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Saturday 30 August 2008

101 Ways to Change The World

A free Ebook published by the Together We Can Change The World Inc outlines 101 Ways to Change the World. Here is a selection:

1) Spend an afternoon with someone you know is lonely.
You don’t have to make it just once. Lonely people
are in need of friendship. Decide to drop by every
week. Send them notes. Become a lifeline for just
that one person.

2) Look around and find a kid who needs to know they matter – there are
way too many of them. Now determine to make that kid know someone
believes they are special. Send them a card or note every week (at
least). If you know what they are interested in, send them articles
about it. Send them stories that will build their self-confidence and
inspire them to be all they can be. Let them know you CARE.

3) If you have flowers in your garden, share them with
someone else. Take a bunch to an elderly neighbor
who can no longer garden. Take some to a friend going
through a hard time. Drop them off at a neighbor’s
house “just because”.

4) If you provide some kind of professional service, offer it for FREE once
a week to someone who needs it. Free dental cleaning; Free house
cleaning; Free meal at your restaurant; Free accounting service. Let
your profession also be your way of giving.


Download your own free copy of the Ebook from TWCCTW Ebooks section at Someone Believes In You.

Tuesday 26 August 2008

How to change the world one person at a time

Someone Believes in You is an organisation that empowers people by sending teenagers and adults one email a day to encourage and empower them. By doing this people who are going through a difficult time will find that someone believes in them to send encouraging emails.

Here is a sample of an email that is sent out.

SHARK ATTACK!

How much courage does it take to follow your passion? Ask Bethany Hamilton…

Bethany, who lives in Hawaii, was in grade school when she started her quest to become a professional surfboarder. Surfing is her passion. She spent every available minute in the water, even homeschooling so she would have more time to pursue her goal. When she was 8 years old she entered her first major competition – eventually taking the division championships that year. This girl obviously had what it took.

It was almost all taken away from her on Halloween morning, 2003. Bethany was 13 years old. She was surfing with her best friend, Alana, and Alana’s brother and father. The waters were calm, not good for surfing, so Bethany was just lying on her board, her left arm dangling in the cool water.

She remembers a flash of gray, a lot of pressure, and a couple fast tugs. She also remembers watching the jaws of a 15-foot tiger shark cover the top of her board and her left arm. She watched in shock as the water around her turned bright red.

The shark was gone as fast as it appeared. So was her arm – bitten off almost to the armpit.

Bethany was horrified but not in pain at that point. She yelled to her friends and their father, Holt. “I just got attacked by a shark!”

It was a combination of miracles that saved Bethany at that point. High tide allowed them to make it over the reef without going around. Holt knew enough to wrap his shirt around the wound to act as a tourniquet while they paddled the quarter-mile to shore. While Bethany drifted in and out of consciousness, a nearby vacationer who was a paramedic rushed to help her.

Surgery saved her life but her arm was gone for good, and everyone, Bethany included, thought her surfing days were over. Balance is everything when surfing. How could she balance with only 1 arm?

Within a week, spurred by her passion for surfing, Bethany was thinking something different. I can do it. I know I can do it! She wasn’t ready to give up what she loved so much, but it would take time for her body to heal.

There was a huge outpouring of love and support from Hawaiians and people all over the world. Love, food, flowers, cards, money… Bethany gathered hope and courage from the waves of love aimed toward her.

It was only a few weeks later – the morning before Thanksgiving – Bethany headed back for the water. Her love of surfing wouldn’t let her wait any longer. Her family and friends were there to cheer her on when she stepped into the warm water for the first time since the attack. It was like coming home.

Bethany smiled and waved, then jumped on her board to paddle out – pushing down the fear of what might be waiting under the water. She knew too well…

She failed at her first attempts to ride the board, struggling to push herself up with one arm and keep her balance. Tears rolled down her face, and the crowds cheered when she caught her first wave and rode it in. Bethany was back

Really back.
Only months after her vicious incident, Bethany amazed thousands by achieving the unimaginable, including taking 5th at the 2004 National Scholastic Surfing Association Nationals Championships. In September she struck again, winning the Open Women's Division of the NSSA's Hawaiian conference season opener. After her placing in the finals of the National Surfing Championships Bethany has secured a spot on USA's National Surfing Team.

Ask Bethany if she is afraid of sharks and she’ll say yes. Her heart pounds when she sees a shadow in the water. She has nightmares. But she also has a dream, and moving beyond her fears is the only way to accomplish her dreams – the only way to fulfill the passion she has for surfing.

Is there a fear keeping you from following your passion? I would encourage you to do what Bethany has done. Stare it in the face, acknowledge you are afraid, then go out and do it anyway!!

I know you can do it.

Because…

SOMEONE BELIEVES IN YOU!!

And so do I!
Ginny Dye

P.S. If you need to be reminded today just how very special you are go to: SomeoneBelievesInYou and watch the A Movie Just For You!
And if you want to know more about what this is all about, just go to SomeoneBelievesInYou.

Stories like these will go to your recipient on a daily basis. Someone asked me to share a list of people they could purchase a membership for. I personally think every living being could benefit from this, but I'll give you what is most certainly only a partial list:
- Spouse- Friend
- Child - Grandchild
- Child's Friends - Neighbor
- Co-worker - Teacher
- Pastor - Someone on your MPM Team

Do I really think everyone should have this? Yes, I really do. I'm the most positive, driven person I know and writing these stories does so much for me. Learning about these people and hearing their stories is a constant inspiration and challenge for me to live the best life I possibly can. The best thing you can do for anyone is to empower them to live their best life. That's what SomeoneBelievesInYou is all about!

Monday 25 August 2008

My Gift to You

I am so excited to share a song/video with you that is exploding all over the world. You may know I am part of a company called Together We Can Change The World. This song (The Together We Can Change The World Anthem), performed by both American and Ugandan children, is something you absolutely have to experience! It is my gift for you today.

If you are as touched by it as I am, please send it to everyone you know. We dream of inspiring millions in the next week to BE the Difference in their World.


I'd love to know what you think after you hear the song, and also hear how many you have sent it on to. :)


Tuesday 19 August 2008

God's Pharmacy

THIS IS SO REAL, MAKES YOU THINK TWICE


A friend sent this to me. It's been said that God first separated the salt
water from the fresh, made dry land, planted a garden, made animals and
fish... all before making a human. He made and provided what we'd need
before we were born. These are best & more powerful when eaten raw.
We're such slow learners...

God left us a great clue as to what foods help what part of our body!

God's Pharmacy! Amazing!
[]A sliced Carrot looks like the human eye. The pupil, iris and radiating lines look just like the human eye... and YES, science now shows
carrots greatly enhance blood flow to and function of the eyes.

[]A Tomato has four chambers and is red. The heart has four chambers and is red. All of the research shows tomatoes are loaded with lycopine and are indeed pure heart and blood food.

[]Grapes hang in a cluster that has the shape of the heart. Each grape looks like a blood cell and all of the research today shows grapes are also profound heart and blood vitalizing food.

[]A Walnut looks like a little brain, a left and right hemisphere, upper cerebrums and lower cerebellums. Even the wrinkles or folds on
the nut are just like the neo-cortex. We now know walnuts help develop more than three (3) dozen neuron-transmitters for brain function.

[]Kidney Beans actually heal and help maintain kidney function and yes, they look exactly like the human kidneys.


[]Celery, Bok Choy, Rhubarb and many more look just like bones. These foods specifically target bone strength. Bones are 23% sodium and these foods are 23% sodium. If you don't have enough sodium in your diet, the body pulls it from the bones, thus making them weak. These foods replenish the skeletal needs of the body.

[]Avocadoes, Eggplant and Pears target the health and function of the womb and cervix of the female - they look just like these organs. Today's research shows that when a woman eats one avocado a week, it balances hormones, sheds unwanted birth weight, and prevents cervical cancers. And how profound is this? It takes exactly nine (9) months to grow an avocado from blossom to ripened fruit. There are over 14,000 photolytic chemical constituents of nutrition in each one of these foods (modern science has only studied and named about 141 of them).


[] Figs are full of seeds and hang in twos when they grow. Figs increase the mobility of male sperm and increase the numbers of Sperm as well to
overcome male sterility.


[] Sweet Potatoes look like the pancreas and actual ly balance the glycemic index of diabetics.

[]Olives assist the health and function of the ovaries.

[] Oranges, Grapefruits, and other Citrus fruits look just like the mammary glands of the female and actually assist the health of the breasts and the movement of lymph in and out of the breasts.


[]Onions look like the body's cells. Today's research shows onions help clear waste materials from all of the body cells. They even produce tears which wash the epithelial layers of the eyes. A working companion, Garlic, also helps eliminate waste materials and dangerous free radicals from the body.

SUBJECT: Psalm 46:19 'Be Still and Know that I AM GOD'

Please don't break this even if you only send it to one person. Look at the date when this was started. Thanks
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NOTICE AT THE END, THE DATE THE CANDLE WAS STARTED. GONNA GIVE YOU GOOSE BUMPS.

The Candle Of Love, Hope & Friendship

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This candle was lit on the 15th of September, 1998.

Don't let The Candle of Love, Hope And Friendship die! Pass It On To All


The Lord will never give you more than you can handle!!
Julie Sureweere
Administrative Coordinator
Doctor of Pharmacy Program
BC Pharmacy Practice Residency Program
Honorary Clinical Faculty Appointments
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
The University of British Columbia
2146 East Mall
Vancouver BC V6T 1Z3

Phone: 604-822-4645 Fax: 604-822-3035
WEBbsite:
http://www.pharmacy.ubc.ca/pharmdprogram/index.htm
http://www.pharmacy.ubc.ca/residency/index.html

Tuesday 12 August 2008

A Grandparents Influence

'Teach...your children and...their children after them.' Deuteronomy 4:9 This hilarious letter was written by a child: 'A grandmother is a lady who has no children of her own. She likes other people's little girls and boys. A grandfather is a man grandmother. He goes for walks with boys; they talk about fishing and stuff like that. Grandmothers don't have anything to do except to be there. They are so old that they shouldn't play hard or run. It is enough if they drive us to the store where the pretend horse is, and have lots of money ready. Or if they take us for walks, they slow down for things like pretty leaves and caterpillars. They should never say, "Hurry up." Usually grandmothers are fat but not too fat to tie your shoes. They wear glasses and funny underwear. They can take their teeth and gums off. Grandmothers don't have to be smart, only answer questions like, "Why isn't God married?" and "How come dogs chase cats?" Grandmothers don't talk baby-talk like visitors do because it's hard to understand. When they read to us they don't skip or mind if it's the same story over again. Everybody should have a grandmother, especially if they don't have a television because they are the only grown-ups who have time.' Grandparent, if you're not happy with the job you did the first time around, you get a second bite at the apple with your grandchildren. Don't blow it! If your children are raising your grandchildren in the ways of God, encourage them and reinforce their teaching by your own example. If they've neglected to do this, step into the gap immediately. 'Teach...your children and...their children after them.'

Tuesday 29 July 2008