~:[CH7 - Day 82]:~ A Bucket Full of Blessings

~:[CH7 - Day 82]:~ A Bucket Full of Blessings

As the money poured in, I couldn't believe that we actually collected as much as we did. We filled a container I never thought we'd fill, all with the generous efforts of all my freshmen students. At first, I thought this would be one of my bust years, as they only collected about a hundred dollars half way through the drive, but they worked their tails off to collect money and gave selflessly. I think philanthropy is important in life and doing so for a charity that relates to something that is so dear to my heart, makes it even more amazing. To see them give up their after school treat or even a concert they wanted to go to, gives me hope in the future and I know at least with my own students, that they will have compassion as they move through life. In the end, they became the first group in my career to collect over $3,000! It wasn't even about the amount, but the effort that they put in, until the very last moment. As the blessings continued to roll in, we had very awesome visitors from Tokyo and our team had a fun and successful night out at the Beach Cities Invitational and despite the wind, we had a number of PRs, lots of medals and even a few wins with BIG PRs! Sometimes life pours you a bucket full of blessings and you just need to be thankful for the opportunity to experience such blessings, especially when it allows you to help those around you. While it's always wonderful when good things happen to you, it's even better when your efforts bring blessings to the lives of those around you, familiar or not.