Have you seen these reports Brian Williams has been doing at NBC? He has been focusing on people who are taking special steps to help people during this downturned economy in his Making a Difference segment.
I’ve watched each of these segments over the last couple weeks with great interest. Some of the stories are about
- Business owners who are having employees work on projects in the community because the company itself doesn’t have any work for them.
- Restaurants giving food to people who can’t afford it otherwise.
- Giving money to employees to spend in the community.
There are a ton of these stories.
I’m rapt by them because I know what these business owners are feeling. On one hand they see suffering within their community. But on the other hand they are wondering how far this whole recession is going to go.
What if, by giving back during a downturn, they actually run out of money too quickly and they lose their whole business.
I’m fixated by the sheer courage of these business owners.
Also, I question my existence continually. Why am I here? What is the point? The answers to those questions never resolve in a comforting way for me.
But Brian Williams has made me think that maybe I should take this opportunity to help my community in some way.
This isn’t an email of some grand declaration. I don’t have a plan yet as to what I could do. But I am seriously thinking about it.
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