Thursday, February 11, 2010

Help Me Be Great

I've been thinking about happiness coming from our way of being- not from what we get from anyone else, not money, or affection or even praise.

My friend Sam Dollar, a phenomenal  graphic designer, volunteered to design these billboards for the Boys and Girls Clubs. I love to take photos and we previously collaborated- so he asked me to volunteer.

In the hour Dylan and I spent with these children asking them what they enjoyed about the Boys & Girls Clubs, snapping the camera to catch that glimmer of excitement in their eye, i really got it. My happiness was in my way of being in that moment. It was spending time with Dylan, contributing to community, listening to the kids talk about their lives. It was helping my friend Sam.