God Sends Helpers
I think it was Fred Roger's mother who once told him when he was a kid that if he ever found himself in any sort of trouble in his life, to "always look for the helpers. There are always helpers everywhere." And, in a day and age where we're taught to be suspicious of almost everybody, I've found this to be a true and wonderfully freeing word as I've walked through my own life. Especially when you try to live an authentic life yourself, you're often able to see through people's intentions and discern who is probably safe and who isn't. Living here in Alaska, people get used to helping each other a lot. Even with the current age of cell phones and technology where reliance on human assistance isn't as great as it was a couple generations ago, people here still go out of there way to make sure others are okay. I've watched it over the course of my life, and it's one of the reasons why I love living here. This was evident on a recent exc...
