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<blockquote data-quote="Echolette" data-source="post: 709048" data-attributes="member: 17269"><p>Yes, Copa, you are right. Maybe somebody got the baton today. That helps some.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Alb, I brought the clothes and it wasn't the reason he left. I didn't make it easy for him. In fact, I saw that he posted on Facebook (a link to Johnny Cash's song Folsom Prison) Friday morning, which most likely means he had already left by then (he as admitted Thursday afternoon. Anyway...my actions had no impact either way, I'm sure. There is definitely a lesson for all of us in that.</p><p></p><p>This year I started running with a group (nationwide) that runs with people who live in transitional housing, in recovery The deal is that the members have to make 90% of the runs (2-4 miles at 5:30 in the mornning 5 days/week), after which they can access things like help with resumes, head shots, job training, etc. Since I've been there (January) two people have gotten jobs with partner organizations, one of them a hotel at the airport. I think the message is "do the right thing each day and a lot of things will get better" and also "complete strangers will show up for you day after day. You should show up too."</p><p></p><p>That is my baton for now. I pass it to those runners early in the morning, in the dark and the cold. I show up for them in the hopes that they will show up for themselves. I pass the baton to some one else's son (my group is all men, although there are groups that run with women's homes as well). I hope my son takes a baton from some one else, one day.</p><p></p><p>Thanks, all, for your kindness and support.</p><p></p><p>Echo</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Echolette, post: 709048, member: 17269"] Yes, Copa, you are right. Maybe somebody got the baton today. That helps some. Alb, I brought the clothes and it wasn't the reason he left. I didn't make it easy for him. In fact, I saw that he posted on Facebook (a link to Johnny Cash's song Folsom Prison) Friday morning, which most likely means he had already left by then (he as admitted Thursday afternoon. Anyway...my actions had no impact either way, I'm sure. There is definitely a lesson for all of us in that. This year I started running with a group (nationwide) that runs with people who live in transitional housing, in recovery The deal is that the members have to make 90% of the runs (2-4 miles at 5:30 in the mornning 5 days/week), after which they can access things like help with resumes, head shots, job training, etc. Since I've been there (January) two people have gotten jobs with partner organizations, one of them a hotel at the airport. I think the message is "do the right thing each day and a lot of things will get better" and also "complete strangers will show up for you day after day. You should show up too." That is my baton for now. I pass it to those runners early in the morning, in the dark and the cold. I show up for them in the hopes that they will show up for themselves. I pass the baton to some one else's son (my group is all men, although there are groups that run with women's homes as well). I hope my son takes a baton from some one else, one day. Thanks, all, for your kindness and support. Echo [/QUOTE]
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