How You and Your Kids Can Change the World, Starting Today
You can imagine the looks on my kids’ faces this morning when I told them we weren’t doing math today.¬† We were watching a movie instead.
Sometimes education doesn’t have anything to do with books and lessons. This morning on 5 Minutes for Mom, I discovered the invisible children of Uganda, and the Rescue Event being held on April 25. I wanted my kids to watch the movie behind the movement, Invisible Children. Depending on the ages of your kids, I wouldn’t recommend it for family viewing, but mine are young teenagers.
It’s a movie that can change lives – yours and those of the people in the documentary. No matter who you are, at the end of the movie, you’ll be asking yourself, “What can I do?” I know I was, and I know Darian and Cassidy were.
One thing you can do is join Erica and participate in the Rescue Event on April 25.
Another thing you can do is what Darian, Cassidy and I have committed to this morning.
At the end of the movie, the filmmakers issue a challenge, which is basically, “You really want to make a difference? Use your unique talents in a creative way.”
My challenge to you is this: Find a way to use your unique talent or situation to make a difference in the world. Then do it.
It doesn’t need to be anything grand. Mine certainly isn’t.¬† It doesn’t even need to directly impact these children in Uganda. The world is full of need and worthy causes.
What you choose to do might even be so small as to take the next step in developing a talent you know you have the potential to use to help others. For example, Darian and Cassidy this morning have renewed their commitment to their education because that is a tool they can use one day to impact the world.
Or perhaps what’s in your heart to do is as big and impactful as what these three young filmmakers did when they went to Africa in search of a story.
Whatever you decide, I would love to hear about how you’re going to make a difference, or how you’re making a difference right now.
I’ll tell you what I’m doing in another post next week.
