Marlborough Magazine Marlborough September 2016 Issue | Page 6

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One of my favourite sayings is

“Be the change you want
to see in the world”.
It’s too easy to look at all of the problems
in the world and feel helpless,
“What can I possibly do?”
But actually there is a lot you can
do, you can be the change
you want to see
in the world!

At this&that we don’t subscribe to the belief
that BAD NEWS SELLS, in fact we try to focus our
publication on the many awesome people and
things that are happening in our community and
we think our readers love us for it!
Unfortunately for most other media, the latest
scoop, scandal, or disaster gets the viewers, plus
they can even manage to put a negative spin on a
positive story. So it’s little wonder that we end up
with this warped perception that the world is a
terrible place, full of terrible people.
In actual fact, there are a zillion more wonderful
things happening around the world, than terrible
things. There is so much more kindness, than
cruelness. So much more generosity, than
selfishness. So much more success, than failure.
Our perception is based on what we choose to
focus on.
I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to write the
feature article for this kindness issue. The idea for
this issue came about because of Random Acts
Of Kindness Day being 1 September. Now, if that
date is passed you’re not off the hook that easy!
We want to encourage our readers (that’s you),
to take on this “kindness mission” for the whole
month of September, and make a challenge to
yourself to see how you can raise the kindness
temperature.
I had the pleasure a chatting with co-founder of
Random Acts Of Kindness (RAK) NZ, and I got off
the phone feeling uplifted and inspired. I knew
that Megan is the type of person that you bump
into down the street and you leave her presence
feeling better for it.

FOR MORE INFO ABOUT RAK NZ AND KINDNESS IDEAS VISIT WWW.RAK.CO.NZ