Make a Difference and Comment!
Blogging has inadvertently become a career for me. Admittedly there are days when I wish things could go back to the way they were when I started blogging four years ago. At that time, comments were king (Queen) and I surfed around the internet commenting like there was no tomorrow. Many times I’d comment in excess of 100 times a day for the pure love of community and with the hope that someone would visit my little ole blog. Commenting enabled me to meet people from all of the country and all over the world. My friends who “lived” in my computer helped me survive my lonely existence working from home and the rough days of early motherhood. Today, not only am I happy to say that I’ve had the absolute pleasure of meeting many of my online friends in real life but I can honestly say that several of my best friendships were cultivated online.
Times have certainly changed. Commenting seems to be a thing of the past, I know that my own habits have changed drastically in that regard. I find myself interacting not on blogs but primarily on facebook followed by twitter as a distant second. But with this post, I’d like to return to the time when comments were Queen! I am a participant in Blogust and I along with 30 other bloggers are making our comments count! Each comment generated on this post is equivalent to a $20 donation for four life-saving vaccinations for a vulnerable child in a developing nation. In conjunction with the UN Foundation's Shot@Life program we are aiming for 10,000 comments - $200,000 in donations! A child dies every 20 seconds from a vaccine preventable disease. We can help stop this.
Times have certainly changed. Commenting seems to be a thing of the past, I know that my own habits have changed drastically in that regard. I find myself interacting not on blogs but primarily on facebook followed by twitter as a distant second. But with this post, I’d like to return to the time when comments were Queen! I am a participant in Blogust and I along with 30 other bloggers are making our comments count! Each comment generated on this post is equivalent to a $20 donation for four life-saving vaccinations for a vulnerable child in a developing nation. In conjunction with the UN Foundation's Shot@Life program we are aiming for 10,000 comments - $200,000 in donations! A child dies every 20 seconds from a vaccine preventable disease. We can help stop this.
You can learn more about Shot@Life by joining their email list, following them on twitter or liking them on Facebook.
By leaving a comment you will be making a difference and I’d like to share with you how comments have helped me change my life. If you are not familiar with my story, in late 2009 I decided I was ready to lose my “extra” weight. At the time I was classified as obese and I began a journey to healthy living. Over the next 8 months I lost 50 pounds and in October 2010 I ran my first half-marathon. This upcoming weekend I will be running number 11 as I train for my first marathon in October.
Without the support of my community, I would never achieve my goals. I say this in the present tense because comments on my facebook posts specifically, still keep me accountable and encourage me to continue on my journey. I’ve been inspired by words from my friends like Sharon and Lorraine who support me unconditionally in everything I do. I am pushed off of the couch by friends like Sara and Buck, who just last week told me to get up and run the couch would be waiting when I return. I have the email and YouTube messages asking me for help and describing how I unknowingly am an inspiration for others.
Yes, comments can save lives. During my darkest hours my friends have virtually been by my side. They've supported me on my good days and my bad. For that I am grateful. And with your comment today (and during the rest of August) you can change the course of a life! The virtual baton has been passed to me by Shannon and tomorrow I am passing it on to Elena. But today, please comment here and ask your friends to comment too. 10,000 lives can be changed by the power of social good!
Comments
good luck
On a semi related note, the pictures you post after a run when you are beaming are definitely motivational.
God bless.!
Farhan Bahaman from Sri Lanka.
Per comment? 447 comments = $8940.
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Regards from Sweden
Best of luck & stay safe
May the Karma Bus pick You up
&
Drop you off wherever you like
#IAMCARLTON
#purplepride
All the way every day
And what a great initiative for raising money!!
Much love from Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Love from Finland
Best of Luck :)
Hello, everyone, coming to you from Vietnam. This is a blessed cause so let's keep up the good work and share it with our friends! Bruce.
Really appreciate your devotion to this cause and indeed you are an inspiration probably to dozens of people. I hope you can all achieve your goals. Its by moving little stones that we can move a mountain :)
Good luck.
Thanks for making a difference today!
My goal is to help 5 children.
God bless, Bruce.
Three times, now & I am not finished yet. Keep it going! Don't give up.
Bruce.
I am thinking of my own precious children who are now grown up & healthy because they had vaccinations, Bruce.
Give everyone a chance for a healthy life, let's not forget this important work. Thanks, Bruce.
you're doing an amazing work guys!!...
never give up!!
cheers
Birmingham for the relay I said I had no desire to run a half and you said you didn't really want to do a full. LoL now we both are doing what we didn't really think we wanted to do!
Keep up the GREAT work and using your talents to change the world one little piece at a time. You're beautiful!
Peace & Blessings - Kenya :)
Great job¡¡¡¡
M. Ruiz
Hope you get enough support to turn this into a success.
I hope you achieve your goal!
:)
Peace
Grate idea! :)
Greetings
Sven
Thank you!!!