Everybody’s got something.
Something they’re hurting, struggling, or dealing with….with or without the answers.
What is cool… is that sometimes we can all come together and take a really painful situation… and play…together…for a minute.
I know there are a lot of things out there we wish as human beings we didn’t have to deal with. Like disease, poverty, famine, global warming, war….just to name a few.
At home, maybe its a special needs child, or a broken marriage, or an estrangement between mother and daughter and/or siblings or the death of someone you love.
Just a little or a lot of hurt…going on, in and around us; all the time.
But sometimes again…there’s a moment of unity… community… playfulness that reminds us that we’re not helpless, that we can do something, even if its silly like pouring a bucket full of ice water on top of us….just to let someone else know who is out there going through it for real…that we’re here for you…we’re thinking of you…and we want to do something, anything that will help ease your pain…if only for a minute or second.
Because we care….I care. And I see you. I may not know first hand what it is that you are going through; but I’m here to witness and love you the best way that I know how…in this moment, this space…and hopefully give you a smile. IMG_2997.MOV
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