368. The Response

She never stops. To stop would be to surrender and there will be no surrendering. Not while she is still alive. Her direction is forward. Only and always. The world around her is in trouble, so she has redoubled her efforts. She refuses to allow the world to crush her. It will try, but she is going forward.

When it feels like the world is against her in every way, she pushes with all of her being. People often ignore her and sometimes they disparage her efforts. But she doesn’t care about any of that. She takes it as a signal that she isn’t pressing hard enough and she comes back with even more. She will try everything she can possibly try. There is no effort she will fail to bring, no action she will not attempt.

She feels deeply that she must do this. She feels it is necessary and that it is the purpose of her existence. She feels this purpose in her soul and in every cell of her body. Her resources are few but she always has herself. Within her there is a source of energy that is renewed each and every day. It is this energy that keeps her going.

Everywhere in the world, she sees incredible need. A need requires a response and she is that response. She knows she must be this. There is no question of alternatives because she knows what she must choose. She must scale the cliff that stands before her, even if she dies in the process. She knows she will die one day, so she might as well go down doing what must be done.

She sees hunger and she responds with nourishment. She sees pain and she responds with kindness. She sees suffering and she responds with compassion. Her efforts use up everything she has and everything she is. But there is no other way. Her direction is forward. Only and always. She never stops.