August 10, 2010

We are all connected by Optimist Club projects

Sometimes I wonder how many of my posts are being read by Optimist Club members or others. I wonder if I am building an online community that treasures their involvement in an Optimist Club as much as I do.  Of course, I also wonder if anyone outside of an Optimist Club cares.

It is a strange and cathartic rhythm that I have created on this blog. I get to chronicle good news every day. Writing such stories allows me the opportunity to identify projects and programs, large and small,  that make a difference in local, physical communities around the world - you know those communities that we also call neighborhoods and cities.

I feel good every time a read and write about what an Optimist Club has done to serve their community and because I belong to an Optimist Club I intrinsically feel that I am a part of every project that is conducted under the Optimist International umbrella.  What a feeling! Such empowerment; such connectivity.

It seems that I have accidentally on purpose become a conduit for connecting the online world to the physical world at least for Optimist Clubs. I hope that others appreciate the effort.  Thanks for reading and for helping me pass our good news forward.
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