How to Use The Power of Kindness and Giving

February 1, 2012
A particular kind of happiness can be found by fulfilling the wishes of others - it can be considered a way of paying it forward.


Helen Keller said:

"Happiness cannot come from without. It must come from within. It is not what we see and touch or that which others do for us which makes us happy: it is that which we think and feel and do first for others than for ourselves."

Reflect on that as you go through this posting because kindness and giving to others is about creating hope, visions and dreams of a future. Our culture, at least, the way I see it in western civilization is not so civilized anymore. We have become a society of entitlement with a "me-oriented focus". It has become less and less of others with a more consistent approach to ME.

The truth is we don't seem to give enough anymore - no kindness - no compassion - no caring. What kind of values do we have if we do not care for our fellow man? If you want to be happy, then practice a giving and caring compassion for others. If you wish to live life to the fullest instead of just 40 or 50 percent of your true potential then offering gifts of kindness to another human being will create a sense of your real worth and value, which in turn acts as a fuel for the desires, dreams and visions of others.

Kindness and giving can be contagious, and it will draw people towards you. We live what we learn, and if we are not teaching the next generation to be better, to be considerate, to add value to others then this world of "entitlement and me only" will just worsen.

Consider this, with persistence and patience each on their own, can do their part one person at a time. To offer a gift of kindness and to teach others to do their role and within a short period we can be back to the world where we care and give to our fellow man for the betterment of all humankind.

WE can be the stuff that dreams are made of by offering to others so that we are the stuff of their dreams come true. It is not about giving each of us our pat on the back for doing small acts of giving and kindness. It's about our generosity being strictly anonymous and pure with no desire or expectation of acknowledgment, reward or anything in return.

Remember the most successful and the most fulfilled are those people who care and show giving to others for the mere satisfaction in the happiness they bring others.


Life has karma
Corey Blackmur Engage~Inform~Educate


Very well written article, by a good friend of mine Corey Blackmur Engage~Inform~Educate from out west, now depending where you live things could be very confusing.....He's from Regina Sask, a great football town....and also has a real cool song, Running back to Saskatoon.

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What Can You Do To Make Yourself Unstoppable?

January 29, 2012

Most of us have kids, and at times we see them playing video games, l mean for hours. You know why they play for hours, not because they are winning, but because they are losing. They are doing all they can, to get to the next level of that game, and then they get sent back to square one. They do this over, and over again, trying to achieve the next standard of the match. Where they made a mistake or a wrong turn, they take the approach and the challenge with a new strategy.

Let's talk about our Kids

Let's think about this here for a minute, kids learning, and teaching themselves to get to the next level over and over again, is this not what our life's as adults is all about. We as adults, give up way to quick, just because we made a wrong turn, and fell flat on our face, and got sent back to square one. How come we do not approach our mistakes as kids do, and start all over again, and apply new strategies to get us where to want to be.

They Understand what they are doing

One of the biggest reason l never get upset watching my kids and friends playing video games because l know one thing they are learning problem-solving skills, and experimenting with different approaches, they're gain confidence but most of all having fun but yet learning life strategies.

They Take one step at a time

Each time they get to next level of that game, they will have to repeat the same process over and over again. The ability of not beating or winning that game never even enters their mind. Wow; kids have this ability to tackle problems, and face them over and over again and yet we as adults, we have a tendency to hide from our obstacles in everyday life.

They Understand How to Start over

So the next time you have an obstacle in your way and you're having a real hard time with it, think about your kid or any kid playing a video game and how he approaches the obstacles that sent him back to square one. He thinks, and decides to apply new found strategy to his new approach, how we should also as adults approach our let downs, never allow the thought of defeat even enter your mind.

Their Magical formula 

If you approach each obstacle with this mindset you going strength your conviction, raising your expectations and then you will conquer your fears that have held you back for so long. The more you apply this formula, the easier it will get, and you will recognize each small victory along the way making you stronger and you will start to believe in yourself like never before. How you make yourself unstoppable one small victory after another.



See kids do have the ability to teach us, we just have to understand how they think, they have no boundaries in life defeat never enters their minds. So the next time your kids are playing a video game learns from them by watching what they do.

All the Best,

Joseph F. Botelho One Gram at a Time

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The Story of The Boy Who Wanted to Buy a Puppy.

October 5, 2011

I came across this short story of the kid who wanted to buy a puppy, but he wanted a special puppy. I found this to be a fascinating and unbelievable lesson to be learned, from this young man. I just had to share it, with all of us here.

One day an eight-year-old boy went to the pet store with his dad to buy a puppy. The store manager showed them to a pen where five little furry balls huddled together.

After a while, the boy notices one of the litter all by itself in an adjacent pen. The boy asked. "Why is that puppy all alone?"

The manager explained, "That puppy was born with a severe leg and would be crippled for life, so we're going to have to put him to sleep,"

"You're going to kill this little puppy?" the boy said sadly while patting it. "You have to realize that this puppy would never be able to run and play with a boy like you."

After a short conversation with his boy, the dad told the manager that they wanted to buy the puppy with the bad leg. "For the same amount of money, you could have one of the 'healthy' ones, Why do you want this one?"

To answer the manager's question, the boy bent over and pulled up the pants on his right leg, exposed the brace underneath and said, "Mister, l want this one because l understand what he's going through."

How many of us would have reacted like this young man, strange that things have to happen to us before we can accept people for who and what they are we do have a lot to learn from one another.

All the Best,

Joseph F. Botelho One Gram at a Time

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