Eminem said… “Look, if you had one shot, or one opportunity – To seize everything you ever wanted-One moment – Would you capture it or just let it slip?”
In the western world we are bombarded with pressure to do the best we can for ourselves. To make our lives as meaningful and prosperous as possible. We spend so much time thinking about ourselves and our futures. This is all good, but once in a while we need to reflect on how lucky we are to even have the opportunities that we were blessed with. So many of us complain about having too many choices while others have little or no choice in how to lead their lives.
The man on the left is Declan Murphy. He’s a teacher from Ireland living in Nepal. I met him in a coffee shop. Four years ago Declan started a tiny organisation called Just One. Since then they have been helping many impoverished street kids from the Thamel area of Kathmandu get back to school, regain their childhood, and be reincorporated into their families and villages. You can read more about his mission on the Just One website, which I will be updating over the next few weeks. Afterwards I will be traveling to a village outside of Kathmandu to do some short-term teaching at the local government school.
I’m fortunate that Declan has allowed me to tag along with him and his small team. In the last 3 days we visited a village out in the middle of nowhere in order to deliver some hope along with school uniforms and fees for one of the kids. We spent the night with their family and the experience is already changing the way I look and judge my own life. You can check out some of the photos here.
I promise that there will be more updates about this in the coming weeks. For now, I have to go get ready for our next trip.
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