Giving Blood

I recieved this in an email, and wanted to share it with everyone:



Many years ago, when I worked as a transfusion volunteer at Stanford Hospital, I got to know a little girl named Liza who was suffering from a disease and needed blood from her five-year-old brother, who had miraculously survived the same disease and had developed the antibodies needed to combat the illness. The doctor explained the situation to her little brother, and asked the boy if he would be willing to give his blood to his sister. I saw him hesitate for only a moment before taking a deep breath and saying, "Yes, I'll do it if it will save Liza."
As the transfusion progressed, he lay in bed next to his sister and smiled, as we all did, seeing the color returning to her cheeks. Then his face grew pale and his smile faded. He looked up at the doctor and asked with a trembling voice, "Will I start to die right away?"
Being young, the boy had misunderstood the doctor; he thought he was going to have to give her all his blood and die to save her.

Free Yourself!

Sometimes, we are blue, actually, too blue to see any other color in the world. Whenever an idea comes to mind, that unanswerable question (according to the blue-state-of-mind) pops up along with it: Why should I?

"I wanna go out...
Why should I?"

"I wanna have fun..
Why should I?"

"I wanna do something with my life...
Why should I?"

Everything loses taste, color and reason. There is no reason to do anything in the world other than staying put and enjoying nothinginess. Have you ever been there before??

It seems like an endless vicious circle that goes on forever.. round and round and round... with no way out. It will totally consume you, and sooner or later, you will find out that you are no longer going round in it; you are now part of it.

How to break the vicious circle?

As tight as the circle might seem, it is very fragile once you step out of it. Stepping out takes a lot of courage, self-esteem, and self-respect. The moment in which you decide to step out of it is that moment in which you say "NO."

No, I deserve more than a remote control and a couch.

No, I will not be just another nobody.

No, I will not give up on myself.

It's hard to stop the voice in your head that will keep nagging "no, you're not gonna make it. Come ooon.. give it up!"

So, put your hands on your ears, and say it aloud, "SHUT UP! I BELIEVE IN MYSELF AND I'M GONNA MAKE IT!"

Now, you are stepping out of the circle...

Go grab the phone and call a friend of yours. Go out and try to have fun.
Do something that you used to like in your rosy days, and you have not done for long.
Get in touch with the old you when you were a kid; when you used to enjoy every little thing.


FREE YOURSELF!