I didn’t start out doing big things. I grew into them. Walking 60 miles for women with breast cancer as co-captain of an amazing team didn’t happen overnight. Going to China for six weeks to facilitate women’s leadership wasn’t done on a whim and without ten months of preparation first. Running a full marathon in Alaska for Leukemia and Lymphoma Research happened one step at a time, over five months of training. The end results were big events that drew attention, but the real difference was made along the journey.
How did I get started? I cared about the plight of others and I put my change in the donation jar. I stopped looking away to shield myself from the pain and struggle of others. I went from asking “how can this be happening?” and took the next step to asking “how can I help to change this?”. I asked myself what I wanted to get out of being in service. I knew that what I wanted most was to leave the world better than I found it and surround myself with other people who cared too. I wanted to live in the energy of hope and action, not pity or despair. I wanted to live a life worth remembering. I wanted to be a good example to my children and leave a legacy of service instilled in the next generation.
What do you want to get from being a person who makes a difference?
Discover what you feel most passionate about. What need elicits the greatest response in you? Homeless animals? Abused children? Illness? Hunger? Multi-cultural intolerance? Domestic violence? Illiteracy? Bullying? There is not a cause out there that can’t use another helping hand connected to a caring heart.
I have many passions and there is always more to do. Together, we can be more, do more and have a better world and lives worth remembering.
Want to get more involved in being an positive force of change in the world but aren’t quite sure how to get started? Contact me and I can help you find your way. There is always room for more Women Changing the World!
