An Open Hand

Big Organizations offering help are scattered all over the place with ribbons, buttons and walks for the cure.

 

An organization, the wish of one young woman to give back to community touched my heart. 

In an empty parking lot, 

one table with boxes 

of homemade soup, 

     pudding, 

       sandwiches,

         bannock

   apples

   water

We filled bags

welcomed hungry people

    on foot

     bicycles,

      small families

in need of a meal. 

No papers to sign

   No proof of need

A small group of family and friends 

gathered round this young woman

in support of her wish to give back 

Her gift has not gone unnoticed, 

but those she aided today with 

her homemade soup will not 

know her, or her reasons why. 

Giving with an open hand and open heart was all.

“Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness 

and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution.”

~ Kahlil Gibran