I started volunteering in Ukraine in the summer of 2022 and I’ve been going there ever since… really put my old feelings of anxiety into perspective. Ukrainians taught me a lot about resilience and I am constantly in awe of their ability to find the strength to keep helping others even in the worst of times. Having said that I still ran out of the room when a giant beetle flew in but still… it’s a learning curve! But here to say that yes volunteering is a great thing and you will never regret it.
Your excellent post reminded me of the event September 11 2001. Watching the WTC towers fall on TV in the early morning. All 300 million + people were frightened and wondering what to do.
I also live in SF, but work in the South Bay. The tsunami alert happened and I looked outside and the closest hills were the Santa Cruz Mountains, and I thought, where do I go? Growing up in Oregon, we did tsunami drills at camps at the beach. I knew you never drive, you run. But here I was with nowhere to run, really. The roof, perhaps? I called my husband who works from home and he was also not sure what to do. The apathy of others around me was also concerning, as everyone in my office ignored it. They seemed to think that being near the Bay and not the ocean protected them. All I could think was, that’s not how tsunamis work???!!!
I realized I need a plan. It may not save my life but it will give me something to do when I don’t know what to do.
I started volunteering in Ukraine in the summer of 2022 and I’ve been going there ever since… really put my old feelings of anxiety into perspective. Ukrainians taught me a lot about resilience and I am constantly in awe of their ability to find the strength to keep helping others even in the worst of times. Having said that I still ran out of the room when a giant beetle flew in but still… it’s a learning curve! But here to say that yes volunteering is a great thing and you will never regret it.
Ah that is beautiful :) Thank you for sharing ❤️
Your excellent post reminded me of the event September 11 2001. Watching the WTC towers fall on TV in the early morning. All 300 million + people were frightened and wondering what to do.
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I also live in SF, but work in the South Bay. The tsunami alert happened and I looked outside and the closest hills were the Santa Cruz Mountains, and I thought, where do I go? Growing up in Oregon, we did tsunami drills at camps at the beach. I knew you never drive, you run. But here I was with nowhere to run, really. The roof, perhaps? I called my husband who works from home and he was also not sure what to do. The apathy of others around me was also concerning, as everyone in my office ignored it. They seemed to think that being near the Bay and not the ocean protected them. All I could think was, that’s not how tsunamis work???!!!
I realized I need a plan. It may not save my life but it will give me something to do when I don’t know what to do.