One who takes a pause to listen to the silent voice within that pushes to do more with the everyday can be summed up as a Changemaker. Some do what the nudges suggest with awareness while most respond to the stimuli of feeling better and sleeping better.
Many around are competing to earn more, achieve more and climb higher on the professional ladder, there are some whose determinations are very different. They do not dream of climbing the organizational hierarchy but are searching for more. The more is a whole lot and difficult to explain and impossible to purchase. But there is an abstract ‘more’ that satiates the quest and gives meaning to life. Some call it looking for purpose. The accomplishment of that ‘more’ requires courage and always a lot of letting go.
Few wish to achieve not what the world sees as greater but what fulfills their soul and give them contentment. They are the Changemakers – the reformers, progressionist who want to change society for the better.
Changemakers are not born, they are self-made – People who are not running the rat race. They may have stability and comfort but are still willingly to step out of their comfort zone in search of something more, something that can give them happiness and gratification. There is risk, discomfort and perhaps at times less money, yet it qualifies as ‘more’. There is a choice made.
Each person who works at Lotus Petal has an innate desire to bring positive change with his work. Their regular-looking jobs give them the freedom to express themselves and flourish as they work for contentment and fulfillment. People are accepted as they are and valued for the skills that they bring and most importantly are treated well. While at work, each Changemaker is aware of how their regular job is a critical link in providing a life of dignity to someone.
Our Changemakers step out of their comfort zones daily as they extend their services and expertise to serve more. They face the unfamiliar, and to learn what’s new and relevant in the changing times. They work for the underserved – in an environment different from where most come from. Each day they live and interact with people living in difficult circumstances, facing complex problems. The work that the Changemaker encounters everyday throws at them unexplainable yet human challenges that many may have heard of but never faced. These are circumstances where statistics, standard procedures, and protocols don’t work. Each challenge is different and each one needs a distinct solution. Most learning is at work every day. The team takes every challenge as part of its daily routine and works its way to find cost effective and innovative solutions to every problem. What you bring to your desk is an open desire to learn and an honest commitment to deliver.
Embracing the discomfort of growth and resolution to rise above the challenges outlines a Changemaker at Lotus Petal. They don`t quit. They learn, they support and emerge resilient because in the persistence lays transformation. And in that spirited environment of growth lays the road to service that enables the less fortunate to hope for a life of dignity.
Our Changemakers never stop until they make the change happen.
Be A Changemaker Peoplefunction@lotuspetalfoundation.org
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