what really showing up for someone looks like

July 9, 2013 in General

Watch this video–all of it. (Be prepared with tissues.)

What Lisa Fenn has done so beautifully and authentically is show up for these two young men. Really show up for them. Not once, and not at a distance, but consistently, over time, and with great love in close proximity to their lives.

This story touched me deeply–this is what really showing up for someone else looks like.

Not just when it’s convenient or when we are prepared for it, but when it is needed.

There is so much to learn from the indomitable spirits of these young men, and from her engagement with them, her “right helpfulness.”

Bless you, Lisa Fenn, for really showing up.

About Patti Digh

Patti Digh is an author, speaker, and educator who builds learning communities and gets to the heart of difficult topics. Her work over the last three decades has focused on diversity, inclusion, social justice, and living and working mindfully. She has developed diversity strategies and educational programming for major nonprofit and corporate organizations and has been a featured speaker at many national and international conferences.

4 comments to " what really showing up for someone looks like "


Jo Anna Rothman

July 10, 2013 AT 12:09PM

Thank you for sharing this. Thank you.

Sue Blakeman

July 10, 2013 AT 1:12PM

The best twenty minutes I’ve spent in a long time. Tears. Joy. Hope. Thank you!

mpkemk@frontiernet.net

July 10, 2013 AT 3:32PM

Patti, I sit here with tears in my eyes. What an inspiration! Thank you, thank you.

Erin Coughlin Hollowell

July 10, 2013 AT 7:08PM

Tissues indeed. What an inspiration. Our family is everywhere, we just need to be able to trust them.