Pure Joy
It all started with Amira. She’s the 9-year-old girl on the
Holland’s Got Talent show who’s
amazing and heart-felt rendition of O Mia Babbino Caro stunned the judges, the
world ... and me. It was the most thrilling singing event I have ever heard and
I was around for the Beatles. To date Amira’s O Mia Babbino Caro YouTube video
has nearly 5 million views.
That was in November and I decided Saturday to look for
an update. Amira not only won the
second round, she took the title with a performance that is nothing short of
melodic perfection.
(Please view the videos in order to
experience the depth of Amira’s
amazing skill and talent.)
I have listened to those videos more than a half dozen times and their effect has been profound, rearranging some endorphins in my brain for sure. Shortly there after my eyes began to see the other joys on my path. Instead of just piles and piles of food I imagine the hundreds of people who give me their donations each and every week.
At the time I took the photo of how close the One Can A Week display table was to the
checkout counters at the Sprouts-Oracle store, I did not appreciate
the effect my proximity would have. Customers stop and chat easily
now.
We all get taken up with the process and we forget to
not only smell the roses but consider how incredibly beautiful these flowers are
to behold. Every week I am going to listen to Amira sing so I won’t forget that no matter
how much we think we know about this amazing planet, we really haven’t seen
anything yet.
2nd Truck Load - 2014
Maen Mdanat, owner of the
Axis Food Mart started a One Can A Week program in his neighborhood
along with his kids, Petra,
Rayah and Michael just 8 weeks ago and now he is
collecting food every where he turns. Of the total weight we collected this
week, Maen accounted for 196 of those pounds.
This week’s donations amounted to 544 lbs. and included River View Estates, 106 lbs.; Sprouts (Speedway), 120 lbs.; Sprouts (Oracle), 20 lbs., Lewis Rocca Rothgerber, 46 lbs., and
Miles Neighborhood, 162 lbs. + 90
lbs. (Axis Food Mart.) = 252
lbs.
Email from Winter Haven
On Sunday, Suzanne Myal sent me a very pleasant surprise.
"I plan to propose your wonderful "One Can a Week" program to our Winter Haven Village Town Houses (Country Club and Prince area) Board of Directors on Tuesday, January 21st."
Won't know what happened until next week but I sure can't wait to hear back from Suzanne.
We collected a total of 252 lbs. of food. The money we donated amounted to $6.00 in cash.
See you Sunday,
Peter
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