Stand. Fight. Conquer.

I was sitting in class today and received a text from my aunt. She asked how I've been and blah blah blah. She also heard about my blog and asked for how to get to it so i'll be putting a link on the "info" page of my Facebook. Anyways, after talking to here I realized how long its been since I've posted, so here I am. It was encouraging to learn that these things are actually making an impact, so thank all of you for spreading my page around :)

Also, while talking to my aunt(who is originally from Ohio), I learn a terrifying fact. I'm sure that most of you heard of the shooting at Ohio st., if not look it up.http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57385711/1-dead-in-ohio-school-shooting-suspect-detained/ Well, from what i gained, the shooter fired ten shots. 5 of which ended up hitting one person who survived from a teacher pulling him into the hall. This person happened to be my Aunt's cousin. From what I know, he is now out of ICU but will probably be paralyzed. So send out that prayer chain for him.

OK, onward with this post.

I've been wanting to put this topic in my blog chain but needed a story to go along with it. Well, the past week has brought me 2 stories. See if you can pick to the subliminal message before you read "The Point."

Kony2012-

This is a story about a group who went to Africa almost ten years and learned that this part of Africa was being run by a terrible man named Joseph Kony. Kony captures kids and tortures them, forces them into sex slaves and forces them to fight. After the group learned of this terrible happening, he returned to America determined to make a difference. He started a program called Invisible Children inc. This program set out to aide the helpless in Africa and has the ultimate goal of justice against Kony, who is the most wanted international criminal. On March 5th Invisible Children inc. launched Kony2012 to spread awareness of the event. That was two days ago. The Youtube video now has over 7.3 million views. 7.3 million views in TWO days. Click to watch. It takes 30 mins but its worth every second. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4MnpzG5Sqc

School Happening-

I was at school a while back when i just got out of class and was heading back to my car. If you've ever been to WCJC you know that they banned smoking on campus so this means all the smokers crowd in a circle in the parking lot. Well on this particular day they where out there and talking obnoxiously to each other.

 There is this guy I see every day going to class. Anyone can pick him out of a crowd because he walks with a limp and has a scar on him head from brain surgery(we'll call him B ob.) I've met him before and he's an awesome guy. Has a wife, little girl and lives his life as normal as possible. We'll I proceed down the ramp and pass Bob, giving a quick hello and keep going to my car. This is when I heard the most obnoxious of the smokers start making fun of how Bob walks and making derogatory statements about his mental state. Now if you know me, I usually don't get mad at anything but this absolutely set me off. The next few lines is how the conversation went between me and ol' smokey. WARNING: There are words that may offend some so don't read if you are easily offended.

Me: (in a calm voice) Excuse me sir.
Ol' Smokey: yes?
Me: WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING?
(all 5 of them look at me like im some kind of ghost)
Ol Smokey: huh?
Me: I heard you making fun of that man and frankly i don't appreciate it
Ol smokey: I'm sorry man, I didn't mean anything by it
Me: if you have one/ ounce of respect in your body you would never ever do anything like that. And for your gah damn information, the person you make fun of every day served in the Army, fighting for ignorant ass and this is how you choose to repay him?
Ol' smokey: I'm, I'm sorry, I didn't know.
Me: Next time you even consider making fun of someone remember what I just told you. Also, Next time you see Bob I want you to apologize because he knows you've been doing this. 
I turned to see Bob watching through the door. He smiles and I wave him goodbye.

The next day I talked to Bob and Ol' Smokey did apologize. He even apologized to me when I was leaving later that day and still to this day he says hello to me.

The Point-

The point behind both of theses stories is that we both stood up for something that was greater than us. When is the last time you stood up for something besides yourself? If you truly believe in something you need to STAND up for it. If you continue to FIGHT and fight and fight for something you believe is right then you will eventually CONQUER your goal. It might take a long time such as Kony2012 or it could happen in a few seconds like my example.

During the next week I want everyone to just take a look at what is happening in there environment. Find something you believe in and stand up it. Nothing is ever going to get accomplished by just sitting back and doing nothing. In fact, I think that not doing anything is the easy way out. Try and get others in on this too. Repost my blog, write your own or anyway possible. Today is the day for you. It's your turn to Stand. Fight. Conquer.