I grew up loving sports of all kinds. I really loved track and field and got real excited during the Olympics. One year I watched as a runner from my home country was in line to win a medal in the Men's 400 meter final. He was right there at the finish line with a bronze medal all but guaranteed but then he decided to look around for the other runners. Just as he did another runner leaned with all his might and sneaked pass him at the line. Bummer.
Well my countryman started well, ran well but didn't finish well. You know finishing well is hard (ask all Seniors who have a cause of Senioritis!). But as we've been on this journey for 40 Days of Service and Sacrifice I want to encourage us all to finish well. What does that mean?
Well we've seen great pictures and heard wonderful stories of group service. Finishing well means we do our very best to do those Individual Random Acts of Kindness for these next two weeks. Let's try stuff like helping a neighbor, or a teacher or just a random stranger and give them the wiiserve cards. Let's finish well.
Finishing well also means that we really make some sacrifice to help the Children of Nhengelo. I know no one thinks they've got an abundance of money now. But we each can make some small (or big) sacrifice over the next couple weeks to save money for the worthy cause. Maybe we can sacrifice our movie money, not buy a new outfit, save some eating out money and bring it with you to Congress or send it in for the cause.
If you're not aware of the cause checkout www.hope4.com/wiiserve
So I'm planning to lean in with all my might as we get close to the finish line of Youth Congress. How about you?
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