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However, this morning my faith in people was a bit more restored. Today as I was commuting in on the subway, I was a little heavy-loaded because I was carrying a bag full of Bread for the World materials I had from a presentation I did last night and I had a separate bag full of my work out clothes, so I can go to the gym tonight. I really wanted to get a seat since I was carrying so much crap, but when the train pulled in I saw it was already fairly full and only a few seats left. I could have done what most people do, which is just shove my way on first and race to plop down in a seat, but I did not. By the time I got on, there was one seat left and a man and I were walking towards it from opposite directions. I slowed down to let him have it, but he saw me with my heavy bags and just stopped and grabbed the overhead bar indicating without a word that I could have the seat. I was very grateful and it restored faith in my heart that there is goodness in the people that live in this city.
Here's to celebrating the worth and dignity of every human being!
Tomorrow is World AIDS Day. Let me know if you're doing anything in your campus or community. Tomorrow, I'll post what my friend Rebecca will be doing in Mozambique for World AIDS Day.
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Erin: My wife Karen is from Kansas City, and she often remarks how much more courteous the drivers are in her hometown than those here in Albuquerque. Posted by:
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im from stl and im planning to move to DC next fall if all works out with American University. i never really sense the friendliness in stl. i mean i tend to be pretty optimistic and stuff, but it seems to me like people have to much of their own space in this city to care about others. there's no decent public transportation, almost everyone has a car. housing is cheap and most people have a house or their own apartment. i think people feel so secure in their own little bubbles that they forget about the world outside. it seems the oppositte in DC from what you describe. people are so smashed together there that they tend to step on each other's toes. i dunno, both can be frustrating i think. its just a matter of trying to stay optimistic.
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However, this morning my faith in people was a bit more restored. Today as I was commuting in on the subway, I was a little heavy-loaded because I was carrying a bag full of Bread for the World materials I had from a presentation I did last night and I had a separate bag full of my work out clothes, so I can go to the gym tonight. I really wanted to get a seat since I was carrying so much crap, but when the train pulled in I saw it was already fairly full and only a few seats left. I could have done what most people do, which is just shove my way on first and race to plop down in a seat, but I did not. By the time I got on, there was one seat left and a man and I were walking towards it from opposite directions. I slowed down to let him have it, but he saw me with my heavy bags and just stopped and grabbed the overhead bar indicating without a word that I could have the seat. I was very grateful and it restored faith in my heart that there is goodness in the people that live in this city.
Here's to celebrating the worth and dignity of every human being!
Tomorrow is World AIDS Day. Let me know if you're doing anything in your campus or community. Tomorrow, I'll post what my friend Rebe
cca will be doing in Mozambique for World AIDS Day.
« Multiplying Letters Like Loaves and Fishes
Mozambican Choir Contest »
Erin: My wife Karen is from Kansas City, and she often remarks how much more courteous the drivers are in her hometown than those here in Albuquerque. Posted by:
To find out about World AIDS Day events in DC, visit:
im from stl and im planning to move to DC next fall if all works out with American University. i never really sense the friendliness in stl. i mean i tend to be pretty optimistic and stuff, but it seems to me like people have to much of their own space in this city to care about others. there's no decent public transportation, almost everyone has a car. housing is cheap and most people have a house or their own apartment. i think people feel so secure in their own little bubbles that they forget about the world outside. it seems the oppositte in DC from what you describe. people are so smashed together there that they tend to step on each other's toes. i dunno, both can be frustrating i think. its just a matter of trying to stay optimistic.
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