The #resistance takes many forms!!!
I really love having a house on a conspicuous corner lot along a high-traffic street in the tourist area. Lots of people walk by. This blackboard has been a fun thing. Sometimes I forget to keep up, but usually I write some message on it. Last week it said “welcome bikers have fun and stay safe.” Then it said “we are all in this world together” — with a heart. This week it says “welcome Spring Breakers, have fun and stay safe” — with a heart.
Got the chalkboard from a church on my street — they were cleaning / getting rid of surplus, and this chalkboard was in it, and they didn’t want it! I couldn’t believe it but I was happy to take it off their hands! It was originally colored green, but as weather wore down the green surface, I bought a little jar of black chalkboard paint and painted over it.
Also along with writing the messages I try to stay extra aware during event weeks, keep an eye on people walking by and if anyone looks confused or dehydrated offer them water. It’s just in a drinking glass, not bottled, so that’s kind of a novelty for people too ha ha
#501House #porousproperty
PS. A couple of things in response to people’s very kind words.
- Some of my ancestors gave me a job to do, and the resources to carry it out. I am very fortunate.
- One thing about kindness that seems to still be a too-well-kept secret is that kindness never just benefits the recipient, it benefits everyone including the person doing it. So it’s kind of a self interest thing too. <heart> Making a net of care, it’s like an umbrella that protects everyone. Our society did not devolve into a low-trust society overnight, and we won’t re-weave it back into a high-trust society overnight. But every one of us who are adding threads to the net, each in our own ways according to skills and resources, is steadily helping with the progress. Thank you everyone for helping in your unique ways!
And I have done plenty of very bad and unkind things in my life, and even though i have done my best to make amends, the memories of what I thought it was OK to say and do to fellow humans and other fellow beings are still extremely shocking and painful to me at times. And, amends will be an ongoing lifelong task. And, beyond that, there’s simply a lot of joy in adding love & care to the world instead of subtracting it.