Charity is always needed by other people. People in faraway,
war-torn lands. People with horrific, incurable diseases. People who live lives
that are inconceivably different to our own. Charity is never needed by us.
Until it is.
Until that terrible, devastating thing happens to us. Until
our world falls apart. Until we don't know which way to turn.
That's when charities do what they do best. Offering help in
practical ways when we're too broken, physically or emotionally, to help ourselves.
They do the things that we never knew needed to be done, because they come up
against these terrible, life-altering problems daily. Practical things. Advice
and information. A hand to hold for those who have no other. Essential
assistance.
On Friday this week I'll be helping out at a MacMillan
coffee morning. I don't have much spare cash these days but I do have a little
spare time. I'll make up my writing hours later. So I've been baking, and plan
to bake some more. Some of my speciality breads and cookies and maybe even my
sister's legendary apple cake. My Beloved's been doing the same. She'll be
there with me, running a tombola, collecting cash and generally doing whatever
is required on the day.
I'd love it if you could pop down to the Allotment Deli in
Hoyland on Friday 27 September and sample some of my baking - or perhaps
something much nicer baked by someone else. Or maybe there's a MacMillan Coffee Morning nearer to you that
you that needs your support? See what
they do and why they need your help - and money - here. http://coffee.macmillan.org.uk
Or possibly you have another good cause that's closer to
your heart, one that you intend to do something for one day, when you get
around to it. Well why can't "one day" be today? And if not today, then
when? The problem with "one day" is that it never comes around unless
you make it happen.
Nobody wants to have to ask for help. But everyone can help
charities for those who do.
© Shaun Finnie 2013
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