{"id":1055,"date":"2011-01-08T10:39:31","date_gmt":"2011-01-08T02:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2011\/01\/08\/meme-day-eight\/"},"modified":"2011-01-08T10:39:31","modified_gmt":"2011-01-08T02:39:31","slug":"meme-day-eight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2011\/01\/08\/meme-day-eight","title":{"rendered":"Meme &#8211; Day Eight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Day Eight of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2011\/01\/01\/meme-day-one\">10-day meme<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2011\/01\/01\/meme-day-one\">Day One: Ten best things about being alive.<\/a>  <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2011\/01\/02\/meme-day-two\">Day Two: Nine things about yourself that you like.<\/a>  <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2011\/01\/03\/meme-day-three\">Day Three: Eight things you know for sure.<\/a>  <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2011\/01\/04\/meme-day-four\">Day Four: Seven things that make you laugh.<\/a>  <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2011\/01\/05\/meme-day-five\">Day Five: Six things you are thankful for\/appreciate every day.<\/a>  <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2011\/01\/06\/meme-day-six\">Day Six: Five people in whom you perceive Ultimate Goodness.<\/a>  <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2011\/01\/07\/meme-day-seven\">Day Seven: Four turn ons.<\/a>  <\/li>\n<li><strong>Day Eight: Three things you want to do for your community \/ the world.<\/strong>  <\/li>\n<li>Day Nine: Two things you think you need to work on personally.  <\/li>\n<li>Day Ten: One thing you&#8217;d like to change about your life.<!--more--><!-- \/\/ --><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;m ashamed to say that I&#8217;ve always been the type of person who believed in the saying <em>&#8220;help yourself before you help others.&#8221;<\/em> So &#8220;helping others,&#8221; with the exception of those close\/dear to me, was never one of my priorities. 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