Leadership

Leadership is very important in everything you do. A leader can make sense of a hectic situation. They give direction and motive to get the job done. But a leader can also be corrupt, for instance, Kim Jong-Il. He has led his people to believe that he is to be praised and loved like a leader should be even though he does not do things a loving leader who loved his people would do. No one from other countries are allowed to take a vacation to North Korea. You are allowed to go if you have a purpose, like the news team from America did; Catarax surgery. Many of the people in North Korea are going blind and have stunted growth because of under nourishment. How could a leader do that to their people? If a person escapes from North Korea and it is made known that they left, the family they left behind will be murdered, that is the punishment. ANd even after all of this horrible treatment, the people of North Korea are taught from their earliest years to praise and worship "The Great Leader". I think there have been greater leaders!

Giving

In my opinion, giving should be done privately and personally. It is so much more special to the receiver when it's done in the secret when maybe their poverty won't be exploited like some fund raising done by organizations who want their reputation to be boosted. When an organization makes the family to which they are donating known, that is rude and embarrassing to the family. Although, I will say that even though sometimes these efforts are in vain, it still gives the family something they didn't have before. A person who gives in secret is very special because then the family feels no pressure to put up a show for that person. Yes, holidays are a time for giving, and giving should be done... but it should be done right!:)

Free Topic

On Friday nights, my church hold a Kids' Church. The numbers range between in the 20s to all the way in the 60s. These are the kids who are, well, street kids. They come from dysfunctional families with multiple sets of siblings from different dads or different moms. We get the privilege of loving on these kids and giving them something fun to do on a Friday night. I have become quite close with most of these kids and usually know when a new kid is visiting. This past Friday a relatively new child had come to Kid's Church. His first offense was  probably talking to his friends excessively so that resulted in getting moved to a different pew in the sanctuary. This usually wouldn't be a big deal for a child. But this one just seemed set out to be a trouble maker! It wasn't long after the move that he took out his phone and started texting, (something not allowed during Kid's Church). A worker tried to confiscate the phone but he would not give it up. This resulted in yet another move and a talk from the leader herself. during the talk the child became belligerent and rude so the child was to be sent home. When the child refused to tell our workers what his address was so he could be sent home he became violent so the police were called to take the child home. Eventful night? I think yes!

Hope

Some would maybe say that hope is the reason or the will to live. If you have no hope, then you are not living. Or perhaps you have lost hope in a situation that is not between life and death, then maybe hope has a different meaning for you. But when you're talking about a life or death situation, if you hang on to even the tiniest bit of hope then you will survive in every sense of the word, but if you lose hope... then you have nothing to hold onto. No will for living. No reason to continue. Life throws many curve balls your way to get you to lose hope, to knock you to your knees. Hope must be kept if you are to survive and persevere. Today at church, we learned of a young single mother who just had to deal with the loss of losing her young child. Now, this is where hope comes into play, she can either let this break her, or keep hope and keep going on. Hopefully she keeps the hope. (I am hopeful she keeps hope;) ).

Free Topic

So........ I have a West Highland White Terrier dog. He's about 13, and his name is Rusty. I've practically grown up with this little guy. Well, the point of this blog is to tell you he got a haircut. My brother and I rarely brush him and the result of that is that Rusty had near dreadlocks. Now, with this haircut, he looks like a little gentleman! It seems as though his size was minimized with this new "do" and he looks the size of a dog that Paris Hilton would carry around in one of her bright pink designer bags. Everytime he gets his hair cut Rusty seems to carry himself with pride and grace. Which is odd for a dog probably.

When we take him on walks Rusty will see his shadow and think he is as tall as it is. It's a cute sight. My new and improved, regal dog is sucking on a blanket as I am typing this. Perhaps it's a good time to quit singing compliments.:)

Adaptation

An amazing thing about the human race is that we can adapt to every new thing live throws at us. "Survival mode" is what keeps us going when we're stuck in a life or death situation. It seems as if a person's views and morals completely change. Like the plane that crashed in a mountain years ago, they had to resort to cannibalism. I'll bet you a year before that had they been asked a question if they would ever be a cannibal they would say never. And look what they had become in the dark night of survival or death. Cannibals. Why? They had the will to live and were willing to give up morals to survive.

Sometimes a person who is without food for awhile or have very little will get used to it. They adapt. People learn to live with their current conditions. The better situation to adapt to would be the "rags to riches" scenario.;). The human race is very interesting how adaptations can be made very quickly.

Human Vs. Animals

   The differences between humans and animals are huge. Or are they? No I don't agree with the theory of evolution but I do believe some organisms' bone structures are alike. We just learned that in Biology. Some examples would be that birds have bones that resemble a hand under their feathers and we of course, have hands. The primate family is also close to our bone structure. They have two arms and two legs, fingers and toes... and a vertebrae. Are we similar? Yes. Did we come from Lucie? Primates no, humans no.

   Now, just because we are similar in our bone structure and other features, doesn't mean humans and animals are treated the same. Humans get to eat at tables, have a variety of foods and drinks, wear clothes, go into fancy restaurants, speak, etc. The list goes on and on. But when humans are treated more like animals then humans, then there's a problem. Every human in America has the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness and if that is taken away from someone then a line must be drawn with the offender. That should be the laws in every country. Then maybe we wouldn't have to read the news and see that a group of radical Muslims blindfolded and beheaded Americans on television. How can a country let their people act like this? How can they not do everything in their power to take away their rights like they took away the rights and lives of those Americans.