"Change is hard because people overestimate the value of what they have...and underestimate the value of what they may gain by giving that up."
~James Belasco and Ralph Staver
Watch this video of a boy who has autism and a passion for garbage trucks. Check out the compassion that one gentleman risked to reach into this boy's world.
Isn't it sweet how God provided one exactly like the toy that "just broke". I knew a family that needed a dozen VCR tapes of the movie Shrek as back up replacements. Change is hard.
The part that made me chuckle out loud was when the little boy says "Maybe he's going to get back in his truck!" in response to his mother's prompt "He's going to give you a present!" He likes to see the truck in motion and hear the sounds. Manuel getting out of the truck and risking a step into this family's world was not the way things usually happen. Change is hard; but change can be very, very good.
When someone cares enough to reach into the world of a family whose life is different, it's special. Relationships are messy; and it's SO worth the risk.
Whose world are you being called to step into?
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