In an ideal world, no one would be suffering from illness and disease, no one would suffer from natural disasters, no one would be homeless, no one would allow greed to control their motivations, no one would ever be hurt by loved ones, and no one would be mistreated unfairly.

In an ideal world, everyone would be happy and completely satisfied with their life.

As much as all of these things would make the world a better place, having a perfect world allows no room for growth, maturation, understanding, compassion, and belief in others-- because there simply would be no need for these.

With no room to serve others, to help those in need, to have issues to work through, or to have goals to work for, there no longer serves a purpose for the fraternal organization.

For the fraternal organization to reach its fullest potential and to make the most positive impact on the world, there has to be something for the fraternal members to be continuing to work for. There has to be a meaningful purpose and goal for the fraternal organization to focus on. How else would the organization reach success? How would the organization be able to measure their accomplishments?

In order for the fraternity to obtain members who are fully knowledgeable, dedicated, and motivated to work for the same values, a new member orientation program should be held prior to the initiation of members. Oftentimes, new members realize their values do not match up with their respective fraternity; implementing a program prior to any commitment would eliminate the fraternity being inhibited by these types of members. The ideal world would still have issues and the need for education and a better world, but the organization would exist with a foundation of members of equal motivation, dedication, and values.

inspiring words from AFLV...

During our PHA exec meeting tonight, Julie asked us to discuss some of the things we talked about at AFLV. Believe it or not, we have not had any time to talk about what we really learned in St. Louis with just the five of us until tonight...so I thought I would share some words of inpiration with you all...

I went to a Hot Topic session called Inspire Integrity: Learning Values Based-Leadership by Corey Ciocchetti. To be honest, this was not one of the sessions that seemed interesting to me and the only reason I went is because Sam convinced me to go with her. So I went, and I am so glad I did because he was the most inspiring speaker I heard all weekend.

His basic message was about how to lead a life filled with integrity and focus on things that truly matter in life. As officers, its so easy to cross things off our to- do list without actually stopping to think about what we are really doing, who we are impacting, and what kinds of things we are letting slip by with such a busy schedule.

This realization came after a scare with brain cancer where he thought of all thing things he should've done with his life prior to the supposed diagnosis. He was lucky and did not have brain cancer, but he said if certain things are a priority when you are near death, then why isn't it a priority now?

It's not that I never found these non significant, but in the context of his message, he said these are 3 things worth chasing:
- Contentment in your heart
- Relationships- strong, personal relationships only develop if you can be a friend to your friends
- Good character- character is how you act when no one else is looking, and how you act when you are with your friends-- are these two aspects of yourself consistent?

Lastly, this was my favorite part of his message. It's just something to think about and something that makes me strive a little bit harder each day for things I want in my life...

Everyday: Think, Laugh, and have your Emotions stirred
- HUSTLE: to try harder than you are currently trying
- FIGHT: every single day for things that matter
- LISTEN: every day, listen better, and listen more often. It's not all about you.
- LAUGH- just laugh at yourself! because it has the best healing power and truly makes you feel better :)

hahahahahahahahahhhhhhhhahahahahahahahahahahahahhhhhhhhhhhhhahaha

There..now I feel better.