What really matters?

I just finished watching a documentary called "The Human Experience", it followed two men from a Halfway House looking for the answer to the age old question "Why are we here"? Also, "Why does Man exist"? The places they travel for these answers might surprise you though, the streets of New York to live and talk with the Homeless. Africa with a bunch of Surfers to care for children who's family couldn't afford to care for their medical needs. A leper colony just to touch and love on people who are outcasts from their families and villages. Then back home to a reunion with their father who one of the men haven't seen in 10 years because of the abuse he suffered at the hands of this man.

What did they find? People matter!!! Why are we here, to love and care for people. Why does Man exist, to love and care for people! They talked through out the show with different religious leaders and scientist's and all of them agreed that we need to do a better job at caring and loving people. I agree, as a Christian, I serve a God who said the night before he was to be killed, " Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you. Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them. He also said "Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world."

The phase that really struck me above and throughout the movie is "you will be blessed if you do them", we must be doing things for people and each-other, if we are "doing" then we will be blessed. Blessed with what? Well, watch the movie and see the smiles and the joy that come to these to men, as they see that even the most outcast among us, love life so much and believe in life so much, that they know something we don't, that being a community means that we talk to one another, we give to one another, we share with one another and that brings hope that our lives matter and that when we leave this world, we will have left it full of the life and hope that we spread, no matter how long or how short that life was.

Are you leaving an impact on your community, by sharing your hope and your love to people around you and to people who need it. If not, Make the Change today!!!

Listen To The Voice Inside Your Head

The title of this blog "Listen to the voice inside your head" is usually opposite of what we are told, when we start hearing voices in our minds. However, all of us have a voice called a conscience, many of us learn early to ignore this voice, but those who have to use it to keep them alive or out of serious trouble, learn to listen to it closely and they call it instinct. What ever you want to call it, "Conscience, Instinct, God, the Spirit, or Madness", we all hear it at certain times in our life's and most of the time, it is a good thing and can help us to follow a path that will lead to some pretty great things. Have you been ignoring that voice in your head? Is it trying to tell you something, maybe help you to understand your purpose, tell you who to help or where to help? I believe that we often ignore the voice in our heads, because often it asks of us things that we know are right, but are inconvenient and often time consuming and we don't have time for that! Maybe, it's time for more of us to listen to that voice and watch for opportunities to help our neighbor as ourselves, or show a kindness to a stranger, or simply tell our loved ones we love them when they need it most. Usually, that voice is pretty good at knowing your heart and knowing how to help you succeed in your efforts, if your willing to stop and listen, then take the time to do what it says. Make the Change, Scott