be the change i wish to see in the world

Don’t expect someone else to achieve your desires; fucken do it yourself

When I donated on Mon I saw a sign for a free first aid cert 2 months ago

So the following sun I went along to the free first aid course. Ir\t was great and I enjoyed myself so I am thinking about signing up as a first aider with St. John’s I will get to learn how to drive an ambulance and do all the medical stuff. yay

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I donated on Mon. I am loving this. I have just moved into a new house and plan to be for a long time still to come. My details are all updated with NZ Blood Services so I shall have no issues keeping up with this goal. Go Me!!!

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beachbum12b Jun 26,08
My mom donates whenever she’s allowed (how ever often that is.) I, however, have a needle phobia & can’t. So thank you very much. I’m donating everything when I pass away, cause I figure the needles won’t freak me out then!

They were closing in a couple of hours so I thought I could go. Took my groceries home and still had an hour to get there. Then I realised that I had no gas in my car. I knew that I could walk there in time but it was the walking home that I was worried about. Also had a friend at my place. I am embarrased to say that I didn’t donate :(

Last week though a friend asked me for assistance taking a car down to Whanagrei. The next day she said that the blood people were in town, so we went and donated together.

Yay. Another 3 people that I have potentially saved by donating. I also left a comment card saying that I wasn’t to impressed with the fact that they hadn’t returned my email or updated my details!!! Hopefully that will be sorted.

Anyways the moral of the story is that although I am embarrased that I put off something that is one of my life goals (donate 4 times a year) I still did do it. Lucky that the universe stepped in and made me in the right place at the right time!!!

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and I haven’t heard anything back, or received my new card in the mail. NEED to get onto them again!!!

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I donated in July so i would have thought that they would have rung me by now. Oh shoot. My cellphone was stolen so they dont have a contact number for me. Normaly when I move I go through all my cards and ring the companies and give them my new addy. As my whole handbag was stolen I haven’t done that this time. Hmmmm writing on to do list as I type….

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Since making this a goal I have donated. I am lucky that in NZ they have a register and phone me when i am due to donate. It makes lif so much easier. Seeing as I have a rare blood type I want to do this regularly!

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Duckienz has gotten 12 cheers on this goal.
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Ok I decided what my volunteer thing will be 2 months ago

I am going to Volunteer for St John’s. The ambulances in NZ get NO government funding at all yet provides such a vital service. I have been to a basic first aid course and a training evening. I will have to do an advanced first aid certificate and go on a few observation trips before deciding if this is something that I want to persue further. At this stage I am fairly confident that it is but we shall see…
Watch this space.

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I used to volunteer a lot. Whay don’t I do this as much any more? I tried volunteering at the local scrapbooking store but then they gave me products as a thank you. I guess it wouldn’t have counted anyways as they aren’t a non profit organisation. Hmmmm need to think more about this!

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glazecovered Apr 06,08
How about an animal shelter? Is there one around? It’s always a pleasure to volunteer for the good of animals, our silent friends.

I will break it down into 365 Days. These dont have to be FULL days but I want to spend time helping others.

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naughtychimp Oct 05, 2007
This is a wonderful goal!!!
GOOD FOR YOU. It is amazing to me how many volunteer opportunities are available in different areas. I currently volunteer raising funds for and sitting on the board of an old-age home; I also foster feral cats who are taken off the city streets, spayed & neutered; I also raise money once/ year for the local ovarian cancer society and Alzheimer society. I know you will find all sorts of wonderful ways to make society a better place. This is great.

Duckienz has gotten 8 cheers on this goal.
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Ok so this IS a double up but as it fits into more than one goal I am going to count it ;) 1 month ago

I have been making sure the dishes are done and hot spots are tidied up even though I am at a friends place. I have plenty of time and nothing much to do. She has things that need to be done but little time. As a thank you for letting me stay I have been doing little things around the house that make a HUGE difference. Putting all the recycling in the recycling bin, putting a bag in the bin (this is one of Rach’s pet hates and it took me two mins!) washing clothes, emptying the cat litter tray, cleaning the catfood bowls and the icky space under it, cooking dinner etc. I have been doing these jobs in between doing fun things for myself such as visiting friends, watching DVD’s and of course the internet LOL. It makes me feel good and it will help her out a lot!

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I had an email through a dating website that I am on from a guy in Ausralia. He is taking part in a photo/video clip scavenger hunt and needed some help with one of the NZ ones. He needs a woman in NZ to squash an apple or a potato on a NZ Newspaper with a pair of heels on. I then have to send him a series of photos or a video clip. I thought why not. Not only do I get to do something odd that I ahve never done before, he is up for some fantastic prizes. I got talking to him and one of his friends here in NZ and I really hit it off with the friend. Yay!

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My flatmate isn’t into organising games etc so for her daughter’s 7th bday today I organised some games for them to play. It was fun and they enjoyed it. I didn’t have to but it made some little kids happy. I then supervised them in the pool a couple of times. Small things for me but big things for the kids!

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He loves Cherry Ripes but we cant get them very easily in NZ. My mum lives in Australia so I have asked her to post me some over for him to cheer him up. They are on there way now. YAY I know that he will REALLY appreciate this. So while I set mum back a few $ I know that Sam will be VERY grateful.

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My ex boyfriend Sam used to work with her Grandson Tim. This women, Helen is soooo old. I have met her several times through Tim but really got to know her when I started working at a souviner store in town. Helen has a lot of family overseas so for each of their birthdays she would buy them a present from my store. She is a lovely old thing and I miss her now that i no longer work there. SO I was planning on taking her out for a coffee and a chat as she doesn’t get to town much. Hoever I forgot to get her phone number. I went up to her on Mon in town, gave her a HUGE hug and a kiss and asked her out for coffee (or tea in my case, see completed goal re coffee!). She was sooooo excited to see me and she is really looking forward to meeting up. Yay. It has been raining this week so it will have to be next week but such a simple thing and it made BOTH of our days.

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Last night I went to a dance party. I made an effort whilst waiting at the bar for water to compliment people. I got two weird looks and about 20 gorgeous smiles! I told 4 people that I loved their dance styles, I sincerly thanked the girls behind the bar for serving me water (normally it costs but they did it for free for me). When I was going home I looked for two guys that were going back to the same address as me but they were gone. When we were driving down the road I saw them so I got the driver to do a lap around the block and I went back to see if they wanted a ride home (they didn’t but i am glad I asked).

These were all things that I do without thinking. I am sure that if I thought about it I could do a LOT more. Need to start actively working on this goal.

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Yesterday I bought my flatmates icecream (they are 6,9 & 14) hmmm I am sure that there was a lot more… I hope ?

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Ok I have decided to write even little things. I guess any good in this world helps lift us. I looked after my brother this morning and let Mum sleep in for an hour and a half. I commented on a few postings and gave advice ( I got a thank you back from 2 people saying that it had helped them…) and I still say hello and give a big smile to everyone I see, even when I do get some funny looks lol. Although it is only 9.45am I still haven’t left the house yet. My goal today is to do 10 nice things for randoms… I will do it and let you’ll know later =)

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Does holding a door open for another person count? Or do these have to be bigger things? Hmmm maybe if I list the little things it will make me aware of the good that i do in this world and therefore how I am an inpact in changing the world to be a better place.

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Dizzy12345 Aug 28, 2007
Awesome – we need more people in the world like you! Small gestures like holding doors open totally count :)

Undercover_laura Aug 31, 2007
true, i always notice when random people hold doors open for me, and in return they get a smile. small gestures are the best as thats whn people realy feel cared about! it shouldnt build up to one big gesture.
cheers for acts of kindness!

I saw this on Cloxx’s list and decided that I too could have set actions to do

Things I already do:
Participate on free rice,
Recycle,
Drink tap water,
I have reduced my showers from about 45 mins to less than 10 (some days it is 2mins others 8-9 depends on hair washing etc)
Decline plastic bags wherever possible,
Use energy saving bulbs,
Give blood,
Turn off the tap whilst you brushing your teeth (I use Neways toothpaste that doesn’t use water)
Don’t overfill my kettle,
Recycle my specs -ha ha specs? Glasses sent to third world country,
Use a biro from start to finish (I ALWAYS use my pens to the death, even then I struggle to throw them away, all those empty pen cases in our environment!!!)

Things I want to do:
Fit the rest of the house with energy saving bulbs,
Get in the habit of turning ALL appliances off at the mains,
Start eating at the table with flattie, friends etc,
Shop at the farmers market more often,
Use both sides of every piece of paper (hmm I NEED to watch my paper consumption),
Calculate my carbon footprint,
Buy a refillable pen and only use that,
Choose to do business with only ethical businesses,
Join the public library and use it on a regular basis,

www.carbonfootprint.com
OMG was it difficult to try and find my car’s effiecency!!!

BUt I am at nearly 7 tonne!!! NZ average is 7.8 and we need to get down to an average of 2 tonne.

Hmmm need to get cracking on this!

I see that many of my goals are related to changing the world one step at a time. So rather than have many such goals I decided to bring them all into this one goal.

The goals that I currently have that I am moving are as follows:

Do more of the things on ‘wearewhatwedo.org’
Commit acts of kindness
Spend a full year doing volunteer work
Donate blood EVERY three months

Then I will update here about ALL the things that I am doing to change the world one step at a time.

This also belongs to the Find and Found a Coven goal.

I have a book by Masaru Emoto
If you follow the link to Wikipedia you’ll see that he doesn’t work scientifically.

He exposes water to different music, words, TV programmes, emotions etc, and the takes drops, lets them freeze and takes pictures of the resulting crystals.
I remember pictures of two crystals, one pretty, the other distorted. The distorted one had been exposed to a violent TV program, the other, the pretty one, was labeled “Water has watched a good TV program (a feature about the secret of life)”

Reading this I teared up, because … dunno, I found that so sweet!
“Water has watched a good TV program”. :’)

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He claims that water stores information and emotion and says it’s a good idea to treat water with love and respect.

I can say: I like the book, I like Emoto’s writings, I have a very good feeling about this and I do tell any water I meet :) that I think it’s beautiful, and that i am grateful. Yea, even when flushing the toilet.

In the book I found his idea of all people all over the world telling all the water on the planet “I love you” (Project HADO).

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I have only read this one book, and my feeling towards it: I sense only good intentions and care for our planet. That’s why I invite you to think about this, take part if you like, and perhaps gather further information yourself.

Here’s the Project HADO site—I haven’t checked it out though, but they do have some beautiful photos there.

I found those here but I must say: I haven’t checked that site yet. I have only read those 13 principles, and I like them. Very much!

Here they are:
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1. Transformation of motivation from anger/fear/despair to compassion/love/purpose. This is a vital challenge for today’s social change movement. This is not to deny the noble emotion of appropriate anger or outrage in the face of social injustice. Rather, this entails a crucial shift from fighting against evil to working for love, and the long-term results are very different, even if the outer activities appear virtually identical. Action follows Being, as the Sufi saying goes. Thus “a positive future cannot emerge from the mind of anger and despair” (Dalai Lama).
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2. Non-attachment to outcome. This is difficult to put into practice, yet to the extent that we are attached to the results of our work, we rise and fall with our successes and failures—a sure path to burnout. Hold a clear intention, and let go of the outcome—recognizing that a larger wisdom is always operating. As Gandhi said, “the victory is in the doing,” not the results. Also, remain flexible in the face of changing circumstances: “Planning is invaluable, but plans are useless.”(Churchill)

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3. Integrity is your protection. If your work has integrity, this will tend to protect you from negative energy and circumstances. You can often sidestep negative energy from others by becoming “transparent” to it, allowing it to pass through you with no adverse effect upon you. This is a consciousness practice that might be called “psychic aikido.”
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4. Integrity in means and ends. Integrity in means cultivates integrity in the fruit of one’s work. A noble goal cannot be achieved utilizing ignoble means.
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5. Don’t demonize your adversaries. It makes them more defensive and less receptive to your views. People respond to arrogance with their own arrogance, creating rigid polarization. Be a perpetual learner, and constantly challenge your own views.
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6. You are unique. Find and fulfill your true calling. “It is better to tread your own path, however humbly, than that of another, however successfully.” (Bhagavad Gita)
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7. Love thy enemy. Or at least, have compassion for them. This is a vital challenge for our times. This does not mean indulging falsehood or corruption. It means moving from “us/them” thinking to “we” consciousness, from separation to cooperation, recognizing that we human beings are ultimately far more alike than we are different. This is challenging in situations with people whose views are radically opposed to yours. Be hard on the issues, soft on the people.
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8. Your work is for the world, not for you. In doing service work, you are working for others. The full harvest of your work may not take place in your lifetime, yet your efforts now are making possible a better life for future generations. Let your fulfillment come in gratitude for being called to do this work, and from doing it with as much compassion, authenticity, fortitude, and forgiveness as you can muster.
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9. Selfless service is a myth. In serving others, we serve our true selves. “It is in giving that we receive.” We are sustained by those we serve, just as we are blessed when we forgive others. As Gandhi says, the practice of satyagraha (“clinging to truth”) confers a “matchless and universal power” upon those who practice it. Service work is enlightened self-interest, because it cultivates an expanded sense of self that includes all others.
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10. Do not insulate yourself from the pain of the world. Shielding yourself from heartbreak prevents transformation. Let your heart break open, and learn to move in the world with a broken heart. As Gibran says, “Your pain is the medicine by which the physician within heals thyself.” When we open ourselves to the pain of the world, we become the medicine that heals the world. This is what Gandhi understood so deeply in his principles of ahimsa and satyagraha. A broken heart becomes an open heart, and genuine transformation begins.
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11. What you attend to, you become. Your essence is pliable, and ultimately you become that which you most deeply focus your attention upon. You reap what you sow, so choose your actions carefully. If you constantly engage in battles, you become embattled yourself. If you constantly give love, you become love itself.
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12. Rely on faith, and let go of having to figure it all out. There are larger ‘divine’ forces at work that we can trust completely without knowing their precise workings or agendas. Faith means trusting the unknown, and offering yourself as a vehicle for the intrinsic benevolence of the cosmos. “The first step to wisdom is silence. The second is listening.” If you genuinely ask inwardly and listen for guidance, and then follow it carefully—you are working in accord with these larger forces, and you become the instrument for their music.
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13. Love creates the form. Not the other way around. The heart crosses the abyss that the mind creates, and operates at depths unknown to the mind. Don’t get trapped by “pessimism concerning human nature that is not balanced by an optimism concerning divine nature, or you will overlook the cure of grace.” (Martin Luther King) Let your heart’s love infuse your work and you cannot fail, though your dreams may manifest in ways different from what you imagine.

first step: what change do i wish to see in the world?

I found the Lammas Eco Village.

This looks very good to me. But I am a city kid, and we cannot all move back to the countryside. We have to move the countryside into the cities.

Munich with its big lush green spaces gives me a notion of how it could be.
At the moment, as Munich is celebrating its 850th birthday, they have closed the Altstadt, (Oldtown) downtown, for cars. I went there with me Mum, yesterday. the street were filled with people, many on bikes.
Gives me a notion of how it should be.

Imagine a city where cats roam the streets at night.
Birds. Grass growing, weeds, herbs, even food.
A city with no cars but other means of transportation.

Humanity is so advanced, we have so much technology at our hands, so much wealth.
Often I think of that feature on TV about that whale they carried through America, to save its life.
People lined the streets. Cheerying, being moved, feeling GOOD. It was made possible.

We watch Matt dance around the world, and it makes us cry.

We know what’s good, we know what we love, we know how to do it. So let’s DO it.