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myLovematters Tell Others
If you have watched the film Pay It Forward
(in which Kevin Spacey's character,
a social studies teacher, inspired his student -
played by Haley Joel Osment - to change the world),
you will find many similarities in our programme.
What truly matters is not the means but the end itself:
a less violent, more just, and less impoverished world.
Comprising three simple steps, the myLovematters Tell Others programme harnesses the power of one - anyone and everyone, from the young to the old. Participating in this programme will not cost you anything more than you can afford. You will set your own pace and you can invite anyone on this extraordinary journey to changing our world.
Step One: Action
Stop and look around you. Is there someone who needs help, which you are in a position to offer? Remember, help doesn't always have to come in the form of financial aid. Devoting your spare time to give free tuition or babysitting counts too. Approach this person and offer your help - unconditionally. If your help is not welcomed, just move on to another person who needs assistance.
Step Two: Testimony
If your help has been accepted, give a testimony to your friends, relatives, colleagues or neighbours on how you have made your love matter by helping someone. Observe confidentiality, unless that person you have helped has given you the permission to mention his or her name.
Step Three: Multiply
Select two of the persons who have heard your testimony to spread acts of kindness, by motivating them to carry out Steps 1 to 3. From these two persons, the programme will then trigger a multiplier effect...
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Tell Others
The numbers in our table tell it all...
| Month |
Persons |
Month |
Persons |
Month |
Persons |
Month |
Persons |
| 1 |
2 |
7 |
128 |
13 |
8,192 |
19 |
524,288 |
| 2 |
4 |
8 |
256 |
14 |
16,384 |
20 |
1,048,576 |
| 3 |
8 |
9 |
512 |
15 |
32,768 |
21 |
2,097,152 |
| 4 |
16 |
10 |
1,024 |
16 |
65,536 |
22 |
> 4 million |
| 5 |
32 |
11 |
2,048 |
17 |
131,072 |
23 |
> 8 million |
| 6 |
64 |
12 |
4,096 |
18 |
262,144 |
24 |
> 16 million |
...from the one person who motivates two others
to participate in the myLovematters Tell Others programme during the first month, followed by the same two persons encouraging two other individuals each during the second month (that's a total of 4), and subsequently,
the four motivating another two each during
the third month (now, a total of 8), we could reach out to every person on this planet within less than three years!
And this is all because of that one concerned individual
who started the ball rolling!
What if 10 persons had started off this programme from
Day One?
Or what if this becomes a weekly initiative?
Let us not be awed by the staggering numbers.
Instead look at the potential this programme
has to offer to mankind.
How about getting started today?
After all, there's a saying that goes:
"A journey of a thousand miles begins
with the first step."
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