okay so i know it seems like i might actually consistently write in here on a daily basis... but we'll see. =) i put the link to here on my facebook so now pretty much anybody whom i'm friends with can read these thoughts. [lucky them/you!]
some days it seems like there's a theme to my day. something that keeps coming up, an idea or thought or random subject. Yesterday it was disabilities & handicaps. Sounds random but its really not. Disabilities & Disorders was the theme of my psyc class yesterday. (The class which i love by the way!) And Mrs.Donovan showed a video about a guy who was born blind and his limbs would never be straight. So therefore he's in a wheelchair & cant see. bummer huh? well hes an amazing musician. and hes in the marching band because his father is willing to work a really late shift so that he can spend the time with patrick required for that. What an amazing example of a father's sacrifice. And about a boy who gives God the credit for his life. Taking sign language has also made me become more aware of situations like this as well. and to just stop and consider how i would react. Mrs.Willmington was talking last night about how horrifying it is for a deaf person to begin going blind. I take so much for granted. seriously. i get angry when my contacts are being dumb, at least if my eyes arent all wide awake or are swollen from crying i still have my hearing to depend on. So after i left psyc yesterday and ate my turkey sub i was coming out of the bathroom @ North and i opened the door for a lady in a wheelchair. not that big of a deal or anything, I mean i've done it before & i'll do it again but just the fact that she seemed so grateful and as she began manueving into the fairly small bathroom this other lady totally walked like right in front of us both to get out of the bathroom and it totally ticked me off. Seriously people: when things arent easy for others, dont make it harder. please. Nobody said anything but the lady in the wheelchair definitely thanked me like 3 times for holding the door for her. So i came back to my dorm*room and watched I Am Sam. I had never seen it before but I'm glad I didn't watch it until yesterday. the timing just fit ya know. but the movie definitely shows the worlds reactions to a person who may be mentally retarded or even have some extreme disability. It totally sobered me and made me realize the reality of this world that we live in. the reality of my own discriminating self. Mrs.Donovan shared a quote with us after the video (she didn't remember where she originally heard it) ....
"WE ARE ALL ONE EVENT AWAY FROM A DISABILITY."
Matthew 11:5
*the blind recieve sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cured, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor."
The Message Remix. Luke 6
You're blessed when you've lost it all.
God's kingdom is there for the finding.
You're blessed when you're ravenously hungry.
Then you're ready for the the Messianic meal.
You're blessed when the tears flow freely.
Joy comes with the morning.
Patrick Henry Hughes-Inspirational Story
http://youtube.com/watch?v=-qTiYA1WiY8
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