Another Monday...a new month...a new blog.
First, let me start off my saying that this weekend was truly an uplifting, motivational, & blessed one. Attending CCFC's First Wildfire opened my heart more & it allowed me not just to meet other people, but to also experience an evening filled with touching & emotional worship music, discussion, & just opening my soul to be one with God. It was an amazing experience & one I was glad to be a part of.
Now to my main point. My prayers go out to the people of Chile. Just when we all thought Haiti was enough...another monstrous earthquake strikes, this time in Chile. More of our fellow human beings have been killed because of this. I hope you get the chance to include the Chileans in your prayers & help out via donation if poossible. They really need our help people.
Just last night, me & a group of close friends shared our thoughts on this issue. When the earthquake in Haiti struck, our nation gathered together & donated money, medical supplies, antibiotics...anything & everything. Celebrities even began to open their hearts & gave what they could. And we thought that the worst was over for now. Now that Chile has been affected with an even more powerful quake, what does anyone have left to donate? Is Chile just going to be left in the dust & receive less attention & have less of a national impact like Haiti did?
This is the damn problem with some people. Believe me...I love what our nation has done to help our fellow Haitans. I truly do. But have you ever stopped & thought...how often do we as humans think of others? do we in our lives donate enough or give enough in our everyday lives? In my opinion, many people don't give a damn. Celebrities included. WHY does a natural disaster have to occur in order for people to start thinking of even helping others? WHY do hundreds & thousands have to die in order for money to be shipped out in the millions & telethons to arise? WHY do people donate millions & millions of dollars to other countries when OUR country has people in it that are in terrible shape (financially, medically, etc) yet they receive nothing?
This always gets me. Seeing celebrities give telethons, remaking songs to raise money & awareness, & donating so much money ONLY WHEN huge natural disasters occur irritate me DESPITE how much help it is. It seems to me that alot of them are just doing this as a popularity boost, or a competition of sorts to see who can donate more. Why can't we donate or help others (both here in our country & in other countries as well) everyday or as much as possible?
Now that we've spent so much of our energy to helping our friends in Haiti, can we manage to help our friends in Chile? Will celebrities once again join hands & create another telethon or donate MORE of their money to help out another country in calamity? Will our citizens focus as much attention on Chile as they did on Haiti?
My opinion is, honestly, that Chile may be unfortunately overlooked. Because so much time & energy was given to Haiti thinking this may be the end of it for a while, there is not much left for Chile. And that breaks my heart. It would look extremely bad on our part in the eyes of Chile if we spent so much time & energy on Haiti that Chile receives so much less, almost nothing in comparison to the amount of aid the Haitians received. If I were given the chance, I would LOVE to go on a medical mission to both Haiti AND Chile & other countries in need as well to offer my medical services to help as many people as possible. That would be one dream I would love to fulfill.
Please don't get me wrong on this. I am proud of what our country has done to provide aid. I just wish people could be this active all the time, instead of waiting for a huge disaster to happen & hundreds of lives to be killed in order for that catalyst to spark.
Other countries have experienced extreme natural disasters but receieved absolutely no aid. One primary example: When Typhoon Ondoy hit the Philippines last year, killing hundreds, destroying houses, separating families, & being the worst typhoon the country has experienced (the amount of rainfall in 1 hour was equivalent to 6 months worth of rainfall)...what did the U.S. do to promote for aid or even raise awareness? absolutely nothing. Did celebrities band together? Nope. Do others even know of the severity of that event & how much it effected the country? And the Philippines is one of the U.S.'s biggest allies...How can something like that NOT be a problem?
C'mon now people. Let's start seeing the big picture here. Don't wait for something to happen to take a stand. Be active, be honest, & be consistent. Let it all come from the heart. Let's see how the response to Chile will be like. I'm hoping that it will be as swift & prioritized as Haiti's response was...but then again I won't be surprised if it isn't. Let's MAKE IT HAPPEN.
Life is a sacred gift. And while we still have it, let's do our best to give what we can to others so that they as well can keep that gift. No favoritism or catastrophic event needed to spark that.
I apologize for this extremely long blog. But I hope this got your neurons a-firin'.
'Til next time.
Deuces.
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