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Apr 11, 2008
"The only real voyage consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes; in seeing the universe through the eyes of another, one hundred others -- in seeing the hundred universes that each of them sees." --Marcel Proust
Back on My Feet
At 5 a.m. on any given day, Anne Mahlum could be found running the dark streets of Philadelphia -- with homeless men cheering her on as she passed their shelter. But one morning last spring, she stopped in her tracks."Why am I running past these guys?" recalls Mahlum, 27. "I'm moving my life forward every day -- and these guys are standing in the same spot." In July 2007 the "Back On My Feet" running club hit the streets.The first day, Mahlum led nine shelter residents in a mile-long run. Today, Back on My Feet has teams in three Philadelphia shelters, including 54 homeless members and more than 250 volunteers. The group has logged more than 5,000 miles.
BE THE CHANGE
Do you encounter suffering that you pass by everyday in your own life? Perhaps it's explicit and overt, or maybe it's implicit and subtle. Either way, make an effort to address it in some way.
