Learning Challenge: Life is Short, Make the Most of It

For this post, I used the following article: It's going to be okay. A cartoon by Matthew Inman.

This article confirmed that our journeys on this earth are short. Time is often a limited resource is our busy lives, and we struggle to cram everything into our daily schedules. This usually induces an abnormal amount of stress that we must deal with in our day-to-day lives and stops us from seeing the big picture with everyone we interact with in society.
This article taught me to use the most of our lives to help other people. Instead of being absorbed with helping ourselves and our own personal activities, we should take the time to help other people, especially in their time of need. After all, we are all human, and we should help each other to prosper.
I'm curious to start opening thinking about how I can contribute to helping other people. I could start small by comforting my friends going through a failed test or bad break-up. By helping other people and showing compassion, we could all make this world a happier and more supportive place.
Man Made of Time - Courtesy of National Post

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