Happy Halloween 🎃 We are living in frightening times. Let's DO something about it

Happy Halloween!

We are living in frightening times. ☠️

Despite this, I am deeply encouraged by the compassion and leadership of those I surround myself with. Today I served as a panel member during a “Women in Business Breakfast” event hosted at Tower Club Tysons in Virginia.

Prior to the panel, each attendee in the audience shared their holiday wish. Almost everyone’s holiday wish centered on peace, paying it forward, and growth for all.

My experience this morning reminded me of two of my favorite quotes:

💟 𝐴 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟’𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑎 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒. - Oprah Winfrey

💟 𝐿𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠, 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑙𝑢𝑥𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠. 𝑊𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚, ℎ𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑣𝑒. - Dalai Lama

My wish for today and beyond is that we each devote ourselves to doing even more to make the lives of others better.

Why? Because since January, many of our of neighbors and friends have experienced a detrimental (and preventable) decline in their quality of life, job security, emotional safety, physical safety, and now, food security – to name a few.

Mentor someone. Donate to a food bank. Give an extra offering to your faith community. Volunteer for a cause that matters to you. Speak up, and not over those you’re aiming to support.

While we must wait for The Powers That Be to make whatever decisions they’re going to make…this should not stop 𝘂𝘀 from making our 𝗼𝘄𝗻 decision to be the blessing someone is praying for.

Wishing you a lovely Halloween! 🎃 💞