Hi everyone,
I plan to return to my sporadic blogging and hope that my predictive text does not change too many words.
I was in a meeting the other week at Macmillan HQ discussing the online community, what is working and what needs more work. It got me to thinking how little I blog which is strange in one respect. I like the volunteers group but sometimes I know people read my posts and never reply. That is my favourite part about a blog.
It's a chance to let thoughts filter through your mind, a moment of calm in the chaos of fund-raising, supporting and celebrating the work everyone does at Macmillan everyday. the even more exciting thing about this is that people do all of that and yet live ordinary lives of work, family and friendship. It's those ordinary moments that you need to volunteer though. Behind every volunteer is a network of people supporting them. Making sure they get to meetings, have food on the table and remember to sit and laugh after a really long day.
I know I would have never have done as much for this charity or the other causes I support if I did not have such a team of people behind me. The team who don't always get recognised let alone thanked. To be a great volunteer takes balance, the moment to step back and the ability to be thankful for everyone who helped you get there. To be a volunteer takes a moment of whimsy and a dash of passion; once you start you then begin to see why I said the phrase ordinary lives as the world opens up to you and you start to do things you never would have dreamed
