This post does have rules. (It’s my blog. I can do what I want.)
1. If you break it you buy it. If you read it, you interact with it.
2. If you don’t plan to participate, do not continue reading, do no pass go, do not collect $200.
We all have a cause.
We all have something that lights our fire, puts us on a soap box, and makes us want to do something to change the world.
Whether we share religious beliefs, core values, race, age, education, social status, blah, blah, blah—I have to think that we all want to make the world a better place.
Some of us express it better than others.
Some of us like to “stir the pot” and get people thinking.
Some of us are good “support staff”.
Some of us are good leaders.
Some of us are good followers.
Whatever your personality or your role, you have something that you could rant about for hours. There is something that inspires you to act–and to act with passion.
When someone brings it up, you come to life—not because of the current situation, but because of the hope you have for change.
Mother Teresa’s cause was the poor of Calcutta—Missionaries of Charity.
Albert Einstein’s cause was knowledge—E=mc2
Jason Russell’s cause is child soldiers—Invisible Children.
Jerry Lewis’s cause is Muscular Dystrophy—The MDA Telethon.
Gabrielle Chanel’s cause was fashion—Chanel brand.
Nancy G. Brinker’s cause is breast cancer—Susan G. Komen Foundation.
What’s your cause? Why? And if you are so inclined to share, what are you doing about it?
Ready? Discuss.
11 responses to “We All Have a Cause…”
I have several causes, domestic violence (I have been a domestic violence advocate, I used to gauge how good my day was by how many times my life was threatened that day by abusers), I feel the same about animal abuse and I support PETA. I think the United States Government owes a huge apology to Native Americans, I support many activities related to Native American Culture (I also live with a Native American) so for me it’s personal.
That’s great that you have been so involved in the things that mean something to you. I think getting those things out there makes other people aware of different issues…which is kind of the goal here. Thank you so much for sharing!
Ha! I love that you gave your post rules! Filing that one away for future use. 🙂 And since I read, I will follow said rules and participate:
My cause is my city. When I moved back to Virginia last year, something in me ignited for the city of Norfolk. I ache for its growth, its prosperity, its total restoration. And it’s not like I’ve lived here my whole life or have family here…I just feel called to this city. I belong to Norfolk in a way I never belonged to Tulsa or even my hometown in North Carolina.
I hunger for a vibrant urban life for Norfolk’s downtown with music and culture and small businesses abounding. I envision restored neighborhoods where young professionals are eager to move in and bring their business to the indie theaters, the mom and pop groceries, and the local bars and restaurants. I dream of plywood coming off storefront windows and weeds coming out of sidewalks. I dream of bustling streets full of shoppers and light rail cars full of residents and businessmen and women. I dream of civilians embracing and honoring the military community and sailors respecting the place that gives them work and welcomes them home. I dream of a city alive with hope for the future, fully at home in its diversity and proud of its culture. That’s the Norfolk I want my children to know one day.
Getting there will be a lifelong process that I am committed to pursuing in business one day and in personal advocacy, but I begin here and now by eating there, shopping there, visiting the attractions and tipping the parking attendants. Anything to put resources into the city that has–for whatever reason–stolen my heart.
…Well, that was cathartic. I’ve never written all that out before.
Thanks for the impetus, Steph. 🙂
Haha- WOW! 🙂 I LOVE THIS! I wonder what the world would be like if we all had the same sort of vision–for the place/city/neighborhood that we are in RIGHT NOW….well that sort of hits home. Good, good thoughts.
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I am passionate about knowledge, making people aware of how to live healthy and happily and help them do that with what I do best: writing & my other creative endeavors in health like safe, & 100%, obsessively natural cosmetics. My cause is safe cosmetics, for one. I believe that the things we put on our body should be beneficial to us, not hurt us with their caustic ingredients, which is why I started making my own cosmetics & later why I started selling ‘spa quality’ so to speak, cosmetics for realistic, every-man prices. I believe that safety is not saved for the elites, it is a right that we all have access to. I am like I saide passionate about health & happiness & parenting is a part of that, so I strive to provide information on all relative topics… from the environment we need to protect for our kids, from the products we pt on their bodies, the food we feed them, & how we speak & interact with them, etc. Maybe the best way to put it is that I am passionate about life, living well through each day & I hope to share that with as many people as possible.
First of all, thanks for the reblog. Also- I completely agree. It’s so hard to eat healthily, let alone organic, simply because it is so expensive. I can eat a healthy meal–or 5 that clog up my arteries for the same price. It’s a hard place to be for many people! Props to you for causing change!!!
I am passionate about living well, happy & healthy. That includes well, so much, but mainly I guess what you an never stop up my mouth about is poetry, music theory, & natural-living (attachment parenting, breastfeeding, gardening, respecting nature, cloth diapering, natural cosmetics, etc… all that encompasses living well with our world)
Ah! Yet another awesome post! I don’t think I have a cause yet. I have some things that make my heart beat a little faster, but I want something like William Wilberforce had. He worked for his entire life (with his influence in government and prayer and ministry) to abolish slavery in England. I have a hard time selling out to just one cause, so for now, it’s being a follower of Christ. 🙂
Haha- yea- I think I have like 10 or more causes that I get really soap-boxy about. Then again, such is my personality…though, it all does boil down to following Him, huh?
My cause is actually hiring those that are deemed “unhire-able” by society to work in a field that they love as much as I do… FASHION. Since I was declared legally disabled in the U.S., getting a job is a nightmare. I am a liability. While I understand that under the ADA I HAVE to be hired, employers can still make your life a living ‘you know what’ until you quit; something I have had happen. Since starting my own company, I’ve strived to be the boss that no one would be for me. I take medical issues into account when I hire, and I am the first to say, “If you can deal with it like an adult, so can I.” I’ve also been pretty passionate about getting people involved and knowledgeable about Crohn’s and Colitis- especially families with young children suffering from it. There are so many things that parents need to know (that my family found out the hard way… and struggled through), and so many things that kids who have the disease need to know; I’m working on a book about it… in a very roundabout fashion. It is my dream that someday I will be able to found a charity that can give outstanding Crohn’s patients college scholarships. Aaaaaand that’s my soap-box moment for the day. 🙂
I love this. So very important. And so very needed.
I so admire your pushing through the rough times and continuing to help others along the way. And I love Charm (It’s even in the Links I Like!). I love what it stands for and why you do it. I ALSO love that you have long-term goals, too! Keep it up!