My New Challenge

So I've decided on a theme for my blog. My challenge is a good deed every day.

Life lessons and cliches come and go, but the one that I've chosen to embrace and to write about is to "become the change you want to see in others."

Lately I have been increasingly disillusioned with the way that people have been behaving in the common discourse: granted I take most of my information from The Daily Show and the Huffington Post, which both focus on calling attention to bad behaviour. That said, I've heard a great deal about increasing levels of anger and aggression, and it seems to me that I can do something small that goes against that grain.

So, instead of my original plan of using this blog to make fun of others, or being rude or passive-aggressive, I've decided to write about good things happening in either my life or the world, depending what I've got going on. I'm going to try to focus on my own personal good deeds, but if someone else has something that I think merits attention from my many readers [Hi sweetie! Your eggs are just fine!], then I'll write about that.

I may also spend some focus on changes in habits that I am working on, so my good deed might be not being a jerk at work, or remembering to ask someone about their day, or achieving weight loss goals or whatever, but I still think it counts.

So. Today I'll take a moment to shine the Daylight Candle on Wes Burrows. Wes is a really nice guy who saw a need in the world and worked to fix it. His fundraiser, the Great Shave at Three Willows United Church raised a total of over $20,000 over two years for the relief of AIDS-ravaged Lesotho.

So click the link and vote for Wes. If he gets the most votes, he wins a trip to work in Africa for a week.