The Beginning

It started yesterday. That would be November 25, 2008. That was the day I decided it was time.
Time for my 41 years on this planet to count for something other than being a sports nuttah. Not that I won't still make time for my addiction to the National Football League, mind you, but that there would be more to life than that. Much more to life than that.
That was when I invested my $32 a month into Compassion. Into a 7-year old boy named Fernando from Bolivia.
Today, I have spent some time reading other blogs connected with Compassion. Blogs by Marlboro Man, Mary, Melanie, Nick, Tim and Shaun concerning their visit to the Dominican Republic. I read about the little girl who didn't smile. I read about the girl whom had to share a dress with other girls because she had no clothes to take her picture in. Things that seem so inconceivable in the US of A.
But mostly I read about people whom were forever changed by their trip to another place that most of us can't even comprehend that exists.
So, after sending a quick e-mail to let Fernando know he had a sponsor, I thought that I, too, could begin to blog about Compassion. About my own sponsorship. About my own child I sponsor. And, as I share this story, I hope to be an inspiration to others. To do. Sponsor a child. Donate at a food bank. Give blood. Do. Something. Anything.
For this is the greatest lesson that the bloggers from the Dominican Republic trip have to teach us all. It takes someone's actions to give someone else hope.
We can't do everything but we can do something. And if everyone does do something, then everything can get done.