“To the world you may be one person but to one person you may be the world.”
I have been contemplating how to write this…… I’ve looked at my past,
I’ve watched the news about the happenings in Ferguson, I continue to
watch children grow sicker from awful diseases, and die and I’ve
acknowledged the struggles of every single person I know. We ALL have
our own mountains to climb and challenges to overcome. Despite the
gigantic rocks that have been thrown in my journey of life and the
ones that have fallen directly on top of me, all in all I have a
wonderful life that I am grateful for and I wouldn’t change. Not
everyone is as lucky as I am on this journey and even though we all
get gigantic rocks thrown in our path from time to time, the only way
around them, over them or underneath them is with the help of others.
Last week I was traveling to different cities and speaking to many
different folks of different backgrounds and cultures. One topic that
came up in one of my presentations was the basic needs of children. As
I am writing this now, this very idea comes back to mind, but instead
of children, I am remembering the good old “Maslow’s Hierarchy of
Needs” pyramid for ALL humans.
Because I thankfully find myself at the top of this pyramid at the
time being, I wish I could pull everyone up with me! I can only do
this one person at a time……. and a dear friend could really use my
help……and YOUR help to move the gigantic rock that has once again fell
directly on top of her.
Mayte Jimenez finds herself lacking every human’s most basic needs.
Without dragging to many personal details into this story, Mayte has
confided some pretty scary details of her dire situation to me. At the
moment Mayte is walking a tight rope to get her most basic need of
food and water met. I’d like to assist her with that and bring her up
a few levels so at least she can feel safe and secure in her
environment and truly feel that she is loved and belongs on this
beautiful yet bumpy journey. Some of you may know part of Mayte’s
story. She lives in an unsafe part of Mexico and not too long ago held
her only child as he took his last breath here on Earth.
Unpleasantries of life continue to pile on top of Mayte though and she
finds herself helpless, hopeless and desperate. She is working, but
salary is very low and she is also helping support her elderly father
whom has recently had heart surgery and is unable to work, her mother
and her brother who has autism. They are living on $400 a month
currently (the 4 of them.....paying for food, medication, minimal
shelter and services) without any way to save any extra to move to a
safer place to live. If you are in any position to help Mayte
financially at this time, she and I would be so grateful.
