Day 4: Entertainment
Driving. Painting. Laughing. Dancing. Hanging. Caulking. Highs. Lows. Stress. Relief. Embracing. Fulfilling. Experimenting. Attempting. Loving. Hating. Day Four.
Tuesday involved an immense amount of change from the prior day. The plethora of tasks was at times overwhelming and at other times boring and monotonous; however, we were still making progress towards completing the two homes for the future homeowners, which is what matters most.
After a day of caulking, painting, and hanging things, we came back for dinner prior to a karaoke session. One of my participants, Ross, got up and sang a Third Eye Blind song, where he ran out into the crowd. Later he and I sang NSYNC, which was frightening but fun. We also got up to sing Girls Just Wanna Have Fun and Grease Summer Nights with the team leaders. After a long day of hard physical labor, it was nice to relieve stress and let loose with the other participants and team leaders.
Sometimes in the face of adversity and hardship, feeling emotional and expressing oneself deeply and in therapeutic detail only furthers the situation. Therefore, allowing ourselves to entertain and be entertained at times, gives us the opportunity to separate ourselves from the hardships we witness and are attempting to rebuild each day of this ASB. To entertain is to allow one to feel some sense of satisfaction or happiness during an allotted time, and this is exactly what we all need in spite of the circumstances. ASB is all about helping others, giving back, uniting community, but to get through the process and be successful we must be able to entertain and be entertained.
Tuesday involved an immense amount of change from the prior day. The plethora of tasks was at times overwhelming and at other times boring and monotonous; however, we were still making progress towards completing the two homes for the future homeowners, which is what matters most.
After a day of caulking, painting, and hanging things, we came back for dinner prior to a karaoke session. One of my participants, Ross, got up and sang a Third Eye Blind song, where he ran out into the crowd. Later he and I sang NSYNC, which was frightening but fun. We also got up to sing Girls Just Wanna Have Fun and Grease Summer Nights with the team leaders. After a long day of hard physical labor, it was nice to relieve stress and let loose with the other participants and team leaders.
Sometimes in the face of adversity and hardship, feeling emotional and expressing oneself deeply and in therapeutic detail only furthers the situation. Therefore, allowing ourselves to entertain and be entertained at times, gives us the opportunity to separate ourselves from the hardships we witness and are attempting to rebuild each day of this ASB. To entertain is to allow one to feel some sense of satisfaction or happiness during an allotted time, and this is exactly what we all need in spite of the circumstances. ASB is all about helping others, giving back, uniting community, but to get through the process and be successful we must be able to entertain and be entertained.
