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Tag: United States
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OOPS!
Posted at 9:40 PM
Aug 3rdWas I kidnapped for a short time and forced to write an angry post on my blog? I was just looking at the daily prompts. One of them is Why did you start your blog and the other one is Write an anonymous letter to someone you are jealous of.
Is is possible to write a post that covers both of these questions? I so believe, I just may have that one covered.
Did you ever get that little tiny voice in your heart that is nagging at you? Causing you to feel not exactly comfortable, but better explained, as unsettled?
I have been having that feeling since I made my last post. I wasn’t exactly sure about why, until I seen the two prompts that I mentioned earlier.
The answer to the first prompt, why did you start your blog?, would be to share and teach Respect, Hope, Joy and Love. Now to answer the second part of this question (have you found your blog going in another direction?)Â if you read the last post that I have made you would probably say, Yes. The title just might clue you in on it…. Ugly Greed, Vanity, and Selfishness. In the post I address the National Drug Shortages. These shortages are truly happening. In my article I shared links to the Washingtonian reports that have found that while the hospital is on shortage, and having to triage the use of life supporting medicines, there are places that have no shortages and are supplying the very same items found on the shortage list to give a quick recovery from a hangover! There is actually a bus called “Hangover Heaven” where Fourteen people can be getting an intravenous drip of the very vitamins that are needed to help to support newborn infants who have undeveloped digestive system and need intravenous drips to survive!
I found myself very angry at this! I have an amazingly courageous grandson who is being kept alive by these much needed vitamins. He not only is on TPN but also has been affected by other needed drugs on the shortage list. The majority of people who live in the United States do not even know that there is a National Shortage List of Medications. My anger and outrage about this causes me to speak out in order to draw attention and hopefully help correct it.
However when we speak out in hopes of bringing about a positive change it should not be done with anger. This is where the Daily Prompt helped me to realize why I was feeling that small unsettled and annoying voice in my heart.
The post asking us to blog about someone you are jealous of made me think. Had I not have written this post and felt a little uncomfortable about it, I would not have realized that I am jealous of people who have healthy loved ones not in need of these lifesaving medications!
Most likely the people who are accepting the intravenous hangover therapies and “cosmetic” vitamin boosts for beatification do not even know that there is a National Drug Shortage List! And I pray the providers of these service are not aware of the shortages and would happily hand over the needed nutrition if it is possible.
My being angry with them will not change a thing, but calmly raising awareness just may. I am going to go back and change my title to “Please Help American Children and The Profoundly Ill”
I hope you will consider sharing the post and helping to bring about awareness and a solution! America is capable of so much better than this! We just need to open people’s eyes to the problem. Please Help, here is the link to my previous post. Thanks for sharing!
I love this quote : The things you take for granted, someone else is praying for
Oh, Don’t forget to listen and examine that still small voice in your heart! Recognizing it and sharing it can be quite calming 🙂
With respect, hope, joy and love,
Carmela
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Celebrate Differences
Posted at 7:49 PM
Jul 30th
Diversity is the one true thing we all have in common. Each one of us is totally unique. As I am writing this I am remembering a pair of silly socks one of my children had growing up. It had a little stick figure hanging upside down with the quote “Normal Is Boaring”, and I truly believe the world is certainly a more beautiful place because of our differences.
Why then are there so many people who spend so much time and energy forming “hate groups” showing great animosity, hostility, and malice against people who act differently, or believe differently than they do? I can’t help but wonder what is behind that? Could it be because they are that insecure in their own lives that they fear differences are contagious? Do they think that living beside someone who believes or acts differently then they do, may cause them to one day wake up mysteriously acting like and following the beliefs of their neighbors? Or are they so inclined to influence and rule the lives of their children and grandchildren that they feel the need to make everyone else in the world act and believe as they do so there is never a possibility that their child will ever stray from what they feel is the proper way of life?
I sometimes like to ponder things such as this in other areas of our lives to get a different view. I live near the Amish community. I often will park near the buggy hitch and go over and pet the horses and talk with the Amish individuals. One day as I was talking to a friend we began to wonder, when they all meet and go to church do they ever come out and take the wrong buggy home? What if the world we live in required that we all drive exactly the same vehicle? I truly do not think I would do well with this. I recently was driving a white rental vehicle. My day was quite busy and a little stressful. I came out of the store and tried to get into two wrong vehicles before I finally found the one I came in!
What if we all had to where the same outfit, or if we wanted a pet and the only pet we could get was a Black Labrador? I choose to believe that we all were created with beautiful unique qualities, physical abilities, and likes and dislikes. We need to celebrate our differences and learn to accept and respect each other.
Most certainly the world would be a better place if we all began understanding each other. We need to move beyond simple tolerance and embrace and celebrate the rich dimensions of diversity contained within each individual.
With respect, hope, joy, and love,
Carmela
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Carmela Snelbaker 