Giving back – So much more

Do you give back to your community?  Do you try and think about someone else instead of the usual “me, myself and I”?  Do you REALLY make an effort?

I didn’t.

Awful to admit, but it just wasn’t my type of “thing” to do.  I kept convincing myself that I never had the time to do something for myself, let alone someone else.

This weekend I had the opportunity of giving back.  As a team from my place of work, we gathered at our Head Office early Saturday morning.  We loaded all supplies in a truck, jumped in a company car and made our way to one of Cape Town’s teaching hospitals.  There we painted the Men’s Psychiatric ward.  The Ward needed a fresh coat of paint and we were more than happy to help make the environment a bit more bearable for the patients. 

When we were done - a good seven hours later – I had this sense of fulfillment coming over me.  Is this what it feels like, helping someone unknown with a gesture this small?  It felt GREAT!! 

What an amazing feeling it is to give back to the community you live in.