NOV/DEC
2020
Garden Center Services
The View From My Chair A MESSAGE FROM OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Gerry & the guys at Moody House
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“These days cry out, as never before, for us to pay attention, so we can move through them and get our joy and pride back.� - Anne Lamott
INSIDE THIS ISSUE THE VIEW FROM MY CHAIR Page 1 WHAT WE’VE BEEN UP TO Page 2 GIVING TUESDAY Page 3 MORE NEWS Page 4
And what exactly should we be paying attention to? The fact that every day there are so many ways that people are demonstrating humanity’s indestructible goodness of heart! If our eyes and minds are open to it we can experience what anthropologist Stephen Gould calls “the
victorious weight of innumerable little kindnesses.�
energies towards the positives that are out there.
I shall pass through this world but once. Any good, therefore, that I can do or any kindness I can show to any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer it or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again. -Stephen Grellet
Just connected to our agency and the awesome individuals we support there are stories where people have gone above and beyond to show us their love. We’ve had families purchase meals for some of the homes. Some of the masks that we asked for have been provided by families, friends, and community groups. The Knights and members of SRCA are already busy purchasing Christmas presents for the homes they support. And the Kunkes family that annually provides a wonderful Thanksgiving meal for our people that don’t have a place to go, are already making plans to get meals to the houses.
If you only allow your perspective of reality to be fed by the daily news streams filled with their stories of intolerance, divisiveness, and hostility, you can feel overwhelmed and powerless. That is why it is so important to give your attention and
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