Day 260: Faith

I was walking through an apartment building today and saw welcome mats and shoes placed outside a few doors. It was astounding for a moment and then heartwarming. Those people live in a small society in which they trust the hundreds of other people they live near. It reminded me that all the stuff about people being strictly divided in the country that we see on Facebook and the news. Those headlines are there to grab our attention. That’s not reality. I love seeing humanity when we’re not on a screen. Those shoes represented more than trust for their neighbors and strangers that visit the building. It represented an act of courage, an arm extended, saying, “We’re in this together.”