I consider myself a successful man. I have the family I always dreamed of and I'm a respected professional at my line of work. I'm valuable to my company, my colleagues, my customers and my friends. And since I received so much, I need to give a lot more.
So, I propose myself to find someone that needs some help and just give. Share experience, knowledge and ideas. Share money, share efforts... Just share!
I just receive so much more back.
Coincidence or not, some people are reaching for me and ask my assistance, my help. And it's a big priviledge to have the opportunity to be helpful to someone.
Since two weeks from now, my family has given a lot of stuff. Used and new clothes, toys, tools, gadgets, money of course and we realized that we collect too much stuff. We don't need so much. So we're providing whatever we don't need or use to people who need it. It's so easy and yet, people still are restraint to their things.
One wonderful idea that my wife thought was to use those points on brand fidelity cards to exchange it for some products that would be useful to someone in need. I didn't think on that before. We collect a lot of points by those cards every time we use it and we exchange it then for some stuff that we don't really need. Yet, it can be so important to other people.
So, my wife exchanged our Pharmacy points by some baby products and we are giving it to the Teenage Mothers Association, my stepdaughter school aid project. Its so so simple and it can mean the world to those young teenagers with a kid on their arms.
My gas points card is loaded, so I'm exchaging those points for something useful and then give it to an non-profit association.
But I'm still not happy. I want to be engaged on something. So I'm participating at the "Clean Portugal Movement" in my local area and help to gather some trash at the woods. Do something for the community where I live that has giving me so much.
If you live in Portugal you can join us anytime and be very welcome.
Fortunatelly I can also help people with my expertise and know-how. So, that's how I join some amateur associations and help them with their communication and web necessities.
I'm a very busy man. Almost don't get time to be with my family, but still it's so important to make a big effort and be of value to someone that needs some kind of help. Share what I get so much.
So I plea: Share something, help someone just for today or tomorrow. You'll see that's addictive. ;-)
P.S: By the way, if you need some help, drop a line and ask. It will be a pleasure to be of use.
