A main topic
of discussion among the guys today was about attitude. The men got a chance to
discuss positive and negative attributes to attitude. The positive consisting
of humility, motivation, patience, open-mindedness, determination, and resilience.
The negative consisting of entitlement and arrogance. A quote from one of the
gentleman was “attitude determines altitude,” which we found very inspiring. Another
gentleman said that there are three types of people: those who make things
happen, those who witness things happen, and those who don’t know what is going
on at all.” He told us to be those that make things happen.
We have arrived back in Erie! After a week full of encountering new people and reflecting on our experiences at the Father McKenna Center, we have all returned safely to our home base. Thank you for following along with this blog of our trip. The implementation of our knowledge into our daily lives will not be an easy task, but we are well prepared to take it on. We all have learned so much through our experiences this week and are excited to share and show others what respect for human dignity truly means. Homelessness is an extremely complex problem in our country, and we have all struggled to grasp what the best response on our part should be. At the end of this trip, I have come to affirm that complex problems do not have easy solutions, and that solving huge problems like hunger and homelessness involve more than one person or one ABST group. However, the power of one is still strong and present everywhere- we experienced that through meeting amazing and inspiring individuals th
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