This is the world we live in...
When you see pictures like these, what does it do to you? Have you become numb to the pain those pictures depict? Is it "just another sad picture"? Do you stop to think or do you just flip the page and see what sales are going on in the stores or what's on TV for the next few hours? We are so sheltered from the pain - the real pain that's going on all over the world. Sure there is pain in our society too, no doubt about that, but it is still very different. There is so much unnecessary pain in the world!
When I see pictures like these it breaks my heart. It's like a reality check! This IS the world we live in, it's real people and real pain. Children dying of malnutrition, children losing their parents in AIDS. And here I am... worrying about some final I am about to take, stressing out. Then I run into pictures like these and all of a sudden this final of mine seems like such a "meaningless" thing to worry about. I find myself wishing that I could make a difference in these children's lives, that I could somehow give them hope...
Let's not stop at the wishing! Even though we are not there, in the situation with them we CAN make a difference... we don't have to go there to do that. We have money, we have too many clothes, we have... so much to give :)
posted by Katrín at 3/02/2007 05:08:00 AM
2 Comments:
What a great reminder, Katrin. It is just so true all what you said! They are terrible pictuers, and yet they are so necessary to help us focus on the stuff that really matters! Let's make a difference!
Það sem maður getur skammast sín fyrir að halda að maður hafi rétt á að kvarta yfir smáatriðum þegar maður er minntur á hvað það virkilega er að þjást og eiga erfitt. Við höfum ekki rétt á að kvarta og láta okkur líða illa yfir smámunum! Við verðum að gleðjast yfir öllu því sem við höfum og nota orkuna í að hjálpa öðrum og "make a difference" eins og Karsan segir...
Knús til þín sæta mín! Riiiiisaknús!
Eva
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