The Smaller World

First off, I have to say this: we have 3 first-time Cambodia visitors with us this trip, and I'm loving watching them be in the same place me and Karen were last year when we first came to this beautiful country. It's so awesome to see them soaking-up Cambodia!

Now on to the post...

We all went to lunch at Daughters (http://www.daughtersofcambodia.org/) the other day, and Karen, Debbie, and I were having great conversation. Debbie was full of questions, and we were answering them as best we could — and the age-old question inevitably arose:

How do you choose who to help when so many need it?

The next day, we visited Open Arms (http://www.openarmscambodia.org/), and met the adopted daughter of the couple that started this organization — a young Cambodian woman that can only be described with words like "inspirational," "inspiring," and "phenomenal." Because of the love of her adoptive parents, this young woman had a chance to grow into her full potential... to be all that she could be... to know and understand love, affection, self-worth, self-value, self-esteem — and learn how to share that and grow that with, and in, others. Her story just makes you realize how big Life and God is.

So back to that age-old question: how do you choose who to help? As the world gets smaller and smaller, and we can travel pretty much anywhere, any time, any place — what are we to do? Can we truly change the provence, the country, the continent, or the world?

My answer to this question has always been that you have to focus on those you *can* help, maximize that help, then help them to help their peers. That's an alright answer, I suppose — but these last few days have put things in perspective even more by making me reevaluate what the "world" really is in this situation.

You see, the world isn't really The World with a capital T and W. The world isn't Asia. The world isn't Cambodia. The world isn't Phnom Penh.

The world is right where the people in need are *in this very moment in time*. Waking up hungry. Waking up sick. Waking up with no hope for the day. What does the next hour hold? That's the world. What will the next month bring? That's the world. What will become of their children? That's the world.

So how do you choose? You choose by realizing that if all you're ever able to do is help just ONE person, you ARE are changing the world — THEIR world. YOU can help someone have hope. YOU can help them have a future.

You change the world ONE PERSON AT A TIME.

With Compassion4, it's hard for us to not want to help everyone we see that's in need. But we help who we can, and we try our hardest to change their world for the better. The beauty in it all? We don't do it alone. And think: ff everyone that reads this took the time invest in a person in need, how many worlds would be changed? How many futures could be brighter? How many people could have hope?

We can change the world — thank God in Heaven — we really CAN change the world.

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