Have you ever wondered if you’re really making a difference?

Day after day, you do everything you can to support those who support your cause. But still, some volunteers don’t show up for their scheduled shifts, often staff don’t see the value of volunteers and the executives cut your budget again. It’s so easy to see the challenges and the steps forward can seem very tiny.

But, I’d like to tell you a story about someone making a difference.

Many years ago, when I lived in Victoria, a friend kept bugging me to hike with her to the top of Mount Finlayson in nearby Goldstream Park. The view from the top was supposed to be spectacular.

Understand, I’m not a hiker by any stretch of the imagination. However, she nagged and pestered and finally got me to agree. We set a day and time and on that sunny, warm Saturday morning, I drove to the parking lot at the bottom of the trail to meet her, only to get a message saying she was called into work and couldn’t come.

There I was, all psyched........

© Castanet