Over the weekend, I visited a single mother and her 8 month old baby who are clients of the organisation that I've started volunteering with. The visit was very casual and went for about two hours; I just went to the woman's house, we hung out, chatted, played with her baby and practiced a little bit of English. From this visit it was so obvious just how grateful the woman was, just having a bit of time to relax from the baby, to study her English and simply to have someone to be with her for part of the day as this woman has had a falling out with her family who are also in Australia and does not know anyone in the area. It was an extremely rewarding feeling of helping someone out for just a couple of hours, I didn't have to stay for that long, I could have left after half an hour but I genuinely enjoyed my time with this family, listening to the woman, just helping her out and just seeing how appreciative she was.
After this experience I recommend anyone to try volunteering, whether it is once a week or even once a month or whether it's working with refugees or working with homeless, disabled, or older people, it is such a rewarding thing to do which really does not take up much time at all.
On a completely different topic, one of my favourite people to search for quotes is Anais Nin, here are a few of my favourites from her:
“I am only responsible for my own heart, you offered yours up for the smashing my darling. Only a fool would give out such a vital organ”
“Music melts all the separate parts of our bodies together.”
“I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naïve or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman.”
“We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.”
“I have no brakes on...analysis is for those who are paralyzed by life.”
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