:NEW YEAR:

As 2009 is quickly coming to a close, I am encouraged to reflect on the past 365 days. When a year ends I begin to reexamine my life and attempt to think of resolutions that can ultimately change who I am as a person and furthermore alter my decisions in 2010. To me a resolution represents a new beginning and a transformation. Resolutions are goals that are placed to continue to motivate and check yourself throughout the year. What resolution(s) can you think of that will make YOU a better person. Whether that may be to love more, to encourage others, to have healthy relationships or maybe even living a life of more optimism. I want to inspire you to remember your resolutions in 2010 to cross your comfort level and boundaries and fully live out your resolutions. It is a new decade, a new start go and take chances. Ring in 2010 remembering the blessings that have been placed in your life and begin a TRANSFORMATION.

:HUMAN NATURE PART 1:

Is it human nature that we are constantly changing our personalities for others? I feel as if I'm surrounded in a world where people live double lives. We can pretend that we strive to do all that is right during the weekdays but hey when the weekend hits, we are transformed into someone polar opposite. Maybe that is why we live in such a judgmental world, is it that we don't accurately represent who we say we are are? No one is who they really want to be, but really what others want them to be. Walls are placed up around us and we are layered in our protected zone. None of us want to be different, it's easier to just go with the norm, right? Is it human nature that we are all striving to be the best, whether we want to believe it or not? It's almost as if it's a competition. Who can be the best...at sports, music, at making friends, having the best things or being the best Christian....but really are we just all liars?

It's time to tear down these walls.

:HOPE IS RISING:

:TRAFFICKING:

More children, women, and men are held into slavery right now than over the course of the entire trans-Atlantic slave trade. This is the third fastest growing illegal activity in the world, a 12 BILLION dollar industry. Even worse is in many countries pedophiles figure they can employ children with impunity. Each year 2 million new children are sold or bought into the industry of bondage. Why is it that our culture has come to be like this? Does it not disgust you that this is all for sex? Sex is the underlying cause of the motivation to sell other humans. I cannot even begin to fathom having a mother sell her daughter into a brothel. Many of us think that this issue of slavery is only in third-world countries (Mexico, Africa, Indonesia, etc.) but really the truth of the matter is that it's in our own community. In Orange County alone there have been a few cases of children being sold in Irvine and Lake Forest. This epidemic is sweeping into our own nation, but what is the cause of this disgusting business? Many of these countries that suffer from human trafficking allow prostitution, could this be the motivation of selling children? Pedophiles figure that if prostitution is legal why can't a child be prostituted? There is no thought of a boundary. If prostitution is the reason of child slave trafficking should we fear that Nevada allows some prostitution in some of its counties? Currently, there are sixteen counties with active brothels. Why does our government not interfere with this situation? Could we see an increase of child slave labor as more states legalize prostitution? Many think this is a hopeless situation in which cannot affect us, but really it is beginning to come into our own backyard.

:INJUSTICE:

As I sit behind my laptop and write I think, why is it me that lives in this location at this time, with this life-style? Growing up in the Orange County bubble, being cultured means you know where to find the best deals for clothing, or the best eats, or even how to have a fun weekend. Whereas being cultured in a third world nation may mean finding what is for dinner, finding clean water, where to take a shower at, or even where to sleep. Many of us continue to live our lives not realizing what is beyond our everyday life. Did you know that about 30,000 kids die from starvation each day? Or that 1 billion people do not have access to clean water? Do you know that 36 million people in the United States live below the poverty line? And nearly 11 people each year are labeled as 'starving.' My mind can't even process that thought; that 1 BILLION people do not have access to clean water. I live in a world where I can walk a few feet and drink from a faucet that I may think is 'dirty.' Why is it that we are the lucky ones, being able to have everything we need to live at our fingertips? We worry about ourselves every second of the day and quickly drive past the hurt in the world. We need to be the change. LOVE is a simple answer to this injustice. We have seen the facts. We must change this world.

:WHY:

Why start a blog? Going through life I am often intrigued with simple feelings and tendencies that people have. Whether that be the feeling of being loved, the motivation of life, the hurt and suffering in the world, or the falsity in human nature. I want to be able to share my thoughts to those who may need a light in a dark state. If that's not you then I hope to bring a sense of thought-provoking statements and challenge you to show new areas in your life. I want to be able to make a statement. Feel free to respond to anything I post. Hopefully I will be able to get back to you.

What's been haunting my thoughts recently? The injustice in the world.

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