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Are We Waiting To Be Stimulated? Or Should The Stimulus Package Come From Us?

I read an interesting article on CNN this morning about a woman (granted, the wife of a legislator) in Florida who, through an act of kindness, is doing something on her own to help deal with the current situation we all find ourselves in together. Chene Thompson is letting Henrietta Hughes and her son, homeless and living in a car, live in her vacant home that is not selling in the depressed Florida housing market, until they can get on their feet.

Helping Hands The article got me thinking. While most of us don't have an extra, empty house lying around to donate the use of to someone who's in need, there must be plenty of opportunities for us to help each other through these times, if only we look for them. It could be helping someone learn a new trade, it could be mentoring a student in need, it could be running a food drive to help the local food bank (our office is doing that right now), it could be helping someone find a job when you don't have to, it could be just listening to someone who needs a sounding board to figure out the next step, it could be providing clothing to someone down on their luck who needs to do to a job interview and be dressed "right", it could be any number of things.

We've become so used to depending on and waiting on the government, in many cases, to "fix things" for us that we forget that this country was founded on fixing things for ourselves.

Isn't it time that we remember that? Shouldn't we all be giving each other a helping hand, rather than waiting for someone else to do it?

What have you done to help fix this problem and help your fellow man or woman through it?

Posted by Tricia Jumonville, EcoBroker®, ASP® on 02/13/2009 09:56 AM

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7 Comments on Are We Waiting To Be Stimulated? Or Should The Stimulus Package Come From Us?

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Tricia, thank you for presenting a common sense approach to this problem. The government is not capable of even helping themselves. We the people need to help each other through generosity and love. Tell the government to keep our money in a safe place and we will take over from here.

What a lovely gesture that woman made! A good reminder, Tricia, for all of us.

Very brave homeowner - there's no guarantee the home will be in good shape when she gets it back! Must be a high level of trust there. Absolutely agree that improving the situation starts with each one of us.

It is the small things that lead to big results. While it may be hard to allow the stranger in your home like that, you have to remember most of those people are very nice just like you and I. Nice article Tricia.

Steven, I absolutely agree.

Margaret, wasn't it?

Penny, when Central Texas had an influx of Katrina survivors right after that storm, a lot of people (including agents in our office) provided temporary housing for those people. I never heard that anyone regretted it.

Ryan, I agree. "Different" and "in need" doesn't necessarily - in fact, almost often always doesn't - mean "dangerous". I'm old enough that I can remember when this was NOT the general attitude towards our fellow man, and how the helping hand was simply a matter of course thing - how and when did that change?

Great post!

there Tricia

Way to many folk's, just set on their back side. Wanting to know who is going fix things. And don't think about what they can do, to help fix the problem's. By just giving a helping hand. I sure ain't happy about seen America be come the land of, give me and fix it for me kind of folk's.

God Bless America

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