December
2006
STRESS
I’ve been so stressed out lately. It’s nearing the end of school, before Christmas break, and I still have a mountain load of homework to finish, Christmas shopping to start, and not much time to actually enjoy the holidays. I actually had a breakdown the other day, because I just couldn’t see how I’d accomplish all of this. My perspective changed once I remembered the chapel we had last week.
Chapel that day was dedicated to raising awareness about the genocide that has been going on in Darfur. Many black Sudanese people are being driven out of their homes, abused, and killed every day in Darfur by the Arab Sudanese Government, simply because of their race. The black Sudanese have to fight to survive every day of their lives, with short or no food supply and every day torture. *
You may not see how I am connecting this with my stress, but hear me out. I realized that sometimes we get so caught up in complaining about the little things that we have to do- such as homework- and we don’t realize that there are people in this world that have much larger worries and justification to complain.
I replied to Sarah’s post on the genocide the other day. I said that we should really count our daily hassles as blessings. It’s a blessing that I even have the opportunity to go to a school, and have homework to do. It’s hard to realize this, because in our society it’s mandatory to go to school, but think about how many other kids in this world are dreaming of gaining a good education- including the children in Darfur. I’m sure they’d much rather “worry” about getting an assignment done on time then figuring out how they will survive every day they wake up.
Just a simple reminder to everyone, if you ever feel like complaining about something like having to wake up early every morning to go to work or school, or having a horrible meal, just think: Do I really have the right to complain?
* for more information on how to help the people in Darfur go to http://www.darfurgenocide.org/. Spread the word. These people need our help.
