One of the Best Ideas Ever!
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I found this on Guy Kawasaki’s Blog:
It’s a Merry Go-Round attached to a pump to generate water, called Play Pump. Ever spin sends clean water to a storage tank. And the best thing is that it pays for itself!
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Validation
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This is a great video and it always makes me smile after watching this.
Share your Time
Posted by Brian | Filed under Inspirational Stories, Personal Story, Stories
I had another blog before with a bunch of friends, but the blog kind of died. While I was reading it over again, I found some interesting posts that I posted. Some of them I don’t even remember posting, especially this one, the one that stook out to me the most. This is a story I heard in church more than a year ago:
A man came home from work late again, tired and irritated, to find his 5 year old son waiting for him at the door. “Daddy, may I ask you a question?”
“Yeah, sure, what is it?” replied the man.
“Daddy, how much money do you make an hour?
“That’s none of your business! What makes you ask such a thing?” the man said angrily.
“I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?” pleaded the little boy.
“If you must know, I make $20.00 an hour.”
“Oh,” the little boy replied, head bowed. Looking up, he said, “Daddy, may I borrow $10.00 please?”
The father was furious. “If the only reason you wanted to know how much money I make is just so you can borrow some to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense, then you march yourself straight to your room and go to bed. Think about why you’re being so selfish. I work long, hard hours everyday and don’t have time for such childish games.”
The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door. The man sat down and started to get even madder about the little boy’s questioning. How dare him ask such questions only to get some money.
After an hour or so, the man had calmed down, and started to think he may have been a little hard on his son. Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $10.00, and he really didn’t ask for money very often. The man went to the door of the little boy’s room and opened the door. “Are you asleep son?” he asked.
“No daddy, I’m awake,” replied the boy.
“I’ve been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier,” said the man. “It’s been a long day and I took my aggravation out on you. Here’s that $10.00 you asked for.”
The little boy sat straight up, beaming. “Oh, thank you daddy!” he yelled. Then, reaching under his pillow, he pulled out some more crumpled up bills. The man, seeing that the boy already had money, started to get angry again. The little boy slowly counted out his money, then looked up at the man.
“Why did you want more money if you already had some?” the father grumbled.
“Because I didn’t have enough, but now I do,” the little boy replied.
“Daddy, I have $20.00 now. Can I buy an hour of your time?”
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Earlier this year I read a book called Purpose Driven Life that also had some great wise quotes about time and love.
“Relationships, not achievements or acquisitions of things are what matters most in life.”
“When you give someone your time, you are giving them a portion of your life that you will never get back. Your time is your life. That is why the greatest gift anyone can give someone is your time.”
“The best use of life is love. The best expression of love is time. The best time to love is now.”
Slow Down
Posted by Brian | Filed under Personal Story
I recently read an article by John Ortbery called The Life You’ve Always Wanted, which talked about slowing your life down. I really resonated with this article. I’ve really rushed through life and I’m learning to slow things down.
We all live in a hurried world; we buy things that will helps us hurry, we order fast food, and we try to get to places as fast as we can. The problem with having a hurried lifestyle is that it can keep us from living well and have us rushed and preoccupied that we will settle for a mediocre version of it. Ortbery writes that “We will just skim our lives instead of actually living them.”
Here are some symptops to a hurried lifestyle:
- Constantly speeding up daily activities: wanting to be in the fastes lane on the freeway, wanting to be in the shortest line in the grocery market to the point that we keep track of the person who would hav ebeen me in the other lane
- Multiple-tasking: out of the desperate need to hurry, we find ourselves doing or thinking more than one thing at time, for example, in car, we don’t just drive, but we also drink, eat, talk on the phone, etc.
- Clutter: we have a bunch of books that we say we’re going to read, we buy time saving gadgets that we end up not using
- Superficiality: the need to feel like we need to understand everything–even the smallest thing–minutely and exactly
- An Inability to Love: Love always takes time and time is one thing hurried people don’t have
- Sunset Fatigue: We’re just too tired and too trained to love people whom we have made deep promises with
I am guilty of constantly speeding up daily activities, having a lot of clutter, and I find myself constantly rushing through things. So, this summer I will try to slow things down, clean out my closet, set time in solitude (away from a hurried lifestyle), and actually live life!
The Legacy Showcase
Posted by Dylan | Filed under Stories
So this is coming late, but I got to attend the Legacy Showcase which took place at the Manoa Ballroom this past week.
It was great!! We spread the word about The Legacy Movement, listened to some good music, cruised with friends, and helped the Hawaii Food Bank! Thanks to everyone that came out and helped/ volunteered!
Also, huge props to Dylan, James, Landon, Monica, & Aaron for putting this on! You guys did fantastic. Just goes to show that anyone can do anything. A legacy isn’t a matter of birth nor unmerited luck, just effort. If you’re interested in doing a collaborative event like Go Green Generation did contact us! We’re always open to new ideas!
And here are some pics from the event :]
We’re on Midweek!
Posted by Brian | Filed under Personal Story, Uncategorized
Here’s an excerpt from the article:
Youth encouraging other youth to lend a helping hand in their communities is a great idea, right? That’s what Dylan Mollway thinks, and his thinking has taken him pretty far. The 18-year-old Punahou senior, along with friends Aaron Jomo, Monica Arnold, Landon Nagata and James Petranik, founded Go Green Generation earlier this year, a non-profit dedicated to this very cause which is already making its mark in the Island community.
In fact, on Memorial Day (May 25) Go Green Generation has partnered with a California-based company, The Legacy Movement, to present “The Legacy Showcase,” a concert at the Japanese Cultural Center benefiting the Hawaii Foodbank. Featured performers include Ten Feet, B.E.T., Danny Carvalho, Brittney and Joshua Mendoza, Jasmin Idica, EZLiving, All Time HI and Last Minute. In addition to the entertainers, there will be a Legacy Movement T-shirt booth, product sampling, silent auction and food stations. The event is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the JCCH Manoa Grand Ballroom. Sponsorship packages are available and individual tickets cost $10 in advance or $12 at the door. Purchase tickets by calling 778-1754 or by emailing legacyshow-case@gmail.com. Special edition “Legacy Showcase” T-shirts are for sale online at http://www.thelegacymovement.com.
Young Hawaii natives turned California residents make up The Legacy Movement, a company whose mission is to inspire other young people through fashion to start legacies of their own and do things to impact their communities in a positive way. The Legacy Movement creates and sells inspirational apparel, featuring bold, artistic designs with meaningful messages about the environment, donating to charity and more.
“Brian Chung designed the T-shirts (for the concert), he’s the head of Legacy Movement,” says Mollway. “He’s coached me for how to handle my team and how to inspire. He has done so much for us. We would not be where we are without him. He’s 21 or 22, a sophomore or junior in college.”
Spring Break and Go Green Generation
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So I went back home to Hawaii a little back for a week.
It was wonderful.
I hadn’t been back in spring for several years, but more than that I just got to spend a lot of quality time with my family which I really wanted to do. I couldn’t have asked for a better spring break.
Since I was in Hawaii, I got to meet with the Go Green Generation team!
In case you didn’t know, The Legacy Movement is working with Go Green Generation to throw a benefit concert in Hawaii. Through it we hope to raise money for the Hawaii Food Bank and encourage the youth of this generation to join in on the movement to leave a legacy. The name of the concert is The Legacy Showcase Event and will be held on May 25 at the Manoa Ballroom in The Japanese Cultural Center. If any of you happen to be in Hawaii at that time definitely go check it out!
So during my meeting with their team I got to know them better and they even interviewed me (eek!). Here are some pics from our meeting!
Also, check them out at www.gogreengeneration.org
Hold Onto Me
Posted by johnreid | Filed under Uncategorized
If you’re looking for somebody who will always be there for you Hold On…Hold Onto Me….
This is a verse from one of my favorite jazz groups Incognito. It talks about how even in the midst of our struggles, we need to have that one person who we know will be there to encourage and lift us up to reach our dreams.
The other night my girlfriend and I were watching the BET Image Awards when noted director Tyler Perry was making his acceptance speech for his many accomplishments in cinema and theatre. He talked about when he sent in his first job application the manager noticed that it was incomplete. The manager told him, “That’s your problem. You never finish anything.” Tyler stated that after that moment he was going to finish whatever he started. Even when he was homeless he never let go of his dream.
We talked about our dreams about being writers and I began to think about all of the issues I was dealing with: job, a challenging school schedule, and other factors that I was allowing to become an obstacle to my dream. She told me that no matter the situation we’d do it together.
One aspect of love is being there for that person in the midst of their challenges and encourage them to reach their dreams. It’s so easy to get sidetracked with all of the concerns of the world and in our everyday lives that we let our dreams go by the wayside. What I realized the other night was that our dream is that ray of light shining through the caves of life.
We must ask ourselves this – in our everyday conversation, how often are we talking about our dreams? What feedback are we getting? Which friends are we listening to? The one who says, “That’s impossible!” or the ones that are saying, “Go for it!”
Being that person who tells us, “I’m here to support you. You don’t have to go through this alone.” That is what the world needs more of, whenever we see someone battling in their spirit, we must be that person that tells someone, “Hold Onto Me. We’ll get through this together.”
Who has always been there to hold you up? Who is looking for you for encouragement?
Got any gift ideas for Valentine’s Day? We do.
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This has to be the coolest Valentine’s Day gift EVER!
To give please visit: www.5dollarwater.com
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Love Never Fails, Special Edition
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Due to overwhelming demand of our previous “Love Never Fails” shirt, we decided to roll out a SPECIAL EDITION white version (also available in V-Neck). Quantities are LIMITED, so please order soon. We expect this to sell out quickly.
Details:
Pre-sale ends Wednesday, February 4, 2009 11:59pm.
Shirts will be in 2 weeks after the pre-sale. Price $20. (Free shipping for USC students, everywhere else, $2.50)
To order multiple T Shirts, form must be filled out multiple times.
If you have any questions, please contact us at info@thelegacymovement.com
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