i just wrote dr. phil
Now I've sent out an email to both Ellen Degeneres and Dr. Phil about doing some shows that motivate and help get people who survived Katrina back in their homes and back on their feet.
i emailed ellen and i thought i'd email dr. phil also about doing a "weekly" or "monthly" on what is happening with hurricane katrina. i wonder if a "how i spent my summer vacation" series of dr. phil's might be a way people can help katrina survivors and be on dr. phil at the same time. maybe families can spend their summer vacation helping to rebuild then get treated by dr. phil to concerts and dinners with famous locals from the areas damaged by katrina. i thought a "reality show" of people helping people devastated by katrina could get things going down there.
I made typos and grammar mistakes and was vague and confusing in parts of the email, but I am glad I didn't obsess about that kind of stuff. I was focused totally on helping victims of Hurricane Katrina. I think if people aren't exposed to the tragedy and lack of motivation in getting things rebuilt, they'll forget. Sometimes I think we are jerks for forgetting, but I think it's more a case of feeling helpless when we consider all those who need our help throughout the world.
Still we need to work on remembering and then getting out of our own way to be there for someone in need. The victims of Katrina are only a small percentage of what we ignore.
It seems practical for us to pull it together as a team and just do one small thing at a time, but be fully committedto making it better . I think that is the real "Secret". We close our eyes and then we forget. Listen, here's my plan:
I'll get on your case if you get on mine. I'll stop procrastinating and saying if I won the lottery or retired or didn't have so much stuff on my own to do lists. I often remind myself of some of the quotes of Mother Teresa that help me set realistic goals and expectations. Here are some of them.
"In this life we cannot do great things. We can only do small things with great love."
"If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one."
"Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do… but how much love we put in that action."
"Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand."