You Wish To Do Something. If Not Now, When?
How many of us spend a ridiculous amount of time just worrying about how terrible things are in world these days. If only we could art that vast amount of worry action! be fair, many are not quite sure they can do, others feel that their efforts won't amount to McHugh 'small efforts' are still way dof doing nothing. There are s who declare: i'll do this or that niretire'. Really? While there are erous older people who actively ge in activities for the larger good, of them began in 'small' ways they were a lot younger. great idea from people with passion ching on. There are many of them i but two now come to mind: From a le idea, noticing vast amounts of and other materials lying unused in India's urban households, while many rural poor die because they do not have enough clothing, Anshan Gupta founded an NGO which is now a movement working in 21 states. Through its staff, volunteers, and partner organisations, it redistributes contributed items, and processes materials into essential articles like rugs, blankets, mattresses-and most touchingly-cloth sanitary pads, as a hygienic alternative to the unclean rags that less privileged girls and women often are forced to use. Rushab Turakhia spearheads a movement to not just spread kindness but make it a way of life. The idea is that when you do an act of kindness, instead of accepting simple 'thank you' you give the person a YTN card ('your turn now'), encouraging that person to pass on the kindness to someone else in need. A simple idea, but one that has spread to over 32 countries. Genuine service should dissolve the notion of doing good for only 'people like us'. Our proclaimed inclusivity is most nobly expressed when we reach out to those we tend to label as the 'other' Hundreds of impoverished Palestinian herders and farmers living in caves and tents in a remote area of the Palestinian West Bank, denied basic amenities by the government, have been provided free electricity due to the ingenuity of two Israeli physicists, Elad Orian and Noam Dotan, both pro-peace activists who despite tree obstacles and opposition have installed a high-grid wind and solar system free of charge for them. We have read, heard and believed that apathy is really the more destructive force; more terrible at times than outright hate. To believe something is wrong and do nothing about it is considered in many traditions a 'sin' or something that goes against the higher teachings. As Hillel, renowned Judaic sage and scholar, urges us in this powerful message: "If I am not for myself who is for me? And, being only for my own sulphate am 'I’? “And then, significantly:” And if not now, when?" Whatever age we are, there is much we can do, either starting something or our own or supporting the work of others. There are no real valid excuses to side-step this-ire ad of a paraplegic man helping at-risk youth in his community, who said that he was formerly able to do 1,000 things. Now he can do 50. So his focus is on the 50 thing he can do, not on the things he cannot.
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The views expressed in the Article above are Radhanath Marguerite Theophil and kashmiribhatta.in is not in any way responsible for the opinions expressed in the above article. The article belongs to its respective owner or owners and this site does not claim any right over it.
Courtesy: Marguerite Theophil i and Speaking Tree,Times of India
You Wish To Do Something. If Not Now, When?
How many of us spend a ridiculous amount of time just worrying about how terrible things are in world these days. If only we could art that vast amount of worry action! be fair, many are not quite sure they can do, others feel that their efforts won't amount to McHugh 'small efforts' are still way dof doing nothing. There are s who declare: i'll do this or that niretire'. Really? While there are erous older people who actively ge in activities for the larger good, of them began in 'small' ways they were a lot younger. great idea from people with passion ching on. There are many of them i but two now come to mind: From a le idea, noticing vast amounts of and other materials lying unused in India's urban households, while many rural poor die because they do not have enough clothing, Anshan Gupta founded an NGO which is now a movement working in 21 states. Through its staff, volunteers, and partner organisations, it redistributes contributed items, and processes materials into essential articles like rugs, blankets, mattresses-and most touchingly-cloth sanitary pads, as a hygienic alternative to the unclean rags that less privileged girls and women often are forced to use. Rushab Turakhia spearheads a movement to not just spread kindness but make it a way of life. The idea is that when you do an act of kindness, instead of accepting simple 'thank you' you give the person a YTN card ('your turn now'), encouraging that person to pass on the kindness to someone else in need. A simple idea, but one that has spread to over 32 countries. Genuine service should dissolve the notion of doing good for only 'people like us'. Our proclaimed inclusivity is most nobly expressed when we reach out to those we tend to label as the 'other' Hundreds of impoverished Palestinian herders and farmers living in caves and tents in a remote area of the Palestinian West Bank, denied basic amenities by the government, have been provided free electricity due to the ingenuity of two Israeli physicists, Elad Orian and Noam Dotan, both pro-peace activists who despite tree obstacles and opposition have installed a high-grid wind and solar system free of charge for them. We have read, heard and believed that apathy is really the more destructive force; more terrible at times than outright hate. To believe something is wrong and do nothing about it is considered in many traditions a 'sin' or something that goes against the higher teachings. As Hillel, renowned Judaic sage and scholar, urges us in this powerful message: "If I am not for myself who is for me? And, being only for my own sulphate am 'I’? “And then, significantly:” And if not now, when?" Whatever age we are, there is much we can do, either starting something or our own or supporting the work of others. There are no real valid excuses to side-step this-ire ad of a paraplegic man helping at-risk youth in his community, who said that he was formerly able to do 1,000 things. Now he can do 50. So his focus is on the 50 thing he can do, not on the things he cannot.
DISCLAIMER:
The views expressed in the Article above are Radhanath Marguerite Theophil and kashmiribhatta.in is not in any way responsible for the opinions expressed in the above article. The article belongs to its respective owner or owners and this site does not claim any right over it.
Courtesy: Marguerite Theophil i and Speaking Tree,Times of India