Playing for Others is a pretty cool experience. Then again, life is a pretty cool experience. But what PFO has done to enhance that experience is what makes it so cool.
I’ve always had a ton of interests: the arts, science, mathematics, literature; but none of them really shook my reality and made me glance for another side of the story. After meeting my buddy Gabriel, I do not see a little boy with nine brothers and sisters, one of which has special needs; but instead I see a boy who loves Star Wars and Hot Wheels, a boy who likes to pretend he’s in a sinking submarine and that he needs my help to zap the bad guys with laser guns. PFO has been an eye-opening experience for me.
It’s so easy to take things for granted, but when you take a glimpse of someone else’s life that’s so radically different from your own, the wave of new perspective is kind of bewildering, yet inspiring. PFO has definitely changed my point of view, broadening my horizon. It’s been a lesson that can’t be taught at school or with books. It’s a lesson that can only be taught from the heart.
