Thought of the Week 10-31-2008
“Always in life an idea starts small, it is only a sapling idea, but the vines will come and they will try to choke your idea so it cannot grow and it will die and you will never know you had a big idea, an idea so big it could have grown thirty meters through the dark canopy of leaves and touched the face of the sky.”
-Bryce Courtenay
Fact of the Day:
In a ritual repeated nearly every weekend for the past decade here in Colombia’s war-weary Caribbean hinterland, Luis Soriano gathered his two donkeys, Alfa and Beto, in front of his home on a recent Saturday afternoon. Sweating already under the unforgiving sun, he strapped pouches with the word “Biblioburro” painted in blue letters to the donkeys’ backs and loaded them with an eclectic cargo of books destined for people living in the small villages beyond. A whimsical riff on the bookmobile, Mr. Soriano’s Biblioburro is a small institution: one man and two donkeys. He created it out of the simple belief that the act of taking books to people who do not have them can somehow improve this impoverished region, and perhaps Colombia. [ more ]
Be The Change:
Learn more about an innovative network of 19 libraries in Colombia that is helping make information more accessible in the country. [ more ]
You know, it is a small thing, but I love this idea. I think it’s time for us to do small things for one person at a time. We have too many people wondering how we can change our world, our economy, our nation, our government, our whatever!
Where are the people that simply wonder, “Hmmmm, how can I change my neighbor’s perspective?” I am all for changing people’s perspective. For seeing people smile. For helping one person at a time. And I believe that we all can make a world of difference to at least one person next to us every week!
I challenge us to!
Have a great weekend! And don’t forget to vote next week and change your clock on Sunday. BOTH ARE EQUALLY IMPORTANT! Hahahaha!
dh
Dustin Hedrick
Operations Manager