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Within each of us resides the power and courage to

choose the most positive thoughts, words, and actions in

each situation... We need only choose….

Today,

We have the choice to acknowledge ourimpact. We have the choice to seize a moment and live it to its fullest. We have the choice to be aware of what surrounds us. To realize the need and consequences of our actions, the opportunities available to each of us.We have the CHOICE OF TAKING OR LEAVING.

Some do not have that choice…

now STOP

… and THINK

about what you just saw…

What if YOU knew the people in these pictures?

… or had been to these places ourselves?

Would you have thought the same if ….

If she an acquaintance from school..…

2000, Athens, Greece

You had seen him training perfectly normally before…

2003, outside Baghdad, Iraq

The man in the cage was your brother…

And you had met the soldier…

2004, Kampala, Uganda

Your cousin was waiting for a test result…

December 2004, Sri Lanka

She’s your aunt and the rest of the family is gone…

2005, Nkomazi, South Africa

This was where the family water supply came from…

2004, Russia/Tchetchenia

You saw this kid going to school in the morning

2004, Darfur, Sudan

You visited this perfectly normal African village a year ago…

2005, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti

You came back home and this was your city…

Safety drill in Chernobyl contamination zone, April 2006, Ukraine

Your child just got cancer from nuclear radiation…

April 2006, Katmandu, Nepal

The police have just beaten your friend…

April 2006, Bulgaria

Your house is underwater…

April 2006, N’djamena, Tchad

Half your friends have been abducted for a guerilla army

April 2006, Tel Aviv, Israel

You would have been blown up if you had arrived on time for the bus

July 2006, Bombay, India

You haven’t heard from your dad who commutes by train in Mumbai…

What kind of world do we live in?

Today’s PROBLEMS are more global…

More connected…

And more complex…

Than ever…

Something has to change…

Global Problems

Someone has to change it…

If something has to change…

Think about it …

Are you now thinking about…

YOUR contribution to our world?

Where

What

Who

When

HowWhy

?

If not now………… WHEN?

If not us……… WHO?