in society today we walk around and do the best we can to survive in life. Not knowinq what nor when somehting is going to happen."Living for today and not worrying about tomorrow" is a consistent quote we all remind ourselves of, when we're depressed upset or just in the mood to have fun but along the lines of us trying to strive to live our lives to the fullest we do it turnign to the wrong things and going down the wrong path's. Life isnt about what's fun to tohers but none the less of tyou reaching your highest potential and enjoying your way up there. The comments, the people , the "cool" .. all apart of things we think are cool adn that matter. People say this people say that but what really do people pay mind to and listen to or is it best to jsut let people experience their own mistakes on their own..
Fact; we look in every place for happiness AND comfort but never do we sit down and think about where we're heading nor what you yourself want and NEED.
thought of the day: Who plays a bigger impact on who you are and what you do?
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today was long and hot we practiced till our shirts were black, we are almost ready. today the team went over what dances and steps we would be doing for the competiton.
Mk. 12:28-34: Performing religious rituals while we make other things beside God the real gods of our life and loving no one but ourselves is far from what it means to be a religious person. To know God is to love each person as we love ourselves. The way we treat others is a reflection of our we love ourselves.
Yesterday was a long and tough day. I cooked the meal, and we served it, but it exhausted me, I went to bed as soon as I got home. I am going to get blankets today, to the doctor and outreach in the Haight and on Polk. I wonder how much energy I have, even though I put in 12 hours yesterday of work, but oh well, I have the moment. Deo Gratias! Thanks be to God!
Last week during module we learned about tobacco. We learned how smoking tobacco affects the respiratory system. We looked at a slideshow that explained the disease that are caused by smoking. Such as different cancers which include stomach, lung and mouth. In one of the pictures of the slideshow they showed us, there was a healthy lung and lung that was affected by smoking was very black and looked dirty. After seeing the slideshow we answered questions about it.
In the afternoon we went to SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn. We saw another slideshow that talked more about the affects of tobacco, we also saw statistics. The lady that was presenting to us gave us different cigarette advertisements. She then gave us an assignment to remake the advertisement and change them so that the slogan was going against cigarettes. All the posters were targeting a certain group of people. The cigarette companies try to be very persuasive. I worked with Elizabeth; our poster was of a hand, most likely male, holding a cigarette box called Gold Leaf. The slogan on top read “Taste the Flavor.” We changed the slogan to “Taste the Pain.” We also drew a cigarette with “KILLER” on the side and with the smoke puffs coming from it. Each puff cloud had a letter in it which read “Disease.” This assignment was fun to me, it was cool to see how people changed their advertisements. I enjoyed learning about this even though I knew some things about it already, but I still learned new things. This was a great experience.
Last week during module we were given a human body outline and were told to write things that fill us up in it. Some things I placed inside the body figure were creativity, writing, coffee, music, backing, eating and stress. Then we were given the circle of life which with things in it such as confidence, social life, home life, physical activity, health, creativity and education. We placed a dot on the line where the word was that lead to the middle of the circle. My highest dot was on creativity. We also talked about things that were necessary and unnecessary to survive and also the differences of wants and needs. Then we worked on a worksheet called Myths & Misconceptions. There were 17 statements and it was up to us to decide whether they were fiction or fact.
In the afternoon we walked to the Chelsea Recreation center on 25th street. We walked around the building guided by the security guard and were given a tour. We saw the pool, the basketball court, dance room, ping pong tables, weight room, art room, etc. We saw some elder people playing ping pong and people swimming in the pool. I was surprised to find out that there was a recreation center so close to my home. I’ve always wanted to go somewhere, where I could play basketball, volleyball and just workout. Now that we were introduced to this center I think I will definitely sign up to do things there. I will also tell my other friends about it so that center could be a place where we hang out.
