Showing posts with label Changing the World. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Changing the World. Show all posts

Saturday, July 30, 2011

Somalia.


Somalia is one of the poorest countries in the world, says Wikipedia, when I googled it a little while ago. The pictures of malnourished kids I saw made me feel sick when I thought about the food I wasted a week ago.

Every life is valuable. Every kid deserves a chance to see what's in store for them in life, not, be hungry, and...




:'(

I don't have a credit card. But if you're reading this, think of how you can spend a minute of your time and 50 cents of your money to change the lives of a mother and her kid, who deserve it. Nobody doesn't.

Thankfully, the process of donations isn't that tough. The World Food Program website has an easy process to give a small amount of money to those who need it more than you do.

Again. The link to the page you can donate. It's the best thing you can do. 

Sunday, June 12, 2011

Believing. And lots more.

*humshappily* Loved this post that appeared as a tweet, by Dianna Agron, the actress who plays Quinn Fabray on Glee. Lines I liked the most: 


As much as we may often preach that we like to speak for ourselves, or outside the box, how many times have you caught yourself, or someone you know repeating the thoughts of another before them? Sometimes without proper information? And how many times have you felt that perhaps further knowledge on an issue or subject matter might result in a different voice, a different understanding? Perhaps even going against the ideas they’ve learned, heard, or grown up around? We have the ability to fly planes, send astronauts into space, develop technology such as cellphones! Things that once were unfathomable. I can sit at this small computer and type this message. Once I push send, this message can be seen by anyone who’d like to engage, all across the WORLD. 
Sadly, we’ve gotten letters from people who explain that they love the show but hate the gay story-lines. That we shouldn’t be polluting their children’s heads. To this I’d sometimes like to sarcastically reply, would you also like us to tell them that a stork is dropping off our offspring? That the sky is purple? That it is not practical to be true to yourself, because there are mean people in this world that will make them feel wrong for being honest? That instead of embracing themselves, they should lie to the world? THEY should be the ones being untrue and unhappy? 

Worth reading. Worth thinking about.