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• 01.28.09
  Brother, can you LEND a hand? Do Something | (0)

  photo from the Socialedge Kiva Chronicles blog Over the past few years there has been a new brand of charitable organization helping people around the world: the microloan charity.  It works like this:  Individuals around the world are given small loans ($350, $500, even $1000 us) to help begin or improve a business.  The money comes in the form of a small loan of as little as $25 US from many people in many countries.  The individual then improves their situation and consequently pays back the loans. Kiva is the first one of these programs I came across a few years ...

  Tagged: charity and activism, Generosity, hopeful
  
• 01.28.09
  Drink up some cheer.. inspirations | (0)

  This makes me smile every time I see it. Available here, at the Seraph shop..

  Tagged: fun, inspirations, shopping
  
• 01.28.09
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  Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great.   —Orison Swett Marden

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• 01.26.09
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  It's not how much you have that makes people look up to you, it's who you are. -Elvis Presley

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• 01.26.09
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  A life without purpose is a languid, drifting thing; Every day we ought to review our purpose, saying to ourselves: This day let me make a sound beginning, for what we have hitherto done is naught!  -- Thomas A. Kempis

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• 01.24.09
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  Cherish your animals because sometimes you'll need the quiet comfort that only animals can provide. -Jenna and Barbara Bush

  Tagged: quote
  
• 01.23.09
  I Pledge Do Something, inspirations | (0)

  I just heard about this today .. The Presidential Pledge: 2009 promises to be a historical and exciting year filled with lots of hope, change and community service. To encourage ever greater levels of service throughout the country, MySpace and Katalyst Media, a production company co-founded by Ashton Kutcher and Jason Goldberg, teamed up with celebrities to record their personal pledges of service. The moving pledges illustrate how they will help make the nationwide change, inspired by President-elect Barack Obama, a reality. Directed by Demi Moore, the videos will be presented to President-elect Barack Obama during the inauguration festivities. In addition to ...

  Tagged: inspirations
  
• 01.23.09
  These Universal Rights.. Do Something | (1)

  The Universal Declaration of Human Rights from Seth Brau on Vimeo. This is so powerful.  Take a look and then click the link.

  Tagged: charity and activism
  
• 01.23.09
  inspirations | (0)

  "In every person who comes near you look for what is good and strong; honor that; try to imitate it, and your faults will drop off like dead leaves when their time comes." – John Ruskin

  Tagged: quote
  
• 01.22.09
  Quoted, hopeful | (0)

  "Hope is a light diet, but very stimulating." – Honoré de Balzac

  Tagged: quote
  
• 01.21.09
  Every Monday Matters.. Do Something, inspirations | (0)

  My good friend Jill just brought this amazing Book and Website to my attention.  The premise is simple.  Get the book,  follow the suggestions (or heck make your own!) and Every Monday do something good: Their vision for Every Monday Matters is to create a collective action of ordinary people - a national movement - making a difference that benefits our society. By the virtue of volume, the difference will be significant for our children, our communities, and our country. As a country, we will set an example for our children to follow; we will leave a legacy for the next ...

  Tagged: inspirations, kind, telling stories
  
• 01.21.09
  Are you in? Do Something, inspirations | (0)

  Starbucks is helping to back to the community by tempting you to trade volunteer hours for caffine.  Given how addicted we are to the round green logo this might actually work!  More info right here. ps- it's crazy how the video matches our logo!

  Tagged: charity and activism, inspirations
  
• 01.21.09
  Where were you.. inspirations | (0)

  via the LA Times

  Tagged: hopeful, inspirations, politics, telling stories
  
• 01.21.09
  The Future will be in our hands.. hopeful, inspirations | (0)

  Mr. Obama told them: “I can’t tell you how many people have come up to Michelle and myself and said, ‘You know, I was kind of skeptical, but then my daughter, she wouldn’t budge, she just told me I needed to vote for Obama.’ Or, ‘Suddenly I saw my son, he was out volunteering and knocking on doors and traveling and getting involved like never before.’ And so new generations inspired previous generations, and that’s how change happens in America.” He said this applied not just to campaigns but to service, like teaching or joining the Peace Corps. “And as this is ...

  Tagged: hopeful, inspirations, politics
  
• 01.20.09
  Quoted | (0)

  The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeing new landscapes but in having new eyes -Marcel Proust   It seems as if the quote above describes the current state of the US.  As if we all had a collective 'waking up' over the past six months and yesterday we wiped the sleep out of our eyes to see a brand new world,  full of possibilities.

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