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Day 1503: Do you look to learn something from every experience?

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Every experience you go through is designed to teach you something – that’s what I keep realizing.

 

It’s 2 : 05 PM on day 1503 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, pray, read Ecclesiastes 10, feed myself egg with bread for breakfast, promote my Educate Generations campaign –no luck –  and publish my Disability of the Day feature,

 

This morning I realized every experience you go through is designed to teach you something which is a good thing otherwise I would think everything I was going through was for nothing.Do you look to learn something from every experience?

Day 1129: Lessons learned from my anti-slavery campaign

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There are lessons to be learned from every experience – that’s what I keep learning.

 

It’s 12 : 01  PM on day 1129 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to pray, brush my teeth,  feed myself boiled egg and Bran Flakes for breakfast,   read 1 Kings 8,   publish my Disability of the Day feature and  practice sitting up straight to strengthen my core muscles.

 

Today reflecting on my anti-slavery campaign I realized it has taught me two very important things 1). if you want people to support you in whatever you’re doing you have to convey to them why you’re doing it and in order to do that you yourself have to know why you’re doing what you’re doing 2). always give yourself twice the amount of time you think you’ll need to reach your goal (I thought  I could raise $1,000 in three months but the three months came and went and I still hadn’t reached my goal so I extended the campaign for another three months the same thing happened when I was raising money to build a well in Kenya I thought I could raise $6,500 in a year but then the year came and went and I still hadn’t reached my goal so I extended the campaign for another year). Do you look for lessons in every experience?

Day 924

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Your birthday is a special time to celebrate the gift of ‘you’ to the world – Unknown

It’s 10 : 37 AM on day 924 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth,  pray, read Leviticus 4,  publish my Disability of the Day feature, practice typing with both hands, practice sitting up straight to strengthen my core muscles,  feed myself  Appam and baked beans for breakfast, take off my dirty t-shirt and put a clean t-shirt on and spend time with our neighbor – she’s so sweet she brought me a birthday gift whenever it’s someone’s birthday she comes by with a gift people don’t do that anymore it’s really cute 🙂

Today being my birthday I thought I’d share with you the greatest lessons I’ve learned in my 22 years of life. Take a look:

Greatest Lessons I’ve Learned In My 22 Years Of Life

  1. We are all more alike than we are different
  2. All of us just want to feel heard and understood
  3. What you seek from other people you have to give yourself first
  4. What matters is not how much you have but rather how much you give
  5. Enjoy the simple things in life
  6. Be grateful for all that you have because there are people out there who have less than you
  7. Never ever give up on anything in life because the difference between success and failure is perseverance

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Day 379

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The lessons I’ve learned in the philanthropic arena have permeated my entire life – that’s what I learned today 🙂

It’s 6: 54 PM on day 379 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, practice writing by hand, play with my brother outside–it was sport’s day at his school and my parents excused him –   feed myself a peanut buter sandwich and boiled egg for breakfast, watch TV, feed myself beef stir fry for lunch, prepare and publish my Disability of the Day feature and  tweet about my Clean Water For All Campaign – no luck –

As you may or may not know my brother’s weight has been a huge concern for me – he’s 16 kg’s overweight according to his doctor – and although I have told him on previous occasions to go outside and exercise today I realized that me singling him out was probably making things worse so I decided to lead by example and go outside with him why am I telling you this I figured out recently while raising money for my campaign that people will do what you do faster than they will do what you say and I thought it would be a great lesson to share. Have the lessons you’ve learned doing what you love spilled over into your personal life?

Are we connecting on Twitter? If not, say hi at http://twitter.com/Nisha360

If you’ve given to my cause or you can’t give now, please help me by sharing my cause with others. You can tweet about it like my friend Stan Faryna. This is the tweet he uses: @Nisha360 is a brave, smart young woman trying to make a better world for us all. Please help her do an amazing thing. http://bit.ly/hC7vOu

Stan’s very sweet for saying so, but feel free to write what reflects you best.

Thanks to all my friends out there who are helping me make my dream come true: to make a better world for all of us!

Day 233

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Spiritual teachers come in all forms – that’s what I learned today.

It’s 9: 01 PM on day 233 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, feed myself a banana for breakfast, tweet about my Clean Water For All Campaign for a few hours – no luck – feed myself rice and curry for lunch, continue reading  A Purloined Life – the first of two books in Stella Cameron‘s Charmed – watch TV, feed myself Batura – deep fried bread – for dinner and watch some more TV.

As you know religion is a huge part of my life but it wasn’t until I ‘met’ Brennan – a ten-year-old boy who is dying of cancer – that I truly understood the meaning of faith every Sunday he goes to church which I find quite astonishing considering the fact that there was a time in my life that I refused to go to church because I was mad at God for ‘taking away my legs’ with that said I would like to thank Brennan for teaching me that faith is choosing to believe in a higher power even in our darkest hour. Has somebody you least expected taught you a lesson that you will never forget?

Are we connecting on Twitter? If not, say hi at http://www.twitter.com/nisha360

if you’ve given to my cause or you can’t give now, please help me by sharing my cause with others. You can tweet about it like my friend Stan Faryna. This is the tweet he uses: @Nisha360 is a brave, smart young woman trying to make a better world for us all. Please help her do an amazing thing. http://www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/nisha-varghese/nishavarghese

Stan’s very sweet for saying so, but feel free to write what reflects you best.

Thanks to all my friends out there who are helping me make my dream come true: to make a better world for all of us!