#give without expectation

[toruq]

Sometimes I feel like a Swan covered in Oil

Pick me up and the Oil is on your hands

I am sorry because

I am trying to get clean but I need some help

I am a Swan and I cannot do it myself

I have a pair of Wings that seem so beautiful

But they do not aid me in what I need to heal

Thankfully you have the Hands I lack

So pick me up with patience and clean my feathers pure again

[itxylopez]

[brokenlibrarygirl]

Sometimes when life is shit...you got to make others happy...

This is how I deal with my first world problems.  I’ll anonymously donate money to people here, buy items off people’s wish lists, or buy coworkers stuff I know they want/need.  I’ve been stressed about stuff at work, just kid stuff, annoying coworkers, and useless admin.   

So one of my coworkers, the eldest statesman at 30 or so years of service, put a call out for where he could buy a certain type of bread mix on Facebook.  He’s a former Navy guy, pretty conservative, but a great teacher with a dry sense of humor. (Never forgot when I was in the room and a kid asked him what color the planet Uranus was and he quipped, brown)

So I didn’t see this message until like 1:30 am during my insomnia time.  I quickly searched my local grocery store’s site and said they had it here did he want me to pick some up before coming to school.  Waited, waited, no response before I had to leave so I still swung by the store (open 24 hours) and bought two boxes just to help out. 

I brought them into his room. He asked how much he owed me, I said nothing, just being nice.  Told him where to get them in the future, and he knew where it was.  He was so delighted by $4.50 worth of bread mix he gave me a fucking hug.  I was so shocked I almost cried. 

This is how we uplift each other. Give when you can, without expectation.  

[servantgroupinternational-blog]

[easyone26]

(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkdMIxWJMEk)