I gave ten dollars to Haiti relief efforts yesterday.
What does that really mean? It means as I was doing my weekly grocery shopping and checking out, the clerk asked me if I’d like to donate to the Haiti relief efforts and I said yes and onto my bill, ten dollars was added.
I secretly wonder if it will even make it. Or if it will get washed away in hidden fees and processing. I feel bad that all I gave was ten dollars. Maybe I should have given more…. I probably should have given more. Can ten dollars even begin to touch or to help?
Rather than focusing on that, I will think differently and I will ….
- hope that those ten dollars provided ten gallons of clean water for the dehydrated mothers and fathers crying in the heat for their missing children.
- pray that those ten dollars went to disease prevention for the little ones left behind in the rubble with nothing sanitary or preventative to keep them from becoming ill.
- want those ten dollars to go towards rebuilding areas and providing families with a safe place to rest for at least a moment.
So, rather than worrying about the negative, instead of being skeptical about hidden fees or questioning percentages, I will rather, pray for these people struggling and I will hope for my ten dollars to reach them in a positive form. And rather than wonder if it was enough, too little of a donation to be significant, I will know that it was ten dollars more than before I walked into my grocery store.
I will hope and pray for these people. I will be extra grateful for my home… it’s roof, our meals, a glass of clean water and a daily shower. These everyday items will be acknowledged and appreciated. And the next time I’m able, I’ll donate again. This is what I can do. This is the positivity even in the face of such crisis.
~K
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