I am so excited! Yesterday in the mail we received our
advanced copy of the book "Stand Up - 75 Young Activist Who Rock the World
and How You Can, Too!" Edited and Introduced by John Schlimm. The
book will officially be released on September 17, 2013. Josh's story (told by Josh himself) and
the story of The Joshua Project are featured on page 42 along with a great
photo of the boy wonder! We could not be more honored to have been chosen
out of the hundreds of stories which were submitted for the book. This
book is such an important way to educate, inspire, empower and engage the young
people in this world.
At any
time of the day we can be barraged by images and stories of death,
destruction and injustice. I don't know about you but I was so tired of
feeling helpless, sad and scared and I certainly didn't want my children
growing up feeling powerless. Personally I believe that we all need to
focus our energy finding the good things that are happening ( no, I don't
mean watching cute puppy or baby videos on YouTube, although that can be
entertaining).
The
thing I try to teach my children is to never say "can't" and if you don't like
something in the world, figure out a small way that you can make it better and
then DO IT! Don't let anyone tell you that your idea is silly or
useless! If I had listened to those people who said to me "don't
bother Christie, you will never get a grocery store to put in braille!"
Or what if we had given up after the first store took the braille down?
When you find the thing that you truly believe in, GO FOR IT!
How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. ~Anne Frank
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