It is an awesome day in Oregon today. The canvassing was slow today, but we had short notice. It would have been nice if in the beginning we were give 3-4 weeks to organizing an effective pledge project canvas activity, but it is what it is...
Whelp, I was taught many years ago that you have controllables and uncontrollables. You cannot do anything intitally about the uncontrollables for they are out of your hands, so one must focus on what they can control or make an impact. A very exciting thing happened today to me...more than I can express in writing. I found several people that understood the problem in Albany and are excited about helping OFA to be successful whenever they can. One young man was going to drop everything and start canvassing his neighborhood right at the moment. I told him I wish we could have connected a couple of weeks ago! Gosh, this really, really picked me up emotionally...I was on autopilot gathering pledges. I am not a big baby, but I like company and team work. Don't every sell short a single act of kindness or what another's enthusiasm can bring to the table--yee haw. Good things come to those who are patient.
To make a long story short, if we cannot control the short notices, then we need to adapt. Here in Albany were are going to organize a rapid response team for OFA activities. All of us have strengths and weakness which can include available time for one project or another. We are going to identify in this organizational meeting what resources are available so we can work seamlessly on projects. If we have a flat we will have a spare to continue on our projects to be effective--we will also create a hotline among ourselves.
We are meeting at Ed and Paula's house and we will report back on how this all turns out but Ed is excited and back baby. Yes We Can!
Peace!
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