It Really Works, I’m telling you it works.

Sep 30, 2011   //   by Rick Dancer   //   Blog  //  1 Comment

My schedule was off yesterday so I ended up running in a different place at a different time.

I said to God yesterday morning: “Make me open to say the things that you would have me say to the people you would say them too” and He did.

As I got back from my run along the Eugene Bike Path a man and woman were standing near my car. The guy has a disability and the woman obviously his personal assistant.

My morning started with a TV appearance with Amelia Abel on KEZI talking about Look Me In The Eye, a campaign to draw attention to the needs of people with disabilities. Then we went on the radio at KKNX.

(Back to the bike path)

As I walked up to these two folks I look at the guy and just started talking. I was asking him questions but he was unable, because of his disability, to answer. I just kept talking with him and to his personal assistant.

As I started to leave I heard this small voice in my head say “Thank her for what she does” and I did.

This morning the first thing I find on my Face Book is a note from this woman telling me how much it meant to her to have me say those simple words.

It was so important to her she looked me up on Face Book so she could thank me.

I also ran into an old friend on the bike path and found out her husband just got fired from his job. We had a nice talk and I told her this could turn out to be the best thing ever for him. She hugged me and told me she was so glad she had run into me on the bike path. Remember this is the bike path I rarely run on and I never run at that time of day.

Guys, this stuff works. Being kind, paying attention to people, listening to God, it really, really works.

Tags: , ,

1 Comment

  • Stacie Avery September 30, 2011 at 6:39 am

    It truly does not take much effort on our part to make someone’s day, lift their spirits, help to reaffirm that God loves them.

    Thank you for thanking the “personal assistant”. I am a caregiver for my significant other and I know how weary you can get, yet you keep on going because of the love and compassion. I know it makes my day when someone else (one of his family members, a stranger, etc.) acknowledges my committment and love for being a caregiver. There is nothing more rewarding, yet nothing more emotionally exhausting. A couple of kind words go farther than anyone will ever know (anyone who is not a caregiver that is).

    Thank you Rick, and everyone else who supports the disabled and those that care for them.

Leave a comment