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Show The Garfield County Insider October 22, 2009 Every1Counts What It Really Means to Be “Popular” PANGUITCH SWIMMING POOL HOURS By Cynthia Kimball Humphreys From the world we typically conotate “popular” with having lots of friends, being beautiful or handsome, maybe even having money. I, though, want to talk about a different and more important kind of popular. Namely, those who are “givers”. One giver is a young man name Blair Peterson. He’s the quarterback for Towson University in Towson, Maryland. And although he does have a lot of friends and is handsome he is there for others. For example, a fellow student, one lacking confidence and not sure of his purpose in life, asked Peterson why he didn’t party or get angry. Being the quarterback, Peterson could have easily blown this student off saying, “Who are you?” or “Whatever loser” or another similar and unfortunate comment. But, Peterson didn’t. He took time to answer this student’s questions in person and on Facebook whose life has since done a 180 degree turn all because Peterson gave this person his time and attention. Peterson is a giver. And this is what makes him popular. Are you a Blair Peterson? Or, do you only care what someone looks like, how much money she has, what kind of car he drives, what town or house she lives in, what his profession is or what school she goes to? Peterson is like the man who would throw starfish after starfish back into the ocean after they washed up on the beach. When asked why he did it, since they’d just get washed up again, the man replied, “It mattered to that one.” Do you think you’re more important than another? If so, why do you think that? I challenge you to become a giver. How do you become one? Just start giving. You don’t even need to give a “thing”; it doesn’t cost anything. After all, unknowingly to Peterson, someone who was struggling merely observed his actions. And how much do actions cost? Nothing, unless you’re doing ones’ that damage. Peterson’s actions rocked someone’s world. Forever. The rest is history. Some of the “popular” people I know can’t read, are in wheelchairs, have lost loved ones’, have cancer, other diseases or illnesses, are specially challenged, elderly, adults, youth or children, caregivers, in residential treatment centers, and in jail. They all have one thing in common; they are unselfish or learning to be. Even though many struggle, they still give or are learning to give. Take another giver. Her name’s Meg Johnson. In 2004, Meg, 22 at the time, fell off a cliff while hiking in southern Utah. She broke her neck and is now a full quadriplegic. Meg could have sulked and not given back to the world. Instead, she decided to not only give back as a motivational speaker and inspire others with her story, but founded and directs Ms. Utah Wheelchair, Inc, to name a few of her “giver” contributions. Popular? Without a doubt. If you want to know what it is truly like to be “popular” and really live you need to give. After all, said, Winston Churchill, “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” To read more on Blair Peterson visit this link: h t t p : / / w w w. b a l t i m o r e sun.com/sports/college/ football/bal-sp.towson19aug19,0,1764070.story To learn more about Meg Johnson visit her website: www.megjohnsonspeaks. com For information on coaching, consulting, speaking or training contact: Cynthia Kimball Humphreys, Vice President, Every1Counts, P.O. Box 574, Hatch, UT 84735. Ph: 435.632.1489, Fax: 435.735.4222 or Email: kimball@every1counts.net. Website: www. every1counts.net. Connect with Cynthia Kimball Humphreys and Every1Counts on Face book, Twitter, Plaxo, LinkedIn, and Echo Loops. © 2008 Every1Counts, LLC. All rights reserved. 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