I cannot remember what video I was going to watch on YouTube this morning. While I was waiting for the video I selected to play, an ad came on and it hooked me. I cried three times while watching it. The ad was the story of, Scott Harrison, the CEO of an organization called, “Charity Water”.
I was crying at the table. The conversation between Alexis, my fiance, and I went something like this. Alexis walked in to get coffee and I looked up from my phone to talk to her.
“I do not know what is wrong with me. I have been crying at everything.”
She said to me, “You are probably just hungover.”
I was a tad hungover. I am rarely hungover at this stage in my life. I am however becoming much more emotional. I like Scott Harrison spent almost the first decade of my adult life being selfish. I was morally bankrupt. I was progressively becoming sadder and sadder. It seemed like everything I did was designed to reassure me or to validate me.
What has changed now is I think a lot about how I can help, who I can help, and where I can do the helping. My career is still uncertain because I have not found anything that is financially sustaining. What is not changing is my desire to help people.
Two months ago I started a fundraiser. I remember saying to myself, “if not now, then when?” Today I go and drop off the check from the fundraiser. Maybe it was just a coincidence. However it seemed quite appropriate to spend the morning accidentally watching a 30 minute commercial about one man’s epic story about how he is changing the world. Today I am grateful that I have opened my heart enough to allow people like Scott Harrison to inspire me.
If you are reading this. First thank you for getting to the end of my morning ramble. Second I would like to encourage you to go and check out: https://www.charitywater.org/
