tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204580867571652472.post3729216408888531301..comments2023-04-27T08:34:32.661-05:00Comments on THE WHEELS ON THE BUS GO ROUND AND ROUND: Just Say YESLive Lyve Raw Vegan Cuisinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16026311236920278442noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204580867571652472.post-53177035579019146282007-05-30T09:59:00.000-05:002007-05-30T09:59:00.000-05:00Jenga,I gotta amen Mtume. When people offered me d...Jenga,<BR/><BR/>I gotta amen Mtume. When people offered me donations and stuff, I turned them down too. I really feel bad taking stuff from people when there are people who need help waaaaaay more than me. A part of me always feels like I am wrong for making myself more comfortable, when there are people who ain't comfortable at all.<BR/><BR/>I know it was/is a hard thing for you to accept donations like that, but I guess you have to look at things as being relative. Even though you aren't destitute and down to your last, you still could use some help. <BR/><BR/>...and to piggyback off of everybody else - people really and truly do feel good about giving. When I was staying with my brother-in-law in Florida after Katrina, we were inundated with clothes, toys, and money (over $2,000) from his fiancee's school. Even though we really only had one suitcase of stuff to our name at the time, I knew we would eventually replace everything, so I didn't feel like I should accept gifts, but everyone insisted.<BR/><BR/>I still feel bad about accepting those donations to this day.....and now I'm rambling and have talked myself into a corner.<BR/><BR/>Nothing left to say - go 'head on Jenga!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204580867571652472.post-2537460457189238602007-05-26T21:19:00.000-05:002007-05-26T21:19:00.000-05:00jenga - I hope you are not racking your brains abo...jenga - I hope you are not racking your brains about the car anymore! when we spoke about me leaving you my car and you denying the offer I felt that you took the RIGHT decision. you did perfectly right because you were honest and yourself. you told me open about your feelings and I understood. there were reasons not to go for this donation.<BR/>but I appreciate the fact that you decided to have a pay pal account. let me know what the destination of the money will be (as concrete as possible so that I can add it to my article).<BR/><BR/>spending time with you and being involved in your daily live, meeting your daughter and the rest of your warm- and openhearted family gave me so much. When I came back to Germany I felt blessed, filled up with energy and happyness and i still feel like carrying a treasure with me ... THANK YOU.annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04668102704711497154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204580867571652472.post-10883238097328944002007-05-23T18:55:00.000-05:002007-05-23T18:55:00.000-05:00Kudos to everything mtume said.i genuinely volunte...Kudos to everything mtume said.i genuinely volunteered with you because I felt like if it had happened to me I would hope folks would do the same.People told me about good karma and how I would be blessed...I'm already blessed.I will email you those pics...they're incredible.That pile was a challenge when I went at it on my own...glad you had help to remove all that mess!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204580867571652472.post-23829672899468506032007-05-23T10:34:00.000-05:002007-05-23T10:34:00.000-05:00Interesting post, Jenga. I remember having some of...Interesting post, Jenga. I remember having some of those same feelings when I had to evacuate. Your email describes, almost word-for-word, how I felt. I saw so many people who were left with so little. It felt ridiculous for me - able-bodied, still in possession of resources, not particularly beholden to New Orleans, etc. - to accept help...particularly monetary help. But as time went on, I realized people aren't offering help because they think you're destitute or about to die or the lowest of the low, they're helping because they want to feel helpful...they want to _be_ helpful. They're helping because they want to. So eventually, if I felt like a person was sincerely offering (as opposed to offering just out of politeness or obligation), I would just say, "thanks, I appreciate that" and accept. I'd even accept stuff that I knew I wouldn't use. But I'd never throw anything away. I'd bring it down to Goodwill or the Salvation Army so somebody could get some use out of it. I think giving makes people feel good.<BR/><BR/>Hey, on a totally different note, would you send me (mtume_sATyahoo.com) a full-sized picture of you and Ann shoveling the shit? That's a great picture...I want to add it to my screen-saver roll.<BR/><BR/>Alright, Jenga. Keep on keeping on, lil' Mama!<BR/><BR/>Mtume.<BR/><BR/>P.S. Spilled milk and closing the barn doors and all that stuff aside...you shoulda took that car! Damn. :-(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com