"What Can One Person Do?": "What Can One Person Do?"

Actually, plenty! True, sometimes the task seems too enormous, or others around you don’t seem to care. But maybe they just don’t know what to do or how to respond, or feel they can’t do anything about the situation around them. Maybe all they need is inspiration. And maybe that’s God’s call – to you. Remember, there’s nothing that He and we together can’t do. Remember also that every great movement in history was the result of the vision, dedication, and commitment of just a handful of inspired leaders.

Think of Jesus, or Gandhi, or MLK -- or Edison, or Ford, or Bessemer. Or the many others who turned dreams into reality – and the world into a better place. There’s a saying: “What the mind can conceive, the will can achieve.” (Again, He and we together…)

So, yes, you can make a difference. You’re reading this because you care about our country, its current direction, its fiscal solvency, our political choices, your/our posterity’s future, etc. And you want to help forge a solution, not perpetuate the problem. So, look at the list of things you can do, select the one (or ones) that particularly interest you, and go there. Then enlist the support of others (there’s real strength in numbers) and go make a difference. In fact, BE the difference; don't depend on "the other guy" to lead; instead, live this truth: "IF IT IS TO BE, IT IS UP TO ME."

This list is a start; look it over, choose a link (or links), and go there. Over time, we’ll be adding yet more tested, proven options you can use and things you can do – maybe individually at first, but then in concert with others, in order to: make the difference you want to see; forge the solution for restoring our Republic, limited government, fiscal stability, accountability, etc.; reawaken the American Dream of personal freedom, rights, and responsibilities; in short, to become once again a beacon for the world, that “city upon a hill” envisioned by John Winthrop in 1630, and articulated by many leaders since. Go for it.

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ON THE POLITICAL FRONT: Ways to let your government representatives know what you want, and to keep track of what they actually do...

• Holding Congress Accountable

http://wtp76pen-youcandothis.blogspot.com/2011/01/what-can-one-person-do-one-person-in.html

• Holding Your State House Accountable
http://wtp76pen-youcandothis.blogspot.com/2011/01/holding-your-state-house-accountable.html

• Holding The City/County Accountable
http://wtp76pen-youcandothis.blogspot.com/2011/01/holding-your-citycounty-accountable.html

• Sustainability
http://wtp76pen-youcandothis.blogspot.com/2011/01/sustainability-not-myth-trojan-horse.html

ON THE HOME FRONT: Ways to strengthen your family's understandings about right & wrong, smart & stupid, thrift vs waste, living the Golden Rule, etc. (Try it; you'll like it -- so will they.)

• 100+ Life Lessons

http://wtp76pen-youcandothis.blogspot.com/2011/01/100-life-lessons.html

• Be A story teller
http://wtp76pen-youcandothis.blogspot.com/2011/01/be-storyteller.html

• Get Out of Debt

http://wtp76pen-youcandothis.blogspot.com/2011/01/get-out-of-debt-good.html

ON THE PERSONAL FRONT: Ways to improve our personal/family lives, help build better communities, strengthen our communication skills, etc.

• Using Saul Alinsky for Good

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• Dump Personal Debt
        -- under construction

ON THE FAITH FRONT:

• Civics for Citizens of Faith
http://wtp76pen-youcandothis.blogspot.com/2011/01/teach-civics-to-friends-and-neighbors.html