Today is a dreary day. Rain is falling, darkness is looming, and my condo is freezing. Everyone seems to be hurting lately in my life and I have too much to do and not enough time. So, I'm sitting here asking myself, "Do I give in to misery and mope around like Eeyore or do I choose to see the sunshine that I believe is coming and bounce around for joy like Tigger?" Do I focus on the tragedies or count my blessings? It would be easy to curl up in bed and cry or to just retire on the sofa and drown out the thoughts with a pointless reality show. However, what does that accomplish? In fact, I think it may even lead to feeling worse than before it happened. Do I surrender to stress and fear or do I stand tall and say, "No way!" No way, that my day is going to be ruined by something that won't even matter next week. No way am I going to be unproductive, lazy, and selfish when there are much more serious problems in the world today such as malnutrition, war, and disease. No way am I going to feel sorry for myself when I have a roof over my head, food on the table, clothes on my body, a bed to sleep in, clean water, shoes that fit, people that love me, a job, an awesome church, an awesome God, an awesome life compared to the other 75% of people that don't live this way. No way am I going to be a Debbie Downer when my life on the whole is that of which should make me a Happy Helen. I AM blessed and the more I remind myself of that, the more my spirits are lifted. Matter of fact, sometimes it's the darkness that reminds me how fortunate I am to have the light in my life. We need to be humbled from time to time and be grateful for what we DO have. We have so much more than we deserve. Most of us aren't saving lives by the thousands on a daily basis, ending world hunger, stopping pollution, helping animals weekly, or running for President. What did we do to deserve the American life? We were born lucky. That is it. It is a gift and if we don't appreciate it, we might lose it. I am thankful. I am blessed. Even when it rains....
Hello there friends, thank you for stopping by my blog! I 'm Suzanne and I'm the creator and founder of Project Change The World. I began this movement from the childhood dream that I could make the world a better place. Yes, I know, most children dream of being astronauts or rock stars but I've always been slightly different than most. Nonetheless, my dream of living life to the fullest by making a difference in the world was fully realized back in May 2010. I was tired of sitting back and helplessly watching bad things happen to innocent folks. I was sick of not doing anything about it. I decided it was time for a change. I scribbled some notes and ideas into my composition books and began the planning and research phase. Shortly later, PCW began to come to life. I realized that if no one else was going to do something like this, someone had to. Someone had to stand up for what's right. Even though I don't like scary movies and people have let me down one too many times, I decided that it was time to be brave and step out of my comfort zone. I thought of all the greats (MLK, Rosa Parks, Lincoln, Einstein, Washington, etc.) and realized that if they too had been afraid, where would our world be today? So here I am writing this, in hopes that one day others will step up too and join the movement to save lives. My ultimate goal is to live in a world where kids can safely play on the streets, people are strong enough to do the right thing despite temptation, no child really is left behind because they are our future, nature is preserved, no animal is abused. cancer is cured, teen girls don't starve themselves, and so on. Some will call it all naive and unrealistic but anything great in life never comes easy. I dare to do what others deem impossible. I want to live in a world where good deeds and spontaneous, warm-hearted gestures mixed with strong yet gentle love are everywhere to be found. Don't you? But wanting is not enough; it's time to do something with that dream. We must enable, empower, save, help, restore, give, heal, and change. Join me?