Leroy Barber's Blog
Make a Change / Feb 7, 12:47 PM
This is a wonderful time of year. The holidays are behind us and as usual the new year brings new hope and aspirations. We seek to lose weight, spend less money, stay in shape, and spend more time at home with the kids. For most of us when the clock struck midnight on December 31, we saw an opportunity to make changes to ourselves and the world in which we live. This year will bring a new president in the US, and we will hear speeches and slogans filled with hope and promise of better days ahead. We will, at least for the time being, eat better and make good decisions about our lives and health. The good part is that those of us who stick with it will make a great impact on our lives and the world.
I would like to begin the New Year in the same way. There are over 4,000 of you that I communicate with on a monthly basis through this newsletter. A lot of you support us and respond back regularly and we are very thankful for you. I would like to begin the New Year with a challenge. Would you consider a one year pledge of 30 dollars per month for this year? That is one dollar for every day of the year. I would like to get at least 1,000 of you to commit to that this year. One dollar a day is less than the price of a cup of coffee, so you could drink one less cup a day. It is less than the cost of renting a movie from the video store, so you could rent one less movie a week. It is the same price as downloading a song on your iPod. So you could download a little less. Your 30 dollars a month is close to two weeks groceries, and half the price of a monthly bus pass for our team members to get to work at a school or homeless shelter.
If you make this change for the better right now and stick with it for the year there are many benefits due you. You will consume less caffeine, listen to your iPod less, and watch less TV, which will do wonders for your relationships (You’re welcome!). Your life will be changed because when you give, it comes back to you. The world will be made better because it allows our team members to continue living and working among the poor.
I hope you had a wonderful holiday season and that you make solid commitments and stick with them this year, not only for yourself but for the good of the world.
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