Ginny Bass Carl
When an opportunity arises that allows Ginny to use her unique talents to better those around her, she says yes. Even if it means working almost around-the-clock to help tens of thousands of Oklahoma families stay in their homes in the midst of an eviction crisis.
One year from today, how do you hope you’re different?
I hope I’m different, better and growing each day, each year. I hope I learn new things, change my mind and say yes to ideas and opportunities I can’t even currently imagine. I hope I say no more so I can say yes to people I want to do life with. I hope I contemplate more, react less. Walk more, sit less. Read more, gossip less. Pray more, rush less. Listen more, zoom less. Share more, buy less. Give more, eat less. Hope more, doubt less. Rejoice more, cry less. Believe more, judge less. Love more.
What’s the single biggest problem you’d like to solve in your community?
Intergenerational poverty.
“I hope I contemplate more, react less. Walk more, sit less. Read more, gossip less. Pray more, rush less. Listen more, zoom less. Share more, buy less. Give more, eat less. Hope more, doubt less. Rejoice more, cry less. Believe more, judge less. Love more.”
What makes you feel proud?
My children—God gifted me with a son and daughter, whom I find greater joy in each and every day. My husband—his heart and hands are the perfect blend of soft and strong. Doing life with them makes me giddy with delight and full of gratitude. My team—a testament to what you can build when you invite people into a dream, bend over backwards with support, say yes to the unexpected and give them ownership.
What’s the best advice you’ve ever received?
Assume positive intent.
ginny is one of 100 women we have featured in the inaugural issue of Hundred Magazine. To learn more about her and the other 99 women, buy the issue.
