One of my goals for this trip is to get perspective on my life... how I've been living it and how I will continue to live it when I make my move to NYC. Last week I visited an orphanage started by an extended family member. She had lived in a beach home in southern california for the majority of her life and realized her calling was to start an orphanage in the Philippines. I had helped my sister raise money to build it, but I had no idea what this orphanage was really about until I visited it. Entering the big double gates I was met with 14 orphans, each with their own heart wrenching story on how they got there - emaciated and malnourished, born from incest, saved from being trafficked and sold, blind... the stories go on about how each of the 14 children all under 4 years old came to the orphanage. I couldn't bare to hear the story of each one. The bottom line: no amount of work that I have ever accomplished in my 9-5 would ever come close to what had been accomplished at this orphanage. This woman had given up her ... everything... in southern california to save the lives of 14 children and counting. That's 14 more lives than I've saved. I was humbled by my visit to the Beacon of Hope and I realized that I can get caught up in all the deadlines, meetings, and projects that are piled on my desk.. but nothing, nothing will ever compare to this.
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