Satori Way-Hoodies for Melbourne

Lots to talk about Satori Way. I might need to start adding a Vlog here, get it all out, a little less reading for everyone (probably 3 people reading this, hahah)

Satori Way has been around for some time, it has never 'kicked off' as I think the direction was never concrete. It was always trying to create special, awesome and inspiring moments for as many people possible. I just don't think I knew how to go about it. last week I was catching a tram very early on a Friday morning. I was heading into the city to have a hair cut. This place opens at 7am, cool I know! It was a bit cold outside, I had my jacket, beanie and was feeling pretty good. I was feeling a little sorry for myself and had been for a couple of days. While I was in the public transport daze I started to notice a few homeless people sleeping. Blankets covering them, bag and boxes next to them on the footpath. I felt an instant wronging, I was really taking a back. Obviously I knew there were people sleeping out, people who live out there on the streets, I wasn't blind to this fact, it just struck me deeply in that moment. I got off the tram and the feeling wouldn't leave me. In the hairdresser people were talking about holidays, politics (recent election seems to be the only time people have a political opinion), best options for your money, etc, etc. I engaged in the conversation, I think out of politeness. They don't need a rant about the people on the street at 7am. Maybe it was poor form by me, maybe I should have stood up and spoke my mind, maybe not. I don't know. I'm speaking now. I'm heading home now, still feeling unsure, feeling lost at why a Land Rover just drove past me and a man sits across the street from me without food. There is something wrong here! Certainly there are a multitude of reasons one is on the streets. Mental health, drug abuse, choice can also be a reason. Maybe those that chose to escape the bounds of 'society' are the courageous and smart individuals. Maybe, just maybe they know where it's at. Either way, they don't have much and it is bloody cold. It hit me in the afternoon that I wanted to actively do something, not think but act. How could I best help, what do I have to offer. Thinking, thinking, then bang! Hoodies, I have Hoodies. It's cold, Hoodies make you warm. I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed, as you now know, but the connection was simple enough. Done.

I give new ideas, projects or really any decision I make thee days a few days to settle. If I am still passionate, fiercely passionate about it 3 days later, I will act. It is in action that we can only create change. Thoughts are great, thoughts start change but they are not change.

Last night I acted, and have actively started selling the Satori Way Hoodies for the homeless folk of Melbourne. I'm not trying to be a saint or a hero. I'm just listening to my gut, using what I have a resources to make a small bit of change. I believe in what Satori Way stands for, I believe in small actions changing the world, it is true, small powerful actions are the only thing that can change the world. So I put the call out to everyone. Buy a Hoodie for someone on the Melbourne streets, give some time on the 30th of July and help us hand them out, simply don't dismiss those on the streets as less, rather as equals. There are a million ways to make change but for now, I and hopefully others will start with a Hoodie.

'Be the change you want to see in the world'-