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Wow! I can't believe it's already 100 days into 2010 and I've already posted about 100 different ways to give back! Anyways, today I'd like to talk about a different way of showing kindness.
Wow! I can't believe it's already 100 days into 2010 and I've already posted about 100 different ways to give back! Anyways, today I'd like to talk about a different way of showing kindness.
A really huge part of being kind is being able to empathize with people. It's really hard to put your heart into fighting for something that you don't believe in or that hasn't affected you personally. It's important to note that empathy is different from just feeling sympathy for something or someone, because with sympathy you understand that what they're going through is difficult yet you can't fully comprehend how hard it really is.
So what does this have to do with poverty? Well World Vision has this thing called the 30 Hour Famine that happens every year from April 23-24. On the site they have different ways for groups to sign up for it (although it's basically just for teenagers), but you don't really have to sign up for it to participate! Hunger is one of those things that I know must be really hard to deal with but have never experienced myself. So hopefully I'm going to try to go for about 24 hours only drinking water. It's definitely not going to be easy, but I honestly believe it'll help me better understand what millions of children, some my age or younger, as well as adults are going through every single day.
So what does this have to do with poverty? Well World Vision has this thing called the 30 Hour Famine that happens every year from April 23-24. On the site they have different ways for groups to sign up for it (although it's basically just for teenagers), but you don't really have to sign up for it to participate! Hunger is one of those things that I know must be really hard to deal with but have never experienced myself. So hopefully I'm going to try to go for about 24 hours only drinking water. It's definitely not going to be easy, but I honestly believe it'll help me better understand what millions of children, some my age or younger, as well as adults are going through every single day.
I definitely don't blame you if you don't want to go 30 hours without eating (yikes!), but next time you feel hungry for lunch or dinner, try to think about how that feels, multiply it by 10, and then imagine how it would feel if you knew that hunger may never be sedated. It's definitely not a good feeling!