Day 58: give a care package to someone who needs it - my grandmother and I were on the way to one of her appointments, and we saw a man on the side of the interstate with a sign asking for a bit of extra help. So I reached into the backseat and pulled out one of the care bags that I made a while ago and were just waiting for someone who really needed them. Lesson 58 - Although it took nearly nothing, hardly any effort on our part at all, the individual who received the care package greeted us with the following words, "I appreciate you. God bless you." We would have missed the opportunity to be blessed with this kind of an interaction had we looked straight ahead, through an individual, as we so often do in our busy days, weeks, and months. Day 59: let someone go in front of me in the grocery store - although this gesture is simple, it met the criteria of a rejection therapy project as it was something that I would not normally do and required effort on my part in patience and giving, as I would have rather just taken the cue that I received from the cashier that a new lane was opening and gone about my merry way. Lesson 59 - blessings sometimes come in the form of rain; I really did not feel like letting the individual go in front of me; however, once I did, I was compelled to offer the individual behind her who only had a couple of items the same courtesy, and he turned it around and extended the courtesy to me instead! Day 60: translate for someone in Spanish - although this technically does not meet my rejection therapy project criteria, as I would have done it anyway, I am desperate for new material and am taking what I can get. Lesson 60 - the individual who came into my grandmother's doctor's office searching for someone who spoke Spanish to direct her to the pharmacy in the same building was extremely appreciative to have someone to help her, and I felt as if the roles were reversed from so many times that someone helped me in Bolivia through charades, a smile, or a helpful nudge in the right direction.
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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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