The heART Of Giving: Small Things That Counts

Good, bad, normal, semi-normal or "whatever" kind of morning I might have woken up to, nothing gives me more joy than scheming secretly with Eugene on a "whatever mood"morning!. Before I sound overly secretive and undercover-ish, I just wanna say that we are no CIA agents!. I and Eugene have been working under-cover, meeting for a handful number of days now, trying to innovate the Art of Giving back to the world. Yeah, that's why I said we ain't some CIA dudes, I know you might have been wondering what this undercover thing was about; thank God I can now lay this analogy to rest, Phew!.

Just two days ago, we executed a world class "Art of Giving" to the children of the world. World?, hmmm, we are Six people, I don't think we can cover the world, at least not yet. I meant children around our community, who were in the foster care system and orphanages.

Where We Visited

From 20th through 24th of August, Eugene and my other friends in our tiny group visited most of the group homes in our vicinity and about 4 orphanages that we have previously visited before in our past trips. The goal was to gather tailored information from the children so we can communicate our love towards them on a most personal and effective ways.

Not What We Wanted But What They Needed Themselves

We have always presumed to know what they needed, we wanted to do something unique for these young ones. Not something just tangible, but intangible too. We didn't want to do something we wanted, but something they themselves needed.

After the series of inquiries Eugene made, one Activity topped the chart of the statistics we made; A Soccer match!. There were quite a few other activities we penned down on our ToDo list. Soccer match stats were simply overwhelming. I and the tiny group of Six said to ourselves; Why not Do it!. We wanted to rethink the wheels to better serve these children on a unique base.

No, We Do Not Agree To Your Proposal Said Most

After Eugene's visit, we made the management of the orphanages and the group homes aware of what we wanted to do. We were so excited when we were discussing how we plan out this project and how the kids would be so happy. That was all that filled our hearts, in a way we had already begun to plan what we would do to accomplish this. In fact, we had it spelled out in black and white that evening.

Then some response to the proposal we made to the managements of each place we visited asking for permission to organize this Soccer match in their homes hit us like a David sling stone, sending our moral crashing down. Two of the 4 orphanages sternly refused!. One of the orphanage homes agreed but asked us to be patient while they pick a favorable day, the last one is still in uncertain and have not given us any reply yet, even till now.

At least some of the group homes we had been visiting in the past agreed. We decided to rise up from the negativity that struck our flying kite to giving these children something they needed.

Fund Gave Us A Slap Too, But Nothing Could Stop Us

It is very simple right?, yeah, of course it is simple to organize a game for these youngsters from the foster care and group homes. Nah, it wasn't that simple. We found out that money would be involved. We needed a safe little field for the soccer match, we needed Jersey, and we needed a Prize(hmmmm, our plan was to make everyone a winner in a way!)

Then the unexpected began to happen, Eugene had gone to book a small green safely positioned field close to a church in our county. But the owner gave it to us free of charge!. In his email reply to us, he wrote:

You are getting no profit from what you are planning to use the field for, why then should I?. Do let me know if you need soccer balls , cause I have many idle in my garage.

About 5 days ago, I had to withdraw all my liquid steem token which was about 350 stm to be an additional boost in getting the customized Jerseys and other needed materials and prizes. We were getting hit hard from the fund perspective, we completely forgot we also had to get them soccer boots(at least usable ones that would be a sort of gift for them). Then something coincidentally beautiful happened as well; Eugene had mentioned the project to Madam Becca whom he wrote about in my blog as a guest post about seven months ago titled "I Have Met And Known A True Angel (By Eugene)" found here (https://steemit.com/familyprotection/@kryptocoin/i-have-met-and-known-a-true-angel-by-eugene). Madam Becca Promised to send a pair of good spot boots for all the players!. That moment, I went on a split second of frenzy. I didn't see this coming, I wouldn't have even wildly guessed it if I were given an 100 chance to make a guess. (God bless this Woman!!)

The Joyously-Happy Faces Priceless

What do you want written on your Jersey?
What is your foot size?
These question sparked an incomprehensible joy that was so evident on their faces, said Eugene. I wish I was there when this conversation was taking place.

Last Monday, they had already gotten their kits and jersey. Only the players got brand new shinning boots though while every one had a pair of customized Jersey top and shorts.

I wasn't gonna miss it for the world, the game was filled with joyful scream of "wows" and "oh no!". The whole filled was filled with love and glee. This was priceless. I was supposed to have a Physiotherapy session with my Therapist last Monday, he advised me to stay indoors. Well, I did not. I was seated by the field shouting and inspiring them. Lest I forget, The two keepers were from the group of Six. Eugene and my other friend, I was deprived from partaking on the field post. No one wants to hear another broken bone story from me, lol.

Meehn, there is hardly a joy that can overthrow the joy I felt from these happy little ones. I hope they would be reminded every now and then about this love that they felt last Monday.

Final Whistle. Fuiiiiiiii

The game had come to an end, everyone each with a prize all shining and happy. Monday was a huge heART of Giving, Giving is a Art and this Art brings a heartfelt sense of care and love. Was Soccer what they really NEEDED?; maybe Yes, maybe No. What they Truly need is A Home, some just wished they could get back to their homes away from the government into the hands of their loving parents, some want a family that will love and cherish them like a jewel. But sadly, we were only able to give them a Soccer Match and shower the little love we could.

Why am I writing these?, this is a reminder that we've got many work to do, we have a road ahead of us, and if we can influence the lives of these unprivileged little ones out there, please do it with a big heart. There are a million ways you can torch their hearts. Like I have always hinted in some of my previous posts;

It is not how much you give,
But rather,
It is how much heART you put into giving
Give your Heart to these little ones out there
Give them a reason to smile
Let them experience love
So they don't know only pain and Hate.

Note: This post was written using a smartphone, so pardon me if you encountered any error, misspellings or poor editing.

Please resteem this post so this message can get to as much people as possible, it is the Little Things that counts the most. All the liquid payout of this post will be used to plan more heART of Giving, because we will be visiting and organizing something this LITTLE Next week Thursday., and also part to be donated to the @FamilyProtection initiative.

What Have You Done For Them-The Children Of The World

Peace to you all,
MakeBloom
( @kryptocoin )

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