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Day 2685: Positivity and Me

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Promote what you love instead of bashing what you hate– that’s my message to the world.

 

It’s 11 : 49 AM on day 2685 of my journey towards independence and I managed to pray, read  Psalm 119:114  and promote my 50 New Feet Campaign benefiting MiracleFeet – raised  $6 826 only $5 674 more to raise by June 17, 2018 to help 50 kids with clubfoot.

 

Today I was reminded that what we put out is what we get back if we went positive lives than we should speak positively, act positively and share positive content with those around us

Day 2429: Don’t Engage With Hate

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Don’t engage with hate– that’s my message to the world.

 

It’s 10 : 33 AM on day 2429 of my journey towards independence and I managed to pray,  have breakfast, read Micah 7:18-19 and learn a new word – Specious [spe·cious] adj.  1. Having the ring of truth or plausibility but actually fallacious. “A specious argument.” 2. Deceptively attractive

 

Recently I realized that in the real world and on social media it’s best not to engage with hate if you know a conversation that you choose to start or engage in is going to end badly why start or engage in the conversation in the first place – don’t engage with hate.

Day 2210: Own Your Faith

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It’s okay to own your faith – that’s my message to the world.

 

It’s 11 : 07  AM on day 2210 of my journey towards independence and I managed to  pray, read 2 John 1:6, have breakfast and work on my  25 Smiles Campaign    –raised $7 675 only  $4 825 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 ).

 

Recently I’ve started posting Bible verses on my social media platforms I never used to do that for fear of imposing my faith on others but now I realize I’m not forcing anything on anyone I’m just doing my duty as a Christian by sharing with the world what Christianity teaches me.

Day 2010: Social Media and The Responsibility We ALL Share

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With great influence comes great responsibility– that’s my message to the world.

 

It’s 12 : 29 PM on day 2010 of my journey towards independence and I managed to pray, read 1 Peter 3,  learn one new thing –Eratosthenes calculated the circumference of the Earth without leaving Egypt. Eratosthenes knew that at local noon on the summer solstice in the Ancient Egyptian city of Swenet (known in ancient Greek as Syene, and now as Aswan) on the Tropic of Cancer, the Sun would appear at the zenith, directly overhead.–have breakfast and work on my 25 Smiles Campaign – raised $3 337 only $2 913 more to raise by 10 Jan 2017  (SO SO SO GRATEFUL to everyone who has supported this campaign so far :)  ).

 

Today I was thinking about social media and influence thanks to social media everybody now has the power to broadcast their message which is awesome but with that power comes a responsibility to spread a message of gratitude, generosity, love, courage, peace and hope I strive to share content that promotes gratitude, generosity, love, courage, peace and hope I want to be a light in a world that oftentimes seems to be filled with darkness.

Day 1590: Your Social Media = Your Business?

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Whatever you say on social media reflects on you, your family and your country – that’s what I wish people would understand.

 

It’s 12 : 00 PM on day 1590 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to  brush my teeth,  pray,  read Jeremiah 7, publish my Disability of the Day feature,  learn one new thing – The first computer mouse, constructed in 1964, was made out of wood (by Doug Engelbart) – stretch my hamstrings,  feed myself egg with bread for breakfast and promote my Educate Generations campaign– Britt Michaelian donated $40 yesterday (thank you SO MUCH Britt every donation is more than just money it’s symbolic of how much people believe in the cause and in me 🙂 )  which brings my total raised to $1 410 only $1 090 more to raise to reach goal.

 

Recently a well-known South African went on a tirade on Twitter for which she later apologized but who knows how many people had read her tweets by then I wish people would understand that whatever you say on social media reflects on you, your family and your country.Do you use social media with the understanding that whatever you say on social media reflects on you, your family and your country?

Day 336

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Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely. – Auguste Rodin

It’s 7: 42 PM on day 336 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, read Endless Jubilee– a blog about the joys of raising a child with Cerebral Palsy I actually cried when I read Chloe helps us truly see who she is — which has nothing to do with what she can do or how her body works. It’s a blessing to see a person in this light, outside of how society determines a person’s value. There is so much more to all of us than what we can do or cannot do. (an excerpt from Chloe 101) because that’s all I’ve ever wanted from family, friends and even strangers– tweet about my Clean Water For All Campaign – no luck – feed myself hotdog for breakfast, hang out with my brother who stayed home from school because he was sick, feed myself rice and curry for lunch, watch TV, feed myself oranges for dinner and brush my teeth once more.

At 10 PM last night my brother was rushed to the hospital – he had an asthma attack – and although he’s fine now – THANK the LORD – I figured it would be a shame to let his suffering go to waste so I compiled a list of symptoms that your child with asthma might present with. Take a look:

Asthma in Children – Symptoms

Symptoms of asthma can be mild or severe. Your child may have no symptoms; severe, daily symptoms; or something in between. How often your child has symptoms can also change. Symptoms of asthma may include:

• Wheezing, a whistling noise of varying loudness that occurs when the airways of the lungs (bronchial tubes ) narrow.
• Coughing, which is the only symptom for some children.
• Chest tightness.
• Shortness of breath, which is rapid, shallow breathing or difficulty breathing.
• Sleep disturbance.
• Tiring quickly during exercise.

If your child has only one or two of these symptoms, it does not necessarily mean he or she has asthma. The more of these symptoms your child has, the more likely it is that he or she has asthma.

An asthma attack occurs when your child’s symptoms suddenly increase. Factors that can lead to an asthma attack or make one worse include:

• Having a cold or another type of respiratory illness, especially one caused by a virus, such as influenza.
• Exercising (exercise-induced asthma), especially if the air is cold and dry.
• Exposure to triggers, such as cigarette smoke, air pollution, dust mites, or animal dander.
• Changes in hormones, such as during the start of a girl’s menstrual blood flow at puberty.
• Taking medicines, such as aspirin (aspirin-induced asthma) or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.

(Note: I am not a doctor the list above is courtesy of WebMD)

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 332

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It is not good to know more unless we do more with what we already know. – Bergethon, R. K

It’s 7: 49 PM on day 332 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, watch and donate to the telethon held to raise money for the people of Somalia – I already made my donation to the World Food Programme but I didn’t tell my father that and coaxed him into making anotther donation because I wanted to teach my sister the joy of giving anyway coming back to the telethon 1.2 million rand was raised I am SO proud to be South African today 🙂 – feed myself banana for breakfast, tweet about my Clean Water For All Campaign – no luck – visit my favourite blogs Love That Max, Chasing Rainbows and Bird on the Street,  feed myself rice and fried fish for lunch, watch TV, feed myself pasta and fried chicken for dinner, brush my teeth once more and help my brother act out the play that he wrote.

Yesterday as I was writing a post publicizing the telethon that took place this morning (if you have no idea what I’m talking about refer to Day 331) I realized that the SABC – South African Broadcasting Corporation – although had the best intentions in wanting to raise money for the people of Somalia were a bit lacking in the knowledge of how to use the internet to publicize the upcoming telethon – I spent hours online looking for the telethon phone number eventually giving up and deciding to wait until the telethon was going on to add the number to my post – so today I am going to give you some tips on how to make the internet work for the philanthropist in you because I believe that knowledge is most powerful when it is shared. Take a look:

How to use the internet to raise awareness and money for your favorite charity: Things I wish someone had told me before I entered the world of philanthropy

  • Make sure that the charity you support is registered – most charities will display a tax/EIN number on their respective websites if they don’t email them and ask for it
  • Find out whether your charity is linked to a fundraising website e.g. Firstgiving, Justgiving, My Charity Page – the advantage of using a fundraising page to raise money for charity is that you as the fundraiser don’t have to do anything – it’s fully automated – and there’s the added benefit of being able to receive donations from all over the world twenty-four hours a day with the only disadvantage being that the fundraising website gets to keep a small percentage of whatever you raise
  • Set up social media accounts e.g. Twitter, Facebook and connect with people who can identify with you – you will often find me asking people who have been affected by disability to make donations to my campaign because I know that they know how hard my life is.
  • Create a chain – mingle with the people that your donors interact with and tell them about what your trying to do chances are that they will donate too and when that happens you have to start the process up again and so on and so on
  • Don’t pester people – if someone says that they can’t donate to your cause for whatever reason accept that with grace and move on don’t keep sending them Facebook messages/tweets they will get very irritated with you and unfriend/unfollow you

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!