More Good
Today is the LA Times Festival of Books! The lineup this year is unreal, as I mentioned before. I won't be able to make it either day but if you get a chance, let me know! If anyone gets to see Katherine Applegate tomorrow I would love an autographed book. I still might try to squeeze that one in to an already busy weekend...we will see.
Peter H. Reynolds, one of my favorite authors/illustrators, published this picture yesterday on his Facebook account. I have seen it pop up numerous times. I know after weeks like this week it is easy to ask how our world can be so cruel.
Then, after seeing this, I stopped to think about it. There are roughly 4 million folks in the Metro Boston area. Friends, family, and sports teams across the country offer a thousands more to the "Boston Extended Family." This week, those millions of people offered their homes, their voices, their money, their food. The people of Boston stopped everything yesterday. They closed businesses. (I read one statistic that their loses will accumulate to about $333 million.) The first responders put their lives on the line to keep everyone safe. All these people, all these millions, let their light shine. I would say that outdoes the dark in this situation.
Yet, I know that there are places in this world where the kind of fear that gripped Boston happen every day. I know there are places where bombings occur and innocent lives are taken. Am I relieved for Boston? Yes. Do I think we have more to do? Yes. Do I think we can do it? Yes. It takes awareness, solidarity, and hope.
So, I say, keep it going, world. I was proud of you this week.
Peter H. Reynolds, one of my favorite authors/illustrators, published this picture yesterday on his Facebook account. I have seen it pop up numerous times. I know after weeks like this week it is easy to ask how our world can be so cruel.
Then, after seeing this, I stopped to think about it. There are roughly 4 million folks in the Metro Boston area. Friends, family, and sports teams across the country offer a thousands more to the "Boston Extended Family." This week, those millions of people offered their homes, their voices, their money, their food. The people of Boston stopped everything yesterday. They closed businesses. (I read one statistic that their loses will accumulate to about $333 million.) The first responders put their lives on the line to keep everyone safe. All these people, all these millions, let their light shine. I would say that outdoes the dark in this situation.
Yet, I know that there are places in this world where the kind of fear that gripped Boston happen every day. I know there are places where bombings occur and innocent lives are taken. Am I relieved for Boston? Yes. Do I think we have more to do? Yes. Do I think we can do it? Yes. It takes awareness, solidarity, and hope.
So, I say, keep it going, world. I was proud of you this week.
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