And what was so moving to you about that speaker? Was it the message? The delivery? The particular moment and its context? In an age of ubiquitous TED talks and would-be TED’s that are all just one internet search away from your hand-held consumption, what powerful words have you PHYSICALLY been witness to? It could be a sermon, a conference key-note, a commencement speech, a friend talking about what matters to her… As long as you were there. For me, I remember instantly some of the sermons that Fr. Rick Frechette (founder of NPH-Haiti, the org I volunteered with in ’07, ’08, and 2010) preached right after the devastating 2010 earthquake that hit Port au Prince. In the tiny chapel on the grounds of the pediatric hospital he built, Fr. Rick preached that faith is big. But it’s also small. It’s so small that it’s about just one single person. You. What you do matters. How you reach out matters. How you comfort. How you heal. How you speak to others and how you touch lives matters. It matters more than anything else. Hearing him say that to the Haitians, the foreigners, the doctors, nurses, volunteers, UN personnel, logistics people, and everyone else packed into that tiny stone chapel with the sun coming up over the ruins of Port-au-Prince all around us and the exhausting day ahead of us all… I’ve never heard such conviction. It’s unforgettable.

Source: WBQ Original (inspired by convo’s on a hike with Emily and my brother)

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