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On what love is
On what love is
As usual I did not use any AI to write any of this because AI does not really have a heart or a soul , just pretty words it can never feel or really understand.
A letter from George
Today the world is being crucified by hatred. By those who consume the garbage of the world, and in their brokenness, try to hinder us from the truth of the world which is based on positivity and love. They who have the Facebook pages and blogs, who try to convince us to join their hatred. We must be the conquerors of those things which obstruct the natural love within us and only concern ourselves with things that project love and positivity.
So how do we combat the hatred?
Fortunately, for us, we are all associated with charities who have been conceived in love. We are intelligent seekers in finding ways to heal the broken dreams of those entrusted to our care. We do this by taking on the mantle of being intercessors to help heal and restore and by doing so We help our clients to receive the gift of compassion, which is in our hearts. We seek to discover what our clients giftdrvond are and exploit them to find the power not only for themselves, but also for ourselves in repairing their broken dreams and by conquering those things which obstruct the natural love in all of us.We must be prepared to step into humanity and make a difference to Intercede by placing ourselves between our clients and their suffering. We see the best in everybody we deal with and try to raise them up to be better than they ever thought they could possibly be. We are their strength when they are weak .We are their eyes when they can’t see that someday their day will be better - and we help to give them that vision. We are their voice when they cannot speak for themselves. All of you charities make them everything they can be because we love them and care about them when others don’t - we are the wind beneath their wings that help them to soar. Love is the gift that we not only give to others, but that we give to ourselves through others. It is the only thing that the more of it you give away the more of it returns to you.
In talking to many of you lately I have shared your pain about your decreased funding,in addition to the burden of serving more clients than you can deal with. It is a very frustrating time, especially for we who are very empathetic and sensitive to the problems of our clients which we are trying to ameliorate. The truth is that we just can’t save everybody out there. We have to realize this and come to terms with it. We can, however, help those that we can help, and we can do that in the best way that we possibly can.
Dianne and I have been in the Charity business since the early 1980s, I started with the Salvation Army, and the People’s Free Clinic and Dianne started with Caritas, church and scouts. Throughout that time there have been countless meetings the topic of which for example, is “how can we solve the problem of homelessness, poverty, etc “the reality is we really can’t - not until we put away the indifference, hate, and apathy toward our brothers and sisters, who are having a difficult time, and concentrate on helping them out as a nation. We’ve got a long way to go. Dr. Martin Luther King in his last speech before he died, said that he had been to the top of the mountain and looked over and seen the promised land. I think most people think that his was a vision of heaven that he had, but I think he also had a vision of a promised land that we could have if we just start caring about and loving and not hating other people. In the meantime, we are us.
All of the charities that are continually doing all of the wonderful things in the paragraph above . And when you get discouraged, or depressed read over the second paragraph again because you might have forgotten all of those extraordinarily loving things that you are doing.All of you are making a real difference, and all of you charities, and individuals working in those charities are heroes even if you might not have realized it yet or forgotten.
Dianne and I are so very proud to be associated with you, because each person you help is a monument to you and your Charity so don’t forget that OK? And don’t let all the hate mongers and negative thinkers stand in the way of what you’re doing either with your charities or in your personal lives. Because we are better than them thanks to knowing the secret, and that is love is more powerful than hate, and with love you can conquer anything. Anything. And remember it is the only thing that the more that you give away the more that comes back to you. And knowing that is the key to personal happiness, and fulfillment - not hate.
We love you because of who you are and what you do each day.🥰
With our deepest admiration for you,
George
team
George & Diane
Climbing tower
one of the bikes
George & Bridget
George & Dianne on track
Teams working on bikes
Ready to start
Two days at the motorcycle races for charity
Last weekend found Dianne and I out at the Curcuit of the America’s Track, it is Home to the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix, NASCAR, and MotoGP's Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas. We were there for the motorcycle races sponsoring all procededs from the VIP suite with all proceeds to the benefit of one of Dianne And I’s great charities Homeaid . It looked like it was going to be a couple of great days, but there was one problem - the heat was still blasting in September. Sitting out on the balcony of our suite in the morning was a great place, nice breeze blowing all the time, and a good view. We were on the second floor, looking right down upon the starting and finish point of the races. It was a huge thrill to see the motorcycles there at their starting points and all of a sudden the flag comes down, and everybody blasts off with this huge noise, which was actually quite exhilarating . They headed up the big 135 foot high Hill and going into the first turn of 20 on the 3.14 mile course. As the day wore on it became hotter and hotter. Soon the idea was to run out onto the balcony, watch the start of the race, and run back into the suite where it was cool, and there were cold drinks and stuff to eat and watch the TV’s until it was time to run out on the balcony and watch the end of the race. (Or just look through the glass windows - for the less brave) We had a nice continental breakfast every day. And for lunch, the first day there was chicken and some really great macaroni and cheese baked, and naturally the salads - second day same thing except there was Mexican food for lunch. There was a cash bar all proceeds going to Homeaid from the sale of wine and cocktails, free, iced tea and water which we desperately needed - probably should’ve sold that too. Homeaid would’ve made a lot of money.
We were also there to cheer on our team, the Rebel Riders with our star of the show Bridget LeBer. She is the only female professional rider in her motorcycle class. But then the second problem arose. At the pre-race party the night before where her motorcycle was on display It was discovered that the bike would not shift into fifth gear properly - it could not be fixed, and a replacement bike could not be shipped in on time. End result - Bridget and the team spent the whole next days standing on the balcony or inside watching on the TVs as everybody else flew by. That is the way it goes sometimes in professional racing ‘but we all had a good time anyway.
In the afternoon the race team and I were sitting at a table talking about old motorcycles like the matchless, and there was a designer from General Motors and we were talking about all the great muscle cars that General Motors had back when I was in high school, we had a really great time! I spent a long time out on the balcony, just Bridget and I,talking about things. It was really great to talk to her. She has so much enthusiasm about what she is doing and so much excitement and so much of everything good that I found myself being really happy and excited just listening to her. Finding your dream, and making it come true no matter what. She is really interested in the G&D so that made me feel good too. I told her have fun because when you get to be 77 years old like me you’re going to be too old for motorcycle riding or for having fun.
Naturally Kim & Lynn the CEOs of Homeaid were there, their Charity helps all the other charities in town with some of their building needs and also is engaged in providing housing for the homeless. They are two very great ladies and I admire them so much. I see them all over town doing stuff for the other charities. In the afternoon we all went down on the track for pictures. The Track has some “umbrella girls” their role, tall statuesque good looking blonde ladies, is to string out across the track with their umbrellas to show that the Track is closed. They were out there for about five minutes, and all of them decided to book it for cooler, environments, which Dianne and I did too after five minutes. It was hot out there. This was the time of the day where the temperature had gone over 100 and the heat rolling up from the track was just,……. I don’t even wanna say. Keanu Reeves was out there with his team arch.
There were some guys in our suite from Pittsburgh paint, and Sherwin-Williams paint they are supporters and contributors to Homeaid. They were nice guys but not very interesting to be around, all they would talk about were the ingredients of paint and other paint related topics. They bought a whole bunch of tickets for a drawing to win one of Bridget‘s helmets hand painted, and one guy won it and he was pretty excited., And said, “I’m gonna put this up in my office. !’” excitement for everybody. They also won the raffle for some coffee flavored tequila, they broke open the bottle and everybody got some and we had a toast. Even Dianne liked it who is not one for taking tequila straight .Bridget had her little dog with her., and when it was time for a group pictures, everybody would get together and the little dog would sit down in front of the group and bark. Even he was having a good time.
There is a huge tower out there 469 steps to the top that one of our other charities Samaritan house, which provides counseling for veterans, had as a fundraising challenge for people to climb to the top to commemorate 911. For every person that got up to the top, we gave Samaritan house a donation, and it was a good incentive for people. Not me - I had to get on the elevator to get up to the second floor row of suites. Dianne and I were wandering around in the pits, and the garages on the ground floor and met some guys from Colorado State University who had a bike, and we had our picture taken with it by the driver. If you look at it, you can see the massive build on these racing bikes. In the straightaways, they exceed 150 miles an hour. ~
Nothing lasts forever, and when our courtesy driver was taking us back to the car in the golf cart, although it was not a long way there was a blast of hot air as if you stuck your face in the oven. Suddenly we were back at the car, nothing like air-conditioning. I don’t know really how people out in the open seating made it through the day. The outside air temperature was 105°, I hate to even think what the heat index was.
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