Posts Tagged ‘Good’

Try

Sunday, November 1st, 2009

That’s all we can do really, isn’t it?  Try.

Seems simple enough.  Just try.

Try to do what?

Try to do your best.  To be a good and decent person, using a moral compass as our guide.

jeff noel.org is one of the ways I try to practice what I preach.  But you already knew that, right?

PS.  (gulp) How do you think I’m doing?

A Good Cry?

Monday, July 20th, 2009

ABC, Extreme Makeover – Home Edition.  This show can humble me beyond belief.

Last night was no exception.  Why?

Have you not seen the show?

It makes me cry every time I watch it with my family, which is almost every Sunday night.

I cry, not so much for the featured Family’s situation, as I do for the way the people who help are impacted.

The builder from last night’s show – looked to be 50 to 60 years old – said, “I’ll never do anything the same”.

Let’s assume he was already a good man.  What is the significance of a good man saying, “I’ll never do anything the same”?

To see a fellow human being be so moved by a simple act of compassion, almost always makes me cry.

A good cry, to be sure.  Carpe diem, jeff noel :)