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This Wild Idea

“Everyone’s life is valuable and everyone's story is worth telling”, Theron Humphrey set out to meet and share the stories of 365 Americans across fifty states in 365 days.  This image on the trip spoke directly to my soul on Friday October 25, 2013 after a frustrating and exhausting morning serving my friends in the small park in front of the Coca-Cola Office on North Ave.  As I put into practice the ideas we discuss in class pertaining to empathy, leadership, and servanthood I am learning that everyone on this planet has a storied life of impact.  The men in the park who are homeless have left a last impression on my view of Impact because they in the material sense have very little but what they do have is life and love and that is priceless.  Week after week of returning to love on these guys I became worn down and discouraged that my efforts were not making an impact.  The picture below resonated and revealed that at times the journey will wear you down but we must keep the