Thoughts.

I really enjoy intellectual thinking and breaking things in life down and coming up with all these crazy thoughts and ideas and I feel like this blog is a little outlet for all that. So this week my crazy thoughts have lead me to think about what WE actually receive by doing this volunteering. Yes, volunteering is giving back by giving your time, strength, patience, heart, head and sometimes money, but if you really think about it you are getting something in return. I believe that this is the beauty in volunteering. It gets you away from your everyday tasks and life and takes you to a place where you are trying to be a better person. By volunteering you also challenge yourself to be a better person which I believe is one of the greatest things. I love challenging myself and by stepping out and volunteering its a challenge to make a difference and make myself a better person. I look for ways everyday to make myself better and with this volunteering I have become more understanding, compassionate, and open minded. I feel myself using each of these abilities everyday when going through my day. I also believe in being the change you want to see in the world and by volunteering you are starting that journey and will hopefully continue it, especially when you find something you are incredibly passionate about. For me, this is the greatest feeling about volunteering, the passion I have to be the change I want to see, to feel like there is hope in humanity no matter how much bad and evil I see in the world. So my challenge to myself and to you: find your passion and be the change.

Deep Thoughts...

Haven't blogged in awhile so I will start off by saying that  I have managed to get a large number of cats put on Petfinder and adopted, which I absolutely love. I have also see many dogs come in and out of the shelter, which the latter part is the best. Now, one thing that has come to my attention when volunteering for an animal based group is how many options you have and how many opinions can be formed. When you are looking at a problem you may only see it one way, but in reality there are many different ways to look at the same problem and come up with solutions. This theory can be used in almost every scenario in everyday life. Humans are incredibly intelligent creatures and we are made to build our own opinions about everything in our lives and this is what separates us from each other. I have talked a lot about this idea with one of my great mentors and friends. When you step back and look at the problems in the world and the reasons we want to change the world and volunteer, the reasons are limitless. Each person has their own story and no matter how different your story is from theirs you both believe in volunteering. I think volunteering can bring everyone together in a way nothing else can. No matter your cause you put your time, effort and money into something you enjoy and love to do which is exactly what other volunteers do everyday. If any of you are like me volunteering gives you a sense of doing something greater than just living and being on this earth because you are making a difference and changing lives that would never be changed without your help, which is an amazing thing to think about.

This is a very thought based entry and it may seem a little scatter brained because I am just using it to get thoughts down as they come, so I am sorry for that.