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Sunday, July 22, 2007
Once Again
the kindness of people rains down.
I wish that I could draw you a picture and show you what someone has to do in order to visit us Women in Black vigilers.
Sure, there are a few bus-riders that pass us unintentionally (and, it appears, unhappily) as they catch or leave the bus, but if you were to drive by us and decide that you wanted to perform some act of kindness for us, you would have to drive into the mall area and buy your wonderful gift, then drive back out our way, park in front of Chipotle or some other you-see-um-everywhere business, and WALK - hmmmmm - maybe a half a block to get to where we stand. A long way in this day and age just to do something NICE for complete strangers.
There have been a couple of people who risked their lives by stopping their car in the turn lane and getting out to deliver something to us, but anyone else has to make an EFFORT to arrive at our vigil spot. Such is the way of the pedestrian-unfriendly 'burbs.
Yesterday, we were delivered another batch of COLD bottles containing the most refreshing, life-sustaining, thirst-quenching, kindness-delivering, exhilarating
from complete strangers
who went through all of the above in order to do it
Acts of Kindness: 1
Applauds, Thumbs-ups, Peace-signs: too many to count
Flip-offs: 1
I am living in a world that saddens me in too many ways. What we are doing to this beautiful place and to the wonderful inhabitants weighs on me at all times, making it that much more important to pay attention to every moment of grace.
I wish that I could draw you a picture and show you what someone has to do in order to visit us Women in Black vigilers.
Sure, there are a few bus-riders that pass us unintentionally (and, it appears, unhappily) as they catch or leave the bus, but if you were to drive by us and decide that you wanted to perform some act of kindness for us, you would have to drive into the mall area and buy your wonderful gift, then drive back out our way, park in front of Chipotle or some other you-see-um-everywhere business, and WALK - hmmmmm - maybe a half a block to get to where we stand. A long way in this day and age just to do something NICE for complete strangers.
There have been a couple of people who risked their lives by stopping their car in the turn lane and getting out to deliver something to us, but anyone else has to make an EFFORT to arrive at our vigil spot. Such is the way of the pedestrian-unfriendly 'burbs.
Yesterday, we were delivered another batch of COLD bottles containing the most refreshing, life-sustaining, thirst-quenching, kindness-delivering, exhilarating
water
from complete strangers
who went through all of the above in order to do it
Tally for the day
(but who's counting?)
(but who's counting?)
Acts of Kindness: 1
Applauds, Thumbs-ups, Peace-signs: too many to count
Flip-offs: 1
I am living in a world that saddens me in too many ways. What we are doing to this beautiful place and to the wonderful inhabitants weighs on me at all times, making it that much more important to pay attention to every moment of grace.
posted by Carol at 11:16 AM
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