The Phone Call

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August 21, 2020 a project of ServiceSpace The first duty of love is to listen. - Paul Tillich - The Phone Call In 1992 Auburn Sandstrom was 29, the mother of a three-year-old son, caught in an abusive marriage and an addict. One night she hit rock bottom. She was writhing in pain on the floor of her filthy apartment wrestling with withdrawal from a drug she had been addicted to for several years. In her hand, she gripped a ragged piece of paper with a phone number of a counselor her mother had mailed to her in a rare moment of connection. In total despair, Sandstrom called the number. It rang. A man answered. { read more } Be The Change How can you be fully present for a loved on or stranger today? COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News 111 Trees One Teacher's Brilliant response to Columbine How to Be Yourself On Being Alone 16 Teachings from COVID-19 Orion's 25 Most-Read Articles of the Decade A Tribute to Mary Oliver Erich Fromm's Six Rules of Listening DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 246,931 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More