So... When feeling down and not good enough, I always try to remember that some or many people have it worse.
I wasn't feeling down last Saturday, actually, I was feeling quite hopeful still then, but an opportunity to give back to the local community came to my attention. A local business asked if they could hang a flyer in my lobby, and because I work for the government, we have certain rules regarding what can be posted, so I asked, well... What's the flyer for? She explained that someone in her family is a teacher and many students don't have school supplies for the start of the school year and often her relative will go out and buy stuff for the kids in their class. They are trying to fill a trailer with supplies so the local elementary school kids have supplies for the school year.
Of course I let her hang the flyer. Then I checked my own bank account. I've been working a lot of overtime, and been saving a bit in the process. In my head I am thinking sure, I can help.
So between Saturday and now, the person I was talking to and trying to build a relationship with and I stopped talking to each other. So I've been a little down.
Last night, there was a very heavy Amazon box waiting for me when I got home, inside was 12 backpacks with 12 pouches of school supplies. I tooky time and checked each backpack to make sure there were no tears and the zippers worked. And put each pouch into the backpacks.
This morning, on my way to work, I dropped off the back packs to the company looking for the donations. I was shocked when they said a lot of local businesses haven't participated yet.
I am just glad that at least 12 kids will have school supplies for the start of the year. Now, I feel proud and am glad I was able to make a difference in a kids life, even from far away.
