Three Reasons to Appreciate Volunteers
By: Tom Krause of www.coachkrause.com
Want to know why volunteers are such special people? Below are three reasons and why we should always appreciate them.
1 - Volunteers realize life is not only about
them.
Volunteer's Creed
Though my troubles and my worries
are sometimes all that I can see -
still I always must remember
life's not only about me.
Other souls are also hurting
and I know that it's God's plan
to reach out to help another -
to extend them my hand.
With this purpose as my focus -
to be a comfort to a friend -
all my troubles and my worries
seem to fade out in the end.
It is one of God's true lessons -
how my walk is meant to be -
true happiness I find when
life's not only about me.
2 - Volunteers realize that the smallest gesture can make the greatest difference.
It Only Takes A Moment
It only takes a moment
to reach out to be a friend
but to the one who needs you
the memory never ends.
A simple act of kindness
to a person you don’t know
may plant a seed of friendship
that for them will always grow.
We sometimes lose perspective
of the difference we can make
when we care more of our giving
and care less of what we take.
So remember that your actions
may help change a life someday.
Always think about the person
that you meet along your way.
For it only takes a moment
to reach out to be a friend
but to the one who needs you
the memory never ends.
3 - Vounteers give what they can despite their age.
I CAN STILL MATTER
As time passes on
I turn the next page
to discover a new me
while I continue to age.
I may no longer be
who I was long ago
but I still can matter -
that much I know.
With a new set of tools
I have gathered from time -
I keep looking forward
to more mountains to climb.
My best is not over
as the skeptics might say -
I just learn how to conquer
In a much wiser way.
So don't sell me short -
I am not nearly done.
I CAN STILL MATTER -
I've only just begun.
If all people saw the world through the eyes of our volunteers it would truly be a much better place. THANK YOU VOLUNTEERS!!! You do the work of angels.
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