{"id":946,"date":"2021-03-30T14:45:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T18:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nyhanmaum.org\/EM\/?p=946"},"modified":"2021-04-06T14:49:01","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T18:49:01","slug":"action-over-indifference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nyhanmaum.org\/EM\/action-over-indifference\/","title":{"rendered":"Action over Indifference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cIf you can help your neighbor now, don\u2019t say,
\u201cCome back tomorrow, and then I\u2019ll help you.\u201d\u201d \u2013 Proverbs 3:28 (NLT)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhoever listens to a witness, becomes a witness.\u201d \u2013 Elie Wiesel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Long story. Other day, was passing by a group of men. I did not have a good feeling. Based on their body language, it was not friendly or anything good. As a woman, being a target of sexual harassment and in constant danger of sexual assault and\/or murder as well as with the sharp rise of anti-Asian attacks\u2026either way, I remained alert, watchful, and ready.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A little down the road an Asian guy was watching. He was standing outside his store. The way he was looking at the group of men, it looked like he was being watchful for any signs of trouble. When I passed by him, the Asian guy looked at me. From him, there was some sort of mutual understanding and support given. He was watching to make sure I was safe. We nodded briefly in greeting and I moved on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be honest, a lot of these good Samaritans are everywhere. Some are more invisible than others, but there they are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of us volunteer to walk with others. Some of us run errands for the elderly. Some of us support victims by serving as translators on the spot. Some of us research to find a way to end the cycle. Some of us provide information of resources in the community. Some of us video record incidents. Some of us jump in to help those being physically assaulted. Some of us write articles amplifying the issues that need to be addressed. Some of us watch when a neighbor is walking by to make sure they are safe. Some of us share our own stories. Some of us process our own experiences privately in a journal. Some of us offer a listening ear and a presence of comfort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It doesn\u2019t matter if what you do doesn\u2019t get posted on social media. In a society that says, \u201cPictures or it didn\u2019t happen!!\u201d, it doesn\u2019t matter if your actions to help others don\u2019t get recognized or noticed. It doesn\u2019t matter how great or small your actions are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even if you are just watching down the street to make sure someone you never knew is okay, or just listening to someone\u2019s story, that\u2019s taking action over indifference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What matters is that we all choose one thing, even anything, over indifference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd the opposite of life is not death, it’s indifference. Because of indifference, one dies before one actually dies. To be in the window and watch people being sent to concentration camps or being attacked in the street and do nothing<\/strong>, that’s being dead<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Elie Wiesel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cIf you can help your neighbor now, don\u2019t say,\u201cCome back tomorrow, and then I\u2019ll help you.\u201d\u201d \u2013 Proverbs 3:28 (NLT) \u201cWhoever listens to a witness, becomes a witness.\u201d \u2013 Elie Wiesel Long story. Other day, was passing by a group of men. I did not have a good feeling. Based on their body language, it was … Continue reading Action over Indifference<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nyhanmaum.org\/EM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nyhanmaum.org\/EM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nyhanmaum.org\/EM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nyhanmaum.org\/EM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nyhanmaum.org\/EM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=946"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/nyhanmaum.org\/EM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":951,"href":"http:\/\/nyhanmaum.org\/EM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946\/revisions\/951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nyhanmaum.org\/EM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nyhanmaum.org\/EM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nyhanmaum.org\/EM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}