The Power of Giving

This is worth reading again. From our dear friend and loving supporter, John Harricharan:-)

It was a really hot summer’s day many years ago. I was on my way to pick up two items at the grocery store. In those days, I was a frequent visitor to the supermarket because there never seemed to be enough money for a whole week’s food-shopping at once.

You see, my young wife, after a tragic battle with cancer, had died just a few months earlier. There was no insurance — just many expenses and a mountain of bills. I held a part-time job, which barely generated enough money to feed my two young children. Things were bad — really bad.

And so it was that day, with a heavy heart and four dollars in my pocket, I was on my way to the supermarket to purchase a gallon of milk and a loaf of bread. The children were hungry and I had to get them something to eat. As I came to a red traffic light, I noticed on my right, a young man, a young woman and a child on the grass next to the road. The blistering noonday sun beat down on them without mercy. Read more

The Ungiven Gift (from the founders)

He was pencil thin and walked with a limp. A thirteen year-old boy with huge yearning eyes who was always an unlucky patient on the children’s floor of the hospital where my youngest daughter was all too often incarcerated.

Curtis had sickle cell anemia, an incurable, painful and terminal disease that plagues young people of African descent.

I would meander into his room to spend a little time with the rebellious loner and would often end up refereeing a screaming match between him and one of the nurses. The street-wise Curtis would usually win.

Over the course of a few years (the hospital was always my home-away-from-home), I eventually learned of the horror of his upbringing, the sad reality of his current life and the apparent dimness of his future. Read more

The Nintendo Turkey Run

It’s been a personal ritual for years. I’ve done it alone and kept it private… until now. Playing Santa around town for an afternoon has been my favorite day of the year. This year, the time had come to share the experience, for two reasons.

The first is that part of the work I do involves encouraging adults to instill better belief systems in children. Sounds like a corporate quality-control statement, but in essence, I’m striving to educate parents, and those adults who influence children, about planting the all-important seeds of self-worth and community service, at an early age. This has been a long-time mission of mine and sharing this story with you now, would help me in that regard.

The second reason is that I didn’t venture out alone on my annual errand this year … on purpose. Instead, I chose to have Corbin and Cameron, my two, fabulous, visiting grandsons tag along with me. See, an important part of what I want to help teach them, are the ways to serve and to give unconditionally, so they can start the process of paying forward, at the ages of 11 and 10. To be a part of my small Joyeux Noel excursion I believed, would give them an example of those things - at least ‘Papa’ style. Read more

I Choose Love (peace music)

Which will you choose - Love or Fear? Watch and listen to Shawn Galloway’s excellent song and inspirational video and make your choice…

In Honor of The International Day of Peace September 21

The United Nations International Day of Peace was established by the UN in 1981 and will be celebrated this year on Friday, September 21. In honor, we feature Our World at Peace, a video created by 10 Million Clicks For Peace co-founder, Rick Beneteau who created the storyboard, and member extraordinaire, Paul Sutherland who crafted the video.
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In Honor of The International Day of Peace September 21

The United Nations International Day of Peace was established by the UN in 1981 and will be celebrated this year on Friday, September 21. In honor, we feature Our World at Peace, a video created by 10 Million Clicks For Peace co-founder, Rick Beneteau who created the storyboard, and member extraordinaire, Paul Sutherland who crafted the video.
Read more

The Ice Cream ‘Comb’ Story (inspirational story)

She was three. Just released from a far-away hospital after life threatening brain surgery, ready to take on the world again. I was happy just to have her back. My little “Mr. Clean” (shaved head and hoop earrings) and me driving along to our local mall. Hanging out with dad day. I recall her words as if it were yesterday.

“Daddy, can I get a treat?”

As she was understandably spoiled (if there is such a thing), I replied, “OK honey, but just ONE.”

Her eyes beamed like the Fourth of July in anticipation of that something only she knew at the time.
We drove around to the new end of the mall on the normal seek-and-destroy mission of capturing a parking place. After all, it was Saturday. We landed a fair distance from our destination, and began walking hand-in-hand towards the entrance, her pace gaining momentum with each tiny step. A few feet from the doors she broke loose and ran hands-first into the thick wall of glass, trying with everything she had to swing the big doors open. No luck. With a little assistance, she ‘did it’ and tried the very same thing at the second set of doors. Read more

The Nintendo Turkey-Run (a Christmas story)

It’s been a personal ritual for years. I’ve done it alone and kept it private… until now. Playing Santa around town for an afternoon has been my favorite day of the year. This year, the time had come to share the experience, for two reasons.

The first is that part of the work I do involves encouraging adults to instill better belief systems in children. Sounds like a corporate quality-control statement, but in essence, I’m striving to educate parents, and those adults who influence children, about planting the all-important seeds of self-worth and community service, at an early age. This has been a long-time mission of mine and sharing this story with you now, would help me in that regard.

The second reason is that I didn’t venture out alone on my annual errand this year … on purpose. Instead, I chose to have Corbin and Cameron, my two, fabulous, visiting grandsons tag along with me. See, an important part of what I want to help teach them, are the ways to serve and to give unconditionally, so they can start the process of paying forward, at the ages of 11 and 10. To be a part of my small Joyeux Noel excursion I believed, would give them an example of those things - at least ‘Papa’ style. Read more

In Honor of The International Day of Peace September 21

The United Nations International Day of Peace was established by the UN in 1981 and will be celebrated this year on Friday, September 21. In honor, we feature Our World at Peace, a video created by 10 Million Clicks For Peace co-founder, Rick Beneteau who created the storyboard, and member extraordinaire, Paul Sutherland who crafted.
Read more

Gonna Go Walkin’ (exercise music)

This song, Gonna Go Walkin’, performed by Brad Rose, is an upbeat, fun song perfect for walking or exercising and is among the first offerings of MusicThatMatters, a project that 10 Million Clicks For Peace co-founder, Rick Beneteau, and Larry Thompson have created to lift the world to a higher place.

If you like the music and the message there’s a lot of inspirational content besides the world-class music  waiting for you in the MusicThatMatters Community! Read more

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