View allAll Photos Tagged PeopleForPeople
When I think of people, people everywhere, myself included, I feel as if everyone out there is in me, as if I hold our hearts in mine and the hearts beat together. If only for just a short while, we share our destiny.
People here and there, on my path, as I cross a street, as I stand next to them in line, in a grocery store, in a stuffy bus, as I wait in cold weathers for the traffic light to change. As I bump into them and apologise, embarrassed somehow, or as I run into them and say, Oops, with a smile.
Every single one of us, myself included, has his/her heavy share to carry around, day in, day out. The business to survive, to find joy in life despite its burden. Despite the worries about our children and theirs, despite our stressful jobs, despite it all, to find peace to go on, despite being distressed, unemployed or miserably alone.
People in war zones. People in hospitals. Old people in Homes.
Aging parents, forgetting who we are, forgetting who they are, while new great grandchildren are being born.
People loosing a home, a heart, a soul. Losses of what once meant the ultimate most. Losing it all and having to learn to live without it. And move on.
I see sick people, dying dear ones, sad and tired people, angry and scared, violent, disappointed, depressed. Lonely people with broken hearts, damaged bodies.
I see good people. Honest people. Hard working. Compassionate and loving people.
People overwhelmed by guilt, tormented, lost, abused, battered, homeless people.
I see us all, we are everywhere.
And yes, somewhere some people are content and happy, there's joyful laughter in their quarters, families gathering, men and women, children crying, playing, bursting out in loud sounds. Living.
People all around, every day, every morning, going on about their lives, one by one, mourning sometimes, oh, many a time, following schedules, not always well designed, trying our best to be kind and loving. Failing, falling. Reassembling our parts.
And one day we lose control. We need a walker, we need hope. Dementia strikes, fearing Alzheimer, we dread the blank, the black hole with no memories at all. A terminal disease that goes on, losing one's independence and integrity. Losing who we once were, fearing what we will become.
Sometimes we fall alone, with no one to lean on. Sometimes, if we're lucky, we have each other to support, we have caring communities, giving us a hand, a shoulder to cry on, a comforting word, a gentle caress. A friend.
We need so much more of that, more everyday caring, more love and understanding, more being listened to, more compassion, as well as self-compassion too, we need it all. More appreciation and thoughtfulness, more acknowledgment from others and from ourselves.
My heart goes out for us people, all of us, out there in the streets, behind walls, sitting at home, no matter where we are, we need love, we need to know we matter.
I am praying for us all to travel safely in our difficult journey wherever it might take us.
On the eve of Labors Day, on Friday, I had a chance to visit Denver. That was the moment when I had to leave the final part of a class to hit the road towards first long journey outside Laramie. Denver was the city that was so close, but at the same time so far. As we all know, it is hard to get there without having a car. Even though I do not have a car, I believe, I have some Russian luck: one friend was heading off to Denver so that take a plane to New York. Of course, I could not help myself trying to make a good company for such a long road. That is how me and my Russian friends got to the main city of Colorado. Neighbors, what else can I say. Even though Wyoming & Colorado are located close to each other, there are not many things they can have in common. It is possible for me to say this because our trip to Denver lasted for three and a half days and was entirely spent with locals. During our first evening we ended up in a house of a Couchsurfer in Arvada. That was my initiative, because I already had experience in South Korea and kind of understand what you should be looking for when trying to find a person who will host you. Brandon met us on a Santa Fe Street, where the Friday Art night was going on. Already at that moment I realized that this person will be a nice addition to the overall surroundings: it was a middle-aged man with long hair in a specific look. As we got to know later, he does motorcycle trips and just an amateur explorer, scientist & just a nice person to spend time with. During that night there was a lot: inspiration, tasty coconut-mango ice – cream, old glamorous cars parade, meetings & greetings...I felt myself like myself, however, it was a bit different part of me, which existence I could trace before and could not describe. The thing is that we do not have such a vibing nighttime in our hometown. Makes sense. Brandon’s house is not far from perfect houses of mad inventors, who dream of their own room for experiments with robots and other nice things since childhood. Apart from this, Brandon had lots of interesting books to read: on statistics, Buddhism, engineering, and stuff. Interesting enough, that several times I recognized myself in him: same artistic mess all around the rooms, attention to details, striving for the meanings and exclusivity. Wonder, whether similarities between people cause a higher degree of appreciation? Guess, it depends on a satisfaction of a person with him- / herself. In my case, it is more about having a better attitude towards Brandon, because I could see the shades of my life within couple of next decades. Either way, this travel was rather poorly planned, because originally, we wanted to go and see Yellowstone. Not everyone was ready to take such an adventure. Fun fact, but when I was going to visit Wyoming, I could not guess about its actual size. So, I was constantly telling myself: “Let’s go to Yellowstone by bike”. At that time, I could not wish for a better joke to be honest. That is a huge state indeed. Getting back, it was not a problem, Brandon helped us out with making up ideas for potential trips and not just ideas but also means. First day with Brandon: in the morning we went to the Art Museum on our own & then I the middle of the day caught up with our couch surfer, driving a huge car with his girlfriend and the youngest son, Rory. We were lucky because they made it up to the Red Rocks Amphitheatre. Shame, there were not any concerts those days, which I would like to visit, but it was nice to see the history of all the personas ever performed at the stage. In the evening we went for a dinner to Efrain’s, where we could try closest to the traditional Mexican cuisine around that area. Was surprised about unlimited Nachos with Green chili souse as a starter. After dinner, we have spent some time with Rory. Was unusual for me to speak in English with a kid: sometimes I had to ask a 7-year-old boy about the meaning of the word. That must be the school of life for him, future parent. Second day: next day we have woken up late. Luckily, Brandon had some ideas: he suggested tubing in the central river, close to Commons Park. Before that we took his bicycles and made it to the closest corner shop to get some breakfast. Food is such a complicated topic for us here because Russians are not used to the semi-finished and fast-food goods. Normally, we would cook things ourselves and take food in a container. After this fun time, we decided to explore city with Sergey: went through the amusement park, embankments, and all this, just were trying to catch a feeling of a city. For me, Denver is a double – edge sward, place, where light and dark sides meet up. Weird thing to realise, that most of the art and vibe is coming from the legalisation. Situation with homeless people is also quite different from the Country where I live. Burdened with other weaknesses and guilty pleasures. But I am being myself even in such places and not afraid of them because pretending to not have something is worse, that recognising that in a right time. Third day: it was kind of a normal, chilly day, morning of which we spent trying to nail the IQ puzzle together with our host. Occurred to be quite challenging. Later, he brought us to the train station, and we started to seek final observations about the city. Apart from Brandon, during the last day we also met a couple of other people from Couchsurfing. There was also one interesting coincidence around that. We have met Jeff & he brought his friend. As we realised later, Jeff’s friend was also a couchsurfer, whom my friend messaged when we had been searching. Just was hard to recognise from the first glance. These two were the perfect company for Botanical gardens and Rino district, because they have been living there for a while and knew all the local spots for exploration. Brandon, Hannah, Rory, Jeff and Jeffery are all the faces of Denver. That is how I firstly met such an unique experience as Couchsurfing in United States of America. Impactful, engaging, memorable. Global.
No challenge too great! We couldn't be more proud of Indecommers for embracing the "new normal" and being collaborative and accountable to each other and to our clients in these unprecedented times.
No challenge too great! We couldn't be more proud of Indecommers for embracing the "new normal" and being collaborative and accountable to each other and to our clients in these unprecedented times.
No challenge too great! We couldn't be more proud of Indecommers for embracing the "new normal" and being collaborative and accountable to each other and to our clients in these unprecedented times.
No challenge too great! We couldn't be more proud of Indecommers for embracing the "new normal" and being collaborative and accountable to each other and to our clients in these unprecedented times.
No challenge too great! We couldn't be more proud of Indecommers for embracing the "new normal" and being collaborative and accountable to each other and to our clients in these unprecedented times.
We are there for each other. We are there for our clients and our communities. We are all in this together.
#TogetherAgainstCorona #PeopleForPeople #LifeAtIndecommDigital
Our teams are keeping the spirits high! A message from our team in India...be well, stay safe, stay home, and don't forget to dance.
Make & Model: [Year Unknown] ElDorado [Make Unknown]
Operator: People For People
Headquarters: Yakima WA
Location: Stacey Street Transit Center (Prosser WA)
Notes: Normally PFP will dispatch 1002 to run the Community Connector (Prosser-Yakima bus route), but when it's out of service or in the garage 820 will usually be dispatched out.
No challenge too great! We couldn't be more proud of Indecommers for embracing the "new normal" and being collaborative and accountable to each other and to our clients in these unprecedented times.
No challenge too great! We couldn't be more proud of Indecommers for embracing the "new normal" and being collaborative and accountable to each other and to our clients in these unprecedented times.
No challenge too great! We couldn't be more proud of Indecommers for embracing the "new normal" and being collaborative and accountable to each other and to our clients in these unprecedented times.
We are there for each other. We are there for our clients and our communities. We are all in this together.
#TogetherAgainstCorona #PeopleForPeople #LifeAtIndecommDigital
No challenge too great! We couldn't be more proud of Indecommers for embracing the "new normal" and being collaborative and accountable to each other and to our clients in these unprecedented times.
Make & Model: [Year Unknown] Turtletop [Model Unknown]
Operator: People For People
Headquarters: Yakima WA
Location: Stacey Street Transit Center (Prosser WA)
No challenge too great! We couldn't be more proud of Indecommers for embracing the "new normal" and being collaborative and accountable to each other and to our clients in these unprecedented times.
We are there for each other. We are there for our clients and our communities. We are all in this together.
#TogetherAgainstCorona #PeopleForPeople #LifeAtIndecommDigital
We are there for each other. We are there for our clients and our communities. We are all in this together.
#TogetherAgainstCorona #PeopleForPeople #LifeAtIndecommDigital
No challenge too great! We couldn't be more proud of Indecommers for embracing the "new normal" and being collaborative and accountable to each other and to our clients in these unprecedented times.
No challenge too great! We couldn't be more proud of Indecommers for embracing the "new normal" and being collaborative and accountable to each other and to our clients in these unprecedented times.
No challenge too great! We couldn't be more proud of Indecommers for embracing the "new normal" and being collaborative and accountable to each other and to our clients in these unprecedented times.
Make & Model: [Year Unknown] ElDorado [Make Unknown]
Operator: People For People
Headquarters: Yakima WA
Location: Stacey Street Transit Center (Prosser WA)
Notes: Normally PFP will dispatch 1002 to run the Community Connector (Prosser-Yakima bus route), but when it's out of service or in the garage 820 will usually be dispatched out.
No challenge too great! We couldn't be more proud of Indecommers for embracing the "new normal" and being collaborative and accountable to each other and to our clients in these unprecedented times.
Make & Model: [Year Unknown] Turtletop [Model Unknown]
Operator: People For People
Headquarters: Yakima WA
Location: Stacey Street Transit Center (Prosser WA)
We are there for each other. We are there for our clients and our communities. We are all in this together.
#TogetherAgainstCorona #PeopleForPeople #LifeAtIndecommDigital
We are there for each other. We are there for our clients and our communities. We are all in this together.
#TogetherAgainstCorona #PeopleForPeople #LifeAtIndecommDigital
We are there for each other. We are there for our clients and our communities. We are all in this together.
#TogetherAgainstCorona #PeopleForPeople #LifeAtIndecommDigital
We are there for each other. We are there for our clients and our communities. We are all in this together.
#TogetherAgainstCorona #PeopleForPeople #LifeAtIndecommDigital
We are there for each other. We are there for our clients and our communities. We are all in this together.
#TogetherAgainstCorona #PeopleForPeople #LifeAtIndecommDigital
We are there for each other. We are there for our clients and our communities. We are all in this together.
#TogetherAgainstCorona #PeopleForPeople #LifeAtIndecommDigital
We are there for each other. We are there for our clients and our communities. We are all in this together.
#TogetherAgainstCorona #PeopleForPeople #LifeAtIndecommDigital
We are there for each other. We are there for our clients and our communities. We are all in this together.
#TogetherAgainstCorona #PeopleForPeople #LifeAtIndecommDigital
No challenge too great! We couldn't be more proud of Indecommers for embracing the "new normal" and being collaborative and accountable to each other and to our clients in these unprecedented times.
We are there for each other. We are there for our clients and our communities. We are all in this together.
#TogetherAgainstCorona #PeopleForPeople #LifeAtIndecommDigital
We are there for each other. We are there for our clients and our communities. We are all in this together.
#TogetherAgainstCorona #PeopleForPeople #LifeAtIndecommDigital
We are there for each other. We are there for our clients and our communities. We are all in this together.
#TogetherAgainstCorona #PeopleForPeople #LifeAtIndecommDigital
We are there for each other. We are there for our clients and our communities. We are all in this together.
#TogetherAgainstCorona #PeopleForPeople #LifeAtIndecommDigital
We are there for each other. We are there for our clients and our communities. We are all in this together.
#TogetherAgainstCorona #PeopleForPeople #LifeAtIndecommDigital
We are there for each other. We are there for our clients and our communities. We are all in this together.
#TogetherAgainstCorona #PeopleForPeople #LifeAtIndecommDigital