Day 52 - buy coffee for someone on Easter: I actually missed a day in the last series, and then remembered after the fact that I bought coffee for the person behind me on Easter Sunday, thankful for both the fact that I had something hot to drink on a cold day, and much more importantly that El ha resucitado...Jesus has risen!
Lesson #52: I am not sure whether I will keep up with my coffee fast now that lent is over, but I did order a chai tea and pay for the drinks for more than one person behind me...which was a blessing on both counts. Day 53 - contact Jake Nawrocki once more: I promised myself that if I waited until I was halfway through with my rejection therapy series, that I could contact Jake (from Operation Self Reset) again and see if he was interested in collaborating with me on some special projects. Lesson #53: At this point, it doesn't matter whether he interviews me or not for my rejection therapy project, because it is no longer about me. I am, however, hopeful that he will respond positively to a couple of rejection therapy ideas I have for how we can collaborate to advance a nonprofit with whom I am working, and that I can help him with some information about how to help survivors of trauma. Day 54 - help someone at the grocery store: I got into a conversation about papaya, and while I didn't initially think of it as a rejection therapy project, it met the criteria of something I wouldn't normally do as well as the other three criteria. Plus, I did 600 calories on the treadmill today and I was pretty tired.... Lesson # 54: When you help someone who you normally wouldn't, you end up having the most interesting conversations...and find appreciation in ways unexpected. Although I initially hesitated to say anything, she ended up being very interested in my advice and thanked for me the help. The reason I said something is because she was talking about how big a papaya was that could potentially fit in the palm of your hand, so I commented about how big papayas are in Bolivia, and we ended up discussing how to solve her digestion issues with papaya seeds!
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AuthorValerie Ellis, who is in alignment with the Black Lives Matter Movement and everyone whose life is impacted, now or before, by times of social injustice. Archives
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