On September 15, 2024, I spent the day volunteering at Beyond Blindness. I never wrote about it because I didn't want to share about it and I didn't see the point. Why would anyone want to read about me volunteering in the future? That changed recently - I experienced something - something that gave me more joy than the source - And that something was sharing the joy with others. It seems that I had forgotten why I started writing in the first place - it was because I loved the process and loved sharing the experience with you. Now, I have an ulterior motivation and that is to convince you to volunteer and see the effects it can have on your attitude. With that being said, let's get into why and how it has changed my thinking.
I want to share something Something uplifting, inspiring, and reinvigorating So I was, volunteering at a local school on project duty, a mentor, if you will In retrospect, I was the mentee to two kids, small but mature and happy. When I met them, I smiled, Just thinking about my childhood just thinking about me and my far-away family
We spent the morning on the swings and the art booth talking about dinosaurs, about space, about earth I had almost forgotten what innocence felt like, how creative people can be, uninhibited by societal etiquette, tossing a coin of creativity every year to life. Now, the next time I had that conversation today, it was destined to be way different and that's okay! We learn to adapt to the receiver, to life, to this Earth, as it should be, remember! Bree and Jacob, what I shall call them, gaslit me every minute into giving them piggyback rides, into giving them my precious crown in my hat I escaped into their world, designing a recyclable bag, read them stories of horses and the unicorn, running, dancing around, surely not forlorn.
I would go on and repeat this story randomly to everyone I met the very next day; so if you heard a unicorn story: That's the origin of that
The two kids, no wonder, had me giggling the entire day with their innocence, with their appreciation with their curiosity, with their grain I had to ponder and question: why don't we truly appreciate virtues and values unless called upon by unfortunate events?
The next time we see someone benevolent, let's appreciate them and celebrate It may not make too much difference to us But it does wonders to the receiver, to the incomprehensible
When we see someone struggling, Let's put ourselves in their shoes, like the duo on the swing Let's be compassionate; would we love some help? Maybe yes, maybe nope? Sadly, happiness manifests like a dog with two tails in us when the said someone bothers to ask, that someone bothers to care, breaking free of their mask. Yep! My way of thinking have evolved monumentally since then, appreciating everyone and smiling through thick and thin
Life is full of challenges and mysteries, No one said otherwise Can people escape their challenges To channel their latent abilities? Who's to say, No? I learned today From them, of course, young and innocent totally, that we can, accidentally, save a person with just a tinge of gratitude and a sense of affection Let's appreciate the good things in life, shall we? You know, how kids are fearless against anything and everything, always creating a mess, out of nothing, I genuinely want to be that curious me I want to be that do-it-all me. Fun fact, it appears I can be, if that is what I will, if that is what I want, then that is what I shall.
And, yes, that is what I am.
In the end, the kids told me I made their day But, in reality, it was them that made my week As I look back to the events from then I can't stop smiling, smiling into a black hole within, full of gratefulness, of empathy - signaling the inner brother in yours truly to take care of friends and family Take care of everyone, and everyone shall take care of you, indeed
For sure, we should never lose that innocence for it is time to set it free, let it fly into the blue-black sky, Neither all blue nor all black; For it may be time to try a change, take a break A break, well-deserved, with pets, loved ones,
with children, with the local orphanage
Fortunately, shown by the works of magic
And yes, you make their day, in turn, they will turn yours
Hope I have convinced you to try new hobbies They always work wonders with writer's blocks, convinced you to smile, to smile enough into others' lives, convinced you to appreciate those around us, appreciate their care and their presence,
And of course, convinced you to volunteer, Volunteer to spread happiness; I know - the smile is contagious Just like how infectious sharing a good day's worth of work is!
I do not have any pictures from that day. Shows, how much I enjoyed without the phone hahaha. But I do have some poor-quality pictures from a different day.
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