I have become Anthony Soprano, as he was in the last season of The Sopranos. Anthony battled a depression that was worsened by his constant bombardment of depressing news stories. This happened to me after 9/11 also. Just sitting and watching and looking at the news. It's depressing. Horribly depressing.
Last night, I saw this news headline, "Haiti's poor resort to eating mud as prices rise." I am glad they have something to relieve hunger pains, but mud? I am trying to lose weight because I can't keep my hands out of all of the food that I have in front of me. I can buy whatever I want to eat, and I worry about how healthy and organic the food is for my children. They worry about whether they can feed their children. I can go to multiple stores to get food, any restaurant.
It just isn't fair to the hungry. I feel so guilty for what I have.
We give every month. It is a disipline that we believe in. We just feel that it isn't enough, and feel that we could be doing more. We are looking for more opportunities to get involved to help others, and maybe we can make a small difference. We just want to give back.
So for now my lame solution is that I just can not watch or read the news everyday, I would have to crawl up in a ball in the corner and cry for the people (which is what I did every night after 9/11.. Jason had to revoke my news watching priveledges).
Monday, April 21, 2008
I Am Anthony Soprano
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After 9/11 I had a self imposed Nick at Night only TV schedule. I couldn't watch shows with any violence. I was completely and irratonally freaked out. Really
I really thought something was very wrong with me. Glad to hear I wasn't the only one! I wish you would have told me then. I was steps away from medication, alcoholism, therapy. I don't remember how I came out of that funk. Time, I guess. It was rough.
www.kiva.org
It allows one person to see that they still actually can make a difference and change lives without being Bill Gates. Microfund a small project that changes a specific person's life (and most likely their family's) a world away. Give up to $25 gift certificates for micro loans as gifts; start a portfolio with the kids; invest in a cow at work.
(I don't work for the company, know anyone that does, and didn't create it -- though I wish I had.)
I second Tim's suggestion of Kiva. Very rewarding on a personal level.
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