Time will bring a real end to our trial. One day they’ll be no remnants, no trace, no residual, no feelings within you. One day you won’t remember me.
Why do I feel so uneasy in the lull? This calm seems…unnatural. I’m so used to inner turmoil that when I actually find peace, I don’t know what to do with myself. Life is nice right now. Why can’t I just relax and enjoy the sun before it darkens? Funny, my emotions recline in storms.
I need one of these in my life.
NEED
“ Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it.
Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many.
Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books.
Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders.
Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations.
But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.
Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many.
Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books.
Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders.
Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations.
But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.
— Buddha (via adillathegenius)
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KonyKonyKony
With all of the controversy surrounding Invisible Children and its financial practices we all should peel our index finger from the mouse pad and think for a minute. Now before premature conclusions are made both sides must be considered.
For those in support of the Kony 2012 movement, most of us are either:
1. Unaware of anything happening in Uganda until the Kony 2012 video went viral
2. Somewhat aware and/or extremely susceptible to horrific war stories(I almost cried when I saw the whole Invisible Children documentary)
3. Horrified by what we believe to be happening in Uganda and offering full support at whatever cost
For those against, most are either:
1. Unaware of anything happening in Uganda
2. Startled by the fact that only 31% of all donations go towards “finding Kony”
3. Unsure of the validity of the situation in Uganda
4. Avid visitors to pessimistic blog sites
There is an equal amount of information out there to support both sides, but from what I’ve come across recently is very unsettling. I will be honest and say that I have not seen the video itself but I do have a basic understanding of the situation presented by the media. But the fact that Invisible Children, specifically Jason Russell, refuses to provide the standard financial data needed to verify the donations for the Charity Navigator is questionable. Only 31% of all donations are used for Uganda and the other 69% is used for travel expenses, salaries, etc which is understandable. But how is public supposed to trust a CHARITY organization that won’t even make its finances transparent? And to add a tint this lack of transparency multiple accusations have been made by Ugandan government officials and Ugandans themselves that IC’s accusations of Kony actively working in the country are completely false. Since I’m not Ugandan myself nor have I personally visited the country I can’t really say whether Kony is there or not. But with all of the problems surfacing from professors, financial analysts, the Ugandan government, and Ugandans themselves it makes me wonder where are we really sending our money?
Needless to say Kony is a real individual who has kidnapped, murdered, enslaved, and brutalized many Ugandan children. But even the full Invisible Children documentary stated that his operations have moved to Sudan. If he’s supposedly not in Uganda,why are we funding an organization which funds the Ugandan army, an army with everything but a clean slate with the UN, to find a man who is in another country? Wouldn’t it make more sense to fund the army in the country Kony is supposedly in? And since the organization is dubbed “Invisible Children” shouldn’t our donations be directed towards the children? Correct me if I’m wrong but as far as I know all 31% of the donations go to military funding. What about the children? What about the children who travel at night from cement cavern to open field and sleep on the wet ground hiding from a man who “supposedly” isn’t in the country. Are we helping them? Are we building safe havens and providing those children with the necessities that are so hard to come across daily? Is our 31% being used for what the organization’s name implies?
Feel free to correct me on anything. At the moment I am neither for nor against this movement. There is simply too much information on both sides and frankly for me the information combats itself way too often. But if you do decide to give, do so wholeheartedly. I have doubts, therefore I cannot allow myself to give without convictions. All I can offer to Uganda right now is prayer. Until I find a more reliable charity to empty my bank account for.
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