MELVIN WILLIAMS

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Mentor's Field Guide · No. 15

The Practice of Showing Up

Presence is the intervention. Keep coming back, especially when it is hard.

Mentor's Field Guide #15, The Practice of Showing Up: a mentor arriving in the rain to meet a teenager waiting on a basketball court, with the quote “Half of saving a life is simply refusing to leave. Show up, and keep showing up, and you have already done the hardest part.” — Melvin Williams Sr

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