A Good Cause

"The challenge really has become a movement,

somehow become a celebration of life

even though the disease that has inspired it 

is such a long, slow, relentless death sentence."

-- Mike Lupica, New York Daily News

Me getting ice-bucketed 8-21-14

"Causes do matter. And the world is changed by 

people who care deeply about causes -- about things that matter. 

We don't have to be particularly smart or talented.

We don't need a lot of money or education.

All we really need is to be passionate about something important;

something bigger than ourselves.

And it's that commitment to a worthwhile cause that changes the world."

-- Steve Goodier

C'mon.

Everyone's doing it.

The "ice bucket challenge" is taking the world by storm. It was started a few weeks ago to raise awareness about Amytrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS.

And now, it seems like everyone from former President George W. Bush to LeBron James is in on the act.

It's like the ultimate game of tag. 

I happen to know some people personally who have struggled, or are currently struggling, with this relentless disease. So the least I can do is take a bucket of ice water over the head and write a check to support the fight for a cure for ALS.

Maybe you should too.

Go ahead.

Challenge yourself.

And then challenge someone else.

And then, if you can, please make a donation and learn more about ALS at ALSA.org.

The internet is flooded right now with countless videos of people doing the challenge. It's easy to get annoyed with it. But before you judge, or pooh pooh, or whatever, please take a few minutes to educate yourself and to understand.

Here's a video that might help enlighten you to what the challenge is really about, and what ALS really is. (Please watch the whole thing. You'll see why.)

C'mon.

Do a good thing.

Jump on the bandwagon.

Support a good cause.

I challenge everyone.