This was yet another very inspirational moment in the day. This young woman and her friends have put together a website (kiva.org) which now does over $5 million per month in microloans to the poor all around the world. Her attitude was not only thrilling, but absolutely infectious! She received one of several standing ovations at the conference today. Among many thoughts impressing me was her encouragement to “never apologize for small beginnings.” Her organization began with seven friends getting together to purchase a truck for a rice farmer. Her “just do it” philosophy and bias toward action was evident in every moment of her conversation. Her final thought was also wonderful: we must genuinely believe in the possibilities of people and, if we truly do, then "all the rest is just logistics!"Beautiful!
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