Maybe It's Time To Make A Difference

Art by David Lobo - December 2016

There are many ways to make a difference.

You can make a difference by addressing an unmet need. In doing so, you might find yourself on an exciting new path. What avenues can you think of?  Cast around a bit and you might discover what that is.

You can make a difference by giving someone a chance. What skills, talents, knowledge and experience can you pass on?

You can make a difference by spreading the values you believe in.  Even if you communicate your values to just one person, you may be able to influence that person's thinking. What do you wish more people would start doing?  What do you wish more people would stop doing? Be an advocate for what you believe in.

Our greatest strengths are revealed in our weakest moments. You can make a difference by being a beacon when tragedy strikes. How can you use your grief and loss to create positive change, or make the world a safer place?

You can make a difference by adopting a servant heart and a service heart.  A servant heart asks “what can I do?” A servant heart does not ask “what can someone do for me?” You can always find a way to serve. Even the gift of your time, your support, your encouragement, your patience, or your forgiveness, can make a difference for someone.  How can you adopt a service heart and a servant heart?

You can make a difference by making someone’s day. It doesn’t take much to make someone's day. Here's a true story told to me by my daughter Tanita, which attests. How can you make someone’s day?

You can make a difference by becoming a non-judgmental listener. The art of conversation starts with learning to be non-judgmental when you listen or talk. Looking for a role model? Familiarize yourself with one of the greatest conversationalists in history. His claim to fame was his ability to listen. Which relationship in your life might benefit from using his approach?

You can make a difference by broadcasting a message of hope. Even a terrible loss, or affliction, is not hopeless.  What can you do to replace a feeling of hopelessness with hope in someone's life?

You can make a difference by being a good friend to your friends. As my United States of Friendship Series of posts attests, the rewards of friendship are abundant.  To make and keep friends, you have to be a good friend. How can you be a better friend to your friends?

You can make a difference by using your unique gifts to serve a greater good.  My brother David uses his artistic talents to raise money for ALS.  The sketch featured in this post was done by him.

These are just some ways you can make a difference. 

Have you been treading water and going through the motions?

Perhaps you should start thinking of ways to make a difference.

Give yourself the psychic jolt your life needs.

Maybe it is time …..

As always, thanks for sharing my Journey to Wisdom, Meaning and a Better Life,  and have a great day and week….M ……a Pearl Seeker like you.  Thanks to Ajay, Ananda, Ann and Ramani for their compliments and comments on my last post, and thanks to the rest of you for your likes, pins, shares, tweets and votes…..much appreciated.

If you are interested in reading my United States of Friendship series, here are the links to the entire 12-part series:

The United States of Friendship Part 1

The United States of Friendship Part 2

The United States of Friendship Part 3

The United States of Friendship Part 4

The United States of Friendship Part 5

The United States of Friendship Part 6

The United States of Friendship Part 7

The United States of Friendship Part 8

The United States of Friendship Part 9 
The United States of Friendship Part 10
The United States of Friendship Part 11
The United States of Friendship Part 12