It made me ask, what am I doing? It made me want to open my eyes to what is around me.
Because these were ordinary people who noticed a need and were stepping into the breach and lifting people up.
I saw two avenues that got them there.
Some had experienced a tragedy, and then realized from their depths that they had to reach out to others in similar situations, like an amputee, or a victim of rape, or someone with cancer.
The other kind had seen something, and asked a simple question.
In Iraq, "What do all these maimed children need the most?"
To day laborers in Queens, "Are you hungry?"
In East Timor, "What can we do for these orphans?"
And then they started small, with what they had, and attracted other people and resources when people saw what they were doing. But they would have kept on doing it by themselves.
It was a great lesson on that day focused on gratitude, how much we all can do for others right now, right where we are.
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