Hey
dudes! S'up? Lol
I
am in a very good mood. Though no one gets back to me about fixing my
canceled benefits or surgery or meds I am sky-high anyway! I love
organizing things. I love my literacy fest ads and calling vendors,
making promos... it keeps me out of my twisted head. Last night I put
designs of characters for an excellent book series Hamilton Troll
books (think Dr. Seuss meets Bill Nye) I printed the character's
faces and cut them out of sticker paper to transfer the designs to
individually wrapped candy. They came out so adorable! That's a nice
freebie at a book signing or classroom lecture. I love the books
too... there really aren't a lot of engrossing science books for kids
so if you want to pick up some of those that link is:
This
is not the first thing I have ever organized! Not to blow my own horn
but to tell you the story and the medicinal purposes of helping
others, I tell you a little story. Way back when Haiti was wiped out
by a hurricane there was here at the same time an ice storm that
knocked out an entire Indian Reservation. The storm was so bad that
it snapped telephone poles and buried entire houses... but even
though people couldn't even be dug out everyone was only concerned
with Haiti. It was the only thing on the news then. So I stayed up
with little to no rest for weeks cold calling churches, newspapers,
grocery stores, other reservations... everyone I could think of. I
was turned away so many times... even by churches and charitable
organizations. What I did accomplish (my friends and I actually) was
to get an article in a small newspaper, 2 trucks of supplies sent and
a donation drive, door to door that cost hundreds to mail. We weren't
able to get money donations but at least we were able to get people a
little help. I even had a couple of reservations turn me away, but I
couldn't give up. Some of these people were vets, a lot of them
elders and people with small children. I couldn't look away.
What
did I get in return? 2 weeks before that I was in bed wondering if
the only way out of the relationship was violence. I had lost the
will to live... not suicidal but just terribly depressed. What did it
do for me? Got me out of bed, got me to start bathing and eating
again and kept me from thinking about how useless I felt. If the
value of that were monetary I think it would easily outweigh a couple
of trucks of supplies. Don't you?
Not
to preach but this IS why Jesus said, “Do unto others, Love thy
neighbor..” This is why every creative religion and creative
theology states that you should give more honor to others than you do
thought for yourself. It is because the benefits and emotional,
psychological pay back is like a billion times more than the energy
you just spent. It can change a mindset. It can move a heart. It can
change a life.
There
is an old song that says, “Charity is the coat you wear twice a
year.” My advice is put that coat on every day.... THEN you will be
the richest man in the world.
That's
my side of it,
Angel
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