luckily, my week has been filled with moments that were totally, purely joyful in the best possible sense. and they all had to do with being outside and being with people - just being. (we're not human doings, after all, we're human beings... or, if you ask ee cummings, human merely beings*). i got to sit on a beach and walk through the zoo and hang out at a park and have an awesome interview with a kid and it all feels so wholesome like a tall glass of ice water or freshly baked bread. sadly, there are many weeks when i spend more time watching TV or answering emails ... which ends up feeling like i just drank bacon grease or ate a dozen donuts. or both.
and then tonight, i got an email from one of my Janesville learners who lost her nephew in Haiti's earthquake. his name was Ben Larson and he was there working in a seminary and its orphanage. every article she has forwarded about him is amazing. this most recent one, however, moved me more than usual. i think it was because his idea was so simple and so loving and so grounded in bringing people of all different backgrounds together... what a legacy:
how easy is that? take an hour and eat with people and talk with them and make soup and share it. get to know your neighbors. walk outside. sit on a bench. that is what spring is begging us to do.
*my favorite poem EVER
