Great examples of contrast! And the Mackenzie Scott/Jeff Bezos article link also is a wonderful example of contrast..oyy. I agree most of us fall somewhere in between and I think it would be interesting to ponder how that changes throughout one's life too. I'm picturing some sort of oscillating graph in my head and then I wonder if you could correlate that to happiness...
Tom Littledyke, a former UK Royal Marine, drove his mini van full of toys and supplies, 1000 miles to the border of Ukraine/Poland to help after seeing photos of families that were separated by the conflict.
When asked why he is doing this he said, "Too often we think that we have to do something grand and if it isn't grand what's the point. It doesn't matter what we do as long as it's in the right direction."
I'd like to think that people will make choices to move in the right direction. It doesn't have to be grand. It can be as simple as a smile, or it can be the many things we are seeing people do currently to help those in Ukraine.
Good timing for this post. By the way, friends of ours live in Parkland and their daughter lived through the shooting spree at her school that day.
Great examples of contrast! And the Mackenzie Scott/Jeff Bezos article link also is a wonderful example of contrast..oyy. I agree most of us fall somewhere in between and I think it would be interesting to ponder how that changes throughout one's life too. I'm picturing some sort of oscillating graph in my head and then I wonder if you could correlate that to happiness...
I want to hope that we move from taking as we are starting out on life's journey, toward giving as we become mature and reflective on our past.
Tom Littledyke, a former UK Royal Marine, drove his mini van full of toys and supplies, 1000 miles to the border of Ukraine/Poland to help after seeing photos of families that were separated by the conflict.
When asked why he is doing this he said, "Too often we think that we have to do something grand and if it isn't grand what's the point. It doesn't matter what we do as long as it's in the right direction."
I'd like to think that people will make choices to move in the right direction. It doesn't have to be grand. It can be as simple as a smile, or it can be the many things we are seeing people do currently to help those in Ukraine.
Good timing for this post. By the way, friends of ours live in Parkland and their daughter lived through the shooting spree at her school that day.
Couldn't agree more about just moving in the right direction. Excellent comment. Thanks for sharing!