Thursday, September 3, 2009

Just a wave can save a life

Today we had two presentations at school. One about volunteering, which suprisingly was good. And the second was about a former drug addict/dealer who suffered from schitzophrenia,anxiety attacks and attention span disorders due to drug use. This guy, who's name was Tom stood in front of basically 1000 kids and told us all his life story. I thought that was so amazingly brave. He told us all about from when he thought he was different in junior high, to when he was seconds from commiting suicide, to today. So when I got home, I was telling my parents all about this guy and my dad had a story of his own. This past month, my uncles Aunt Verna passed away at age 95. Someone was telling a story at her funeral about how there was this man, who wanted to commit suicide. He was walking to the bridge (I think. Or wherever he was going to kill himself) and he passed the church. Aunt Verna (in her younger years) was sitting on the steps of the church and as he passed she waved to him with a scarf in her hand, and said hello and he turned around. That tiny little gesture gave him the will to live.

I guess you never know what impact you might have on people. I'm not saying everytime you wave to someone you will give them the will to live,but who knows what flashing that little smile could mean.

"I'd rather regret the things that I have done than the things that I have not."
-Lucille Ball

2 comments:

  1. Whoever this Lucille Ball is that you keep quoting sounds like a very wise woman.

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  2. Ha, you know I love Lucy? It's her. and She is my idol =)

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