Simple Ideas to Make a Difference

Simple ideas to make a difference, and we all need someone to make a difference in our lives.

1. Give a Helping Hand

2. Smile, Be Polite and Friendly

3. Provide a Meal, or Do an Errand

4. Let Someone Go Ahead of You

5. Welcome Someone New into the Neighborhood

6. Give Praise or a Sincere Compliment

7. Encourage Someone

8. Always Give Your Undivided Attention

9. Be Uplifting and Positive

10. Give Others What They Need, Not What you Want to Give

I would love to make a difference, even online. What's your ideas of making a difference and helping in real life and virtual one ? .

I would love to read your thoughts :)

How do charity sites work ?

I love , love, love to help those in need and the children and the women and everyone.

And i know how sites like World Food Programme work and how can you help there by clicking and donating.
But there are other sites that ask you to click on something or answer some questions and each time you do that, they are going to donate money or food to different kinds of charity.

I don't claim that they are illegitimate , i just wonder why don't they donate immediately without me clicking or answering something ?? , Why do they have to ask me to support an organization and then do something and choose a supporter and this support will send this amount of money to the organization i chose !!!

Take for example -Free Rice. com- ,which is supported by a big organization,where will you answer some questions, different kinds of them in different categories and as long as i keep scoring , they keep giving rice to the needy.
Why don't they give it immediately instead of people to answering random questions ?
Is it about attracting many people to their sites ? but they aren't advertising anything !!! .
Why don't give it in their names ? and don't wait for me to click ?

I just wonder and if anyone knows the answer, please tell me cuz i don't mind spending hours clicking if my questions were answered .

Charter for Compassion

The Charter will proclaim a principle embraced by every faith, and by every moral code. It is often referred to as The Golden Rule.

The Golden Rule requires that we use empathy -- moral imagination -- to put ourselves in others' shoes. We should act toward them as we would want them to act toward us. We should refuse, under any circumstance, to carry out actions which would cause them harm.

This is the Charter for compassion ....

The principle of compassion lies at the heart of all religious, ethical and spiritual traditions, calling us always to treat all others as we wish to be treated ourselves. Compassion impels us to work tirelessly to alleviate the suffering of our fellow creatures, to dethrone ourselves from the centre of our world and put another there, and to honour the inviolable sanctity of every single human being, treating everybody, without exception, with absolute justice, equity and respect.

It is also necessary in both public and private life to refrain consistently and empathically from inflicting pain. To act or speak violently out of spite, chauvinism, or self-interest, to impoverish, exploit or deny basic rights to anybody, and to incite hatred by denigrating others—even our enemies—is a denial of our common humanity. We acknowledge that we have failed to live compassionately and that some have even increased the sum of human misery in the name of religion.

We therefore call upon all men and women ~ to restore compassion to the centre of morality and religion ~ to return to the ancient principle that any interpretation of scripture that breeds violence, hatred or disdain is illegitimate ~ to ensure that youth are given accurate and respectful information about other traditions, religions and cultures ~ to encourage a positive appreciation of cultural and religious diversity ~ to cultivate an informed empathy with the suffering of all human beings—even those regarded as enemies.

We urgently need to make compassion a clear, luminous and dynamic force in our polarized world. Rooted in a principled determination to transcend selfishness, compassion can break down political, dogmatic, ideological and religious boundaries. Born of our deep interdependence, compassion is essential to human relationships and to a fulfilled humanity. It is the path to enlightenment, and indispensible to the creation of a just economy and a peaceful global community.

and this is their site to join :) .

Don't say you can't do a thing, because the world will change one person a time .

If You Are in Saudi Arabia and Can Help, Please Help Um Ibrahim

i just read this on the Saudi electronic newspaper 'sabaq''.

It's about the 50 year old widow Um Ibrahim. Um Ibrahim can not move in her house or even go to the bathroom without the help of her two daughters due to her 250 Kg weight. She is a diabetic lady who suffered from a stroke in her lungs after the death of her husband. Her weights has stopped her from moving and eating normally and her poverty has stopped her from having the necessary medication.

she lives with her two divorced daughters and their five children in an old house which she can not pay the rent for ,a kind man has paid half the rent , she has no furniture and nothing to help them with the cold and the hot weathers.

i know that there are a lot to discuss about the way this lady lives in a rich country but this is not what this post about, it's about helping this lady. So if you are in Saudi Arabia and can help, please contact the editor or call the following number :-

(0569756611).

here is the link of the story -in Arabic- :-

http://www.sabq.org/sabq/user/news?section=9&id=27

pictures of Um Ibrahim and her rented house :-