Julesmaree

Hey friends!

I recently stumbled across the Act for Peace Ration Challenge. If you haven't heard of it before it's a weeklong challenge where you eat the same rations as a Syrian refugee (rice, flour, lentils, chick peas, beans, fish and oil). This challenge provides the opportunity for people like you and I to experience what it's really like to be in their shoes. For many of us it can be easy to get caught up in our own world and forget about what others are dealing with day to day.

I will be fundraising up until Refugee Week which will be on the 17th to the 23rd of June. For anyone who wants to join the challenge or just pitch in a little any sponsorship is greatly appreciated. The money raised from now till then will provide food, medicine and education for refugees; and support other communities around the world threatened by conflict and disaster.

my.rationchallenge.org.au/juli…

Thanks

A teacher in New York was teaching her class about bullying and gave them the following exercise to perform. She had the children take out a piece of paper and told them to crumple it up, stomp on it and really mess it up, not to rip it. Then she had them unfold the paper, smooth it out and look at how scarred and dirty it was. She then told them to tell it they're sorry. Now, even though they said they were sorry and tried to fix the paper, she pointed out all the scars they left behind. And that those scars will never go away no matter how hard they tried to fix it. That is what happens when a child bullies another child, they may say they're sorry, but the scars are there forever. The looks on the faces of the children in the classroom told her the message hit home. Copy and paste this if you are against bullying.

Let's see who will actually re-post this. This is a test to see who's paying attention. This is a test to see how many people list actually pay attention. Copy and re-post in your own journal. Let's see who the real people are. Re-post this if you care about this kind of situation. Don't reply... just copy and paste this in a new bulletin as "Fake Deviants"

Fazbearmations 

Everybody has their own opinions on drug and alcohol addiction, but until you've been there, your opinion remains insignificant. They abuse a drug or alcohol thinking they would be able control it. You don't control a drug or alcohol, it controls you. There are some lucky ones who have beat it, but don't think because they're still alive that life is gravy. They fight everyday all day to stay clean or sober. It's a constant battle from the time they open their eyes until they close them and it never goes away. Most are good people who made a bad choice.
Battling a drug or alcohol addiction is a beast for the person addicted and the ones who love them. So, in loving memory of every family member and friend who has lost their battle with drugs and alcohol and to those who continue to conquer it, put this on your page if you know someone who has or had (no such thing as had) an addiction. Drug and alcohol addiction is the abyss. Lost morals and lost souls..

I read this on Facebook, it was on someone’s page and it had obviously been shared a couple of times. I read it multiple times and questioned why someone felt the need to express how they felt about addiction. From my point of view it was written from someone who had clearly had a drug and alcohol addiction, from someone who was trying to justify themselves to the world to make their addiction okay.

An addiction to me is a choice, we all hit cross roads in our lives where we can choose to say no or yes to what’s put in front of us. I cannot say I know what it’s like to have a substance control me, but I know what it’s like to turn a bad choice away.

The one thing in this world that I can’t stand is people justifying their actions. Why should my opinion remain insignificant when I make good choices every day, why should I remain silent and watch people destroy their lives?

This statement is false, and if people are fighting through addiction do not look to this to justify your actions. Because it doesn’t control you, you control your actions.  You just have to be stronger than it wants you to be.

Everybody has their own opinions on drug and alcohol addiction, but until you've been there, your opinion remains insignificant. They abuse a drug or alcohol thinking they would be able control it. You don't control a drug or alcohol, it controls you. There are some lucky ones who have beat it, but don't think because they're still alive that life is gravy. They fight everyday all day to stay clean or sober. It's a constant battle from the time they open their eyes until they close them and it never goes away. Most are good people who made a bad choice.
Battling a drug or alcohol addiction is a beast for the person addicted and the ones who love them. So, in loving memory of every family member and friend who has lost their battle with drugs and alcohol and to those who continue to conquer it, put this on your page if you know someone who has or had (no such thing as had) an addiction. Drug and alcohol addiction is the abyss. Lost morals and lost souls..

I read this on Facebook, it was on someone’s page and it had obviously been shared a couple of times. I read it multiple times and questioned why someone felt the need to express how they felt about addiction. From my point of view it was written from someone who had clearly had a drug and alcohol addiction, from someone who was trying to justify themselves to the world to make their addiction okay.

An addiction to me is a choice, we all hit cross roads in our lives where we can choose to say no or yes to what’s put in front of us. I cannot say I know what it’s like to have a substance control me, but I know what it’s like to turn a bad choice away.

The one thing in this world that I can’t stand is people justifying their actions. Why should my opinion remain insignificant when I make good choices every day, why should I remain silent and watch people destroy their lives?

This statement is false, and if people are fighting through addiction do not look to this to justify your actions. Because it doesn’t control you, you control your actions.  You just have to be stronger than it wants you to be.