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Day 1768: Mandela Day Eve 2015

“A fundamental concern for others in our individual and community lives would go a long way in making the world the better place we so passionately dreamt of.” – Nelson Mandela

It’s 12 : 20 PM on day 1768 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, pray, read Malachi 4, publish my Disability of the Day feature, learn one new thing –At around 1,392,000 kilometres (865,000 miles) wide, the Sun’s diameter is about 110 times wider than Earth’s. – have breakfast, make sandwiches for Cynthia’s ( our housekeeper’s) neighborhood with Cynthia’s help as part of Virginia’s Sandwich Run – (thank you sisi Cynthia for all your help) – and promote my Educate Generations campaign – $3 372 raised so far.

Tomorrow is Mandela Day – a day during which people all over the world spend 67 minutes of their time in service of others in honour of the late Nelson Mandela’s 67 years of service – I urge everyone reading this to do something for other people tomorrow and every day after that because in the end what we give is all we have and how we love is what will last.

Day 1767: The Language of Lying by Noah Zandan

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“No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar” ― Abraham Lincoln

It’s 12 : 00 PM on day 1767 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, pray, read Malachi 3, publish my Disability of the Day feature, learn one new thing – Researchers have found that when threatened by two invaders with dark and light manes, lions choose to attack the latter, which suggests that a dark mane is a sign of strength and light a sign of weakness.– have breakfast and promote my Educate Generations campaign – yesterday Reshma Ravi donated $20 and Benchawan Prasunnakarn donated $15 (thank you Reshma and Benchawan the support from both of you means the world to me 🙂 ) which brings my total raised to $3 372 (thank you to God and everyone who’s supported me so far).

Recently I watched The Language of Lying by Noah Zandan – a Ted-Ed presentation that teaches us how to spot lies – and because of it I’m now better equipped to spot a lie. Watch The Language of Lying by Noah Zandan below:

Day 1766: The Secret to Great Human Interaction

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The secret to great human interaction is to make people feel good about themselves in a genuine fashion – that’s what I was reminded of yesterday.

It’s 12 : 16 PM on day 1766 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, pray, read Malachi 2, publish my Disability of the Day feature, have breakfast, learn one new thing –Gratuitous [gra·tu·i·tous] adj. 1. Given or granted without return or recompense; unearned. 2. Unnecessary or unwarranted; unjustified: A gratuitous remark.– and promote my Educate Generations campaign – Catherine Cook (who has donated nine times before) donated $18 yesterday (thank you SO MUCH Catherine your ongoing support continues to leave me speechless : ) which brings the total raised to $3 337 (so grateful thank you SO MUCH to everyone who has supported this campaign so far I sincerely appreciate it).

Yesterday while on Twitter I was reminded that the secret to great human interaction is to make people feel good about themselves in a genuine fashion.

Day 1765: People and their willingness to help

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People want to help you just have to give them the opportunity – that’s what I’ve realized recently.

It’s 12 : 12 PM on day 1765 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, pray, read Malachi 1, publish my Disability of the Day feature, have breakfast, learn one new thing –Baboons are opportunistic eaters and, fond of crops, become destructive pests to many African farmers. They eat fruits, grasses, seeds, bark, and roots, but also have a taste for meat. They eat birds, rodents, and even the young of larger mammals, such as antelopes and sheep. – and promote my Educate Generations campaign – Jim Mahar donated $18 yesterday (thanks SO MUCH Jim your ongoing support means more to me than you will ever know 🙂 ) which brings my total raised to $3 319.

Recently I’ve realized that people want to help you just have to give them the opportunity the young people in my life have been going all out to help me spread the word about my campaign it’s been really moving to watch. Thanks to everyone who has changed their Facebook Cover Photos and Twitter Header Photos in support of my campaign you guys have shown me that there is hope for humanity yet.

Day 1764: The Show Must Go On

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The show must go on – that’s what I keep telling myself.

It’s 12 : 58 AM on day 1764 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, pray, read Zachariah 14, publish my Disability of the Day feature, learn one new thing –The jagged ridges of the Zagros Mountains form the boundary that separates Iraqi Kurdistan from Iran. The continuous mountain system stretches along Northern Iraq into Iran and serves as home to many Kurdish people.– have breakfast, promote my Educate Generations campaign – i set up a jukebox on http://www.tweetjukebox.com/ with a collection of tweets about my campaign so if you’d like to tweet about my campaign sign in to Tweet Jukebox, click “Jukebox Store” search for “Educate Generations Campaign Tweets” then click “Download” , “Return to My Portal” then under “My Juke Boxes” you should find “Educate Generations Campaign Tweets” click on it and under the “Options” tab turn the Jukebox on then click the “Schedule” tab and put in how often you’d like that jukebox to send out tweets (if you have no clue what I just said watch this video on how to set up a jukebox on Tweet JukeBox but instead of downloading the jukebox mentioned in the video download the “Educate Generations Campaign Tweets” jukebox https://youtu.be/cGnQbqjCaVc )

This morning I received some bad news about someone I love (I won’t go into details as to what it is because the people I love didn’t choose to be bloggers and aspiring philanthropists I would not dream of divulging details about their lives on this blog or on any other public platform) needless to say I am very worried about and scared for my loved one but I’m powerless to help him so I will continue praying and go about my normal day.

Day 1763: Happy 18th Birthday Malala

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“It seemed to me that everyone knows they will die one day. My feeling was nobody can stop death; it doesn’t matter if it comes from a Talib or cancer. So I should do whatever I want to do.” ― Malala Yousafzai, I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

It’s 12 : 49 PM on day 1763 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, pray, read Zachariah 13, publish my Disability of the Day feature, publish my Kid of the Week feature, learn one new thing –Salient [sa·li·ent] adj. 1. Strikingly conspicuous; prominent. “A salient argument.”– and promote my Educate Generations campaign – $3 301 raised so far and I’m working on a new way that people can support this campaign so things are looking great 🙂 .

As you may or may not know today is Malala Yousafzai’s 18^th birthday I’ve never met her but through her book, I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban, and her interviews she taught me more about courage than anybody else on the planet there’s this moment in the book where she says (I’m paraphrasing) I had two choices I could either speak up and die or stay silent and die so I chose to speak up how many of us would speak up about something knowing it could cost us our lives I don’t know if I would but Malala did and that’s why me and others think she is the bravest girl in the world. Happy birthday Malala the world is truly blessed to have you.

Day 1762: Pinch me this is my life

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You know most of your life is awesome when you wake up some days thinking pinch me this is my life– that’s what I realized today.

It’s 12 : 15 PM on day 1762 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, pray, read Zachariah 12, publish my Disability of the Day feature, learn one new thing –The name “orchid” comes from the Greek word for testicle, referring not to the plant’s flowers but its bulbs, organs that have long been considered to possess aphrodisiac properties. – have breakfast, promote my Educate Generations campaign –$3 301 raised so far (thanks all) – and hang out with my family.

Some days I wake up thinking pinch me this is my life there are times I can hardly believe that God has done the things he has done through me it’s really weird if I tell myself my story it sounds like a movie I feel like me and the person who God is working through to help people are two separate people only I know that we are the same person.

Day 1761: My Family and Me

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Family is not an important thing. It’s everything. – Michael J. Fox

It’s 12 : 00 PM on day 1761 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, pray, read Zachariah 11, publish my Disability of the Day feature, learn one new thing –Ray Tomlinson invented electronic mail in 1971. Early emails contained only text and were used primarily by universities and research organizations – have breakfast, promote my Educate Generations campaign –$3 301 raised so far – and hang out with my family.

Yesterday I realized that if even one member of my family was not in my life I wouldn’t be the same each one of them adds something to my life that nobody else can and I hope I do the same for each one of them.

Day 1760: Getting everything you want in life

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Follow your passion, love the life you have and everything else will fall into place – that’s my message to the world.

It’s 12 : 30 PM on day 1760 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, pray, read Zachariah 10, publish my Disability of the Day feature, learn one new thing –Aplomb [a·plomb] n. Self-confident assurance, skill, and poise – especially in difficult or challenging circumstances. – have breakfast, promote my Educate Generations campaign –$3 301 raised so far (thanks so much everyone 🙂 ) – and hang out with my sister.

This morning I realized that when you follow your passion and love the life you have everything else will fall into place so often in life we chase people instead of our passions not realizing that when we become the stars in our own lives the right people will come to us.

Day 1759: It’s not all about me

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It’s not all about me – that’s what I have to keep reminding myself.

It’s 12 : 11 PM on day 1759 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, pray, read Zachariah 9, publish my Disability of the Day feature, learn one new thing – The feisty Tasmanian devil has the fiercest bite of all, according to a group of curious scientists. They calculated the bite force of the animals, then adjusted for their size. The least weasel and the giant panda (yes, a member of the carnivore order) also ranked high. – have breakfast and promote my Educate Generations campaign – Meg Guegan donated $30 today (thanks SO MUCH Meg for your ongoing support it means a lot to me 🙂 ) which brings my total raised to $3 301 (I can hardly believe it thank you to God and everybody who has supported (and continues to support) this campaign).

Today I realized that when people compliment people in my life on how well they take care of me (which they do I must say my family and our housekeeper help me out a lot) it’s not in an effort to make me feel like a burden it’s to make the people in my life feel good about themselves I have to keep reminding myself that it’s not all about me.