Although a wrist of rubber is seen as a status symbol, they are tight and catch on your arm hairs. For us, there is little personal joy in a wrist full of bracelets; the joy is in giving them back to the kids. To see a face light up when receiving a bracelet is a metaphor for so many things.
How much do we have that is not valued or special to us?
Do we hang on to it for status?
To prove we have it?
To impress people or seem more important than we are?
To these children, these bracelets are currency, yet without thinking twice, they give them to us in bunches. They have so little and are so generous.
What if we gave so freely? Their generosity inspires more generosity. A ripple effect of selfless giving. If children in the slums of Cambodia can give away their most prized possession, even if it is only a bracelet, I think we can all do so much more than we do.
Start small, just one bracelet, and see where it leads.
