Ubuntu: “I need you in order to be me and you need me in order to be you.” What could be more beautifuk then that..
I keep this phrase hanging over my desk. I can’t think of anything more beautiful…. In this Youtube clip Nelson Mandela speaks of Ubuntu….
[…] In less than a month and a half the whole amount was covered. I’ll say it again the Whole amount was covered…. The money came rolling in and has literally left me speechless for the entire time. I am humbled by all the generous souls in the world. What was interesting this morning is that upon seeing that my goal was made, I started thinking “I did it! I did it!” and within a split second I changed to “You did it!! You did it!!” because there is no way I could have done this by myself. So I didn’t do it. You helped raise the money, you did all the heavy lifting. Thank you! Thank you! I will live the rest of my life knowing you helped me get well. Being able to pay for a bill with complete faith that there is money to cover it has done more for my healing than almost anything else. I regularly say that no person is an island and we can’t get anywhere alone. We can’t succeed without someone else to aide us in our goal. This is yet proof yet again that, “I am because we are” -Ubuntu […]