5/4/23

Today I did a little light reading about a man named Nicholas Winton. He rescued 669 Jewish children from the Holocaust. The question asked was “How are you quietly and humbly helping humanity?”.

Woah. 6:30 am….no coffee…that was a tough question. It made me feel pretty crappy too. I am not helping at all! My immediate thought was “nothing”. I haven’t done anything substantial that offered such a huge opportunity for my fellow humans. Some of them I don’t even want to help. Some I can’t because they don’t help themselves. Some people I would like to help….but it is into a grave…and I don’t think THAT was the intention of the article.

It sort of set a negative tone for my morning. Ugh! I should be doing more. Is there something grandiose I can do that I don’t have to put too much time into (because that doesn’t defeat the purpose)?  What is everyone else working on or doing? Are they thinking about this too?

Work kept me distracted for the most part, but I kept gravitating back to that question. “How are you quietly and humbly helping humanity?”

I ended my work day slightly early and did a Google search. How to help humanity. Here is what I learned…..while I can’t say that I saved 669 from a horrific event like The Holocaust, I can break it down and recognize that I do small little things daily that can make a big difference to not necessarily always a community of people, but a person. 

Some of these steps I already incorporate into my daily routine. They can be simple like sharing a smile, words of kindness, words of encouragement. I just needed to think about it on a much smaller scale. Donating unused items, volunteering time and even donating blood were on the list. Paying “it” forward in whatever capacity that may be, Ok…so I am not a lazy monster after all thank goodness.

I will be setting some goals to try and make sure I am helping as much as I can on my small little scale. After all, we are all making our way through life together until we aren’t. 

I was frustrated by a few people today. I had some foul comments for them that I kept to myself. Maybe that is how I am contributing to humanity as well? If that’s the case….I help ALL the time!

I guess the moral of this day for me is to not read an article like this before coffee. This is why I like to read things that are funny and uplifting. Otherwise my mind spends way too much time on it.

I am hoping I wake up tomorrow thinking about tacos and margaritas.