Friday, July 18, 2008

SEPTEMBER, 2008*****ACHIEVEMENT OPPORTUNITY TO R.O.A.M.

As we prepare for an initial month-long celebration in September, 2008, of OTHERS, remember to consider all of the opportunities that are available to REACH OUT AND BE AWARE OF OTHERS. Respecting and Reaching OTHERS AWARENESS MONTH gives everyone an exceptional opportunity to reconsider all of the most effective and most efficient ways to assist and to be aware of the uniqueness of OTHERS and their special concerns and challenges. In subsequent blogs, an incomplete listing will be offered as areas of opportunities to incorporate ordinary community services in an extraordinary manner.

Let us consider some of the proponents of Reaching Out to Others through volunteering that will improve the quality of life in a given community. Here are a few of the positive enthusiasts who have learned the ultimate meaning of Respecting and Reaching Out to OTHERS who are less fortunate, less educated, underemployed, the homeless, the refugees, the forgotten members of society, the handicapped, the dying, the "labeled" special persons to mention just a few.

"The vocation of every man and woman is to serve OTHER people." Leo Tolstoy

"Help thy brother's boat across and, lo! thine own has reached the shore."
Hindu Proverb

"We're put on this earth not to see through each OTHER but to see each OTHER through." Anonymous

"What I gave, I have. What I spent, I had. What I left, I lost by not giving it."
Epitaph of Christopher Chapman

"Man can see his reflection on water only when he bends down close to it; and the heart of man, too, must lean down to the heart of his fellow; then it will see itself within his heart." Hasidic Proverb

"Twas her thinking of OTHERS made you think of her." Elizabeth Barrett Browning

"We seldom stop to think how many people's lives are entwined with our own. It is a form of selfishness to imagine that every individual can operate on his own or can pull out of the general stream and not be missed." Ivy Baker Priest

"The act of volunteering is an assertion of individual worth." Edward C. Linderman

"I have been the recipient of love and service, therefore I can love and serve. There is great satisfaction in service to OTHERS, in...seeing people and their conditions change." Clarence E. Hodges

"Life is an exciting business and most exciting when it is lived for OTHERS."
Helen Keller

Consider in your climb up the Ladder of Achievement and your ups and downs on the Achievement Ladder how your impact on OTHERS will enhance your personal growth and development. Imagine what can be learned from OTHERS as a result of your selfless approach to living your daily life. And yet in order to love OTHERS, you must first love yourself. "Love one another as I have loved you." "If you say that you love God, but hate your brother or sister, you are a living liar." "Love your neighbor as you love yourself. If you love someone, you will never do him or her wrong; TO LOVE, then, IS TO OBEY THE WHOLE LAW."

"Always remember what you have learned. Your education in your life. Guard it well."! (Proverbs 4:13)

Remember to select your achievement, learning opportunities to R.O.A.M!

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