Re "Mission"

Internet Photo: Soup line

Food, bed, roof overhead

never quite seems like enough.

Cell phone, Wii, large screen TV--

boy, have we got it rough...

Hot meals on our table, most of us able

to have plenty of stock on our shelves.

A steady income, we’ve become numb

until we only think of ourselves.

Just open your eyes, you’ll be surprised

at the people who struggle each day.

Nothing to eat, out on the street--

look at them, don’t turn away.

It’s hard to do, knowing it could be you--

that man in that homeless soup line.

Don't care to admit it, but inside we get it;

it’s easier just to be 'blind.'

So next time you're out, just look about

at least you don’t live in your car

You could have it worse, dig deep in that purse

and count how lucky you are.
©Copyright Ginny Brannan April 2011

http://www.facebook.com/hope4springfield

On 4/27/2011 I helped to prepare and serve lunch at our local Rescue Mission (photo above). It was an honor to be able help them, and a truly humbling experience.
Borrowed this fitting quote off a friend's page:
"We don't see things how they are. We see things how we are." Anais Nin