Project 10100 is a call for ideas to change the world by helping as many people as possible.
Google created this project in celebration of its tenth birthday, with the preamble that:
Never in history have so many people had so much information, so many tools at their disposal, so many ways of making good ideas come to life. Yet at the same time, so many people, of all walks of life, could use so much help, in both little ways and big. (More.)
I've always wanted to do something to change the world in a positive way, and when I learned of this project, it was as if some Higher Being said to me, "You asked for it. Here it is!"
You would think I would jump at the chance. "Yes! Yes! Yes!" you would hear me rejoice on top of my lungs. But I froze. I blinked (I clearly don't qualify to run for the VP of the United States). When I realized I had to walk the walk, I stopped right dead on my track.
"Who am *I* to try to change the world?" I asked myself. I, who still needs help with so many things I would give a village of therapists a field day. I, who have dirty dishes scraping each other in the kitchen, and dirty clothes begging for a bath in the closet. I, who subscribes to the Yogic and Buddhist teaching of compassion and non harming, and yet cringes and yells and screams and hates every time the topic of This Election comes up.
Just who am I to offer to help others? I can barely help myself. Honestly, some days I can barely dress myself.
So I thought, well, this project is a nice idea, and someone out there will do it. Someone, somewhere, somehow. And it's probably not me.
Last night, for some reason, I looked up Yoga teacher Seane Corn's web site. Of all the "Yoga Teacher to the Stars" out there, I aspire to be like Seane Corn the most. She's not just talking about doing yoga, she's talking about *living* yoga. She's talking to people about *servicing* yoga, getting off the mat and stepping into the world. She's walking the walk.
Channeling Seane, I had a crazy idea, maybe, just maybe, that I'm not only capable of helping others, but I'm the perfect person to do it.
If I feel fear and pain, then so do others. If I feel sorrow, stress, and despair, so too, can others. If I yearn for love and peace, for more time, more sleep, more joy, and more sunny days frolicking outside, then surely one or two others out there want the same thing too.
As Seane said, "If you can understand your own journey, then you can serve others".
So I hereby make the commitment, for the next 20 days, to look inward, to reflect, and to ask, "How can I help?"
If you feel similarly inspired, you can join me, and probably many others out there asking the same question. I hope my blog provides a place where many ideas can sprout and grow. In these troubled times, we can all use a little more help.
I love this clip of Seane Corn talking about Critical Impact:
