At a time when the news networks, newspapers and social media like to focus and report on every bad, sad and grisly thing that goes on in the world today, it is good to know that the goodness of the human spirit lives on.
There are 102 counties in the great state of Illinois. Nine of those counties have a land mass of over 800 square miles. The county of Pike falls into this category coming in at #8 with a land mass of 830 square miles.
So what?
The other eight counties have a total population of 1,194,051 people. The average for the counties, with the exception of one located close to Chicago, is somewhere around 40 to 60,000 people. Pike County takes the lead for having the least, less than 17,000 souls live here. So when I say that I live in the sticks, I'm not kidding.
When you live in a rural area, everybody knows just about everybody. If you do not know them, they are probably some distant relative.
Recently, this large land mass but sparsely populated area came together for a cause. A benefit was held for a young person in the community who is having the fight of their life.
The outpouring of support and love that could actually be "felt" in the room was incredible. People came from miles around. They gave from their purse and their businesses. Even those whose pockets were empty gave what they could and offered their time to help where help was needed.
It was the best and purest example of mankind laying aside their differences and coming together as a whole, single unit, to lift up someone in need. Everyone sharpened their focus on the task at hand, and it worked. The benefit was a huge success.
Maybe we should do this every weekend, so we don't lose the momentum, the awesomeness of what we really can accomplish.
No comments:
Post a Comment