"Give A Little Bit": The Sound Of Relief For The People of Japan

As a rule, I'm not a guy who tends to offer a lot of Japanese proverbs. But here's one anyway that is a perfect guide to life, so I thought I might share it with you all here. The proverb offers this advice: "Fall seven times, stand up eight."
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As a rule, I'm not a guy who tends to offer a lot of Japanese proverbs. Yet there's one I saw today that struck me as possibly being one of the secrets to life, so I thought I might share it with you all here. The proverb offers this advice: "Fall seven times, stand up eight." So if you've been watching all the news from Japan about the earthquake, the tsunami and its nightmarish aftermath the past few days, and you feel your heart breaking, then why not use that heart of yours to give what you can -- if you can -- to a reputable charity like @RedCross or the other organizations you can read about here on the Huffington Post? Let's help those who have lost so much to stand back up now. Here's my playlist for giving a helping hand. Please tell me, what's on yours?

GIVE A LITTLE BIT - Supertramp
YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE - New Radicals
WHAT YOU GIVE AWAY - Vince Gill
HELP - The Beatles
LOVE'S IN NEED OF LOVE TODAY - Stevie Wonder
GIVE IT AWAY - George Strait
LEAN ON ME - Bill Withers
THE END - The Beatles
HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART - Al Green
GIVE BLOOD - Pete Townsend
BLEED RED - Ronnie Dunn
HANDLE WITH CARE - Traveling Wilburys
I CAN ONLY GIVE YOU EVERYTHING - Them
HEAL THE WORLD - Michael Jackson
FIRE & RAIN - James Taylor
YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND - Carole King
GIVE IT ALL AWAY - World Party
GIVE IT AWAY - Red Hot Chili Peppers
GIVE ME LOVE - George Harrison
HELLO WORLD - Lady Antebellum
SHELTER IN THE RAIN - Stevie Wonder
HOW TO SAVE A LIFE - The Fray
GIVE ME LOVE, GIVE ME LIFE - Roger Hodgson
REACH OUT AND TOUCH (SOMEBODY'S HAND) - Diana Ross
EVERYBODY HURTS - REM

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