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Saturday, March 24, 2007 ( 4:51 PM ) shut up christine a favor to ask... sometimes i get an idea and when i'm really excited about something i have the mentality that anything is possible no matter how big so the wheels started turning in my head, i researched grants but it turned out to be a huge learning experience, i wasn't eligible for funding, or there were too many restrictions on the money, or deadlines had already passed, do i have the time and the skills to pull off this project, and above all i really had no clue how to write a grant proposal, which is kinda important when you're trying to write grants. when that didn't work out, i thought okay, maybe i can't go as big as i originally planned, so i started writing letters to companies and then i waited and waited and waited. and out of all those letters, only one company replied. denied. and like so many other ideas i've had before, i was beginning to think that maybe this was too big a couple months later, one of my mentors said something during a meeting that really struck a chord with me, he said a lot of times the people in our organization want to do all these amazing things, but we don't have money. every project has a budget of $0. when there's no money, you're forced to think creatively, you're put in a position of humility, and instead of focusing so much on finances, you can focus on what's really important - the act of service itself. so maybe i'll never get to do that big project but my friend gave me another great idea, he said i should bring nail clippers to pass out, and if i spent my entire summer in india doing nothing but cutting peoples' fingernails, i'd like to think that such a small act is just as important and meaningful as a thousand dollar project. i'm not asking for money but if you'd like to donate a pair of nail clippers to someone in india, that would be super decent of you #
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