Finding Joy Day 6

Every Monday I attend a "Write Your Life Story" class. The teacher is an elderly professor who has helped create this group of 20 or so diverse individuals become a caring and open group of people. One woman, Irma, is pushed into the classroom in a wheelchair. She can only move her eyes, lips, and fingers and yet spends hours each week blowing into a tube to "write" her amazing story and reveal her strong character and intelligence. The members come from numerous countries, from Argentina, to India, etc. and share stories of war, poverty, or narrow escapes from tigers or bears. Each person and story is highly valued. I have learned to appreciate and love each individual there, no matter how different from me, because I know their story.