Move Forward With Effort

The way out of disappointment is through effort. The way out of worry and anxiety is through effort. The way to respond to unfairness, injustice, tragedy and misfortune is with effort. The way to get beyond the obstacles standing in your path is with effort.

It is truly amazing what some good, sustained effort can do. It will make you wonder why you didn’t get started sooner.

When you are discouraged, make a little positive effort and your attitude will remarkably improve. When you are weary, make a little positive effort and it will energize your spirit.

Sitting around worrying, complaining, being angry and frustrated will do nothing to improve the situation. Start to take effort though, and you enter a whole new positive, productive frame of mind.

With effort, there is a very real and attainable connection between where you are and where you would like to be. Make the effort, and work your way out into the bright light of achievement.

Chad Schapiro

The Gift That Keeps On Giving

Give yourself something of real value today. Give yourself the gift of enjoyment.

Decide today to find enjoyment and fulfillment in whatever you happen to be doing. Decide to simply and honestly enjoy the real person you are.

Look beyond the mere fleeting pleasures and set your sights on real, substantive enjoyment. Enjoy yourself in a way that says yes to life and to those things that are deeply important to you.

Don’t fall into the trap of thinking that you must feel guilty about enjoying each moment. For the more you truly enjoy and find real fulfillment in what you’re doing, the more you will contribute value and goodness to the world around you.

The most consistently enjoyable and fulfilling activities are those that make a positive difference. The more earnestly you seek real enjoyment, the more you’ll find that you’re giving of yourself.

Though the world has many problems, so too does life offer boundless possibilities for true enjoyment. Enjoy being a part of it all, and in so doing you’ll make it all that much better.

Chad Schapiro

New Addition to the OurGV Rewards Family-West Central FL Ataxia Support Group

OurGV.com and OurGVRewards.Com CEO Chad Schapiro & President WJ Vincent II are proud to welcome the nonprofit West Central FL Ataxia Support Group to the OurGV Family. Both CEO Chad Schapiro and President WJ Vincent would like to congratulate affiliates Marwan Powell and Jenny Legg for their hard work and dedication in bringing this great new organization into the OurGVRewards.Com fundraising program. Good Luck and Success to West Central FL Ataxia Support Group in their fundraising efforts!

Website: www.centralfloridaataxia.org

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Help Yourself

It’s impossible to make much progress if you’re busy clinging to the very things that hold you back. At some point you must decide whether you want to truly move forward or not.

When you constantly have to work against your own negative habits and thought patterns, success will continue to elude you. Real achievement begins the moment you make the firm commitment to put yourself on your own side.

You think thousands of thoughts and take hundreds of actions on a daily basis. Within those thoughts and actions there is enormous opportunity to make real, substantial progress.

How much of that abundance of opportunity are you utilizing to move your life forward? How much is being wasted, or even worse, pushing you backwards?

When you replace a negative destructive habit with a creative productive one, you get a double gain. You are suddenly free from something that was holding you back, and on top of that there is a new force working to move you forward.

Use your thoughts, your words, and use the actions you take each day to put yourself squarely on your own side, and you’ll be well on the way toward whatever you choose to achieve.

Chad Schapiro

Bolton Street Synagogue Joins The OurGVRewards.com Fundraising Program

OurGV.com and OurGVRewards.Com CEO Chad Schapiro & President WJ Vincent II are proud to welcome the nonprofit Bolton Street Synagogue of MD to the OurGV Family. The mission of Bolton Street Synagogue is to be an open Jewish community rooted in tradition, and to foster Jewish culture, learning, spirituality and social action in a participatory and intimate environment. Both CEO Chad Schapiro and President WJ Vincent would like to congratulate affiliate Mark Levine and Mark Christensen for their hard work and dedication in bringing this great new organization into the OurGVRewards.Com fundraising program. Good Luck and Success to Bolton Street Synagogue in their fundraising efforts!

Website: http://boltonstreet.org/index.htm

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Open Hands Ministries of New Zealand Partners with OurGV Rewards

OurGV.com and OurGVRewards.Com CEO Chad Schapiro & President WJ Vincent II are proud to welcome the nonprofit Open Hands Ministries of NZ to the OurGV Family. Both CEO Chad Schapiro and President WJ Vincent would like to congratulate Frank Fiorenza for his hard work and dedication in bringing this great new organization into the OurGVRewards.Com fundraising program. Good Luck and Success to Open Hands Ministries in their fundraising efforts!

Website: http://www.foursquare.org.nz/

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OurGVRewards helps the nonprofit Conservation Sauvage of France, fundraise for their cause.

OurGV.com and OurGVRewards.Com CEO Chad Schapiro & President WJ Vincent II are proud to welcome the nonprofit Conservation Sauvage of France to the OurGV Family. Both CEO Chad Schapiro and President WJ Vincent would like to congratulate Partice Morchain and Marita Ionescu for their hard work and dedication in bringing this great new organization into the OurGVRewards.Com fundraising program. Good Luck and Success to Conservation Sauvage in their fundraising efforts!

Website: www.conservationsauvage.sup.fr

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Live This Moment

There is enormous power in this moment. The more fully you experience what is here right now, the more that power is available to you.

Are you angry or bitter, disappointed or resentful about what has happened in the past? Then much of the power of this moment will be out of your reach.

Are you anxious and worried about something that may or may not happen in the future? Then you will miss out on the opportunity to create real and lasting value from this powerful moment you are in.

Imagine that everything you are, everything you know, everything you care about, is focused into this very moment. Feel the enormous power of what you can, right here and now, do with it all.

Rise above the murky fog of what could have been and what someday might or might not come to pass. Focus the whole of your being on what is, and on the overflowing abundant opportunities this moment presents to you.

There is great and wonderful power in this very moment, in who you are, in where you are right now. See it, be it, and let yourself live it fully.

Chad Schapiro

AFCPO of France Joins the OurGVRewards.com Fundraising Program

OurGV.com and OurGVRewards.Com CEO Chad Schapiro & President WJ Vincent II are proud to welcome AFCPO (Association Francaise Culture et Protection des Orchidees) of France to the OurGV Family. Both CEO Chad Schapiro and President WJ Vincent would like to congratulate Partice Morchain and Marita Ionescu for their hard work and dedication in bringing this great new organization into the OurGVRewards.Com fundraising program. Good Luck and Success to AFCPO in their fundraising efforts!

Website: http://www.afcpo.asso.fr

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Pop Warner Old Bridge Knights Football and Cheer League Excited about the OurGV Rewards fundraising tools.

OurGV.com and OurGVRewards.Com CEO Chad Schapiro & President WJ Vincent II are proud to welcome Pop Warner Old Bridge Knights Football and Cheer League of NJ the OurGV Family. Pop Warner Old Bridge Knights Foolball and Cheer League are providing a fun and learning environment for the children of Old Bridge, NJ. Both CEO Chad Schapiro and President WJ Vincent would like to congratulate affiliates John Sellmeyer and Mark Christensen for their hard work and dedication in bringing this great new organization into the OurGVRewards.Com fundraising program. Good Luck and Success to PW Old Bridge Knights in their fundraising efforts!

Website: http://www.leaguelineup.com/welcome.asp?cmenuid=1&url=obknights&sid=1022535150

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