Wednesday 29 April 2009

Proud to be a twit


Now I have been called a twit before, and sometimes much worse, but recently I have become rather fond of the title.

I was unsure of Twitter when I hooked up, I did it as I an experiment because if you are in ‘New Media’ these days then of course you ‘HAVE’ to be on Twitter, apparently.

My first ‘post’ if that is what you call them? Asked,” How far can we go?”Well in less than a week, it would appear, quite a long way. I have not exactly reached every country in the world but my message has certainly been carried afar. Not only that, but I have connected with some really great people. People with similar missions and values in life, people that I know I can add value to their mission by sharing their message. I can see the potential issues with spam but I believe that if I stay with my own intention to add value and to be of service, then that is what will come.

This morning for example I had an email saying that someone had joined me on Twitter, I checked it out and through their profile I found a great organisation that is certainly singing off the same song sheet as me –





Musicians On Call. http://www.musiciansoncall.org/.

They are a non profit organisation that was formed in 1999, and provides live and recorded music to the bedsides of patients in healthcare facilities. Musicians On Call uses music to promote and complement the healing process for patients, families and caregivers. www.twitter.com/musiciansoncall


I have done various searches for music therapy/healing initiatives but not found these people through Google or similar, but through being a bit of a ‘twit’, hey presto. Just the sort of organisation that I would like to support through Feed your soul and the children.



Another ‘twit’ who chose to follow me and I think well worth a mention is ‘Matas Baranauskas’ www.twitter.com/logostudies Matas is a 16 year old youngster from Lithuania. He does great logo designs. If you need one, I recommend you check him out.


You see being a twit can be really good, and right now in writing this I am getting a lot satisfaction to offer some supportive and well deserved kind words regarding a youngster’s life. I don’t know him from Adam, but I can see he has got talent and I think he will go far.

It’s taken me two minutes to add these words to write about Matas, they are two minutes that could make a difference in someone’s life.

As Zig Ziglar says “You can get everything in life you want, if you will just help enough people get what they want” Zig’s a twit too! www.twitter.com/tomziglar (son of Zig)

Be the change – because the power starts with you

Have a joyful day
Anánda