Awareness-of-the-Day

Stop walking on the grass! Trampling causes soil compaction which leads to barren ground. Soil compaction causes lower soil porosity and lower rate of infiltration of rainwater into the soil so vegetation does not grow well leading to barren ground. Don't walk on grass to take a shortcut! Save the earth!

Joan of Arc:

• had visions from God and was brave enough to voice them
• was a peasant girl
• believed that France could win battles when they had not won any major battles for an entire generation
• she predicted a military reversal which came through
• she requested to lead the French army and her request was granted (probably because of a failing regime)
• she used aggressive strategy (while the French normally used cautious strategy)
• she renewed French confidence
• she led them to victory
• she started these at the age of 16 and ended it with a conviction of heresy followed by execution at the age of 19
• she had a re-trial and was pronounced innocent

In other words, she believed in what no other man believed. She was determined to see her vision through. She was brave enough to lead a French army with no prior experience. She was different in her approach. Some people called her crazy.

All it took was one person. One person crazy enough to believe in the unbelievable. One person crazy enough to take courage. One person crazy enough to be so determined. One person crazy enough to rise up. One person crazy enough to lead. One person crazy enough to dictate history.

Perhaps that's why there are so little people who are successful in life. There aren't too many crazy people around.

We're never too young to get crazy about things. Joan of Arc made history in a couple of years, dying at the age of 19. In her short lifetime, she has done much greater things than any of us have accomplished in our lifetime. Let's get crazy.

Anyway, to be fair, she didn't do it alone. God was with her. Who could be against her?