Part 2: I admire the will to help other people in my manager Frank. I remember scrolling through Facebook one day out of boredom and I was checking everyone's profiles to see how is everyone. I went to check my boss' profile. So I was scrolling through his feed and I found this post he made. Here is the post:
Dear friends in Marion,
I’ve been blessed to grow up in this town.
People in this community have helped support my family since before I was born.
My parents worked their asses off to provide everything I could ever want or need. But we also received a lot of help along the way.
They’ve told me stories of how people in this community gave us something when we desperately needed it the most- Hope.
It truly breaks my heart to see the coronavirus tearing through my hometown, inducing panic and affecting everything along the way.
Kids not being able to go to school. Parents not being able to work. Grocery stores being cleared out. Everyone from factory jobs to the service industry being laid off when they are desperately trying to make ends meet right now. The news headlines getting worse every day.
Now I want to return the favor. I want to offer my help to those friends in need the most. I want to give back what this community gave my family all those years ago- Hope.
There are many good people in this town. People that work hard to provide for their families just like my parents did for me.
Even good, hard-working people need some help from time to time.
If you are one of my friends facing this situation right now, please contact me. I will do what I can to help out.
Even if it’s just a jug of water, some rolls of toilet paper, or a hot meal for your children.
We get by with a little help from our friends.
This touched my heart because even though he is like me where he is quiet but he still has that need to help people.
Mitchel, this was a great post. It shows heart. What your boss wrote was moving and powerful. The impulse to hoard and hold back when things are tight is real, but that post shows that it truly is better to give than to recieve, with the acknowledgement that we all need help at times and it's nothing to be ashamed of.
ReplyDeleteI also think the impulse to give loved ones little luxuries is totally normal, but you also recognize that it isn't something we should set as a "lifestyle" as the picture of the ice cubes shows the absurdity of that. It's awesome you want to give Molly little things to lift her up, but I think your love and friendship is probably the only thing she really needs. Thanks for the thoughtful last post!