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Author: Subject: Gringos in Mexican towns - Meddlers or mentors
BCSTech
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[*] posted on 8-28-2007 at 08:44 PM
meddlers AND mentors.


In Mexico or the US, meddlers will continue to meddle, and mentors will continue to...

I don't see what's so complicated about this... Forget the politics or the "I'm an outsider" stuff. There are so many small and meaningful ways ANYONE can have a positive impact directly or indirectly in any neighborhood or community, Mexican or US, if they really wanted:

- One guy here donated computers to the high school.

- One bought uniforms, gloves and bats for the baseball team.

- Others hold fund raisers to support a project that goes out to the farm workers' families in the Agricolas to provide toys, medicine, soap, toothpaste, books and education to farm kids who can't go to school. These might be some of the poorest people you will ever meet.

- Others donate to the church's Christmas Toy drive.

- Others help raise money by a fiesta organized to paint and decorate the public trash cans.

- Others pay for free spay and neuter clinics for the dogs and cats of poor families.

- Others work to rebuild the library and city pool.

- Others sponsor free English lessons.

- And many employ others to do their work.

Do you have a work skill or some little something you can share or teach others? Then find a way to do it. Even better if you're paying them while they're learning. Can you employ someone? The new skills will help not only them directly but their families and future generations as well.

And don't think the Mexicans don't know who you are or where you live. Most likely they do, and they know the ones who wear the White Hats.

So what if you don't receive one spit of recognition from the ones who will benefit? Who are you doing this for? Doesn't this help YOUR community nonetheless? You can pin on your own feel-good Gold Star, and be satisfied you're "paying it forward."

The benefits will live on long after any of us on these Forums will...





(Sorry, I think I just twisted my ankle getting down off my horse...)

[Edited on 8-29-2007 by BCSTech]
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[*] posted on 8-28-2007 at 08:54 PM
Nailed it


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Originally posted by BCSTech
So what if you don't receive one spit of recognition from the ones who will benefit? Who are you doing this for? Doesn't this help YOUR community nonetheless? You can pin on your own feel-good Gold Star, and be satisfied you're "paying it forward."

The benefits will live on long after any of us on these Forums will...

(Sorry, I think I just twisted my ankle getting down off my horse...)


Good, Alan. This is it.

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[*] posted on 8-28-2007 at 09:06 PM


That was so well said. It just serves to illustrate, we can't be too careful when dismounting.

Just kiddin', BCS. What you said was good. Really good. If we need outside recognition for the things we do for others, perhaps our motives need clarification. We have to appreciate ourselves, for ourselves. As Bhudda would say, "Right on....You did good."
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