795: Who You Are Anywhere Is Who You Are Everywhere
WHO YOU ARE ANYWHERE IS WHO YOU ARE EVERYWHERE.\nWho are you when you don\u2019t have anything to gain?\nWho are you when no one is watching?\nWho are you when someone who has less than you needs something you have?\nWho are you when you see someone struggling?\nWho are you when there is an opportunity to share your time and resources?\nWho are you when there is an opportunity to perform a random act of kindness for a stranger?\nLast week, I was out on a bike ride and got a flat tire 5 miles away from home. I got off my bike to fix my flat and realized I had the wrong pump and without a valve adapter, there was no way I could re-inflate my tire. I did not have a valve adapter.\nI sat there in the rain for about 20 minutes - sitting in the wet dirt on the side of the trail, with my bike disassembled.\nThe number of cyclists who rode passed me: at least 30.\nThe number of people who acknowledged a woman sitting in the rain on the side of a trail with a broken down bike: 0\nWhen no one stopped for me after 15 minutes or so, I started trying to flag people down.\xa0\nI called out to folks as they approached me, \u201cExcuse me, do you have a\u2026.\u201d\nAnd my voice would trail off as they whizzed by me without any sort of acknowledgment.\nIf you\u2019re the person who whizzes by the woman in the rain with the broken down bike, I\u2019m going to assume you are also the person who walks by the person experiencing homelessness and acts like they are invisible. I\u2019m going to assume you are the person who speaks in meetings without asking those who look or think differently than you for their ideas and opinions. I\u2019m going to assume are not teaching your children how to treat people who are different than you with kindness and compassion because you are not demonstrating that yourself (unless perhaps it benefits you.)\nIn this episode, I share how I finally got help, as well as how to check yourself in terms of how you show up for others.\xa0\xa0\xa0\n\nWe love the sponsors that make this show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on our website: https://shamelessmom.com/sponsor\nInterested in becoming a sponsor of the Shameless Mom Academy? Email our sales team at sales@adalystmedia.com\xa0\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices