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The LIVE It Up Challenge Day 1- Love

Yesterday I had the opportunity to speak to some of Wisconsin's finest leaders at the Wisconsin Association of School Councils(WASC) High School State Conference and I issued out a challenge. When I got home I thought how silly it was that this should pertain JUST to high schoolers, since we should all be challenging ourselves to "LIVE it Up" daily. With that being said, I am issuing out the first part of "The LIVE It Up Challenge."

For the first day of The Challenge, the focus is on LOVE.  Too often we get caught up in our own little world and we forget that there are other people who are going through trials just like we are. I personally find myself getting upset with people because they may have been rude and I have to take a step back and remind myself that I don't know their story. A big part of LIVE is showing people, those we know and those we don't know, that we care about them.

With this in mind I challenged these young leaders to go out of their way and show the people around them that they truly care about them. I challenged them to step outside of their comfort zone to not do these acts for friends, but rather to do them for a stranger, a person who them may not get along with well, or perhaps even a family member. Now I want all of the LIVE followers to do the same. What will you do today to show the people in your world that you care? Will you do something simple like holding the door open? Will you go above and beyond?  I want to see how far we can spread the love! Please make sure to post on our Facebook page  https://www.facebook.com/thelivelifeproject?fref=ts how you chose to spread the love today!!! Also check in to see how Dakota, Jacob, and myself decided to spread the love!

LIVE it Up,

-ZZ

"Keep love in your heart. A life without is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead." -Oscar Wilde 


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