There are still a lot of people standing around waiting for "someone" to do something while democracy crumbles around them. YOU ARE SOMEONE! You have the power to act, be the snowflake that contributes to the avalanche. #democracy #actionsspeak
Or as I explain it to my kids, if your house was on fire it is unlikely you'd just sit and watch it burn, you'd act. If the fire brigade was held up, you'd use your garden hose and those of your neighbours etc. you'd act then they'd act.
"You prove your worth with your actions, not with your mouth."
Jean Paul
#quote #quoteoftheday #actions #words #ActionsSpeak #BeingHuman
"Our deeds still travel with us from afar, and what we have been makes us what we are."
George Eliot
Jeremiah Burroughs, Puritan, on Psalm 112, stresses that a good person lends and distributes to the poor. And their righteousness endures forever. Burroughs says that mercy is a special part of righteousness.
Do we today hold this to be true? Is it not seen as a distraction?
How can you guide your affairs with such discretion?