This Bread Is Not a Message About You

Some of you who’ve received a loaf of bread have asked, quietly or out loud, “Why me?” Or felt unsure, because you can afford bread. Because you don’t see yourself as someone who “needs” it.

So I want to say this clearly:

This bread is not a message about your lack. It is a sign of your place in a shared story.

Sometimes bread moves because someone is hungry. Sometimes it moves because someone is trusted. Sometimes it moves because a relationship already exists.

It doesn’t always come with an explanation, because it isn’t a test and it isn’t a reward. It’s not about deserving. It’s not about ranking who has more or less.

Often, it’s simply continuity.

You’ve been part of a circle where bread has been moving — through hands, through homes, through conversations, through care. When it comes to you, it’s not asking you to prove anything. It’s saying: you are already inside this.

For some people, bread arrives in a hard season. For others, it arrives in an ordinary one. For some, it arrives when they are giving a lot. For others, when they are carrying something heavy.

The meaning isn’t in your situation. The meaning is in the movement.

This bread is a symbol of something we are learning together:

that care doesn’t have to announce itself,

that giving doesn’t have to explain itself,

and that receiving doesn’t have to justify itself.

One day, I hope we all see ourselves not as “helpers” or “those helped,” but as people who pass things along — time, bread, listening, skills, presence — because that’s how a shared life stays alive.

So if you receive a loaf and feel unsure, you don’t need a reason.

You are not being labelled.

You are being included.