3.12
I'm remembering that being who I am is inescapable so I might as well embrace it. As my fav poet Buddy Wakefield always says, "The only person you're ever going to be, and I know it, thank God, is you."
We finished up renovating the homeless shelter and moving everything into it today. It looked surprisingly incredible. A homeless woman shared how grateful she was for us fixing up the place and nearly brought tears to my eyes. She said she wanted to show us off to her daughter, she told us how we were directly helping her improve her life and get back on her feet. Hearing the simple yet profound impact we made on her life was beautiful and I felt lucky to have contributed to that.
The rest of the day was a bit less sentimental, but good nonetheless. While cleaning up empty lots, I found a used condom and almost stepped on a dead cat. We have a little game where the grosser the things we find, the better. So, I was doing pretty well for myself.
A little girl in the boys and girls club created a "kindness club," where she had my team sit in a circle and talk about the nice things people did for us throughout the day. The rules were "do things that make people happy" and "don't ever be rude." Simple and to the point.
Now it's bedtime. We just finished watching freedom writers and I cried, as always. you can't watch freedom writers without immediately experiencing an intense desire to change the world. Not sure how to do this yet, but I think the little girl from the kindness club may have the right idea?
We finished up renovating the homeless shelter and moving everything into it today. It looked surprisingly incredible. A homeless woman shared how grateful she was for us fixing up the place and nearly brought tears to my eyes. She said she wanted to show us off to her daughter, she told us how we were directly helping her improve her life and get back on her feet. Hearing the simple yet profound impact we made on her life was beautiful and I felt lucky to have contributed to that.
The rest of the day was a bit less sentimental, but good nonetheless. While cleaning up empty lots, I found a used condom and almost stepped on a dead cat. We have a little game where the grosser the things we find, the better. So, I was doing pretty well for myself.
A little girl in the boys and girls club created a "kindness club," where she had my team sit in a circle and talk about the nice things people did for us throughout the day. The rules were "do things that make people happy" and "don't ever be rude." Simple and to the point.
Now it's bedtime. We just finished watching freedom writers and I cried, as always. you can't watch freedom writers without immediately experiencing an intense desire to change the world. Not sure how to do this yet, but I think the little girl from the kindness club may have the right idea?
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