THE CLOSER YOU COME THE MORE YOU FEEL, AND THE MORE YOU FEEL, THE MORE YOU ACT:
Today we share a sixth coreBELIEF. One that is a call to our higher and better self in the face of suffering.
"The closer you come to those in need the more you FEEL, and the more you feel, the more you ACT."
When we view homelessness from across the street our questions are from the head. We look for understanding and meaning through information. "Why does he have all that garbage?" or,"Does he use drugs?" Maybe the most important, "Am I safe."
But when we cross the street to come closer our questions evolve. They begin to include the heart. "Are you okay?", "Can I ask what your name is?" Maybe the most important, "Can I be of some service to you?"
In these moments, of coming closer to each other, we find meaning in the human connection. We learn to believe that the closer we come, the more we feel, and the more we feel, the more we act on our higher and better self.
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This is Ronnie, he's lived homelessness in Ballard nearly his entire life. I can not even begin to list the amount of pain he has endured, a list that includes his 20 year daughter being killed in a head-on-collision on I-5 by a drunk driver. It took Ronnie two years before he could say her name.
Every person experiencing homelessness is suffering. We won't know that until we come closer to feel it. This is what we humans are meant to do for each other.
THANK YOU from the Facing Homelessness staff and board.
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