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COMM 3030 - Communication and Social Responsibility
What Do I Need That I don't Already Have?
Posted posted by Cade @ 12:42 PM
All the other blogs that I have read have inspired me to talk about some of the same topics for this Christmas season.I will be the first to admitt that I have lived a very privileged life. I have a great family that gets along like best friends, I have never been without food, shelter, or clothing. I have great friends and my dad has always been able to provide for my needs and much more.
A few years back my oldest brother did something close to Christmas that made me realize that I have been given so much and I don't give enough back. He became friends with a latin american man in one of his classes that did not speak english very well, but they could still communicate well enough to get to know each other. Come to find out, this man was living on almost no income and all his family still lived in his home country and was not able to help him with his bills for food, shelter, and education. At about the time my brother found out about the situation this man was in, my mom began asking him what he wanted for Christmas. Being that everyone in my family really already has everything that we need and most things we want, my brother decided to do something better with the money that my mom would have spent on him. Instead of getting a buch of "stuff" for Christmas, my brother just had my mom give him all the money that she would have spent on him, put it in a nice envelope and on the last day of class, my brother gave it to this man that really needed some help, but was too pridefull to ask for it and didn't know what else to do to earn more money.
The man could not believe it when my brother gave him the elvelope of money. He told my brother that he need this so much to pay for his rent, food, and tuition. He had even thought about dropping out of school just so that he could pay his rent and buy food, when going to school was the main reason he came to the United States. The man had tears running down his cheeks as my brother left. My brother never did see him again.
There is a never ending list of material things that I want, but nothing that I need right now. I'm sure that there are thousands of people that have been given so much just as I have, and at the same time so many that need so much just like that man from the story. Why not sacrifice something I want for something someone else needs. I believe that some of us have been given so much because we will be able to help so many others with what we have. Those of us that have been blessed with a lot have the responsibility to help those that are in need.
