Wisdoms from the Journey - Vol VIII (Jan thru Oct 2014)

on Doing Something …
(09/15/2014)
"Weather forecast for tonight: Dark; continued dark overnight;
with widely scattered light by morning." ~ George Carlin
Dismiss all the forecasts & all the prognostications & all the
predictions -- and forget all the prognoses & all the polls & all the indicators
& all the prophecies ... The only thing that's for sure in your still vibrant life
is that you've got this one moment of this one day to DO SOMETHING
worthwhile -- to extend a Caring hand; to offer a Kind smile; to bravely
protest an injustice; to courageously liberate the oppressed; to forgive &
accept an enemy; to hug & thank a Friend … The clock's ticking, my
Friends, and this very day could very well be your last chance to do
something that will have you smiling peacefully while drawing your final
breath -- whenever that breath might come.
And so I say treat this day (and every day hereafter) as though it were
your last. After all, if you do so, one day -- one day relatively soon -- you're
going to be right.
So what's truly IMPORTANT to you?
What "wrong" do you wish your government
would make Right? What injustice would you
like to see erased? What slaves would you like
to see set free? What social crisis would you
like to see resolved? What person in your life
could use some Joy? What Good Deed can you
do for the next stranger you encounter? What
anonymous Act of Kindness can you give to
your community?
Time's ticking away, folks … so let's go get to
it. Let's go BE the change we want to See!
"It's a terrible thing to wait until you are
ready ... There is almost no such thing as ready.
There is only now. So you may as well do it
now." ~ Hugh Laurie
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