When it comes to dreams, there should be no right or wrong.
As some of you know, I did a charity trekking last year in Ethiopia,
raising money for Transaid, a London based small charity running vital projects
in many countries in Africa. This was only possible because I raised £3,000
pounds. All from donations from people I know, friends, relatives, work
colleagues, people I’ve just met. People who made it possible. And if it wasn’t
for these people, I wouldn’t have trekked the Simien Mountains, I wouldn’t have
contributed to life saving projects and I probably would not have been inspired.
I am a lucky person for having had such an amazing support from the people in
my life, but if the help came from a different source, I would not have
hesitated in accepting it.
And here I am now, reading about the ‘Experience of a lifetime’ project
of Reckitt Benckiser, and thinking this is worth sharing. Because it is time
for INSPIRE and if five people have been voted to embark on the
adventure of their lives and raise money for Save the Children charity, then
this is INSPIRING. The first one, Khaled, 32, from Algeria, has started
his adventures and when he’s back from Peru (he chose to do the famous Inca trail
to Machu Picchu and who can blame him?) I am hoping to be able to
contact him and get him to share a few thoughts with us. Perhaps a few inspiring
words to make us look for our own opportunities to make our own dreams come
true. There’s nothing wrong with wining a competition, if that’s what it takes
to get inspired.
When I wrote about the experience of my own trek, I ended the post like
so: ‘I knew I was never going to be same after this. I knew I wanted to do
even more... As much as I could...’
And hopefully I am doing this now, with my INSPIRE campaign and,
along with that, by having the satisfaction of knowing I am helping to raise
money for Save the Children.
If you want to contribute too, go on to Experience of a Lifetime website and help raise money for Save the Children too. You’ll
see how J
Stay inspired!
Hi Julianna,
ReplyDeleteHave you taken a picture of yourself jumping in mid-air? :)
Regards.
Khaled
Of course I did, you saw me doing it, didn't you? ;)
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