How you livin'? Midnight snack with Inspire Many

Officially bootleg. Forget all the things I said about friends! Booooo!

Just kidding…so here I am sitting outside in the cold at an airport waiting….Yet I still give thanks…


Topic: How you livin'?

Today I visited Cooperative feeding in Broward County, FL.  This is one of the programs that the local United funds….oh my goodness. Where do I begin….

Approximately 400-700 people line up everyday outside of their door to get a meal or sometime of help. When you arrive at outside the gate, there is a parking lot full of cars…bmws, Chryslers, ford….nice to not so nice…thinking that these are all the volunteers? Wrong…these are folks just like you and I, seeking help.  They may have somewhere to live but the lights and electricity are turned off. Therefore they have to be one of the first 60 people in line to receive a hot shower for them and their baby.  Or maybe they need help receiving foodstamps- I swear you need a degree just to apply- long and hard process.

Today the one person that stands out in my mind…called to me as I left and asked HEY are you Beyonce’s sister?? I smiled.  Middle aged man with normal close on, hair nicely combed…if you saw him in the streets you would never know…

He proceeded to tell me …You would be proud…-Why is that?  He walked over and took over a sheet of paper. –Those who know me already know that my mind was ALL of the place of what this man could be showing me…

Guess what it was???

A printout from his grades for the semester..He received All A’s in 3 Master’s Classes. Wow!

So then I thought to myself, oh he must work here and just wanted to share…I thought way too soon.

This gentleman then said his professors ask how do you get all A’s. His response he doesn’t watch tv nor listen to the radio. Little do they know…that its because he lives behind an abandoned building against a wall…WOW!

For those who go through life each day, complain about not having the latest and greatest or not living in the best places. Start to see the other side of the coin.

Just what i…you woke up this morning…and opened the door of your car…stepped into a parking lot…and ran to jump online just to have 1 hot meal and a shower for the day…or Just imagine that you had a home but you lived alone and where handicapped to a point you couldn’t leave. Counting on volunteers to deliver a food box once a month with a few staple items…People right next to you are suffering…Start counting blessings, Start Giving Back, Life is too short.

Much love & Many Blessings,

Coach Cass