Posts Tagged ‘orphanages’

I just came back from Poland, but I feel like I am still there. I am “infected” by the climate of the homeland. One can see so many paradoxes in our native land! It seems that a happy person, enjoying free time, does not notice those in need. Does the lack of sensitivity during vacation cause a person to stop thinking? But…It is hard not to notice in Poland the obvious needs and stay unconcerned.

I cannot say why I visited the orphanage in Bialystok on Slonimska Street 2. A sudden impulse? Actually I wanted to “borrow” a small girl and take her shopping, to the movies, buy her ice cream and get to know her. I wanted to keep in touch with her, even later. It turned out that the idea was not mature enough. The people in charge of the institution did not agree to my proposition. Today I think they were right, but at the time I was upset: “so what if they do not know me, is this a reason to suspect me right away of wrongdoing?! But I want to do something good!” (more…)