I want to begin with some great news, The Summit for a Cause campaign is only a week old and we have already raised close to 500 dollars!! Thank you for your support.
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To get on an even higher high, it’s Friday and the teenage moms from Colombia have sent me some letters and a video thanking me for supporting their program! Here isthe video. Enjoy!!
It is incredibly humbling and motivating to read the letters from these girls. I haven’t even started trekking the mountain and they are already thanking me. As Tatiana said when she read the letters with me: “No pressure to summit then..” One of the girls Cindy Bedoya (16) talks about how after being cast aside by her family with her newborn (she was 14 at the time), she found out about the foundation and has now been with them for two years and is very proud of her achievements: regaining her self esteem and her growing knowledge on how to manage a business: from inventory to customer management!. She’s 16! How many of us had that knowledge and experience at her age?! As I´ve said before, they are my motivation. Girls with incredible responsibilities at such an early age that regain their self esteem and are becoming entrepreneurs. Watch out world,here they come!
In stark contrast with the message of hope that they emit, last week I was also given a clear reminder of how life also is about letting go and saying goodbye. An uncle of mine, who is 82 and has cancer, traveled to Europe to see his 3 children and come to the wedding of her grand daughter, fell very ill once he landed here. He has always been a keen sportsman, a fear inducing tennis player, an enthusiastic and positive influence on all our family is slowly saying goodbye. He was due to attend the wedding and visit his children here but the traveling proved too much and he made it to the city where the wedding was held but could not attend. He also had to cut short his trip and return to Bogotá for treatment. I was able to say goodbye although I hope it is not the last time I see him. Even if it is, my memory of Pacho will always be of a force for good and optimism in life, like the girls from Cartagena.
The lesson for me in all of this is that through good and bad times, optimisism and a lust for life are key to transforming your reality no matter what and how it is looking at the moment.
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