Tonight on the street a tot rushed over to hug me. Her mum, out begging, tried to apologize, explaining that the wee one remembered me from when I got them staples last month. But the child had just remembered a friendly face, and wanted to show me her cardboard box (boat? playhouse?). So we played a bit before rice, lentils, beans, & bread were acquired.
I find it very hard these days to be around our littlest ones without wanting to cry.
There is no excuse for the world we've made for them.
@MLClark ❤️
what we do to help others never feels enough because the need is so great and Scarcity drives profits and companies would rather get a 1% increase in profits than help people
Kindness is enough. Because you remember it, and cling to it like a life preserver
That's a very apt description, Kinnison. It certainly feels like a life preserver - not something strong enough to take away the brutal waves all around us, but strong enough (we have to hope) to keep us from sinking all the same.
@MLClark The richest nation in the history of the world and we so despise socialism that we had to invent billionaires to pick up the slack.
Billionaires now eagerly in the running to be the world's first trillionaire, too, no less.
What a vapid timeline we live in sometimes, no?
@MLClark
I’m sorry, that is heartbreaking. Thank you for showing them such abundant kindness 🫂