Inspirational Words: Make a Difference Helping Others

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“Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us every day.” Sally Koch

In a world where there is so much poverty, hunger, illness, and pain; it sometimes seems impossible to make a difference.  Have you ever felt that way? “I am just one person,” you may think, “How can I make a difference in the world?”

You may have given money to a homeless man, just to see him begging on the same corner the next day.  Maybe you’ve signed petitions to protect animals or reduced your carbon footprint to help the environment.  Still the problems remain.  Moreover, each time one problem improves, another one takes its place.  Have you really made a difference? Is it even worth trying to make a difference?

“In helping others, we shall help ourselves, for whatever good we give out completes the circle and comes back to us.” Flora Edwards

There’s so much to do—save the whales, feed the children, house the homeless, war on drugs, save the planet, end war, fight cancer. The desire to make a difference disintegrates into feelings of powerlessness as it crashes into the seemingly unconquerable brick wall of problems.  Today’s inspirational words are meant to remind you that YOU are an important part of the solution.

When you’re doing all you can and you don’t see significant change, it may feel like a total waste of time, energy, resources and emotions. But that is never the case.

Powerlessness is a figment of the imagination.  It is only as real as you allow it to be in your mind’s eye.  An attempt to help is never meaningless, never without value. Change and effort, even on the most miniscule scale, always outshine apathy.

No matter what, never give up on helping others.  Never allow the problems and the frustrations of the world to overshadow your desire to make a difference.

“Dare to reach out your hand into the darkness, to pull another hand into the light.”  Norman B. Rice

Even the smallest and outwardly weakest among us are capable of contributing to the betterment of our world.  You may not singlehandedly eradicate an issue altogether, yet you can make a difference.  You may not see the full extent of your impact in this lifetime, still you make a difference.  The difference you make may be small, still you make a difference.

Instead of focusing on failures to bring down the brick wall of problems, just focus on one brick.  Focus on doing whatever it is that you are capable of doing—and what you feel good about doing. Every effort, every helping hand, every prayer, every loving thought makes a difference to someone or something in some way.

Maybe you can’t bring about world peace, but you can be an example of peacefulness.  Maybe you can’t wipe out the problem of illiteracy in the inner cities, but you can teach a child (or even a few children) to read.  Maybe you can’t cure HIV, but your love and respect can help someone cope with the disease.

If you can’t save a village, change the life of one person within that village.  If you can’t change a person’s life, bring a better moment to his life.  Helping others on any scale is a wonderful gift to the world, but more importantly it is a wonderful gift to yourself.  Nothing compares to the feeling of making a difference.

“Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” John Wooden

Don’t ever feel so discouraged by the plight of the world that you stop giving, loving, helping, doing your part.  Every problem is an opportunity to show your humanity, to do unto others as you would have them do unto you.  Every problem helps us all to grow as a whole, as a family filled with love and compassion.  Maybe that is the larger reason behind the problems in the first place—to remind us that we are all one.  We are one with each other, one with every species, one with Mother Earth, one with the entire Universe.

My friends, I wish you the inspiration to do what you can do today.  On tomorrow, there will still be starving children, domestic violence, animal cruelty, global warming, poverty, drug addiction.  But if someone is always reaching out to help others, someone is always making a difference. That is exactly what the world needs—today, tomorrow, and throughout eternity.

Every cause isn’t for everyone; yet every cause is for someone.  Step up to the plate.  Stand up fearlessly and acknowledge that you have the power to make a difference in this world.

“What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.”  Albert Pike

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Healing – The Difference Between “Thank You” and Appreciation

By Marti Angel -

Ordinarily, gratitude and appreciation seem to be the same. However, energetically speaking, this is not the case. We are all energy and every thought, feeling and emotion is an energetic force that is sent out to the ethers. Whether we believe it or not, it is. This is fact. It is a scientific fact. The word and feeling of gratitude has a slightly different vibration than the word and feeling of appreciation.

When you are” grateful” to someone, you can sometimes feel a little “beholden” to them. It creates a feeling of “owing-ness”. If we look at the dictionary meaning of “beholden” we find this: Beholden (p): under a moral obligation to someone, when we search into the meaning a bit further we find that obligation means; Obligated to provide, display, or do something for another; bound by moral obligation; indebted; obliged. Think of it this way, when you say thank you to someone, somewhere in the back of your mind you are already thinking about what you can do to pay them back. It is almost like an endless cycle of giving a reason for the other person to thank you and you them.

Appreciation on the other hand has a higher vibration; it actually elevates your vibrational level. Appreciation? Just listen to the word. When you “appreciate” something it goes up in value. Not only does what you “appreciate” go up in value- but you go up in value. (Vibrationally speaking). Think of real estate…a house usually goes UP in value if it is properly cared for, it appreciates. On the other hand, if the house is not appreciated by the owner and it is neglected the home depreciates in value. When we appreciate someone or something there is a feeling of ending. There is a feeling of

finality. We do not feel the need to pay this person back.

When we practice saying these words, by tuning into our inner self we can feel the vibrational difference. Every time you use the word ‘appreciate’ with full understanding of it’s meaning, you raise your vibrations and the vibrations of the person, place, thing or even Deity that you are appreciating.

As we begin to heal and manifest our destiny we must be totally aware of our vibrational energy. Dr. Chopra says, ” When we are aware of our inner feelings we are in a space of happiness, peacefulness and calm.” When we speak we add energy to our words by the feelings and thoughts that we are experiencing at that moment in time.

Begin to know the difference and use the word appreciation more often, raise your vibrational level. Tell your angels and guides you “appreciate” them. They appreciate that.

You do not need to feel ‘beholden” to Spirit for your blessings. As you reflect upon your manifested blessings, you can see yourself as a co-creator, in equal partnership with spirit, you do not need to feel ‘beholden’. There is nothing outside yourself that is greater than you are! You have it all within your heart just waiting for you to wake up and be a full partner with Spirit. Know that you are Spirit having a physical experience. Take every opportunity to tell people how much you appreciate them.

Marti Angel, MA
“America’s Health and Expert Lifestyle Coach”

Marti is a Certified Holistic Nutritionist, Yoga Professor, RYT, Reiki Master level 3, Ordained Minister, Certified WATSU water therapist, Certified Meditation Instructor, Certified Metabolic Typing Advisor, Functional Diagnostic Nutritionist, Certified Nutraceutical Consultant, Certified Health/Lifestyle Coach, Motivational Speaker and founder of the number one alternative therapies site on the web, http://www.angelhealthinc.com

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