@Soar
Pixelpixie78 Pixel
@Soar · 5:00

The kindnesses of strangers

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But my point is that this young man, we exchanged emails and eventually within the past four days, I gave him my number and he called me today and he just got a job. He reached out to some social services in his area, was willing to share those resources

#story #community #healing #displacement #housingcrisis #gentrification #culture #mentalhealth

@DBPardes
Deborah Pardes
@DBPardes · 1:37
Wow. First of all, thank you for posting this moment in your life. You put it in the QA format. So I'm going to, I guess, ask you a question as a hello and a welcome, and you ask a question out towards us, which is like purpose and meaning. And I feel like you are somebody who who looks at opportunity where it meets you. And to connect with another stranger is an extremely specific personality trait that a lot of people don't have
@Soar
Pixelpixie78 Pixel
@Soar · 2:39

@DBPardes

To answer your question, wow. Yes, my life has been saved through strangers and friendships or even just experiences with the most unlikely things. Perhaps like the first tulip that I saw bloom this season in 2023. And I can tell you, as the world knows, certainly this country knows, it's been tough on us all. And that yellow little one singular tulip that popped up on a rainy, misty day in Massachusetts with these crusty New Englanders where I felt completely know
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