Tag Archives: Giving

Superhero Catherine Constantinides and Team Deliver Food and Christmas Cheer

Catherine and her team spreading Christmas cheer

“Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting. It is happiness because we see joy in people. It is forgetting self and finding time for others. It is discarding the meaningless and stressing the true values.” — Thomas S. Monson

Yesterday and the day day before My Superhero Catherine Constantinides and her team fed and gave Christmas cheer to young and old in the Johannesburg area. Thank you to the volunteers and donors who helped make this two days happen and nd thank you to Azraa & Sameerah Satar (@thesatarsisters on Instagram) for capturing the photos you see in this post

Day 2962: 8th Alive Day #AliveDay

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Fill every day with goodness, kindness and mercy – that’s my message to the world.

It’s 1 : 15 PM on day 2962 of my journey towards independence and I managed to spend time outside, read a Bible verse and do some work

Today I celebrate my 8th #AliveDay – 8 months since my surgery – I remember the pain and if I should ever forget the large scars on my arm remain to remind me but I’m not defined by pain I’m defined by purpose. Around Alive Day I do something good for others thus turning an otherwise merely painful event into something beautiful. Please do a good deed today, take a pic related to the deed, tag me (@Nisha360) in the tweet and use #AliveDay8. Help me celebrate life.

Day 2819: The Generous Giver and the Gracious Receiver

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Kindness makes my day whether i’m on the giving or receiving end – that’s what I’ve realized.

It’s 12 : 39 PM on day 2819 of my journey towards independence and I managed to pray, read a Bible verse, have breakfast and promote my 50 New Feet Campaign benefiting MiracleFeet –raised $14 569 only $4 181 more to raise by June 17, 2018 to reach my new goal of helping 75 kids with Clubfoot by June 17, 2018.

Yesterday we received a notice from the Post Office saying there was a package for me (I love getting mail and guessing what it could be and who it could be from [I’m like a big kid]) so this morning my dad picked it up for me and it was books and a movie from my friend Julie in the USA with a sweet card attached (thanks so much Julie) I LOVE giving but today I was reminded that life is a balance of being a generous giver and a gracious receiver.

Day 2443: The Source of my Truest Joy and Contentment

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Giving was, is and always will be the source of my truest joy and contentment – that’s what I now know.

It’s 11: 36 AM on day 2443 of my journey towards independence and I managed to pray, read 1 Corinthians 2:12, watch myself and my Superhero Catherine Constantinides on TV – thank you to the Expresso Show for sharing footage of my paraglide and allowing us to tell South Africa about the people of the Western Sahara – have breakfast and learn a new word – Definitions for memoriter 1. by heart; by memory. 2.involving or requiring memorization: the memoriter aspects of a college course.

Today I realized that no matter how far I get in this life or whatever else I accomplish giving was, is and always will be the source of my truest joy and contentment I guess every human circles back to that realization sooner or later (the impact of our lives on the world and on other people will be our enduring legacy).

Day 2137: Giving and Selfishness

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Giving is selfish on my part – that’s what I realized yesterday.

It’s 12 : 00 PM on day 2137 of my journey towards independence and I managed to pray, read Psalm 91: 4, learn one new thing –The term sand dollar (or sea cookie or snapper biscuit in New Zealand, or pansy shell in South Africa) refers to species of extremely flattened, burrowing sea urchins belonging to the order Clypeasteroida. – have breakfast, and work on my 25 Smiles Campaign – raised $7 015 only $5 485 more to raise to reach my second goal of raising $12 500 for Smile Train before Jan 10 2017 (SO SO SO GRATEFUL to everyone who has supported this campaign so far 🙂 ) .

Yesterday I realized that giving is actually selfish on my part it’s sort of a coping mechanism it takes my mind off my challenges and forces me to look outward.

Day 2032: “Tony Robbins Key to Success, Wealth, and Fulfilment with Lewis Howes”

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“The secret to living is giving.” – Tony Robbins

It’s 1 : 01 PM on day 2032 of my journey towards independence and I managed to pray, read Revelation 9, learn one new thing –Number of letters: 28 (in Arabic) – some additional letters are used in Arabic when writing placenames or foreign words containing sounds which do not occur in Standard Arabic, such as /p/ or /g/.- have breakfast, and work on my 25 Smiles Campaign – My Paper Parties donated $125 and Tim Fargo, author of Alphabet Success – Keeping it Simple. My Secrets to Success and founder of TweetJukebox (soon-to-be Social Jukebox), donated $1 000 (thanks so much to My Paper Parties and Tim ) ) which brings the total raised to $5 271 only $979 more to raise by 10 Jan 2017 (SO SO SO GRATEFUL to everyone who has supported this campaign so far ).

Yesterday I watched “Tony Robbins Key to Success, Wealth, and Fulfillment with Lewis Howes” and in the interview Tony said the secret to living is giving he went on to say we need to give the most when we have nothing to give I have found those two things to be so true in my own life I absolutely loved this interview. Watch “Tony Robbins Key to Success, Wealth, and Fulfillment with Lewis Howes” below:

Day 1978: “You Found Me” by The Fray

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Lost and insecure

You found me, you found me

Lyin’ on the floor

Surrounded, surrounded

Why’d you have to wait?

Where were you? Where were you?

Just a little late

You found me, you found me

– The Fray, “You Found Me”

It’s 2 : 00 PM on day 1978 of my journey towards independence and I managed to pray, read 1 Timothy 3, learn one new thing –While it is not technically a “heart,” the aortic arch of the earthworm performs a similar function and is commonly referred to as one for the sake of simplicity. An earthworm has five arches/hearts that are segmented and pump blood throughout its body.–have breakfast, go visit family, do my #RAK16 (more about that in an upcoming post) and work on my 25 Smiles Campaign – yesterday Adam Butler donated $5 and today Deepuchachen donated $250 (thanks SO MUCH Adam and Deepuchachen your support means the world to me ) which brings my total raised to $2 387 only $3 863 more to raise by 10 Jan 2017 (SO SO SO GRATEFUL to everyone who has supported this campaign so far ).

Yesterday I heard “You Found Me” by The Fray again after a long time there’s just something about that song that I absolutely love. Listen to “You Found Me” by The Fray below:

Day 1727: Why I Believe Everything Happens by Design

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Everything happens by design – that’s what I keep realizing.

It’s 12 : 20 PM on day 1727 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, pray, read Amos 9, publish my Disability of the Day feature, learn one new thing – Australia, the world’s most arid inhabited continent, is confronting the limits of natural resources in an era of climate change. Years of drought in the last decade have been the most devastating in the country’s 117 years of recorded history.– feed myself a peanut butter and banana sandwich for breakfast, promote my Educate Generations campaign– $3 025 raised so far so grateful

Recently I found myself wishing I could do more by myself just so I wouldn’t have to inconvenience my parents so much but then I realized that God gave me more heart than ability by design my parents are all about saving for a rainy day but because I need help with some things they’ve sort of gotten roped into giving it’s an ingenious plan actually God gave me more heart than ability so that I could get more people involved in being the change they want to see in the world.

Day 1714: Sebastian Schütte and the PandaCrew

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There are genuinely good people in the world– that’s what I keep realizing 🙂

It’s 1 : 20 PM on day 1714 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, pray, read Hosea 13, publish my Disability of the Day feature, publish my Kid of the Week feature, learn one new thing – Lava can reach 2,140°F. A candle flame is around 700°F; a popcorn kernel is 356°F, and an egg-frying sidewalk is 158°F. – go to church, feed myself a peanut butter and banana sandwich for breakfast and continue reading Animal Farm by George Orwell (we had loadshedding again on the bright side it’s good for the planet)

A few months ago I got in touch with Sebastian Schütte via Twitter and right from the start I thought he was just one of the most amazing human beings ever he and his friends (the PandaCrew) just go out into the world and do good deeds it’s really awesome I’m so proud to know them even if it is only through the internet. Thank you SO MUCH Sebastian and the PandaCrew for all the good you do you guys represent the best in humanity. Watch Sebastian talk about his life and the genesis of the PandaCrew in the video below:

Day 1706: How being on the receiving end of generosity has changed me

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Giving changes both the lives of the givers and the receivers – that’s what I have realized.

It’s 12 : 05 PM on day 1706 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, pray, read Hosea 5, publish my Disability of the Day feature, learn one new thing –Egyptian hieroglyphs—a system in which pictures represent sounds—first appeared around 3100 B.C. Cuneiform writing emerged in Mesopotamia not too long after, around 2400 B.C. – feed myself egg with bread for breakfast and promote my Educate Generations campaign– $2 919 raised so far so grateful (thanks everyone 🙂 ) .

Last night I was thinking about how being on the receiving end of the world’s generosity has changed me as a human being people from all over the world (most of whom I’ve never met in person) have really shown up for me they’ve donated money, time, social media platforms…. you name it they’ve given me their all and perhaps because of that I want to help everybody that I can it’s very hard to be stingy after you’ve been on the receiving end of overwhelming generosity. Thank you to everyone who has supported me you gave of your resources and in the process forever changed me as a human being.