This has been quite the day. I spent lots of it responding to posts about the post I made yesterday recounting my experience transporting a Detainee to KC. The original post was shared over 450 times and has been read by almost 30,000 people.
The good news is it generated some additional funds for Love in Action. We are almost halfway to our goal of raising $5,000 for the piece of exercise equipment they requested. I will write a month end recap tomorrow and hopefully the rest of the funds will come in. I haven’t set a deadline so there is no pressure to get the funds by a certain date.
Most of the comments have been very positive. It has been interesting to watch the responses though. Some people can only see the wrong and anger in what happened, some people can only see the love in the story. I have a feeling we are being called to hold both sides in our hearts. We have to see the wrongs that are happening so we can acknowledge them. We also have to hold hope and love. We are being called to be steady and hold both opposing sides at the same time. No one will be able to 100% do this but we can all strive to hold as much of what is wrong as we are able and balance that with as much love as we can experience.
Had a group of friends come over this afternoon for a great discussion. It will be interesting to see where we go from here.
I am tired this afternoon. I did some cleaning this morning and got things ready for the gathering. I did four loads of laundry although I haven’t gotten them folded and put away yet. I managed to get to the bank to deposit the check I was going to do yesterday. Thankful tomorrow is a rest day and I have nothing I have to do. I am overdue for a do nothing day.
Next week looks pretty quiet. I will be doing taxes Tuesday and Thursday but other than that have nothing on my calendar. I am ready for a quiet week.
I do need to run to Emporia and pick up that prescription. Not sure if I will do that tomorrow or Monday. We shall see what happens and how my energy is. Right now I am feeling a bit drained.
Had someone from the KC area reach out to me today. She has run a nonprofit for years and is willing to offer some guidance. I have to go to KC on March 9 for a doctor’s appointment so am going to meet up with her for an hour before my appointment.
It is so fun to see where Love in Action is taking me. I told someone today that I have put on my seat belt and am going for the ride. Have no idea where it will take me. Most of what happens is not planned but so far has worked out beautifully.
Grateful for the friends new and old that came over today, grateful for the positive response to my story about my experience yesterday and grateful tomorrow is a rest day.