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The city of New York never ceases to amazement me. It is truly an awesome place. Although I’m a “native” and have lived in Brooklyn for more than five years now, I still feel lucky to call New York home. Less wide-eyed, perhaps, but there are moments when it catches me — like the view from a trade show window (just another ordinary day at work!).
After a slow slog of a summer I’m suddenly overwhelmed with activity. Producing for shows, teaching children once again, learning how to ramp up production. (There is an awesome tool that cuts fabric the way a circular saw cuts wood!) People I admire have often said, of their journey, “So many people helped me along the way…” I’m beginning to see how it’s true. The help of people in my community has been tremendous. In very real, practical, and huge ways — tremendously selfless ways. What they say to me: “A lot of people helped me along the way, so I want to do my part too.”
I hope some day I can pay it back, too. In the meantime, I suppose we have to live our lives in such a way that we remember how much we receive that we could never really pay back, really…
Tags: community, pay it forward
