Somebody Needs Help

There are many charitable organization and many people who generously give to those groups. This is certainly a true statement. Don’t you agree? So why are there so many Americans who need help?  When you give your money to a charity, you don’t know who you’re helping, or how much of your money is going to pay for the organizational structure. How many of us when we see those charitable infomercials wonder to your selves if the money is not lining someone’s pockets. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying we should not give to charity. There are many wonderful charities. I’m saying know what your donations are paying for.

I take a different approach. In our community there is no need to go far to find somebody who needs help. Wouldn’t it be a great world if each one of us who could, would help. We all have someone nearby to help. How often we forget those directly around us. Just think, you decide who you’re going to help. You know everything you do is going directly to benefit that person. No overhead or infrastructure to pay for.

I’ve chosen my way of helping. Have you? I challenge each of us to take on a worthy cause in which you can see immediate results. Remember what Mother Teresa said; "Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time, and always start with the person nearest you."

For those of you who say; you neither have the time, or money, I say stop using excuses. Do what you can. Only you can look inside yourself and know what you’re capable of.