i don't really care about how one actress wore a gown compared to another. it doesn't matter to me that you have just eaten a brand new cereal and think it tastes great. and i'm still confused why people consistently say, do and write things passivley-aggressivley towards others instead of just telling them how they feel. i get frustrated by people's complaining...God, if people even realized how blessed they are...i get overwhelmed by the world's negativity and the ones who cheer it on, and it upsets me that people can get so upset about where they sit in a restaurant or the fact that their order might be a little messed up. it blows my mind that others can be so jealous, and petty, and selfish, and self-centered on a regular basis...that everything in this world they think is all about them......oh how very deceived they are!!!!!
and more than anything, it breaks my heart that people can see a need and refuse, time and time and time and time again, to do anything about it. for example, last year i started a blanket drive for the homeless in our community...from august to january, i had a sign up next to our time clock at work about it. not ONE person from a building of probably atleast 200 people donated or asked anything about this. (except my sweet friends from my office. thankfully there were many donations from other friends, family, and my church). or take for instance when the tornadoes tore apart our surrounding counties and states. we had a drop off location RIGHT HERE IN BLUE RIDGE for supplies that people were taking to alabama for the victims and their families. it was announced on the radio, in churches, and put on facebook by some peoople, including myself and not one person even responded to it. not one. maybe one person "liked" it...but that means nothing. ACTION MEANS EVERYTHING!!!! it doesn't take a lot of money..even buying a bottle of shampoo would've helped these people!!!
or how about NOW? now, when myself and other colleagues on facebook and through emails and even the newspaper, announce we are collecting backpacks and monetary donations for www.snackinabackpack.org??? ...an amazing organization which stuffs backpacks WEEKLY full of food for HUNGRY CHILDREN IN FANNIN COUNTY!!!! HUNGRY KIDS!!! doesn't that scream something to you????!!!!!!!! but unfortunatley, someone's new haircut gets more reviews, posts, and likes on facebook than something that really and truly matters. so little have even acknowledged this great cause, founded by someone in blue ridge, looking out for the community. yes, people!!! wake up!!! there are still hungry children in america that have homes and go to school!! THERE IS A GREAT NEED TO FILL THE BELLIES AND HEARTS OF THESE KIDS THROUGH FOOD AND THE FACT OF KNOWING SOMEONE ACTUALLY CARES!!!!!!
thank you to the ones who have donated...to the ones who have found this local cause worthy! am i sitting here, writing this, with passion, anger, and tears because i'm tooting my own horn? because i'm better than you? because i'm bragging about my involvement? NO! i am challenging you to look beyond yourself, your pain, your hurt, your own misery, your own little world, your own fleshly and worldly desires, and DO SOMETHING FOR SOMEONE ELSE FOR A CHANGE!!!! give of yourself, your time, your money, your heart, your mercy, compassion, and grace, until there's nothing left!!!!! and i promise you...when you think you've emptied your tank, my Savior, my Father, is always ready to fill you back up again!!!!
www.snackinabackpack.org !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! if nothing else, pledge to pray that this organization flourishes and meets the needs of every single hungry child in fannin county! my only desire is to stir you, to challenge you, to realize there's a big sad world beyond your door, and it's begging for someone to make a difference!
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