get involved

There is nothing more fulfilling than to give. If it weren’t so needed, volunteering could be a selfish act. Whatever we have- time, money, or talent- if we volunteer it, we gain in character. If we wait for the government to help others we lose the goodness which comes from personal connection and from doing the right thing.

It's easy to make a buck.
It's a lot tougher to make a difference.

Tom Brokaw

"We do not choose to be born.
We do not choose our parents,
Or our times or country of birth,
Or the circumstances of our upbringing.
We do not—most of us—choose to die
But within all this realm of choicelessness
We do choose how we shall live—
Courageously or in cowardice,
Honorably or dishonorably,
With purpose or adrift.
We decide what is important and what is trivial
What makes us significant is what we do, Or refuse to do.
We decide and we choose
And so we give definition to ourselves."

Joseph Epstein