Add Another Potato
When I was growing
up, my mother had the rather annoying habit of helping anyone in need.
It was only annoying because we never had enough for
ourselves. We were 7 kids and a single mom, but if someone was hungry, without
or in need of a place to stay my mother would say, “We’ll just add another
potato.”
She meant that whatever she was preparing could be stretched
a bit further by simply adding another potato.
It didn’t matter to
her that we really didn’t have any potatoes or much of anything else; she
always shared.
I have had a Japanese sister and infant niece, white
brothers and sisters and a slew of other folks who became family.
My mother accepted everyone
regardless of race, orientation and even class. (We once had a family member whose
family could have bought our entire town, but he’d been kicked out of his home because
of he was gay.)
When I asked my mother why she gave away what little we had,
she said that we could always share with someone who had less and that by doing
so, we were bringing true wealth to our own lives.
We all need each
other. Even when our own pot is low, we still have something we can share.
This morning, I got a
note from a woman who shares everything she has with anyone in need.
Carolle Jean Murat, M.D. has offered her
services, care, home and income to anyone in need. For years she has provided
for a community in Haiti that was poor before the hurricane and devastated afterwards.
Her insight before the hurricane helped save the lives of
those she was serving.
She will be going back
down with a team and needs our help.
Here is a link to
read more and to give a small donation to those who need more than you.
Anything will help. http://healththroughcommunications.org/donate.html
By adding another
potato to someone in need, we add true wealth to the home of humanity.
I love you.
Be you, be well, be wonderful.
Bertice Berry, PhD.
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