Re: [nukkad] How To Rescue A Neighborhood

["Samira Razdan" <>]

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Life is a mystery to be lived, not a problem to be solved.  -- Osho.
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Adheer posted...
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When times were bad...Rocky found other ways to come up with money.
He sold car washes and solicited donations in the streets. He would
do anything to pay the rent, train the volunteers, and buy supplies -
anything to save lives.
...
Today, the Bedford-Stuyvesant Volunteer Ambulance Corps,... responds
to 300 emergency calls a month ...
It is not usually possible to calculate the value of imagination and
the creative spirit, but it is in the case of Rocky Robinson and his
partner, Joe Perez.
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Rocky's devotion and determination reminds me of Florence
Nightingale...

       At night, Florence toured the wards with her lamp,
       making sure that everyone was comfortable... "What
       a comfort it was to see her pass," a soldier wrote
       home. "She would speak to one, and nod and smile to
       as many more, but she could not do it all, you know.
       We lay there by hundreds, but we could kiss her shadow
       as it fell, and lay our heads on the pillow again...
       content."
       ...            (Florence Nightingale by P. Stewart)

What selfless souls... :-)

I guess... the wonder of serving others is when we meet the needs
of others... forgetting our own... and yet somehow in the process
our own needs are met.
"Gems" like Florence Nightingale, Mother Teresa, Rocky... tell us
that true service is not about grudgingly doing for others because
of obligation... but an act that flows willingly from the heart.

Sincerely,
-Sam.










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