I was walking down the a busy street with my lovely wife Laura on the way for lunch yesterday.
On the way, I saw a disheveled old man with tattered clothes and a prosthetic leg, hawking small packets of facial tissue by the alley.
We put a few dollars in his cup and proceeded to the restaurant.
For some reason, I was thinking about the one-legged man, so I took away lunch for him. I went to his little corner to hand him his meal.
To my surprise, the one-legged man was crouching in the corner and weeping. I rushed to his side and asked him, "What’s the matter?"
His answer SHOCKED me to the core… It sounds incredulous but I kid you not:
-> Someone STOLE his facial tissue packs and ran away! <-
I feel a surge of anger even as I type this. How can anyone who calls themselves human stoop to such lows?
Anyway, I gave him some money and took down his address. I have brought his case up to the Welfare Department so here’s hoping something can be done about his predicament.
I’m praying that things will get better for him from here on.
I actually broke down and cried as I drove home because I really wanted to do something more. Then my typically wise wife said something rather profound…
*Doing something is the beginning of doing something more.*
And that’s the point of this post.
The great Gandhi has a famous saying: "Be the change you want to see in the world."
If you want to make a difference in your life, business or financial situation. If you want to impact your family, the poor or even the world… You need to do something. Anything.
That step of faith can change someone’s life. Your business. Even your future 
generations to come.
If you want to see a change in your finances, in your homes, in your charities, in the things that are near and dear to your heart, you need to start becoming the change.
Take action. Rise up. Swallow that frog and start claiming life on your own terms.
Doing something is the beginning of doing something more.
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Hi there
The fact that you care says a lot about you. Thank you for taking the time to think of the man and help him.
Sometimes it takes a simple action to help someone. Showing you care would have helped this gentleman enormously. Plus letting the appropriate agencies know about his predicament.
You may never know the impact your generosity and caring nature have on this person or their lives.
In doing something we start. In creating and taking the first step – the rest will follow – bit by bit – piece by piece. Like a jigsaw being put together.
I am so grateful for everything and everyone in my own life. To be able to give back or share something is a wonderful opportunity.
You never know who, what or where the new opportunities will open to you.
I found you on Twitter. Thanks a million for this act of kindness.
Susan Connors
Australia
PS: As for frogs we have to be careful hear
Our home is in the middle of a natural wetlands area and the Australian tree frogs are everywhere at present. It is nothing unusual to see up to 50 a night and early morning around our home.
Getting into the car, we have to chase the little ones to safety as they love the moisture of the night air.
All the best with your launch of Twitter Salvation System 2.0
Thanks for sharing this story and helping this man. But then what does he do tomorrow and the next day when people take from him instead of give to him. I am a teacher and an educated mind has always been the light to empower a better way. Problem is to find a way to educate this man to be self-sufficient..give a man a fish vs teache a man to fish..
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