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    Be the Change: One Random Act of Kindness at a Time
    Be the Change: One Random Act of Kindness at a Time
    Be the Change: One Random Act of Kindness at a Time
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    Be the Change: One Random Act of Kindness at a Time

    By Neal C. Lemery

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           Each of us can make a difference in the world, starting with ourselves, our family, our neighborhood, and our community. That difference, that work of being an agent of change starts with one person - you.  One person and small groups are the true change agents in the world. One person can make

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    PublisherNeal Lemery
    Release dateNov 18, 2022
    ISBN9781088062142
    Be the Change: One Random Act of Kindness at a Time

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      Be the Change - Neal C. Lemery

      Be the Change

      Be the Change

      Be the Change

      One Random Act of Kindness at a Time

      Neal C. Lemery

      Neal C. Lemery

      To those who serve their community through their compassion and love of others, and the many teachers who taught me to serve with kindness and empathy.

      Copyright © 2022 by Neal C. Lemery

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

      Published in the United States of America by Happy House Press, Tillamook, Oregon.

      Author: Lemery, Neal C.

      Summary: Do you want to make a difference? Do you want to change the world toward a kinder, happier place? Real change begins with one person, a person with the drive to change attitudes and behavior, towards a time of compassion and change. This book will empower you and inspire you to take charge, to be an effective innovator and leader for real change. Find your power to make a difference. Lemery’s stories and examples offer you the tools, the inspiration to spread kindness, to truly be the change you want to see.

      Be the Change:  one random act of kindness at a time/ Neal C. Lemery – Happy house ed.

      1. English language -- communities, social action. 2. Non-fiction essays. 3 Social science -- collective activism. 4. Community activism

      Title. Be the Change: One Random Act of Kindness at a Time

      E-book ISBN: 978-1-0880-6214-2 Trade paperback ISBN: 978-1-0880-6207-4

      First Printing, 2022

      Other Books by Neal C. Lemery

      Mentoring Boys to Men: Climbing Their Own Mountains (2015)

      Homegrown Tomatoes: Essays and Musings From My Garden (2016)

      Finding My Muse on Main Street (2018)(a novel)

      Building Community: Rural Voices for Hope and Change: An Oregon Perspective (2020)

      Contents

      Other Books by Neal C. Lemery

      Introduction

      1 Each of Us Can Be a Force for Change

      2 Filling Up the New Calendar

      3 Reaching Out --- One to One

      4 Pruning Time

      5 Listening Can Be the Change

      6 How's the Family?

      7 Finding My Way

      8 The Power of Collective Silence

      9 Guerrilla Gratitude --- Bringing Light Into Our World

      10 Being an Agent of Change

      11 Examining our Strengths and Weaknesses

      12 Our Differences and the Coming Change

      13 Taking On Change

      14 The Shirt Off My Back

      15 Taking Time to Grieve

      16 Recharging

      17 The Unexpected Conversation

      18 Roundabout: Struggling With Addiction

      19 Being the Healer: What Am I Here For

      20 Adapting to Change

      21 Wanting Change: How Does That Happen?

      22 Unexpected Gifts: Giving From the Heart

      23 Happiness

      24 Simple Gifts

      25 Epilogue

      Acknowledgements

      About the Author

      Introduction

      Each of us can make a difference to another person, to a group, and even the broader community.

      That difference, that work of being an agent of change starts with one person – you.

      This book is a collection of thoughts, expressions of optimistic intentions, to make a difference, to be a force to be reckoned with.  I believe in the empowerment of one person to bring about fundamental change.

      You and I can change attitudes and can help people reform their focus, their life force, to bring about basic, lasting change.

      This work starts with one person who has a strong sense of idealism and purpose, who wants to make their life, and eventually, the world a better place.

      That aspiration can be daunting, but it begins with one step, one small change. A person who is committed to an ideal and has a plan of action, is a force to be reckoned with, a game changer, and one of the most powerful forces in the world – a committed agent of change.

      Listen with curiosity. Speak with honesty. Act with integrity. The greatest problem with communication is we don't listen with curiosity, we don't listen with the intent reply. We listen for what's behind the words.  Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart            Onward!

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      Each of Us Can Be a Force for Change

      We are in the midst of change.  We’ve always been in transition, growing and evolving, but these times seem even more energized and challenging.  Big challenges are all around us:  the post-pandemic world, climate change, along with economic, social and political uncertainties. How many of us work and get an education, how we socialize, how we look at our world and our own expectations are in flux. How do we deal with all that? 

                  I often don’t handle change well.  I like stability, predictability, the certainty that the demands of tomorrow will be comfortingly just like the demands of yesterday and today.  But that’s not realistic, and we are all compelled to adapt and move into uncharted and often uncomfortable new territory. I’ll resist that, and want to stay in my rut, the old patterns and ways of navigating through life as comfortable as a pair of broken-in shoes.  

                  Yet, I see that much does need to change.  Like most of us, I’m conflicted, wanting some things to change, but then not wanting change.  I struggle with that continuing conflict, that debate with myself about what needs to change and what we need to go back to or just stay with the status quo.  After some inner conflict and self-talk, I mostly resolve those internal conflicts with myself by being a champion and voice for real reform, a recommitment to finding solutions, and doing things differently.  

                  It can be tempting to focus on all that is not working – the challenges, hurdles, and injustices. Good times can feel fleeting, like momentary distractions from the real work of life, which is more struggle and heartbreak than satisfaction and happiness.  — Dan Rather 

                  I’m dissatisfied in leaving the role of change maker, of rabble rouser, of being the dissenting voice that advocates new thinking, to the politicians, the theologians, and those who simply seem to be just wanting to make a lot of noise.  All of us should take on that role, and raise the voice of the reformer, the change maker.  As citizens, isn’t that our duty? If I don’t become the actor, the instigator, the loud voice, then don’t I lose the right to complain?

                  "Change will

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