Forum Date: Monday, November 19, 2012
Tom Osbourne, the guest speaker from this past class, worked for 34 years in UNA's Department of History. He was also ordained a deacon 10 years ago into the Episcopal Church of America. He talked to us about his work in the prisons with Kairos (a prison ministry) and the Help Center, an organization that was formed in 1984. The Help Center is run by volunteers, people just like us, who offer assistance to those who need it (whether it is in the form of clothes, food, or ultility and medical bills).
"I thought I would do this to help them, but it was a great blessing for me," Tom explained. This concept is kind-of hard to grasp at first (especially since it may seem like he's being selfish). I don't want to re-hash things that I have already said in previous blogs, but, once again, there's nothing wrong with helping others out of the goodness of your heart and getting that warm, fuzzy feeling at the same time.
Something that Tom said towards the end of his speech really stuck with me. "The reason it works is because they pour love on them... they've lived with hardship all their lives and they get all the love." If only everyone poured love on the world and its people. There's entirely too much hate. I'll admit that I'm not always the most optimistic person, and that's something that I need to work on. Here Are 15 Things That Make Me Happy:
1. Glitter, my favorite color
2. Happy go-lucky music. Bring on the 90's and 80's flashbacks.
3. Random 2 AM Waffle House runs
4. Watching romantic comedies
5. Laughing... laughing a lot. The kind of laughter that makes my stomach hurt.
6. Bubble baths
7. The smell of magazines
8. Painted nails
9. Retail therapy
10. Running
11. Babies. Babies. Babies. Babies.
12. Oversized t-shirts
13. Freshly fallen snow
14. Being around my family and friends
15. Life. Life makes me happy :)
Make brownies, not war.
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