Out of My Bubble

I volunteered today at a homeless shelter in downtown Dallas. It really showed me how sheltered I am from the world I am in. I am definitely in a bubble, and I am really glad that I got the chance to step outside that bubble today. The shelter puts a roof over 400 people's heads every night. I was just amazing to me to see this all first hand. When we arrived, people were checking in and claiming a cot for the night. We were there to play bingo with the homeless people at the rec center that the shelter had. Bingo is scheduled every night for an hour at the shelter. We came and we brought food prizes. As we started playing we realized that the shelter had prizes too such as backpacks, sweatshirts, toiletry packs, and portable seats. As soon as I realized this I was crushed. Here we were thinking we were helping with cookies and brownies, when they really needed things that were much more basic than that. I am so glad that I was able to do this. So many of the people had such an attractive spirit, which really killed me because they are stuck in such a horrible situation. Hopefully this visit will inspire me to continue helping because unfortunately for them, I think this visit ended up meaning more to me than it meant to them.