A friend of mine, a survivor of leukemia, just posted a link on facebook to a flash mob organized by 1millionamazingwomen in Toronto.
Every time I see a flash mob I am brought to tears. In my job, I often feel despair. I see young people filled with enough anger and hate to last a thousand lifetimes. But flash mobs give me hope. The fact that so many people would organize themselves to do something for no other reason than to entertain and be entertained or, as in this case, to memorialize others amazes me. It's like a random act of kindness. It makes me inexplicably proud that I live in a time when this sort of thing came about.
Have any of you ever been involved in a flash mob? This one even had children. And that last scene, before the mob dispersed, there was one sign, MOM, that had me gushing with tears.
Every time I see a flash mob I am brought to tears. In my job, I often feel despair. I see young people filled with enough anger and hate to last a thousand lifetimes. But flash mobs give me hope. The fact that so many people would organize themselves to do something for no other reason than to entertain and be entertained or, as in this case, to memorialize others amazes me. It's like a random act of kindness. It makes me inexplicably proud that I live in a time when this sort of thing came about.
Have any of you ever been involved in a flash mob? This one even had children. And that last scene, before the mob dispersed, there was one sign, MOM, that had me gushing with tears.
