Traditions

Life around the world is very diverse. Strange as it may seem, many people do thinkgs for their culture that you might think is out of the ordinary. I've heard about the suffering for traditions before and have seen the women with the brass rings around their neck. It's very fascinating to me how certain individuals risk their life for their culture. The cutting of the boys' bodies show such courage and love for their culture that it sends chills in my body. The initiations and traditions that i am accostumed to have never been something that extreme, it usually is something like running a lap or drinking something that's old or expired(band initiations). What is ironic is that the people from that culture don't find it to be extreme.
Opening up to diversity allows you to be more open minded and be more understanding to others and what they believe in. There are so many people in this world that are different and it would be absurd if everyone were the same. The world wouldn't go round. Although these two specific videos might've been graphic for me and i think i'd never do that in my life, i respect the women and men that do those traditions. There is meaning to what they do. The boys feel like new men and the women feel awkward without the neck piece. It's all about what you belive in and no one can take that away from you.

Who are you?

A while back you could have said that i was a numb individual who followed whatever influences came her way. I was so depressed about everything that was happening to me that i couldn't think to myself or hardly make any decisions. I begand to believe that i was an unfun and lazy person that no one would want to be around if i spoke about how i really felt. I kept all my emotions inside and forced a smile out of my soul. No one had any idea of what i was going through emotionally and at home. This is how i became numb. I was accostumed to feeling fake happiness and found myself crying more often than usual.
I began to ask myself all these questions of who i was. What i liked, what i was all about, what my role in life was. Not until i began to experience emotion and take note of the way i acted was when i started to see the real me. Although i still don't know everything about me, i think of it as a growing experience. I know more aboutmyself than ever before, and its ll because i started to care for my inner self. If you don't love ourself, who will?
Do you know who you are?

Gay & Lesbian Adoptions

There is such discrimination against gays and lesbians in this world that at times its forbidden to even talk about them. Homosexuals are daily criticized by the way they look, act, or simply because of who they are. Theres stigma against every person who is gay and some people don't even like to talk about them let alone be next to them. Homosexual individuals are denied certain rights and in certain places are not allowed. For instance, there are restaurants or hang out bars where gays and lesbians are not allowed just becuse the manager does not agree with them or their way of thinking. Besides the fact that the gay community is at times shunned, they are constantly labeled and harrased by the society we live in.
Gays and lesbians are people like anyone else. They have emotions and a mind to think with. They get hurt and get sick. Like any other human being they are the same. The only apparent difference would be their sexual preference which is up to them. Just as we're allowed to love and care for whomever we want, so can they.
Anyway, since these individuals love and care for loved ones, they also want to get married and with marriage comes children. The issue with adoption isn't as big as the issue with allowing homosexuals to get married but either way most states do allow for both to happen. The only state that does not permit homosexuals to adopt children is the Florida and the state that allows single gays and single lesbians to adopt is Mississippi. In the remaining states, gays and lesbians who want to adopt or take in foster care children are at the mercy of judges and adoption and foster agencies.
Its sad on how society treats homosexuals, if only we could be less ignorant and accept people for who they are.
Check out this family that has had some difficulties but made it through:
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/06/25/gay.adoption/index.html?iref=newssearch