want to sleep an extra 15 minutes, so you won’t do your hair. You always want to look your best, because you don’t know what that day has in store for you. Maybe you are meeting an unscheduled client that will bring in business for the next three years. You want to look and be prepared.
2. Have the right attitude. When you are going to a networking event, don’t be a wallflower. You are there to meet people and introduce yourself. Don’t stand in the back alone and not talk to anyone. That defeats the whole purpose. Make yourself known. Have the courage and go up to strangers. They aren’t going to be rude or not talk to you. That’s how they become friends or possible future coworkers.
3. Be passionate. Love what you do and do what you love. If you aren’t then be passionate about what you are doing. Become interested. Research more, and maybe you will find an undiscovered treasure that you can apply to your job. When you have that next great idea at work, make sure you present it with enthusiasm and passion. You might be amazed at how far these can go in selling your idea and you.
4. Know what’s going on in the industry. If you know what is happening in your industry, with your competition, and with your own company, you will be able to talk with anyone. You can offer your suggestions or counter someone else with what your biggest competitor is doing and how you can do it better. You will look like you keep up with the trends and are interested in helping your company achieve better success.
5. Join social networking sites. If you are not on Linkedin, Facebook or Twitter, join them. Some companies look at your Linkedin profile when hiring. You may not have time to be on different social media sites, but really how much time does it take? Two minutes? Three minutes? Everyone can find two to three minutes in his/her day for social media. Companies know that social media is not the future, it’s the now. And you should too.
If you ever think, it’s not about selling yourself, think again. Even in your personal life, it’s about selling you. If you are at a store wanting to find an item, the clerk will likely help more efficiently when you are nicer to him. You may get a five minute longer massage, because you asked the masseur about her personal life. The agent may give you a better deal or find a coupon, because you treated him like he was a real person and not someone there to “serve” you.
You are constantly selling yourself. Put some thought and effort into this job. Once you excel at it, you can surpass other interviewers for a new job, meet with your boss without reservations, and network with the best of them. So make sure you have the necessarily skills to make the best impression you can, because you never know what the unknown reward might be and how you can benefit from it.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
SPRING'S BRIGHT COLORS
For me, this time of year dominates clothes with the bright, fun colors. There is nothing like putting on a turquoise shirt or hot pink slacks. Of course, you have to have the personality to go along with your clothes to pull it off successfully. And that confidence is within all of us.
We all have those days, the ones where we feel a little less than our best selves. We may just want to lie in bed all day. Or when we look in the mirror, we just don’t feel like we look pretty. Our hair won’t do what we want it to do, our skin is less than perfect, and bags may be appearing under our eyes. We know what they days look like. When they arise, the day drags on and on, for what could be eternity in our minds.
If you’re like me, when you look in your closet, some days you think, “Wow, I have so many great things to wear. What shall it be today?”
Then a week later, you look at the same things and think, “I don’t have a single thing to wear. What am I going to wear?”
I know, it’s all about perspective, because nothing in your closet has even changed. Yet now, you can’t find anything to wear. When you have these days…these days when you just don’t feel yourself or “there is nothing to wear,” pull out the brightest pair of pants or the most fun shirt and arrange your wardrobe around this one item. Take out those hot pink pants and browse your shirts. What shirt would have you walking around thinking, “Thank goodness my outfit looks good today, because it’s making up for the rest of me!”
Maybe that semi-sparkly gray shirt with a thin white long sleeved shirt over it would make the perfect outfit! That will do the trick. And to top off the fabulous creation, there is nothing better than some sparkly chandelier style hot pink earrings with hot pink bow heel shoes. Now you are talking!
A bright colored shirt or pair of pants can get any girl in the mood to face the day. And when people look and comment on how much they love your outfit, you will smile, knowing that they aren’t even noticing that you may look a little less than your best, because your wardrobe makes up for any imperfections you may be feeling. And when they say, “Oh I love your hot pink pants” or “I love your sparkly shirt,” you forget yourself that today you don’t look your hottest! Because those bright colors, hot pink, lavender, plum, bright yellow, emerald green, of Spring can overcome any blue mood.
We all have those days, the ones where we feel a little less than our best selves. We may just want to lie in bed all day. Or when we look in the mirror, we just don’t feel like we look pretty. Our hair won’t do what we want it to do, our skin is less than perfect, and bags may be appearing under our eyes. We know what they days look like. When they arise, the day drags on and on, for what could be eternity in our minds.
If you’re like me, when you look in your closet, some days you think, “Wow, I have so many great things to wear. What shall it be today?”
Then a week later, you look at the same things and think, “I don’t have a single thing to wear. What am I going to wear?”
I know, it’s all about perspective, because nothing in your closet has even changed. Yet now, you can’t find anything to wear. When you have these days…these days when you just don’t feel yourself or “there is nothing to wear,” pull out the brightest pair of pants or the most fun shirt and arrange your wardrobe around this one item. Take out those hot pink pants and browse your shirts. What shirt would have you walking around thinking, “Thank goodness my outfit looks good today, because it’s making up for the rest of me!”
Maybe that semi-sparkly gray shirt with a thin white long sleeved shirt over it would make the perfect outfit! That will do the trick. And to top off the fabulous creation, there is nothing better than some sparkly chandelier style hot pink earrings with hot pink bow heel shoes. Now you are talking!
A bright colored shirt or pair of pants can get any girl in the mood to face the day. And when people look and comment on how much they love your outfit, you will smile, knowing that they aren’t even noticing that you may look a little less than your best, because your wardrobe makes up for any imperfections you may be feeling. And when they say, “Oh I love your hot pink pants” or “I love your sparkly shirt,” you forget yourself that today you don’t look your hottest! Because those bright colors, hot pink, lavender, plum, bright yellow, emerald green, of Spring can overcome any blue mood.
Monday, March 21, 2011
SURVIVING A NATURAL DISASTER
What happens after a natural disaster strikes, and you survive?
In Japan, rescuers still discover bodies left ten days ago by the 9.0 earthquake, which then ignited a tsunami that destroyed the northeast coast. Police said over 15,000 have been killed by these disasters, with more than 20,000 missing or dead in total.
But some people, miraculously, are still being found. An 80-year-old grandma, Sumi Abe, and her 16-year-old grandson, Jin Abe, were discovered today on the roof of their destroyed house. Until now, Jin Abe had not been able to climb out of the debris to seek help. They were both wrapped in several blankets to keep warm and survived on food from their refrigerator. Jin and Sumi were both taken to a hospital.
“I always believed they were alive," Jin’s father, Akira Abe, said, according to msnbc.com.
Rescuers are still searching for more missing people, hoping they might find some additional miracles in a time of turmoil and grief.
Haitians can empathize with the Japanese. A year after a 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti, they mourn the ones they lost and celebrate the lives still left.
“We've had an earthquake, hurricane, cholera, but we are still here, and we are still together," said Charlemagne Sintia, according to news.yahoo.com.
With this natural disaster hitting Haiti’s capital Port au Prince, where a third of the country’s population lives, the death toll was over 316,000. Over a million of its residents remain homeless, living in camps, unable to afford homes.
Debris is still being cleared away and the landscape resembles the same as it did after the earthquake, since the reconstruction efforts have yet to begin on the much-needed areas.
Although rescuers are still finding bodies, more than a year after the earthquake, people remain positive.
"God blessed me by taking only one of my cousins that day. Our house collapsed but we have health and life," said Terez Benitot, according to news.yahoo.com.
So for now, Haitians can look at the Japanese and feel their pain, because they know all too well what it is like to be where they are. But they also know when time passes, the wounds will begin to heal.
In Japan, rescuers still discover bodies left ten days ago by the 9.0 earthquake, which then ignited a tsunami that destroyed the northeast coast. Police said over 15,000 have been killed by these disasters, with more than 20,000 missing or dead in total.
But some people, miraculously, are still being found. An 80-year-old grandma, Sumi Abe, and her 16-year-old grandson, Jin Abe, were discovered today on the roof of their destroyed house. Until now, Jin Abe had not been able to climb out of the debris to seek help. They were both wrapped in several blankets to keep warm and survived on food from their refrigerator. Jin and Sumi were both taken to a hospital.
“I always believed they were alive," Jin’s father, Akira Abe, said, according to msnbc.com.
Rescuers are still searching for more missing people, hoping they might find some additional miracles in a time of turmoil and grief.
Haitians can empathize with the Japanese. A year after a 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti, they mourn the ones they lost and celebrate the lives still left.
“We've had an earthquake, hurricane, cholera, but we are still here, and we are still together," said Charlemagne Sintia, according to news.yahoo.com.
With this natural disaster hitting Haiti’s capital Port au Prince, where a third of the country’s population lives, the death toll was over 316,000. Over a million of its residents remain homeless, living in camps, unable to afford homes.
Debris is still being cleared away and the landscape resembles the same as it did after the earthquake, since the reconstruction efforts have yet to begin on the much-needed areas.
Although rescuers are still finding bodies, more than a year after the earthquake, people remain positive.
"God blessed me by taking only one of my cousins that day. Our house collapsed but we have health and life," said Terez Benitot, according to news.yahoo.com.
So for now, Haitians can look at the Japanese and feel their pain, because they know all too well what it is like to be where they are. But they also know when time passes, the wounds will begin to heal.
Sunday, June 13, 2010
I want my OWN SHOW!
I want my OWN show, and Oprah can help me do that! You can help me...Go to
http://myown.oprah.com/audition/index.html?request=video_details&response_id=6426&promo_id=1\
and VOTE 100 times a day, it will take less than 5 minutes. Then email the link to your friends, and have them do the same and have them send it to their friends and do the same. If everyone hits VOTE 100 times a day, we can win this contest. The 5 people with the most votes automatically move onto the next round! and YOU can help me do just that!
So, hit VOTE, back button, VOTE, back button for just 5 minutes, and I'll have the needed votes to win! Start right now and don't forget to email to all your friends.
You can also go to OPRAH.COM/AUDITION and search JESSICA RECTOR...Thank you for your help!
http://myown.oprah.com/audition/index.html?request=video_details&response_id=6426&promo_id=1\
and VOTE 100 times a day, it will take less than 5 minutes. Then email the link to your friends, and have them do the same and have them send it to their friends and do the same. If everyone hits VOTE 100 times a day, we can win this contest. The 5 people with the most votes automatically move onto the next round! and YOU can help me do just that!
So, hit VOTE, back button, VOTE, back button for just 5 minutes, and I'll have the needed votes to win! Start right now and don't forget to email to all your friends.
You can also go to OPRAH.COM/AUDITION and search JESSICA RECTOR...Thank you for your help!
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Oprah Looking For Talk Show Host
Okay, everyone out there, I need your help! I'm in the Oprah search for the next talk show show. I'm the perfect person for the job. I have worked several years on getting my talk show on television. I've done over 50 episodes, and I recently filmed three live studio audience shows, which was absolutely amazing! I loved every minute of it!
The jessICAREctor Show encourages, empowers, and educates by people sharing their stories in order to make a difference and change the world..one story at a time. Think of a story you have heard, whether it's Susan G. Komen or someone you personally know and how it's impacted your life. By people sharing their stories, we have the possibility of helping so many others.
Oprah is looking for someone to have his/her own talk show on OWN. The 5 people with the most votes automatically move onto the next round! I want to guarantee my spot there, so I need your votes! You can votes a million times a day each day if you want. There are people who already have a million votes, so I'm the dark horse coming from behind. But every vote counts, so get your family and friends involved...and start VOTING NOW!
Go to
http://myown.oprah.com/audition/index.html?request=video_details&response_id=6426&promo_id=1
Write your television and radio stations or call your local newspaper! Spread the word about my show, because together, we can make a difference and change the world...one story at a time. Thank you for your help and support!
The jessICAREctor Show encourages, empowers, and educates by people sharing their stories in order to make a difference and change the world..one story at a time. Think of a story you have heard, whether it's Susan G. Komen or someone you personally know and how it's impacted your life. By people sharing their stories, we have the possibility of helping so many others.
Oprah is looking for someone to have his/her own talk show on OWN. The 5 people with the most votes automatically move onto the next round! I want to guarantee my spot there, so I need your votes! You can votes a million times a day each day if you want. There are people who already have a million votes, so I'm the dark horse coming from behind. But every vote counts, so get your family and friends involved...and start VOTING NOW!
Go to
http://myown.oprah.com/audition/index.html?request=video_details&response_id=6426&promo_id=1
Write your television and radio stations or call your local newspaper! Spread the word about my show, because together, we can make a difference and change the world...one story at a time. Thank you for your help and support!
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Giving Back, Help and Hope to Haiti
Today, I was in deep thought. There were a few people yesterday that were kind of mockingly asking me, "Jessica, are you going to Haiti to help?" They were asking in this manner, because they knew I went to Africa last year to volunteer.
I replied to each of them when they asked me, "If I could I would." So, today, I was in deep thought.
Each thought was distinctive yet jumbled, "Gosh, I wish I could help them. I feel so helpless. I can help them. How can I help them? Who can I contact to know where to stay there. My Governor, Major, who else? Okay, so it might cost me a few thousands of dollars, but I think it would be worth it to go help those people. How can I make this happen? I know I have the convention next week, so I'll go after that. I have to be back for work by Feb 12, so I can at least go for two weeks. Will they need people then? Of course, they will, they will need help for years."
My thoughts came at me like a pro pitching fast balls. There were too many but never enough. I had to make this happen. I was going to make this happen.
Several years ago, I realized that my calling in life is to help people...help people in whatever capacity that I can. So, when these people mockingly asked me if I was going to go help...my thought was how selfish of you to not even consider helping in some way.
So today when I briefly broke from my deep thought, I could overhear parts of conversations. Here they are talking about stories, movies, sports...while people are fighting to stay alive in Haiti. I mean we go on with our lives, what else do we have to do? We can't NOT go on with our lives. But how dare you mock me, because I'm willing and wanting to help others.
The burning desire to help those in Haiti eats at me. I start thinking how I wanted to help with Katrina or the devastating Tsunami and wasn't able to do so. Why does it take this third disaster for me to actually look up flight information to go help?
After I look up how I can personally go help. I'm left feeling down and disappointed. You can only help if you are a medical personnel, which I am not, or have disaster relief training, which I don't. I just thought they would need all kinds of help.
Looking at the video footage of the destruction in Haiti, I think, "Where do you even begin? There is so much to be done...but I guess you just have to start somewhere."
I decided to contact the American Red Cross and get trained in disaster relief. When something like this happens again, I will be prepared to go...I say "When" not "If," because unfortunately something like this is likely to happen again in my lifetime.
This desire to help Haiti has stirred up something else in me...I told my friend Marc, "I have to marry a rich guy, because I want to be able to just leave and help when something like this happens. I have to be able to afford to go help. I can't think about how much it's going to cost, because I need to help them."
Marc laughed at my reasoning and said, "Yes you do."
I talked with my friend Leslie today about Haiti. Leslie and I have known each other for about 16 years. I told her that I'm going to get trained in disaster relief, so I can help in the future. So, maybe, I don't go help Haiti now. Since they will need help for a long time, I will be able to go in a few months.
Leslie exclaimed, "I can't believe that! Just recently I realized that life is really all about helping people. I, too, wanted to help in Haiti. I contacted the Red Cross, and they said you have to be disaster relief trained to go. I asked when their classes were, and I signed up. I can't believe we both thought of that!"
I replied, "What! That's amazing! First of all, I'm so happy you realized that life is really about helping people. That makes me happy."
Leslie knows that I realized this for myself years ago, and I'm really thrilled that she realized it too. She says, "You are happy about that."
I respond, "Of course I am..thrilled, really. And maybe we don't go right away, and that's okay. It would be great if we went in a couple of months, and we got to go together. That would be even better."
Two great minds really do think alike!
You might not be able to go to Haiti. You may not have a desire to get disaster relief training, but there are still many ways for you to help. The biggest way is through donations. Like I previously said, they are going to need help for years to come. Your money can allow them to start their lives over. Imagine your whole world falling apart, being destroyed, but something out of your control, wouldn't you want someone to help you?
The most important thing for us to do for the Haitians is to instill hope. Going through and surviving this, life may seem bleak or daunting. There is really so much possibility for life, and it's our job to help them see there is so much hope for themselves and the future. We can help them rebuild their city more beautiful then ever. We can also help them to see that there is still so much life left in each of them. There is a reason why they went through this...and a reason why they survived. It is up to them to live their life to its full potential, but it's up to us to help them.
Find what's in your heart...and how you are moved to help. We are all more alike than we are different, and we all want and need help at some time in our lives. So, please find a way...any way, to help the Haitians. And when you give yourself, you motivate others to give and are also inspiring the Haitians and giving them the much needed HOPE!
I replied to each of them when they asked me, "If I could I would." So, today, I was in deep thought.
Each thought was distinctive yet jumbled, "Gosh, I wish I could help them. I feel so helpless. I can help them. How can I help them? Who can I contact to know where to stay there. My Governor, Major, who else? Okay, so it might cost me a few thousands of dollars, but I think it would be worth it to go help those people. How can I make this happen? I know I have the convention next week, so I'll go after that. I have to be back for work by Feb 12, so I can at least go for two weeks. Will they need people then? Of course, they will, they will need help for years."
My thoughts came at me like a pro pitching fast balls. There were too many but never enough. I had to make this happen. I was going to make this happen.
Several years ago, I realized that my calling in life is to help people...help people in whatever capacity that I can. So, when these people mockingly asked me if I was going to go help...my thought was how selfish of you to not even consider helping in some way.
So today when I briefly broke from my deep thought, I could overhear parts of conversations. Here they are talking about stories, movies, sports...while people are fighting to stay alive in Haiti. I mean we go on with our lives, what else do we have to do? We can't NOT go on with our lives. But how dare you mock me, because I'm willing and wanting to help others.
The burning desire to help those in Haiti eats at me. I start thinking how I wanted to help with Katrina or the devastating Tsunami and wasn't able to do so. Why does it take this third disaster for me to actually look up flight information to go help?
After I look up how I can personally go help. I'm left feeling down and disappointed. You can only help if you are a medical personnel, which I am not, or have disaster relief training, which I don't. I just thought they would need all kinds of help.
Looking at the video footage of the destruction in Haiti, I think, "Where do you even begin? There is so much to be done...but I guess you just have to start somewhere."
I decided to contact the American Red Cross and get trained in disaster relief. When something like this happens again, I will be prepared to go...I say "When" not "If," because unfortunately something like this is likely to happen again in my lifetime.
This desire to help Haiti has stirred up something else in me...I told my friend Marc, "I have to marry a rich guy, because I want to be able to just leave and help when something like this happens. I have to be able to afford to go help. I can't think about how much it's going to cost, because I need to help them."
Marc laughed at my reasoning and said, "Yes you do."
I talked with my friend Leslie today about Haiti. Leslie and I have known each other for about 16 years. I told her that I'm going to get trained in disaster relief, so I can help in the future. So, maybe, I don't go help Haiti now. Since they will need help for a long time, I will be able to go in a few months.
Leslie exclaimed, "I can't believe that! Just recently I realized that life is really all about helping people. I, too, wanted to help in Haiti. I contacted the Red Cross, and they said you have to be disaster relief trained to go. I asked when their classes were, and I signed up. I can't believe we both thought of that!"
I replied, "What! That's amazing! First of all, I'm so happy you realized that life is really about helping people. That makes me happy."
Leslie knows that I realized this for myself years ago, and I'm really thrilled that she realized it too. She says, "You are happy about that."
I respond, "Of course I am..thrilled, really. And maybe we don't go right away, and that's okay. It would be great if we went in a couple of months, and we got to go together. That would be even better."
Two great minds really do think alike!
You might not be able to go to Haiti. You may not have a desire to get disaster relief training, but there are still many ways for you to help. The biggest way is through donations. Like I previously said, they are going to need help for years to come. Your money can allow them to start their lives over. Imagine your whole world falling apart, being destroyed, but something out of your control, wouldn't you want someone to help you?
The most important thing for us to do for the Haitians is to instill hope. Going through and surviving this, life may seem bleak or daunting. There is really so much possibility for life, and it's our job to help them see there is so much hope for themselves and the future. We can help them rebuild their city more beautiful then ever. We can also help them to see that there is still so much life left in each of them. There is a reason why they went through this...and a reason why they survived. It is up to them to live their life to its full potential, but it's up to us to help them.
Find what's in your heart...and how you are moved to help. We are all more alike than we are different, and we all want and need help at some time in our lives. So, please find a way...any way, to help the Haitians. And when you give yourself, you motivate others to give and are also inspiring the Haitians and giving them the much needed HOPE!
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