:: humanity ::

the magazine has been sitting on top of our staff refrigerator for about two weeks now. i hadn't opened it because it looked boring -- another magazine wanting us to update our alumni database or use their strategy to raise money.

but in the middle of it was this article called "blood:water mission." it's about a college student who is now working with jars of clay to reach those who have dirty blood and water (mostly africans).

i'm keeping the article now. it is at the top of the pile of the hundreds of little everythings that have made me know that i am not meant to be here for long. no, i don't mean on the earth. i mean in this clean country with its neat streets and low crime rates and even lower infant mortality rates.

i want to be useful. i want to be used. i want to know when i'm done with this life that i've helped others live.