Listening to your own advice
I was feeling a little low about life – about working so hard and always the brass ring seems to move further and further out ahead of me. About not being able to do anything for my mother who spent the last week in her bed 24/7 because she was feeling weak (and scared). I brought mom groceries yesterday and was full of good advice about how she could feel better, but then I left blue just seeing how shaky and frail she appeared.
But today, just an ordinary day, I was headed out to buy a bottle of champagne for a friend’s birthday, who has been feeling blue and told me today, “I haven’t felt right since Katrina,” and I ran into a friend who introduced me to a woman who is opening up a place called Liberty Cafe, which is going to teach inner city kids about the workings of a restaurant as well as give them a hot meal. Then I was coming home with a truck full of balloons I offered to pick up for a neighbor and came across another neighbor who is canvassing the neighborhood to start an elementary school here. She also told me she is pregnant with her second child and she hopes that by the time they are ready, they can go to this school.
Of all the things in the world to focus on – maybe the fact that people like you and me are taking the time to make this world a better place is just one of the many things to be grateful for today.