on Doing Something … ( 09 / 15 / 2014 )
on Doing Something … ( 09 / 15 / 2014 )
" Weather forecast for tonight : Dark ; continued dark overnight ; with widely scattered light by morning ." ~ George Carlin
Dismiss all the forecasts & all the prognostications & all the predictions -- and forget all the prognoses & all the polls & all the indicators & all the prophecies ... The only thing that ' s for sure in your still vibrant life is that you ' ve got this one moment of this one day to DO SOMETHING worthwhile -- to extend a Caring hand ; to offer a Kind smile ; to bravely protest an injustice ; to courageously liberate the oppressed ; to forgive & accept an enemy ; to hug & thank a Friend … The clock ' s ticking , my Friends , and this very day could very well be your last chance to do something that will have you smiling peacefully while drawing your final breath -- whenever that breath might come .
And so I say treat this day ( and every day hereafter ) as though it were your last . After all , if you do so , one day -- one day relatively soon -- you ' re going to be right .
So what ' s truly IMPORTANT to you ? What " wrong " do you wish your government would make Right ? What injustice would you like to see erased ? What slaves would you like to see set free ? What social crisis would you like to see resolved ? What person in your life could use some Joy ? What Good Deed can you do for the next stranger you encounter ? What anonymous Act of Kindness can you give to your community ?
Time ' s ticking away , folks … so let ' s go get to it . Let ' s go BE the change we want to See !
" It ' s a terrible thing to wait until you are ready ... There is almost no such thing as ready . There is only now . So you may as well do it now ." ~ Hugh Laurie
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