Category: Walk for Hope

Here’s some emails that went out last night. Post your own inspirations as comments, please.

Mighty Super Heroes,

Can I just simply utter: WOW.

Yet another profoundly beautiful Walk For Hope has come & gone…yet it doesn’t seem to leave you. It lingers on & plays itself out over & over again in the mind’s playbook. There are so many countless images & selfless acts of goodness by thoughtful volunteers that seem to masque itself into the overall event of the day.

Like….

Rahul thoughtfully passing out fruit while a sea of cars waited in line to enter the park…

Mumta selflessly & literally taking the “shirt off her back” to give it to a walker who desperately wanted one….

Cindy’s home-baked nutritious & fast-disappearing cookies feeding the crew at 6 AM….

The attendant at the park’s gate wishing us a cheery “Good Morning!” at those wee hours…

Christine ceaselessly hustling around making sure everyone was well taken care of….

Melisa kindly heading out on a coffee run for those of us who just needed that morning jolt…

Karuna giving someone a massage after tirelessly serving & coordinating all day, needing one of her own…

Tim heading over to help another vendor setup her booth before completing his own…

Since my perspective is so limited in scope, I cannot even begin to list all the other acts of kindness & unforgettable moments that occurred. So, please share & add to this above list to help us all see it from your viewpoint & forgive me in advance for inadvertently leaving anyone out.

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Sana staying at the random act of kindness activity booth and blessing everyone with her joy.

Jamie running to hug people from the free hugs station at the end and bringing a smile to all our faces.

Sukh doing the rocky run toward the long stream of cars waiting to get into the park after he discovered another main entrance for us to go to.

Cindy letting us use her beautiful tye-dyed rags to clean the tables and reminding us to save our gloves in order to save the planet.

Raju speaking so lovingly to everyone who came up to the Manav Sadhna booth about the strength and family that we call MS.

Vivek radiating such love to the crowd while speaking on the stage.

Tim calling me to tell us where Sonali is in order to bring her coffee…and such great directions. We found her within minutes in the sea of faces.

Bharti and Aarti—the perfect angels to bless us with food at the food area and what incredibly special food. I felt so graced and thankful for it.

Supun..lifting, helping, always on the move and even running with Sukh and Vivek partway throught the walk.

Sujana…patiently, effortlessly helping with the beautiful “be” tshirts.

Madhavi…so present and magnificent on assignment at the registration table.

And so much more!!!

Ray (Marina High student) directing walkers to the correct line; as though he’d done this 100 times before.

Kelley, random walker, rejoicing at Activity Station #3 because, looking at the canvass, she genuinely felt like she could now envision a better world.

Trusha, glowing while raving about the quotes that “her kids” had made for the walk path.

Sukh, at the gas station, trying to hi-five the circle of volunteers while Karuna tsk-tsk’ed him because she wasn’t yet finished :)

Sonali, selflessly sharing her coffee with me . . . and letting me share it with others.

Sukh’s mother, just before Sukh was about to speak to walkers, telling my grandfather, “I love to listen to Sukh talk.”

My grandfather, today, telling everybody that he saw how unbelievably inspired he was to see young people make so much movement.

40 cars on Studebaker road at 5 AM on a Saturday . . . just . . . being the cause.

And I couldn’t be happier about it!

The other day we were asked in a group what the Walk for Hope meant to us. I was feeling stunned…by the many feelings of hope, compassion, inspiration that this walk brings up for me.

All I could say was: I’ve been a part of about 4 walks and I Heart Be the Cause. Sounds lame…I know.

What I really wanted to say is words that you and I know…from the heart that can’t always be expressed easily. I could write a poem about Walk for hope. I could write a letter to the world that would wrap around the universe 200 to the second power times. I could jump up and down on a trampoline 30 million times and that maybe wouldn’t express…how very much this walk has added to my life and the lives of others.

It is beautiful…how friends, volunteers, family have come together and celebrated “hope” and all that is good.

It is a celebration of life and a deep connecting to all that draws us close in this world. I can’t wait to see the giant quotes along the walk path. I can’t wait to see all the booths and the people talking and musicians singing and…just everything!

One of the best things is seeing a whole bunch of nonprofit friends in one place….in a beautiful park!

I plan to be there at 4:30 in the a.m. to do my bit to help out. I pray we all get up in time and…oh…there’s no telling how this one will affect me.

By the way, my mom….who Jigar kindly termed “Team Mom” will not be able to make it this year, but sends her love to everyone!

The walk is fastly approaching! And there’s no better time for a walk of this magnititude to grace my life and everyone’s….

Peace peace peace…namaste….ayubowan….I honor you. You honor me. We are free.

:)