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Inspiration

Karen Kalisek’s Top 20 Things To Help (16-20)

January 13, 2009 At Home

16.If your friend and neighbor has lost their home and are forced to move, invite everyone on the block to participate in a garage sale, host a party that night and tell stories, show pictures, and express how much joy they have brought into your lives. As they are leaving, hand them an envelope with [...]

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Karen Kalisek’s Top 20 Things To Help (11-15)

January 13, 2009 At Home

11. Save your cans. When you take them to a redemption center, hand the money earned to someone you see there that is obviously trying to make ends meet.
12. Invite those struggling over for dinner and a movie. They need to be around people who love them. Pack up all the left overs (make extra!) [...]

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Karen Kalisek’s Top 20 Things To Help (6-10)

January 13, 2009 At Home

6.Drop off a sack of groceries at the door step of those you may not even know, but you suspect are experiencing hard times. Do this when no one is around.
7.If a coworker’s little ones are growing out of their shoes, invite them for ice cream and return them home with new shoes!
8.Offer to drive [...]

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Karen Kalisek’s Top 20 Things To Help (1-5)

January 13, 2009 At Home

What should or could you do to help your friends and neighbors going through difficult financial hardships?
1.Don’t lecture them, find fault, or try to place blame. It doesn’t matter HOW they got there. They are there. They already feel like failures and are depressed beyond words.
2.Don’t ask them how you can help or what they [...]

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Have Courage – It Has Happened Before & Will Happen Again

January 13, 2009 Inspiration

There is some element of comfort in knowing that someone has already gone through the horrible times that you are currently experiencing – even more so – that they survived. Read Karen Kalisek’s amazing story of the mid-80’s recession in Midland Texas

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Start A Transition Town

January 13, 2009 Community

A Transition Town starts off when a small collection of motivated individuals within a community come together with a shared concern: how can our community respond to the challenges, and opportunities, of Peak Oil and Climate Change? This is a new movement from Britain, it has immense potential and is moving across the pond [...]

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Boost Other’s Self-Confidence

January 12, 2009 At Home

I would suggest that each person try to provide a jobless friend or neighbor with a bit more self confidence. When someone is job hunting he (or she) needs to market his or her abilities and skills. We can all help other people feel confident about their ability to contribute to some company [...]

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