Facemasks

I am a fan of Mitch Albom. A friend of mine and I went to a presentation of his in Green Bay many years ago and meeting him has been a delight, even this many years later. He wrote Tuesdays with Morrie and other books. Now he has podcasts called, Tuesday People Podcasts. In one of the podcasts he talks about our need to be helpful. 

He cited how children are so ready to help when asked.  It excited them and they often came back after one task asking what they could help with next.  I sat through the whole podcast and it was like someone lit a fire under me. I had been sitting on a phone list of folks I was procrastinating calling.  

That did it!  Immediately I called the people on my list and felt entirely different about that task;  I had been useful to those I called and felt better for talking to someone, too! Of course, my mind goes out to how to be helpful during these times with the pandemic raging.

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Then I thought of various posts on Facebook asking for help from the public in making surgical face masks.  Lots of ways to do it and lots of folks pitching in.  There are other posts offering to help those who need something picked up, or delivered, in order to save that person from going out in public.

Yes, these are times we have never seen in this century but hopefully, they are times we will see more love, more generosity, more kindness and compassion toward others. Each of us can figure out what helpful means for ourselves; there are as many ways as there are finger prints.  Thank you Mitch Albom for your weekly podcasts! It was the most helpful thing I have heard all week!