helping in haiti…

Donate money.
While donating money may seem impersonal, it is the best way to help victims because it guarantees that aid can get there immediately and emergency personnel can provide the supplies that are most needed. Money has no transportation or storage costs, and does not require space or work to sort, clean, or distribute. You can find a list of reputable disaster relief organizations that accept donations at www.nvoad.org

If you don’t have millions or even hundreds what do have? Great time to count your blessings and consider making a small sacrifice to help another person. Have a yard or bake sale. Skip the expensive coffee, pack a lunch one day a week, skip Bingo, the lottery ticket, the car was, the cigarettes, the movie. In a month’s time that can really add up!

Reach out and help those closest to you.
It’s been said that the best way to heal grief, or hurt is to help someone else heal theirs. Choose a stranger or a relative but make a decision to help them in some small way. When you consider how you may be able to help others, don’t simply think about what you may be good at, think about what you have been through. People in tough circumstances often need to talk to others who will listen with real understanding and speak to their concerns with conviction and authority.  Your failures and negative experiences may hold the key to your effectiveness in helping others.

Use the power of reflection, prayer or prana!
No matter how you do it, it helps. Focus, intention and energy directed on behalf of another can not only calm you and put your anxiety at ease there is something about the way energy and intention spreads that is unquestionably beneficial. Why else would people of all faiths and no faith at all through out all time continue to do this?