I just finished this book ''Think'' written by Lisa Bloom.And wow did it get to me!!!
Lisa Bloom is an award winning journalist,legal analyst and she got my attention when she was featured in the last issue of Veg News.That she is Vegan is just another detail...
''Think'' makes you think about yourself and the world we live in.That we are watching,listening and reading about celebrities,reality show,plastic surgeries and many other BS that doesn't make us smarter but just fries our brain.
She gives a great example about Angelina Jolie and all the UNHCR ( the UN Refugee Agency ) work she does.In the media we hardly here about it...what we do hear are things like: Is Angelina pregnant? Getting married to Brad Pitt? Got a boob job? To skinny?...and it goes on and on.
It is pretty sad that such a famous celebrity, who has such a big influence on people and who does great things in this world doesn't get the right attention she deserves...who cares if she marries Brad Pitt...we should care that she just donated 1 million dollars to build a school so people in North Africa or the Middle East can learn how to read and write.
Everybody knows about the Kardashians, The Bachelor, Jersey Shore,Big Brother but nobody knows what is going on in the world we live in or even the country we live in.Nobody knows hardly anything about our government or the war situation..everybody has their opinion about it but lets be honest who really takes the time and afford and does the research so they can have their own opinion.We just believe what the news tell us and sometimes what our friends and families say without even thinking twice about it.Did you know that the USA is currently engaged in 9 wars? (Iran, Egypt, Syria, Mexico, North Korea, Japan, China, Russia, Morocco).
No!!!Me either...How crazy is that...We have no clue...
Did you know if you would donate 20 Dollars a girl in India could go to school for a year?If you donate 100 Dollars she would have a school education and would be able to find a job to maybe even become a doctor to save other peoples lives just because you skipped to buy a pair of shoes or didn't went out for dinner one time.I think that really rocks..
Did you know that we still have slavery in this world...right now 3 million young girls are victims of trafficking.They get kidnapped,raped,drugged and are forced to prostitution without ever having the freedom to do anything by themselves....yes we still live in a sick world!!
We should be so thankful every single second of our lives that we are born in this kind of world...that we were the lucky ones-being able to do whatever,whenever we want to-never being forced into anything.Being able to get an eduction,having human rights and a health care system..those are things we take for granted every day just because God decided to put us on this side of the world.
I am not trying to preach anything!!!I just really believe that we have to start thinking for ourselves,to do our own research on important big things.
The environment -cause if we keep on treating the earth the way we do, soon it will fight back and things like hurricane Katrina were probably just the beginning.
The way we treat our bodies and our health-do we really want to keep on feeding us medications and getting surgery because we can't get our sh.... together and think about what we eat..garbage in garbage out!!!Eat plants and you will thrive,eat animals and you will die!!
People that are not born into the luxuries we have-lets skip the next shopping trip and do some research on how to spend that money wisely.How we can really change a life!?
Let's get smart about what is going on in our country-war,government,environment,health care and everything else that you think will make you smarter.
Build your own opinion, do the research and don't let anybody tell you what is wrong or right unless they really know what they are talking about.You don't have to agree with anybody,be your own smart person!!Read read read and be healthy and happy...
Love Jennifer
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