The Power of Word of Mouth

62 Days of Service Left

It has come to my realization that Word Of Mouth is the most powerful thing in the world. Most people don't know what is out there unless someone tells them and it goes for anything. I mean if you think about it you don't know anything unless someone tells you really. So don't hold what you know to yourself. Tell as many people as possible about a good thing because 9 times out of 10 someone else needs that information they just don't know who to ask and how to go about doing it.

I think a lot of society has disconnected themselves from everyone. I mean do you know your next door neighbor? Most of us don't or don't want to.  It takes a special kind of person to reach out to their fellow man and help them. At one time people didn't think anything of it but now we live in a society that is disconnected.

If it isn't on the internet or in a newspaper or a radio or TV people just don't care. I'd like to know what has brought us to this point.

I was recently talking to an old high school friend on FaceBook who I have not seen since school. She is going through a tough time with being unemployed and she seen me on Facebook posting things about AmeriCorps. Well she went to the website and checked it out and is not applying for an AmeriCorps position. I really hope she get's it really I do. And no it's not with the organization I work with but it's a great program too.

Thing is she wouldn't of even thought of AmeriCorps if it had not of been for me talking about it on a Facebook post. It's funny how a little thing like that can change someones lives and really make a difference. So my challenge to you is to tell someone about something that has really impacted your life today. It doesn't have to be much of anything really. Share a recipe or tell someone about a program that might help them if they are in a bad situation or if they are in a good situation ask them how they got there.

I am currently trying to find a job for when my service ends on December 9th and I have found that I get more leads to jobs simply by talking to people I work with. No I have nothing set in stone for December as of yet but I do have some great leads. 

It would be nice if everyone had a hover text over their heads like in video games then you know who to ask what to. *Giggles* but we don't  live in video games now do we? We must live in reality unfortunately. It's OK to live in reality it's not such a bad place. Sure there are crimes and pain and sickness but that kinda makes life interesting doesn't it? So what if it's not a perfect world. It's the imperfections that give us reason to get out of bed in the mornings and try to make a difference in the world we live in. I think everyone likes a challenge and life can be challenging sometimes but if we pull together we can make it a great experience.

It is our challenges that make us who we are today.