My take on healthcare

Healthcare is the huge debate. Pro-Obamacare, anti-obamacare. Everyone has their own opinion on whether or not its a good idea.

I think that Obamacare is not a good idea but affordable healthcare is. All the government has to do is provide an affordable healthcare option for people who need it. People who don't need it wouldn't have to participate in the program. I'm not even in politics, I'm a film student, and I think that this is a great solution that will satisfy both sides.

I also think that if America as a whole were to start eating better then healthcare and health insurance wouldn't be needed that much. The majority of ads on the internet or TV is for fast food restaurants or diet pills. These industries are out to get money, not to better mankind. I have been a vegetarian for about a year, I'm not saying that you should stop eating meat but the majority of the people who say my "diet" (it's a lifestyle) is unhealthy are the people who eat nothing but fast food and junk food; who smoke and don't exercise. There is a reason that the obesity is high in the US; its because people think that eating fast food and junk food is "healthy" and normal.

I have recently finished a documentary on Netflix called Spoons over Forks. (I have been stuck on documentaries lately.) Its a good one; you should watch it.

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One Nation Under God (Review)

I love watching documentaries on Netflix.  I recently, just, watched one called, "One Nation Under God."  I highly recommend that you watch this documentary. It is about 4 Christian college guys who went on a cross-country trip asking people about God and their relationships with Jesus. There were a lot of very interesting people and interesting takes on religion and God. It opened my eyes to see that there are a lot of different people out there with different takes on religion and religious backgrounds. I grew up with people of my same religion and with people who thought exactly the same. After moving to college I met people with different denominations but since it is a Christian school most people I met are Christians like me. Being able to sit back and think that people all around the world and our community have different backgrounds and think differently is a good thing.

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Live like you were dying

I was in the bathroom of my dorm this morning and music is always blasting in there.  One song came on that I have completely forgot about until now.  Its Kris Allen's Live like You're Dying.  This reminded me of my life motto.  "Live life to the fullest because you never know if today is your last."  It's kindof a long motto but it means pick friends that will build you up not tear you down, show random acts of kindness to complete stranger because you never know how that will effect them. 

"Sometimes we fall down, can't get back up.  Hiding behind skin that's too tough. How come we don't say I love you enough till its too late. It's not too late. Our hearts are hungry for the food that won't come. And we could make a feast from these crumbs..."

Another song that I love that has a similar message is Tim McGraw's Live Like Your were Dying.  I love the chorus of this song, "I went sky diving I went rocky mountain climbing I went 2.7 seconds on a bull named (Blue man Chew ?) and I loved deeper and I spoke sweeter and I gave forgiveness I've been denying.  Sometime I hope you had the chance to live like your dying."

Maybe its because I had spent my fair share of time in hospital as I was younger. Or that I realized from a young age that life is a gift that God gives you and he wants you to use it. But this is the motto that I have been living by since I was younger.  "Like tomorrow was a gift and you had enternity to figure out what to do with it.. (Tim McGraw)"

So say I love you to someone today, show someone you care and live like you're dying.

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ARK

Do you remember the movie with Morgan Freeman who played God.  (Which he does in a lot of movies.)  The movie is called Even Almighty  And at the end he said something like building an ARK which are acts of random kindness.  I was reminded of this when I read a blog by another blogger named Optimistic Existentialist. 

He was talking about how one act of random kindness to a complete stranger can have a ripple effect.  Which is so true.  Check out his blog he has really good posts that are well written and thought provoking.

http://keithawynn2011.blogspot.com/2013/09/random-acts-of-kindness.html

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What I find lacking in the world: Compassion

"Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness and compassion."- Dalai Lama

"If we want to create a viable, peaceful world, we've got to integrate compassion into the gritty realities of the 21st century life."- Karen Armstrong

The lack of compassion in this world with wars, legal abortions, factory farms, and discrimination. The world itself has been going downhill for a long time because of this lack of compassion.

Humans and animals should be shown with compassion and be treated the way that you would like to be treated.  Remember that if you wouldn't like it done to you don't do it to others.

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Just a random thought: awareness months

Breast Cancer awareness month is coming up. I am not bashing people with this or people who have been affected by this.  Through experience dealing with something medical is not something that anyone should go through. And I truly believe that awareness months are a good idea. However, there is other diseases out there too. February is Congenital Heart Defect Awareness month. Who cares? No one. One in 555 infants have serious congenital heart defects that require multiple surgeries and millions of infants die from undiagnosed heart defects and in surgeries to correct them. Since no major networks are using the red ribbon or national walks are not taking place funding is lacking for heart defects. I believe that if we do one awareness month we should do all awareness months. As well as raising awareness for the diseases with not as many people having it. Because these diseases affect someone and people should be aware of this.

 

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Dating

What up with people who think that if you're 20 that you need to be in a relationship? Colleges are pushing it, society is pushing it. What's wrong with being an independent single women? I went home for the weekend and the first thing out of my best friends mouth is why aren't you picking up guys I mean you are at a perfect place for it. 

I admit that I have never had a boyfriend or kissed anyone but I'm proud of it. Yes I will eventually get married and have kids but I'm not ready for that. I want to establish my career and be able to move wherever I want or do whatever I want without worrying about someone else. 

Who's with me? 

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Old Hollywood VS. New Hollywood




1954 Oscars

Audrey Hepburn.  When you hear that name what comes to mind?  Beauty? Classy? Classic Hollywood? Breakfast at Tiffany's?

Miley Cyrus. What comes to mind when you hear that name? Sex? Drugs? Drinking? Child star going array?

Recently I have been getting into older films like Breakfast at Tiffany's and Roman Holiday. Actresses like Audrey Hepburn embraced what Hollywood was originally meant for.  People who can actually act and who doesn't use their crazy lives to get attention. Back when reality TV wasn't invented and when people doesn't get famous for a sex tape. There were classy women and gentlemen
who  were in it for the job not for the fame.









Why can't we just go back to the 50's or 60's where sex in movies weren't allowed and women actually wore clothes that were both modesty and classy to events. What when wrong?


On the side note. I found it admirable that Zac Efron got help for his addiction and that people didn't hear about it until after the fact.

Overcomer

Whatever it is you may be going through
I know He's not gonna let it get the best of you

You're an overcomer
Stay in the fight til the final round
You're not going under
Cause God is holding you right now
You might be down for a moment
Feeling like it's hopeless
That's when He reminds You
That you're an overcomer
You're an overcomer

Mandisa's song Overcomer is a song that is very close to my heart. Overcoming a lot of things in my life made me realized that God does care and that he wants you to succeed.  He has a plan for you and going though whatever you are going through is part of that plan. My sickened childhood made me who I am today and I don't know who I would have become if he didn't allow me to go though what I did.

You're an Overcomer, you can and will get through it because he cares.

How have overcoming something made you who you are today?

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What if??

This a question that many of us ask ourselves daily.  Some what if questions are silly like.. What if one were to drop 3,000 bouncy balls from a seven story parking structure onto a person walking on the sidewalk below? Should the person survive, what would be the number of bouncy balls needed to kill them? What injuries would occur and what would the associated crimes be?  If you want to know the answer to this question you would have to throw 3 million balls to kill someone and you would be charged with manslaughter (so don't try this at home!).

Some what if questions are more serious. What if I actually studied for that test? Would it have made a difference? What if I went for my dreams instead of going the easy way out? Would I actually be able to pull it off? What if I tried to have a relationship with God?

In chapel this semester the question is "What if?".  "What if we really lived the Jesus way?" is one of the questions posed by our chaplain.  Would it change the world?

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Love

Why does everyone has to be on one side or another? Why should the difference in opinion or lifestyle matter? We are all Children of the one God. We all deserve love, compassion and respect regardless of the skin color or marriage beliefs. 

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Doing what's right even though its hard

During chapel at my college they have guest speakers about different topics and the speaker today talked about doing what's right even though its hard.  He talked about his life, which made me think about my life and how I do or do not do what's right in every situation. This ties directly with the previous post about bullying but this time its the opposite. In grade and middle school it was my friends being bullied not me. There were these not so nice girls who would say stuff to their faces and at basketball practice. I was in basketball, my friends were not, so I hung out with these girls often. I never really said anything even though I had every opportunity to. Instead I just sat quiet and watched it go on.

When have you just sat and saw bullying go on but never really said anything because you were afraid of getting rejected or getting bullied yourself?  When have you saw the homeless man and didn't give him money or even look at him? Jesus said whatever you did to the least of my people you did to me.

Link to previous post: http://lifelaughlovefashion.blogspot.com/2013/09/words-bullying.html

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Words (Bullying)

They've made me feel like a prisoner
They've made me feel set free
They've made me feel like a criminal
Made me feel like a king

They've lifted my heart
To places I'd never been
And they've dragged me down
Back to where I began

Words can build you up
Words can break you down
Start a fire in your heart or
Put it out

Let my words be life
Let my words be truth
I don't wanna say a word
Unless it points the world back to You.- Words by Hawk Nelson

 

Bullying has become a huge epidemic in the world. I was bullied in high school by this girl who was sort of a friend. She was friends with my two best friends so I naturally became friends with her. I am an introverted person by nature; she was not. She would say comments about me not having a boyfriend or me not being really outgoing.  She called me anti-social a couple of times and made fun of the fact that I went solo to prom. Throughout high school it really bothered me. But after I graduated I realized that it didn't matter what she or anyone else thought. It only mattered what God and I thought.

Who has had a similar experience and how did you or are you coping with bullying?
 

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