© 2013 Theda Okona All Rights Reserved
If it happens to your neighbor it is unfortunate, but if it happens to you it is a tragedy. We show dignity and respect for a person when we meet them where they are and look past what turns us off. It may be hard, but we shouldn't look away; we should embrace their humanity because maybe if we were dealt the same cards, we would know what it means to walk in their shoes. A friend of mine goes twice a month into what some would consider the lowest of places and picks two or three women that need their hair groomed. She takes them to her house and lets them shower then she fixes their hair. Some would consider that as nothing and ask, "Is that all she does?" Yes, that is all she does--she doesn't ask them many questions and she doesn't have a hidden agenda. If they want to talk she listens, if not all is quiet and she does her thing and takes them back where she found them. How many of us would pick up two or three people, take them to our homes and groom their hair? I asked my friend, "Why don't you let the world know what you are doing--what kind of feedback do you get from doing this?" She said, "What feeds me is the smile on their faces--it keeps me grounded and reminds me, I am only human." This is Tuesday Talk.
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Blogger Bio:Theda Okona is a former storyteller and co-host for an internet radio broadcast. She lives to be inspired. Adjunct Professor at Miami Dade College, Writer, Speaker, Vocalist and Author of Clouds of Grace--she has a Master of Arts in Education and a Bachelor of Arts in English. Archives
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