by echandr on Friday, October 10th, 2008 | Inspiration, Life

What are your NY08 resolutions? Be a better person? Be richer? Date more? Get married? Travel overseas? Lots of us make our new year’s resolutions once a year. And it feels good when by end of the year you can check all the items on your resolution list, right?

We all want to be better every year. Want to have more, to love more, to earn more, to travel more and etc. Those are a whole load of good things. But those are also all about us. All for ourselves. Don’t you think it’s a bit egoistic considering we’re not the only living persons on earth? Or in our community?

When the Sichuan earthquake devastated China, I read in the news about a poor guy who begs for his living, showed up at the Crisis Center and donated his earnings from begging to help victims of the earthquake. He even went extra miles to go to the bank and exchanged the coins for notes just to make it easier for the people at the Crisis Center to pile up the donations for distribution. His donation might not be big comparing to others, but it is surely a big good thing.

I can’t help thinking of this over and over. Why people would only come together when bad things happen. Why can’t we constantly do good things to make this world a much better place for us and our children?

The key is….don’t wait for other or ask other to do it…have to start from ourselves. Don’t have to be big good things all the time. Just do small ones. Even one small good thing a day, but if every of us come together and actually do it…..the impact will be beyond imagination.

There are lots of small things around us that we never pay attention to. Well, try to notice and see what small good things you can do out of it.

Try to reach out to your community and reach in your pocket for orphanage or senior housing. Pick up the trash in your front yard. Don’t waste the water in your house for unnecessary things, commit to recycle of your trash, donate books and foods to those who need. And many more and many more…..

These small good things won’t cost you an arm and a leg, but they would surely make you feel good going through the whole day. Try to do it everyday, just one small good a day. Hopefully you could see and feel the whole new you by end of the year.

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