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Dreamlinux 3.5 Overview and Install

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I wanted to try out a Debian based distribution on my laptop now that Debian’s newest release has been out long enough to take care of the bugs that always show up with a new release.  Debian itself is easy enough to install, and rock solid, but Debian via Debian is kind of boring, and bare of files some people need.

I had used Dreamlinux back in 2009 on my Netbook, and Dreamlinux was a good little distro then. I thought perhaps a good distro could only get better with the passing of time. The current sable version of Dreamlinux is 3.5 which I downloaded and burned to cd. Dreamlinux runs as a live cd, so you can see what you get before you commit to an install.

Running the live cd, I noticed not a lot has changed in the last few years. There are some small improvements but nothing major caught my attention. It is good to have a stable development team behind a distribution. The default desktop is a well tuned XFCE desktop. Of course other desktops are available if one wishes. I think Dreamlinux has always done a good job with the desktop and makes Dreamlinux unique. Conky is available in the menu in three preconfigured levels  depending how much information is wanted

One item to note on the live cd is a lack of Games. Dreamlinux is well stocked, but not for playing games. I imagine Dreamlinux is that way as a matter of real estate. A cd only has so much room. Dreamlinux live cd worked as it should, so I decided to install Dreamlinux to my hard drive.

Dreamlinux install is unique among installs. The install starts and ends on one screen. I think it is designed that way to make it simple, and separate newer users and those who are not to sure about how a Linux install works from those that do. I think anyone who has a Linux distribution on their hard drive can install Dreamlinux to their hard drive.

Installation takes a little more thinking about the process of an installation. After selecting your drive partitions, they need to be added to the right side of the screen. Once the installation screen options are completed correctly you can continue past the screen and actually begin the installation. If you can not continue, something was missed.

Install is normal to quick. The only oddity I experienced is I was not sure my user account was created. It turns out it was, but iI did not add a proper password. That was an error on my part I think. Other than the initial install screen the rest of the install is hands off until it is time to remove the cd and reboot. Once install is completed, there are the few final settings for the internet.

Dreamlinux is fairly fast on my old laptop, maybe not as fast as Puppy Linux, but as fast or faster other distributions running on older hardware. Start time is about average. No matter how small or fast a distribution is, the system needs to be loaded and tweaked before you can log in.

I like the desktop itself, and the simplicity of the menu. The menu itself is nothing fancy, but then again if I wanted a lot of flash I would need new laptop and a flashy distro. The menu is well stocked with more options than most of us will need or want. If anything is missing from Dreamlinux, the Synaptic package manager will install it in short order.

If the installed applications are not enough, Dreamlinux also has what they call an easy install button where other common packages may be installed with a few clicks. The easy Install options include: Google-Earth, Google-Desktop,Picasa, Kompozer, Opera Browser, Skype, Adobe Acrobat Reader , Azureus, WineHQ/Wine-Doors, W32Codecs, DVD Support, Nvidia Driver, and more. Nice replacement programs if the default programs are not what is wanted.

Dreamlinux comes with some additional options users may enjoy. There are icons for creating both a bootable usb stick, and a persistent usb stick. A third and I think one of the best options is an icon to create a remaster of your own creation. I did not use any of these options myself, and I cannot verify how well they work. Here is a link to help with the various installation options.

When I completed the installation and opened Synaptic, there were almost a cd’s worth of upgraded packages waiting to be be downloaded and installed. Downloads were completed at reasonable speed with no real slowdown after the first minutes. I imagine the upgrades are a result of the flux in Debian’s new release. No matter how well tested, not every bug is found when a new version is released.

There is no downside to using a Debian distribution. It is thought that Debian being conservative runs behind the time with browsers and other programs. This is not the eighties and there are not major breakthroughs or changes in programs. Unless there is a reason for needing the newest version of a program, what is installed will work fine. For those who need something newer, there is also the option of doing a self install of wanted packages.

Dreamlinux is an interesting mix of practicality and flash. With Mac like looks, straight forward menu system, multimedia, and solid reputation of Debian make for a Linux distribution to please most users.  With the programs the live cd installs and the Debian repositories backing up the initial install, if you cannot find a program to do what you need, it probably does not exist in the Linux world. For those with more experience or the need to be on the edge, there is a beta available to be downloaded and tested.

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Mac Note Taking Apps Short Review of Three

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I am looking for a small but complete note taking application for Mac which I will keep using.  What I first started looking for was a note-list of files all in one place combined with a notes program. I found these three programs to be closest to my wants and of most use to me due to the way I organize my notes. The three applications are: MacNote3LE, Notational Velocity, and xPad.

Text Edit is okay and it is free of course, but kind of plain. I traded up to Bean, and then to myWritings as the price is reasonable and there are features in myWritings I am willing to pay for. However there is still that empty little niche for short notes. I find I do a lot of small note writing and taking. I also seem to collect numerous short term use notes.

I looked at a number of note taking apps and have narrowed it down to these three. They have there pluses and minus, and if there were only one, any one of them would work work well for me. They are all reasonably priced, one is free, one is ten dollars, and the third sixteen dollars for me to register.

Here is my short synapsis, and is in no way complete or comprehensive. All three applications do basic word processing. I mentioned below only those unique items which may be important to me. As I mentioned for general text editing they all offer about the same basic options. Notational Velocity offers the least options, xPad offers more options, and MacNote3LE offers the most options.

MacNote3LE 2.7.0 – Import and one page at a time export which is all most of us may need. The note-list has tree/outline structure with Parent and Child nodes. The note-list can be located to left, right, or bottom. Export to ipod directly from MacNote3. Search all notes for string occurrence. Holding cursor over Note Title brings up note info. Smart links to other MacNote3 pages, any files, or urls. Pages can be protected from erasure. Screen Capture. Comes with a generous thirty day trial. Sixteen dollars at this time for me to register. Password protection available but author states it is not serious protection.

Notational Velocity  2.0 B4 (7) – Note-list can either be on top or on the side, allowing more preference latitude. Can be synchronized with Simple Note. Secure note encryption, and key logging protection is an option. Search all notes for string occurrence. Autosave note feature. Password protection Can link to other notes. Can be opened with keyboard key sequence. Can use tags. Recognizes pasted urls as urls. Is free to use.

xPad 1.2.6 – Import and Export one or more files. Note-list can expands to allow descriptive titles. Note-list auto opens to left or right depending if the program is open on the left or right side of the screen. Notes can be categorized by color. Searches open note only for string occurrence. Note info button on bottom right. Auto save feature on exit, aware of duplicate notes and appends and integer to the duplicate. Export to ipod. Create links to web pages. Screen Capture. xPad is limited to fifteen notes for the free version.  About Ten dollars for the paid version.

At the moment, I really do not know which application I will end up using and which programs will go. I have been using all three, and all three programs do what they do well. I need to decide soon, as syncing all three programs with the same notes is overkill. I thought I would post this as it may be a help to you having a few blips on each program in one place. If you want more in depth more accurate information of these application’s abilities, visit their respective websites listed below.

Notational Velocity additional features:

- The ability to synchronize notes with a directory of text files, allowing synchronization with most Dropbox-based iOS text editors
- Font-independent styles as opposed to rich-text editing
- Automatic wiki-linking including automatic title suggestion
- Preservation of indentation (like BBEdit)
- Note bookmarks that store search context
- External links to notes
- System service for importing any text or document
- Preservation of the source URL when using “paste-as-new-note” command from web pages
- Ability to import web pages as text by dragging URLs onto icon
- Synchronization of tags with other apps that use the OpenMeta standard
- Import any plain text format, as well as PDF, RTF, HTML, Word, Stickies and others
- Export as the same
- Per-note undo management

MacNote3LE additional features:

- User is able in any MacNote3 page, to install links to URLs, Files, other pages of MacNote3 and messages in Mail.app
- Allows the opening of multiple windows.
- Provides a list of “Frequently-used pages” and “Recently-used pages”
- AppleScript compatible
- Windows can be made to appear as tiny icons
- Compatible with other services that apply in Mac OSX

xPad additional features:

- With the category editor you can create and color-code categories, then quickly assign documents in the drawer.
- Documents can be sorted by name, date or category.
- Efficiently manage limitless documents with color coding that provides a constant reminder of your organizational scheme.
- Quickly rename documents, delete one or many, and export a single, multiple, or all your documents in both Rich and Plain Text formats using both drag and drop or conventional panels.
- Instantly export to your iPod, allowing you to read your documents when you are away from your computer.
- Automatically saves your work, so you never have to worry about manually saving what you’re working on or accidentally closing something without saving—and losing all your information.

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Stretch Gooder With a Simple Mind Trick

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If you are like me, stretching is not one of those areas you can excel in. I will never make to the level of a Yoga Master, Exercise Training Specialist, and no where close to the rubber like flexibility of a baby.

Stretching has always been work for me. Touching my toes after my Teens was moved to a personal olympic event. It was too painful on the backs of my knees. Almost every doctor I have seen has told me I am way too tense. If this sounds like you, help is on the way.

I have recently discovered how to make stretching easier. Making stretching easier increases individual stretches to levels I never thought I could achieve. It does this painlessly to the point, I surprise myself with the new angles of stretch I am able to reach.

While each of us have our own built in limits to what we can do with our bodies, I can quickly explain how you too can stretch farther, easier, and with less effort than you could only a few minutes ago.

Here is a sample to get you started. Keep your personal safety in mind, and do not stretch any body part you normally do not stretch. Pick any simple stretch that you normally do, which you know you do not do as well as others. Read the next paragraphs before continuing and  be careful not to overstretch. You do not want to hurt yourself.

The idea of this first stretch is to set a median stretch for you to compare to after you try using the method I will explain to you when you stretch a second time.

Stop stretching where you normally stop, do not try to achieve a new personal best. The purpose of this first stretch is find your normal stretch or twist limit, not to set a personal record, or to prove me wrong. I do not want you to hurt yourself, and my feelings won’t be hurt if it does not work for you.

Notice your body position if you are twisting your torso in some manner for your stretch, if that is a common stretch for. Pause as you reach your stretch limit and notice your body position in relation to something you can use to measure against.
If you are doing a different type of stretch, notice where your fingers touch your body or other surface. If you are doing a more general stretch, say touching your toes, or bending sideways watch where your hands, fingers, or finger tips stop against your legs.

Do not hold the stretch or struggle to stretch a little bit farther.

Over stretch and you could hurt yourself, and we do not want that to happen. Slowly move back the position you started from.

If something does not feel right, stop now as what I am about to suggest is not for you.

If you feel the same as before you stretched, here is what I suggest you do, and see if it makes a difference.

The first time I tried stretching while focusing on other things the length of my stretch improved a lot and without tightness or pain.

When you begin to stretch think about doing the stretch safely. Think about some part of your body that is not involved in the stretch, say and ankle or elbow that is not part of what you are stretching. Concentrate on the body part you picked, and ignore the body parts and muscles being used in the stretch itself. It also helps if you direct your focus on something away from you, look at a pattern on the wall, ceiling, or floor. Keep as many of your senses focused on something besides the muscles you are using for the stretch.

I think what is happening is by thinking about safety, a part of your body not being used in the stretch, and keeping your eyes busy is this:

When we think about something, that thing has our focus. In the case of our body when we focus on some part of it, that part gets ready for action, it gets ready for a change in state. The muscle is no longer loose and relaxed.  Our awareness of that body part is heightened.

Think about going to your Dentist for dental work. If we know we are going to get a tooth drilled on, our complete focus is on that tooth. We wait tensely for the smallest sign of discomfort. In short we overcompensate instead of relaxing and ignoring.

So it is with our muscles. When we stretch and focus on our thigh for example, our thigh is not as relaxed as it would be when we think about our ankle while we stretch our thigh.

We can imitate a magician and use misdirection. Our mind is focused over there, but what is really happening (the stretch) is over here, and we are not paying attention. I discovered this during my own stretching a few months back. I have found it does make a difference having something else for my mind to focus on while I stretch, than if I place my focus on my stretching.

I have better results when my thoughts are other places than the muscles I am stretching. I hope you have the same experience and find more satisfaction in your stretching without pain or discomfort. Good exercise does not hurt.

* The misspell in the title is intentional.

 

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PCLinuxOS, LXDE, and User Management

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If you have read some of my recent Linux posts, you may remember I volunteer here in Albuquerque at two non-profit Community Centers, helping to keep their Laptops running from week to week. I have been doing this for almost a year now, and it has been a very rewarding experience with a lot of learning on the side. I installed PCLinuxOS as a first step recovery as Linux has so much to offer with little downside for the casual user, and PCLinuxOS is the cream of the crop for instant usability.

PCLinuxOS is an excellent distribution for everyone, especially for people who have never used Linux. The LXDE Desktop is similar to Windows reducing a casual users learning curve. Combine the two into PCLinuxOS – LXDE and it is an instant hit. Everything the Community Center’s need is included on one CD. The included programs are well thought out, and Open Office Org install is available at the click of a button, completing the setup.

If you use PCLinuxOS – LXDE, have kids, or other curious neophytes using your computer the changes below will help you. I created one user account for all users which I named, ‘guest’. I set the guest account to auto-login. Most users use Firefox, or type a paper, printing what they want to keep or sending their work to their online email account, so requirements are fairly simple.

I have done a lot learning from almost a year ago to present some of which will help you if you share your computer. With the user account I want to change logged on, the first change I made was to the PCLinuxOS LXDE desktop.

While the desktop is carefully thought out and wonderful for individual use, it is too much for a multiuser environment. The Network Icon, Terminal, File System, Quick Launch Toolbar Icons, and Internet Connection Icon are troublesome to curious users who know little about how computers function. Removing icons was the first change to the desktop.

After the desktop icons were removed, I found user focus turned to the Quick Launch Bar Icons on the bottom left of the screen. All those colorful Icons must do something fun, and the curious clicked and played with them as they could. At first I removed them all, then discovered that users had become accustomed to clicking on the Firefox icon, and some did not know how to start Firefox using the Menu. I gave in and crafted a safe, basic icon set.

The latest problem is with the internet connection. The Community Center’s connections are a pipe dream away from being a T1 connection. It would be a wonderful improvement to get to cable speed. Put eight or ten users on a slow connection and everything to and from the internet slows to a crawl.

I could imagine the thought process as every week as I restored wifi connections. ‘Wow, this sure is slow, there must be something wrong with this laptop. Let me click on this Internet Connection thingy and see if I can fix it.’ A few clicks later and the laptop is connected to an unmade connection, and the internet is now one one connection faster for everyone else in the room.

To begin modifying a user normal user account to a mostly harmless account I made the following changes:

If you installed Open Office Org, or you plan not to, open Synaptic Package Manager, and  remove ‘getopenoffice’ from your system. This removes ‘Get Open Office’ from your Desktop and Menu. If you installed Open Office, the icon on the Desktop and label in the Menu causes confusion for users, and headaches for you.

One of the buttons on the Quick Launch Taskbar is a button to launch the PCLinuxOS Control Center. Click on the button and enter root’s password. You should now be in the PCLinuxOS Control Center. If you are not, close the window and start over.

Click on the word ‘System’ on the left. Click on ‘Manage users on System’ on the bottom of the screen. Click on the user who’s account you want to dumb down, in my case, ‘guest’ and the account name and line will be highlighted.

Click on the Edit Icon on top. Next, click on the Tab ‘Groups’ This is where the real power of Linux shows itself. From here you control almost everything any user can do. I un-clicked the boxes dialout, and users. This creates a new group named guest which guest is a member of. The boxes audio, cdrom, cdwriter, floppy, lp (printer), polkituser, user (user’s new group), and video are all checked. You can uncheck them to deny your user from using any or all of them. You are done with this screen and can exit out. When your user logs in, they will not find the internet connection icon. If you leave the Networking Icon on the desktop, it will require root’s password to open.

Right click on any of the Quick Launch Taskbar Icons on the bottom left. If you clicked correctly an option for “Application Launch Bar” Settings is the first choice. Click on Application Launch Bar.

On the Settings Screen is three columns. The left side contains apps that are on the Quick Launch Bar. The right side contains apps that can be added to the Launch Bar. The center is the add, remove, move up, or move down buttons. From here you can customize what is contained on the Quick Launch Bar, or remove all programs if you so choose. Linux is all about choices. If you are admin of your system, you can control the choices.

There are many more options available to control, limit, and otherwise manage users of your computer while running PCLinuxOS on your computer. A short period of exploring and changing settings can prevent headaches later, and like myself, you will get to learn something in the process. If you are making changes always write down what you have done on a piece of paper so you know how to undo it if it does not have the intended effect.

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Lightweight Linux Choices For Older Computers

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I traded laptops last week, trading my newest i3 laptop for an older Centrino laptop. I bought my laptop with this intention, as I really do not need that much horse power for what I do, and another family member can make better use of it.

The best part of the trading is the new ‘old’ laptop sent me down the Linux trail. Because it is an older laptop, the Linux distro it can reasonably run is a little more restricted. A lighter desktop is fine with me as I have come to appreciate function over form.

Why have any processor gobbling cycle time to fill a desktop with monitors and gadgets is not the best use of resources imo. I prefer a less resource hungry desktop for the most part. I am guessing I am an average user, and once I load up a web browser, the web browser looks and acts the same under a lean Linux Distro as it does running in big name distributions.

Lubuntu, PCLinuxOS LXDE, Puppy Linux, Salix OS, Zenwalk, and VectorLinux, all found there way to my download directory. These distributions are known to be both fast and light; any or all of these distros and their close cousins are a good fit for older hardware.

I found a whopping 486 megabytes of usable ram and a sixty gigabyte hard drive on my ‘new’ laptop. I left Windows XP on half the hard drive and formatted the other half to have some fun with.

What I found is Puppy Linux is the very powerful in terms of doing things. Puppy crams an awful lot of system tools into one small package. I use Puppy often to recover files from broken or virus infested Windows computers. Puppy works flawlessly every time I slide the cd in a computer. I have yet to find a situation where Puppy Linux can’t do whatever I need it to do.

Doing whatever I need Puppy Linux to do includes installing Grub if it is over written or otherwise made inoperable. Puppy Linux is small, needing less than one gigabyte of hard drive space if you choose to install Puppy Linux to a hard drive. If you want to load a spreadsheet off of a Windows Hard drive, Puppy Linux can do it with the included spreadsheet. Same for text or document editing. Puppy Linux is one very impressive lightweight Linux Distribution.

Lubuntu and PCLinuxOS with LXDE desktop are practically twins, with PCLinuxOS edging out Lubuntu with some additional bling installed by default. Adding the same few programs to Lubuntu levels the playing field. I thought PCLinuxOS was a tad snappier, but I am fond of PCLinuxOS, so my observations may be skewed. Either distribution has all the software anyone wanting to use the LXDE desktop is likely to want or need. They both are fast, easy on resources, and accept my desktop tinkering with ease.

Salix OS walks a very close walk to Slackware, and as such Salix OS is a very solid distribution. Salix OS like all Slack distros is not the queen of eye candy distros, not that the others are either. The repository is full of software and Salix OS will meet the needs of anyone wanting a fast, solid, light weight distro with Slackware compatibility.

VectorLinux is also sports a LXDE desktop. VectorLinux is the prettiest to look at right from install. VL is fast, and comes with a large amount of programs installed. I think VectorLinux edges out Puppy when it comes to how many programs can be placed on one CD. VectorLinux uses Lilo for the boot loader. For whatever reason, Lilo and I do not think alike.

I installed grub a few times, overwriting Lilo, and VectorLinux refused to load, presenting me with a kernel panic error, except in one attempt when everything loaded and worked as it should. I am sure I caused the problems, though I could not manage to find what I was doing wrong.

I wanted VectorLinux to work for me, as VectorLinux is an easy to manage, slice and dice distribution. VectorLinux has been reported as something not quite Linux by writers more adept than myself. For my needs and abilities VectorLinux has never been a disappointment or led me to a dead end. I downloaded VectorLinux 7, Alpha 4, and it gives a choice of either Lilo or Grub for a boot loader. I hope the final version does the same. Lilo is great of you dual boot, if you want more, you have to make it happen.

Zenwalk is another favorite distro of mine. Though Zenwalk has also been accused of deviating from the straight and narrow of ‘real’ Linux, I find it easy to use. Zenwalk has more than enough packages in the repository to keep most users happy. If there is any downside to Zenwalk, it is Zenwalk walks a pretty close path to Slackware, and Slackware is not intended to be exciting in its looks. Zenwalk improves Slackware’s looks a lot in the looks department, and is a very good choice.

When it came to memory usage, Puppy and VectorLinux reported the most free ram when checked. With the exception of Zenwalk which uses XFCE desktop and needs more memory, all the distros left me with more than enough ram to do everything I would want to do. Zenwalk used a little over half my available ram, which I am sure would still allow me to do everything I would want to do. Zenwalk with XFCE is a quick nimble desktop and distro.

The Linux winner for my desktop was arrived at in an unlikely manner. Puppy garned a slice of my hard drive because it is such an amazing little distro and such a small foot print. As much as I wanted VectorLinux on my laptop, I could not get VectorLinux to multi boot with more than Windows.

What tipped the scales is I made arrangements to recover files and remove virus infection from a Desktop running Windows. The desktop was reduced to unusable by virus and other Windows ailments. While I was removing viruses, the owner thought the Linux desktop was pretty, and noticed his computer was suddenly as fast or faster as it was when new.

He asked if I could install ‘That Linux thing’ for him on his Desktop. I explained the options for install, and he chose to delete Windows completely and learn how to use Linux. I installed PCLinuxOS LXDE on his desktop, installed Gnome Games, and a few other programs. I spent about thirty minutes explaining how Linux works and what he needed to do to keep it running and install programs.

The next day he called me asking how to use a specific program. I had never used that program, and that is what decided the Linux would be on my Laptop for the near future. I installed PCLinuxOS LXDE myself, installed the program and called him back with a solution. Puppy was already on my hard drive by this time.

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Give What Really Matters

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When I was a young man and wanted to give money, I gave to my Church. I felt good giving money. The reasons I gave were varied and are kind of funny to me now. Sometimes the Church would make sure I was aware a particular need during the service.

Other times I gave money because I felt as if I had been wasting my life recently, and donating money was a sort of equalizer. This thought arrived in the famous church tradition of ‘Paying for Salvation’. Here is how the idea was introduced to me.

Pirates on the high seas get old. After some years Pirating was hard work and mortality was setting in. Successful Pirates would suddenly find God (as if God was lost) and build a church atoning for their sins. In their minds and/or the greed based thinking of the Church, money to build one church equaled one ticket to heaven.

I too thought it was my obligation to give money to the Church. After all the building needed maintenance and the leaders needed clothing and feeding. For a couple of years we both were happy. I felt like I was doing my part, and whatever church I was attending had a few extra dollars in the coffers.

I listened to a Minister talk one Sunday morning about his trip to another city the day before. I don’t remember much of the story, but I do remember him talking about the steak dinner he ate while there. The few dollars I was going to give were not enough to pay for his coffee and the slice of pie he had for desert.

I don’t remember the point of his talk that day, but I remember his meal story. After that I made it a point to give money to people or causes where I knew I could make a difference. Giving money for Toys at Christmas or providing Thanksgiving meals for poor families felt good. My few dollars would make a tangible difference.

As the years went by, same as always, the need swelled. In the same small town needy families had grown from a few hundred during the holidays to several times that number all year. Suddenly my piddling few dollars did not seem to go very far.

I know now, without a doubt, poor people are a fact of life and the label “Poor” resides on a sliding scale rather than a balanced scale. There are poor people where you live, whether you live in an oil rich city or in the middle of the desert. I also learned something else about giving along the way.

Throwing Away MoneyMoney is and always has been just a thing. There is nothing ‘giving’ about money. Whether you or I throw a few dollars at our favorite cause has little effect on the cause itself. No matter what the cause, if it is about people, there is never enough money to it to fix it.

If any cause has more than enough money in a given year, one of two things will happen. Either the standards of the cause will slide allowing more people to be included, or management will spend more. Either way the money is used up, and more is needed.

There is a better solution than dropping money on a collection plate, box, or sending a check to your favorite charity. Donate your time! Donating your time is the highest level of making a difference. Let those who are wealthy, or corporations donate money. If you want to know if you are really making a difference, donate your time.

Each of us has the ability to make more money if we give some away. We can take on a second job, work overtime, sell a possession, or do without. The most valuable item we have in our life is our time. There is no time bank that balances our time account. Giving your time to something you believe in is far more valuable than any amount of money you can give.

The wealthiest people in the world know this and they donate their time. They also donate large sums of money, but it is their time which really makes the difference. If you want to make a difference in your community, donate your time. I guarantee once you get over the idea that you really are not doing much, your thinking will change.

Instead of giving a few dollars and only having a fuzzy idea of where and how your money is being used, giving your time lets you see how you are making a difference by the impact you are making. Because it is your time that you will never get back, you will be more particular about how you donate it. People you help will appreciate you more than they will appreciate a few faceless dollars too.

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