Success Sunday (PostID 1056)
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“Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat.”
–Mother Teresa
This may not sound very motivating for a success sunday quote, but I hope that it does spread awareness of how much people need this kind of security. Especially in the autism community, or the special needs community in general, we too often feel neglected and forgotten. I don’t think it is done on purpose. I think if the world were educated and aware of the needs, they really aren’t that difficult to accommodate if we can change our definition of “typical.”
You know a friend of mine told me once that she keeps peanuts in her car for the homeless people and beggars at the on/off-ramps of the interstate. What a great idea. *This is one of the reasons that I admire Bonnie so much. It’s as if she never has to search her database of what to do when love is needed. She just does it…she loves…unconditionally. No one deserves to go hungry but I was always afraid to give money because of being taken advantage of to buy alcohol, drugs, etc. Besides I rarely do carry cash with me. But I didn’t know what to do other than pull into the other lane where I wasn’t easily accessible. * I couldn’t just sit there and turn them down to their face! When I worked downtown, I passed the homeless and would give them whatever food I had leftover from lunch. When I didn’t have anything, I didn’t know what to do. I wasn’t prepared and I didn’t have a backup plan. I felt completely helpless. But I never did ask them what they needed. Maybe they just needed a hi, or a smile, or just plain eye contact.
Sometimes i wonder if we are neglected because others don’t ask. They are waiting for us to tell them and when they don’t know what to do, they assume, or they pull into the other lane and avoid the situation altogether. My Summer Camp post makes me think of that often. I do hope you get a chance to read this post though it is long. I need other people’s comments and support on it, as it is pushing our family into a huge decision of what to do next. I don’t want to make a decision to change lightly. Though I know in my head what I think I need to do, I’m getting conflicting signals from God in my heart. I’m not sure if I’m being completely open-minded, but then again, I don’t really have a lot of people to lean on in this situation to help me interpret what I think God is trying to say to me.
It doesn’t necessarily take just a loving person here, but also a brave one.
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I guess I did accidentally publish my post earlier today. Oh well, I changed the date to Sunday and it is up. I really like this quote. I haven’t lived in a big city for a while, but there used to be people at the lights who would come up and wash your windows and then want money. It was a bit frightening for me when I first moved there.
I remember that when I’d visit family in NY and NJ. In the Philippines, small children would ask you to take their picture and then ask for money for allowing you to do that. I was 14 when I was last there and didn’t really understand all that. Now I keep peanuts and pretzels in my car. I haven’t had a chance to give them to anyone yet. I’ve been looking at the “regular” corners. I saw one person recently when I was in a different town but I was WAY late for the appointment and didn’t stop. I wish I had.