So many people have told me recently that they have
stopped listening to the news. The news was making them feel helpless and
depressed because they cannot change so many of the bad things that are
happening. I admit I have felt this way
before and actually sometimes recommend to people to take a break from the “news”,
but I remind myself, and want you to never forget, that you do have some control over your little
segment of this world. Remember the
words of Mother Teresa,
“We can do
no great things, only small things with great love.”
What small
things are you doing today, with great love?
Betty
Brewer’s Angels volunteers visit residents of long-term care facilities that
have no, or few, visitors. What sets us
apart from other visiting charities is that we do not do
what I call “hit and miss” visiting. Rather we purposefully chose a resident
who has little or no visits from friends or family and then establish a
friendship with that person by our weekly visits with only them. We are
interested in them and their life.
