During the holidays mostly everyone thinks of the less fortunate. The homeless, people in third world countries suffering from the attrocities of war. However, it's not just something I think about during the holidays, it seems to be taking up more and more of my thoughts. I tend not to watch the news because of the philosophy that the media has of "If it bleeds it leads". Shootings, gang violence, war, poverty it's enough to make a person fall into a great depression. I'm fully aware of what is going on in the world,I may not know all of the details but I like to stay somewhat up to date.However, I don't like it shoved in my face every single day because I can only feel two ways about it either sad or angry, and I don't like to feel either of those. I have a history of volunteer work,I work for a non-profit, I donate my old clothes to charity and I give money to other charities whenever I can, so it's not like I'm doing nothing. I just feel like there is so much to be done in this world and I obviously know that I can't do everything but I feel like I should be doing more.
There is just so much injustice in the world and I just feel so sad sometimes for the people who have to suffer the worst of it just because they happened to be born in a place where people just can't get along. I've experienced some hardship in my life because of my disability but I just can't imagine having to fear for your life every single day.
Hopefully someday I'll have enough money to travel to places like the Sudan and bring books and school supplies to the children or be able to donate money to charities on a regular basis instead of just a few dollars here and there which is all that I can afford now. For now though I'll stick with my work in the community and hopefully continue to help people as much as I possibly can.
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