make a difference in someone's life

If I can make a difference in someone’s life… that would be the greatest. I want to give somebody hope, give them strength, give whatever I can to somehow make their day or their week or their life better. I’ve got a good heart, might as well use it for some good. :)

I’ve been thinking about this more and more lately, and I really think that what I want my life to be about is helping others. That’s a big step for me because, while I don’t think of myself as a selfish person, I haven’t taken a lot of steps to get into volunteering or the such in the past.

What I want to do is find the proper venue for my efforts. I have volunteered with soup kitchens and Habitat for Humanity in the past, and I’d like to do more with that. I also have always felt a desire to work with and help the homeless. There is an awesome organization in Atlanta called Mad Housers that does that.

I’d also like to find a way to volunteer overseas sometime, too. Another 43Thinger, who I greatly admire and consider a friend, is getting ready to go to Nepal for the summer to volunteer. I think that is awesome. Unfortunately, I can’t seem to find a venue like that for myself (not yet anyways… I’m not giving up). It seems that most organizations only want volunteers who have backgrounds in education, healthcare, engineering, etc. I went to culinary school and have worked in either fine dinning or construction during my adult life (and I’m not ashamed of that).

I’m not going to go back to school just so that I can volunteer… so I need to do more research to find the proper venue for my efforts. That’s what this goal is going to represent for me now.

well, i’ve been trying. i think people have een helping me more than i deserve, tough. they wont let me return the favor

i have met “the one”. Want to make her the happiest person on the face of the earth.

I thought I actually did this, made a difference in someones life. Helped them, Made them become more of who they wanted to be, and helped them to be happier, but apparently I was wrong.
Maybe I’m just not the kind of person to change your life.

...to do something good instead of just not doing bad…

i’ve always wanted to make a difference in someone’s life , and by a difference a mean a huge one , something that i would be remembered by after my death , i mean there are ways to help others who are less unfortunate like charity , and i’ve tried that , but for some reason , i feel like doing more , however i don’t know what to do or how to do it.

There’s this man that my mom works with whom I had the opportunity to chat with for a couple of hours one day. He told me his life story, and in doing so, he claimed a piece of my heart. He’s lived a tough life, and now, at 43, he’s not letting himself live at all – it’s like he’s given up. I want to show him that life isn’t over.

At one point during our conversation, he mentioned that he wanted to skydive. I looked up the number to a nearby skydiving agency and left it in his mailbox (along with my e-mail address). I hope he e-mails and says that he went—and that it was amazing.

not as the girl who had the same math class as me..
but the girl who showed me something,
opened a window,
shined a light,
something along the lines of that.
inspired me,
showed me,
..

i think because im a mother this goal will be met automatically for me because right now in my life my sole purpose is to make my son’s life as best as possible…he deserves it and it’s my responsibility to give it to him and with God’s help i will.
I love my son more than anything and i want to make a big impact on his life the best way i can