Make A Difference

I have a love hate relationship with the news. I have times that I want to know about what is going on in the world and then I have times that I don’t want to know anything. The cycle typically starts when I am reading the news regularly and all I read is disaster, devastation, and complete destruction not to mention the skewed voice of the news provider. I have wished for so long that there was somewhere that you can read about the good things going on in the world. So I have decided to create that place myself. Because here is the thing, the news we are exposed to does not bring positive change to our world. It breeds hate and division. The only thing that can bring about change in the world is to bring change to the world. So I hope that through this I can share some inspiration to you. I will be sharing stories with you of things that I find inspirational or things I have experienced myself.

I will give you an example. My company office is in a complex of 3 pretty large buildings. The building that I am in is the biggest of the 3. It is 5 floors with multiple offices on each floor. There is one security guard that patrols all 3 buildings. From my first day we made friends. He helped me bring in my box of supplies. I start each work day saying hi to James exchanging pleasantries and sometimes even a good side hug. A few weeks ago James was starting his patrol when I turned into the parking lot, and he gave me a little wave as he drove in the opposite direction. About 10 to 15 minutes later there was a knock on my office door. I looked through the peep hole to find James. He came to tell me that he thought one of my tires was low. He walked out to parking lot to show me. Later in the day he came back, because he got off work earlier than me he wanted to make sure that I was not left stranded. That meant the world to me. He took time out of his day to stop what he was doing, find me, and offer to help. It made me think of opportunities like this that I ignored because of an inconvenience to me. Sometimes it only takes a moment to make a difference and only a simple task like holding a door, picking up something that was dropped, or even just saying hi to bring a smile to someone’s day.

I hope that I can share stories like this regularly. If you experience something or see something that is inspiring please share it with me. I would love to include it and continue to try to spread some love around. piecesofcary@gmail.com