A couple of weeks ago my wife and I were faced with a situation where someone asked for a couple of dollars from me on the street. In the past, a lot of things have gone through my mind when faced with this situation. Lately I've been trying to focus much more on giving because I have the means. I consider myself very lucky to be in a situation where, although I have student loans and am starting a practice which can take a bit of a balancing with finances, my needs are met. There are so many others in this world who want the opportunity to do the same. In my opinion, it is the responsibility and opportunity of those who have resources available to them to help those who have a need.
Our world needs healing, and although we may not have much to give, it's important that we give to those around us the healing we each have in us. These past 3 months our yoga class has raised funds for victims and the families of the Pulse club shooting in $2 donations at a time. Although our total of $300.67 may not seem to be an exorbitant amount of money, this represents big hearts that want to help heal our community. It is a representation of people who have a longing to give to those who are grieving and struggling for answers in the aftermath of this tragedy. We are grateful to have been a small part of helping to add love to our little part of the world.
It has been an honor to see the goodness of people as we have practiced yoga in our group the past few months. It gives me hope to know there are people who want to help make a change from the divisiveness and pain we so often see. The upcoming 3 months we will be focusing our efforts on an issue that has been ignored for many years, human trafficking. We are grateful to be able to help support Operation Underground Railroad which combats and brings greater awareness to this destructive practice.
Often times before we start yoga, our instructor Ashley invites us to set an intention for our practice. Following her example, we decided to create an "intention to heal" board on which the members of our group are invited to share their intent to help others heal over the next three months. We sincerely hope that more people can set their intention to help heal the world in whatever their small sphere of influence may be.
Dr. Joel Dayton
Chiropractic Physician