Why wait to change the world?

Have you ever looked at someone and thought I want to be like that someday? Or have you thought about something you would like to do, but realize its just not possible?

Well today is your lucky day because I've got news for you... you CAN change the world.

Now you wonder how can someone as insignificant as me change the world. It's simple! Ordinary people like you and I change the world everyday.

Many of you have read this story, but it's such a perfect example:

A young girl was walking along a beach upon which thousands of starfish had been washed up during a terrible storm. When she came to each starfish, she would pick it up, and throw it back into the ocean. People watched her with amusement.

She had been doing this for some time when a man approached her and said, “Little girl, why are you doing this? Look at this beach! You can’t save all these starfish. You can’t begin to make a difference!”

The girl seemed crushed, suddenly deflated. But after a few moments, she bent down, picked up another starfish, and hurled it as far as she could into the ocean. Then she looked up at the man and replied, “Well, I made a difference to that one!”

The old man looked at the girl inquisitively and thought about what she had done and said. Inspired, he joined the little girl in throwing starfish back into the sea. Soon others joined, and all the starfish were saved.

The understanding that we hold in our hands the power to change a life, a mind, or a circumstance today, right now, is a powerful insight and motivator. We have the power to inspire others to act, and sometimes in numbers significant enough to make a major or even complete impact on the problem at hand.We can be a powerful force for leading change in the world. Often it is the ordinary people who put into action values that have been instilled in them. The world, therefore, depends on us to lead the way TODAY!

Wastes of Space

First, a disclaimer: Selling your organs is illegal in the United States. It’s also very dangerous. Handing off an organ is risky enough when done in a top hospital, even more so if you’re doing it for cash in a back alley. No, really: Don’t do this. OK? OK.

There are many organs one can theoretically do without, or for which there’s a backup. Most folks can spare a kidney, a portion of their liver, a lung, some intestines, and an eyeball, and still live a long life.

Here are some prices based on rumored deals and reports from the World Heath Organization. In India, a kidney fetches around $20,000. In China, buyers will pay $40,000 or more. A good, healthy kidney from Israel goes for $160,000.

Don’t expect to pocket all that dough, though. The person giving up the organ only gets a fraction of the fee. Most people get $1,000 to $10,000 for their kidney (probably much less than you were hoping for).

Now why do I share this information with you? Well we all have waste that we think is necessary to live with. We can get rid of this waste and end up with something more valuable. Now what waste am I talking about? Well to be honest I have a few ideas in mind, but nothing to concrete. What I'm talking about are those things in our lives that seem to drain us, rather than motivate us. We truly need things that motivate us, these are the things that make us happy, and feel self fulfilled.

If the things that motivate us promote these good good attributes, what attributes do those things that drain us bring? Well they bring us feelings of sadness, anger, despair, basically attributes that are negative. So what do we need to do about it? Recognize! We need to recognize those things (or even people) that bring those negative feelings and surgically remove them (like unnecessary organs).

Now I'm not saying anything that causes stress is negative, stress can be positive, it can be motivating so don't go surgically removing every stressful situation you're in because then you are removing too many organs and you will DIE. That's all I have to say.

Since I threw that stuff in about Organ removal I thought I would throw some interesting facts about it after I proved my point.

Interesting facts:

1. Compensation for organs was almost legalized in the U.S.—the Organ Trafficking Prohibition Act of 2009 would allow payment to donors, but it stalled in Congress.

2. Man offering one of his for $100,000 (plus medical expenses) on Craigslist received several offers until the Web site removed his post.

3. In 1999, before eBay delisted a kidney put up for auction, bidders drove the price up to $5.75 million.

First Post!

Yes, I finally decided to start a blog. I'm not exactly sure where it will go, or how "awesome" it will be, but I do know that there will be several things I will keep you posted on in this upcoming school year.In my attempts to achieve a balanced life, I have involved myself with LDSSA, or

Latter-day Saint Student Association, and can't wait to begin the adventures at institute. I just love the friendships I formed this past year, and can't wait to build many more.These pictures show all my Spirit of Place peeps and all the fun that we had!

Also I will be participating in Operation smile as Secretary in the Presidency and hope that I can do some wonderful things as a part of that group.

I just love everything that Operation Smile does and I urge you to research the organization yourself and find a way to contribute to it.

http://www.operationsmile.org/about_us/who-we-are/

this link will give you a small overview of what operation smile is all about.

This link shows video's of those affected by operation smile and how it changed their lives. If you have 5 minutes, I encourage you watch a video, and explore the website. http://www.operationsmile.org/living_proof/video-stories/

While being apart of these two student associations, I will also being working at Hunstman Cancer Hospital and working on research and publish it at the University of Utah.

I am so excited for this upcoming school year and see great things happening all around.