
AnamPrema
*lach*, aber ein guter Hinweis.Olaf, macht Dir die Hitze zu schaffen? Bist doch sonst nich so...
LGAber ist das einer Erwähnung wert? Ist das nicht zu banal,zu unwichtig um es zu erwähnen?
Ich finde das SEHR weltverbessernd.I love you guys. Yesterday when I posted about hoping for another thousand, to get a matching thousand, I was hopeful. Today I'm inspired- and truthfully, a little stunned by the collective power of knitters. I was so shocked at the outpouring of decency and goodwill and willingness to help others, that last night I was almost ashamed. I don't know why, but I sat there looking at the donations and kept thinking that I don't deserve this help, and that I'm way too ordinary, and that if any of you really knew how terrible I am at riding my bike you'd never count me among your own, and I almost posted "Guys. It's too much. Please stop. I can never, ever live up to this." and a friend stopped me. I was getting weepy on the phone with her, and she said something important.
She said "Nobody is giving you anything. You have agreed to do your best with fundraising and riding, and in exchange they've agreed to do their best to make things a a little better for people with HIV/AIDS who are coming to the end of their lives. It's all kindness Steph. It's all kindness. Don't you dare stop them. It's more kindness in the world, and you have nothing to live up to, and for s**t's sake. Can't the world use all the nice it can get? "
I don't know if I totally believed her, but I didn't post. I just let it happen, and today, knitters are still doing something amazing, and I just don't know what to say, or what to do, or how to ever thank you, or how to tell you that someone who is one of the crappiest riders going to Montreal is now the top fundraiser for the whole rally... or how to tell you about the look on peoples faces when I explain that it's knitters. It's just how knitters are... and how much what you're doing is changing the idea of who cares about this, and how crazy wonderful knitters are, and how I think it's because you're knitters that you do this.