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A woman saw children eating from trash cans and was overcome by an urge to help them get an education. "Even though they don't have money and live on the
sidewalk, they deserve to go to school," she thought.
Six years later she is helping Cambodian's poorest kids do just that. Within weeks, she quit her job and spent $30,000 of her own
money to get her first school off the ground. CNN's featured video and story are here. Donate via Phymean Noun's website: People Improvement Organization (PIO)
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The Jedi Master Yoda said "Do, or do not; there is no Try." Today, on our Friday "Word Fast", we examine the fact that the word TRY is often used as a scapegoat, to avoid commitment. Jack gives us an acronym to reframe our thinking and urges us to make a clear choice for moving forward in any intention...
My acronym today is: T.R.Y. (To Restrict Yourself)
This acronym (To Restrict Yourself) revealed to me the awareness that whenever I use TRY in my vocabulary to describe my intentions about some person, place or thing, those actions are restricted.
I can look back in my life and remember saying "I am trying to get a better job; I am trying to improve my relationship; I am trying to save money". In a deeper part of my being I knew these were not statements about my actions. Rather, they were vague expressions of a desire. In most cases I used the word TRY when explaining the lack of fulfillment in my life. I utilized TRY as my scapegoat deflecting from any accountability for my thoughts, words and actions.
"Cleaning for a Reason" offers free house cleaning for women undergoing cancer treatments. More than 286 cleaning serivces in 38 states have joined the national organization to clean homes for hundreds of women freeing them to use their energy for more important concerns.
Rick Warren, the author of Purpose Driven Life, at a conference last week, invited 1,700 evangelical pastors to join his PEACE coalition, which was created to fulfull an epic ambition, "to turn at least half of the world's tens of millions of Christian churches into a giant "network of networks" dedicated to relieving the poverty and misery of the developing world." (Time Magazine has the story)
They last donned uniforms nearly 70 years ago, but thanks to volunteers and donations to the Honor Flight network, World War II veterans finally get to visit the nation's capital to see the memorial that was built in their honor.
To thunderous applause and cheers, the latest group arrived from Detroit at Washington National Airport on May 17. The 40 veterans were eager to fulfill their dream of visiting the World War II Memorial, something none of them had done since its dedication in 2004.
(Guests of Honor Flight Michigan included
Army Air Force veteran Roman Zedro - Defense Department photo by Samantha L. Quigley)
A woman saw children eating from trash cans and was overcome by an urge to help them get an education. "Even though they don't have money and live on the
sidewalk, they deserve to go to school," she thought.
Six years later she is helping Cambodian's poorest kids do just that. Within weeks, she quit her job and spent $30,000 of her own
money to get her first school off the ground. 
The Jedi Master Yoda said "Do, or do not; there is no Try." Today, on our Friday "Word Fast", we examine the fact that the word TRY is often used as a scapegoat, to avoid commitment. Jack gives us an acronym to reframe our thinking and urges us to make a clear choice for moving forward in any intention...
"Cleaning for a Reason" offers free house cleaning for women undergoing cancer treatments. More than 286 cleaning serivces in 38 states have joined the national organization to clean homes for hundreds of women freeing them to use their energy for more important concerns. 
Rick Warren, the author of Purpose Driven Life, at a conference last week, invited 1,700 evangelical pastors to join his PEACE coalition, which was created to fulfull an epic ambition, "to turn at least half of the world's tens of millions of Christian churches into a giant "network of networks" dedicated to relieving the poverty and misery of the developing world." (
They last donned uniforms nearly 70 years ago, but thanks to volunteers and donations to the Honor Flight network, World War II veterans finally get to visit the nation's capital to see the memorial that was built in their honor. 
