Strong Embrace

Opportunities come...

Will we embrace them.

I believe that it is important to not let opportunities pass us by. Instead, we should go after them and use them to our advantage as possible. For many opportunities have been coming up in terms of my future career and the part-time job i have right now. What i have learned is to make the best out of what you are given and not take it for granted. It can always be taken away from you if you do. When i think about what i have been blessed to do so many people around the world would love to do and can't. To know that i have the opportunity to live in a country so safe and away from natural disasters is a blessing and when the national anthem comes on, i want to stand strong and proud of the country that i am blessed to live in. The disaster in Haiti is frightening and sad and i know that the people in that country would love to feel safe and away from all that grief. This was a wake call to me and to the rest of the world; to give thanks and also lend a helping hand to those who need it. Sometimes, we are so busy with our daily lives that we walk past someone in need and we do not realize it. In turn, this issue has forced all of us to pay attention and to support each other. Everywhere you turn donations are being collected and the news stations are always giving new reports on the country everyday.

Haiti has given us an opportunity to think about others rather than ourselves. Are we going to forget it or embrace it?