Blog # 3: Inspiración
Whenever I think of social issues, a lot of times, the problems seem to be unsolvable. If asked why I care to do something about things such as poverty, diseases, hunger and other problems if there seems to be no solution, I would answer: “because I love people and I love helping.� And even though I may not be able to solve the problems, I can at least say I did something. Everything that I do is based on the way I was brought up. Helping others is a reflection of the values that I was taught. Every now and then I still wonder why bad things happen in the world, and my answer for that is that there is a plan for everything.
Pictures that inspire me:
In winter flowers die but come back to life in the spring with help from the sun and rain. Like the flower, people can have rough times but with help they get better. Flowers remind me that people can get a fresh start with ↓help.
Everything that happens has a reason and there is someone there to help us through it all. ↑
Quotes that inspire me:
God is our refuge and our strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into a midst of the sea; though its waters roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with its swelling. Psalm 46:1-3
Whether our task is fighting poverty, stemming the spread of disease or saving innocent lives from mass murder, we have seen that we cannot succeed without the leadership of the strong and the engagement of all.
-- Kofi Annan
We, who have so much, must do more to help those in need. And most of all, we must live simply, so that others may simply live.
-- Ed Begley, Jr.
Songs that Inspire me:
I Dare You to Move by Switchfoot, Trust In You by Jeremy camp, Spread Love by Bad Boy Bill, Don’t Worry Be Happy by Bob Marley, Where is the Love? By the Black eyed peas. Carnaval by Celia Cruz. (This song talks about how people should view life like a carnival. Even in tough situations, people can try to make the best out of them.)
Songs that make me want to help people:
Quien by the Kumbia Kings (Talks about poor children who do not have anyone to look up to and about poverty and what people can do to help.) Runaway Love- Ludacris and Mary J. Blige, Angelito by Don Omar (Tells of how a girl is about to die from AIDS)
Picutures:
Flower: http://www.serendipitychoir.com/Pictures/Unity_Modesto_Tulip_Tree_5.JPG
Cross: http://www.saintfranciscathedral.com/images/CrossatUnity4.jpg