They had several awards and presentations to various doctors who do great work in working for a cure and others who are treatment specialists. Most of Brooklyn was there. Well the movers and shakers of Brooklyn who want to make an appearance and show the flag.
I met the lady who is the director of the American Cancer Society's Brooklyn chapter and told her that if there was anything we could do that we would be there. Our small celebrity can be used by them in any way that would leverage help for the Society. I want to use some women who had cancer next season and will reach out to them to get some prospects. Cancer victims often have a treatment regime that leads to a big weight gain due to steroids or chemo or whatever. So they would be great candidates for the show to help other people who are in the same circumstances.
Anything we can do to give back we will do because we are truly blessed.
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Glad you enjoyed it!
That'd be cool to have some survivors on the show.
What an excellent way to lever your incipient celebrityhood.
Holocaust survivors? Maybe dressing them for their funeral, but I can't see much of a market.
This is the kind of blessing that goes beyond the physical rewards of yachts and mansions and increased sales.
When I read about the Gala,I wondered if your participation last night might mark one of the last times you and Lisa will be able to attend a charity function as non-celebrities. It seems the good of this "incipient" transformation is already taking place as new connections and commitments begin to form
I recently attended a seminar on healing where the presenter spoke on "The Third Thing". According to his description, a Third Thing is what results when weakness, brokenness, suffering, and hardship are met and united with grace and goodness, usually from another, or source apart from or within the self, like a higher Power. From this pairing a distinct, unique and often unexpected outcome begins to form. Something that does not minimize, dismiss or compensate for the cost or consequences of the difficult situation.
(As I was writing this Darcy posted a similar observation of this phenomena over on the other thread.)
It's my belief, the awareness and commitment to the blessing and potential of a "Third Thing" is what keeps those living through hardship and those gifted with wealth and fame, centered.
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