There's this really simple thing where, if you buy yoplait yogurt, there are these little codes on the lid that you can put into the computer and it donates 10 cents per lid. I know it's not much but every cent counts. So I started doing that. I wonder if it helped anyone.
Personally I don't know anyone who has cancer, but that doesn't matter. You know, I do have this back and forth thing with myself where I believe that all things happen for a reason. I would think, does that child or mother or father have this disease because it was meant to be?? Am I suppose to try to prevent something like this??
I feel it's cruel to just leave them that way. But there is also that part of me that say that even though it looks cruel, there is someone who knows that person who is learning something for the greater good. Nothing is ever %100 bad. There is always some good. And during tough times, it's difficult to see it. But somewhere down the road we may see it.
In the meantime I think it's okay to contribute if I can. I'm trying to be wise about who I help. I've kind of gotten out of my old habit of wanting to save everyone. Now I'm in the phase of wondering how I can best apply myself to life and the world. Would it help save anyone? Am I meant to save anyone? These are things I'm asking myself.
It's tough seeing people "suffer", it really is. But at the same time, it may not be suffering at all. To us as humans it may seem this way, but it may be destined to happen, and trying to interfere with that will not give good results.
Of course I worry about this a lot. When I know someone and someone they know is in a horrible place of suffering. That suffering makes me sad. It's the fact that they are going through pain which makes me sad. Often time, the situation doesn't make me too sad. Seeing people experiencing painful things are what make me sad. But the experience overall is what I question "is it destined?"
I'm not the kind of person who will wholeheartedly ask "Why would God allow this?" Which is a little strange because since I started questioning I've never asked that. If something is happening in my life I would think "why is that person/ this person treating me this way? What did I do to hurt them or cause them to treat me this way?" I don't blame God. Hm...actually I don't remember blaming Him for anything. It's usually myself I blame.
Of course I may want to blame the people I know. Mainly because they are around and we have situations we are in. I would think if I try my best than so should they! Why am I doing all the hard work?
Anyways, back to this breast cancer thing. There was this marathon which took place before. I was late finding out about it. But it looked pretty interesting. What interest me the most was the fact that I could exercise AND help save a life! Σ(ﾟ口ﾟ; If that doesn't say "awesome" I don't know what would.
If I could help me, and help you, that's great! It benefits both~~~
Since I couldn't sleep I ended up watching videos about animals. I love learning about how things work. Somehow I ended up watching possums. Then possums with rabies, then dogs with rabies, then dogs having seizures, and then people having seizures. Then I started looking up what causes seizures. This is how it starts lol
So I think this is interesting. I once experienced a girl having a seizure when I was maybe 5 years old. All the students started laughing because we thought she was doing the robot. The last thing she said before she had the seizure was "I'm gonna do the robot"
I also remember the teachers told us not to mention the incident to the girl who had the seizure. I never understood until now, and it's because they do not recall the situation. That must be tough.
I think it's pretty handy to learn how to deal with life endangering situations. I was just thinking that's what doctors are for, however, I think we should all know how to deal with a situation until trained professionals make it to the scene. I mean every minute and second counts. And what we do can determine if a person lives or dies.
Oh! I also started to read why we shouldn't feed the wildlife. Of course being ignorant or this before I would think "the people who made those signs just want the animals to die!!" but it's not that. It makes sense though. I didn't read the whole article. But I will tell you what I read. But first I want to say that this is strange. Mainly because it applies to animals, but not to humans.
So the part that I read stated that if we feed the wildlife they will become dependent on humans to feed them, which in turns, deprives them of their animalistic survival skills.
Do you see what I mean?
I'm not saying we should revert back to the caveman era. We're way past that. It's just that our basic survival skills (some of us) do not have it. So when a dangerous situation presents itself, we don't know how to react properly to the situation. For example, during flooding, I read that the most common death is by people driving into flooded areas. As I told my sister common sense isn't as common as we think it is.
Some people just do not KNOW these things like the rest of us. And judging them and calling them stupid will not help one bit. We need to help bring awareness to those who don't know. Of course there's a possibility they won't listen. We and my mom were talking about how there should be classes on stuff like this. Not things like shooting guns and things like that. But learning to use the land. I mean if there ever happens to a disaster where rescue workers aren't able to make it to us for weeks, we should know how to deal with the situation as best as we can.
I think the reason I'm so concerned for things like this is because I never grew up with any safety measures in my household. I think that's not good at all. No fire escape plans. No idea where to meet up if something were to happen. No nothing!
So I'm learning everything by reading or watching videos. We don't have any first aid kits in my house. I collect all those things. I'm actually planning to go to the store and put together my own first aid kit.
I'm sure this is for a reason. Maybe I'm suppose to learn to do these things. I'm just cautious. In the past things have happened in my home where I had no idea what to do.
However, my mom seems pretty knowledgeable about some things, so I'm happy about that. She once saved a baby's life by doing CPR. This is why I find it hard to actually dislike my mom. I just don't like some of the things she does.
Anyways, she knows that we aren't suppose to put our cold hands under hot water. I still don't know why. But I'm wondering if she really knows why. Well, she knows. She would, instead (during winter), take a dry towel and rub our hands with it. I remember whenever I would learn something new I would ask "why do that?" to understand why it's important to do a certain thing. But for the most part I would have to turn to the Internet or some kind of book for answers. Most people sound like they are just talking and don't actually know what they're talking about.
Anyways, that's all for now.
So I guess I'm spreading the word about saving lives today. Even something very small is helpful. Sometimes it doesn't take much but consideration and some time from your busy and fast pace life to save someone else's life.
Mon
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