I had a huge test of faith last two weeks. No, not the godly type of faith but rather self faith. Faith in the cause that I've given myself over for during the last two years
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Don't people realize that it takes only once to be infected? I guess some people are doomed to make mistakes that are preventable. It's similar to when the State of California did not have a helmet law, and you'd see motorcyclists riding without helmets. I always wore one and I'm still here because a helmet saved my life after a horrendous crash where I ground the side of helmet down till the Styrofoam padding was exposed. I walked away, but only because I had the foresight and intelligence to know that helmets save lives. So the same goes for a condom, condoms save a lot of lives and prevent the spread of STD's and HIV, while at the same time preventing unwanted pregnancy. The stupidity of one person should not stop you from your mission, you're helping others understand, but occasionally there are those souls who won't 'get it' till they have brought grief to others by their 'casual sex'.
Yeh, I know. It's hard to watch. Anyhow, in a quasi-related note, I'm learning how to ride motorcycles. Last weekend was my first lesson and I did alright.
Is it dirt or street? Be careful, and if you are serious their are some good courses that teach you how to ride a street bik afely and give you your motorcycle drivers license too. Got to drag out my motorcycle today and maybe drive it for a short ride.
You may not have been able to get through to your friend but there is no way to know how many people you may have helped through your public speaking.
Please, please, please do not stop speaking due to this.
I know you're an amazing speaker. My campus was buzzing with discussion after your talk. This was huge for my college since we aren't even allowed to have condoms in the health center. (Catholic institutions can be crazy.)
Dave's here and when I told him about your post he said, "Oh no! She's really good a public speaking! Talk her out of quitting if you can!"
You're not going to get to one hundred percent of the people one hundred percent of the time, but you HAVE made a difference to some of the people some of the time. Don't forget that.
~mike~
ps: What would I do? I'd smack my friend, tell him not to do it again, and carry on with life and let him carry on with his.
You make the mistake of assuming that you can change anyone's mind. You have no control over that - what you can do, and this goes for anyone you come in contact with - is educated, inform and advise. If you don't put the information out there at all (you quit) - that goal can't be met, %100 of the time.
If they chose to listen and GET IT - they will. If they chose to listen, learn and still make bad choices, it's not because of you. It's on them. They knew. They know you - and chose not to make the association.
Good lord on a popsicle stick. My mom's husband kept smoking for years after she wrote a book on how to stop smoking. I do crisis care outreach, does this stop my friends from getting into crisis or reacting well, like humans and I still have to/get to, step up? We don't get to do this to ourselves, if we're gonna get this close in, baboo. I do crisis interventions on suicidals, and yet Paige went off the bridge and Jimmy went off the bridge, two in the last two years. Does it stop me? IT HURTS ME. And in that, I stop to recover, but if someone else calls, it doesn't *stop* me, unless I simply can't do it 'cause I can't hear them 'cause I'm still recovering, otherwise? No
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You may not have been able to get through to your friend but there is no way to know how many people you may have helped through your public speaking.
Please, please, please do not stop speaking due to this.
I know you're an amazing speaker. My campus was buzzing with discussion after your talk. This was huge for my college since we aren't even allowed to have condoms in the health center. (Catholic institutions can be crazy.)
Dave's here and when I told him about your post he said, "Oh no! She's really good a public speaking! Talk her out of quitting if you can!"
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~mike~
ps: What would I do? I'd smack my friend, tell him not to do it again, and carry on with life and let him carry on with his.
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If they chose to listen and GET IT - they will. If they chose to listen, learn and still make bad choices, it's not because of you. It's on them. They knew. They know you - and chose not to make the association.
It's not you.
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