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10-17-2008, 06:10 PM
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As* was getting on my bus into Houston from the suburbs this morning I passed a young guy wearing a political t-shirt that said “COMMIT” in red white and blue.* The shirt is very relevant here in the States
right now, as a record number of Americans remain undecided about who they will choose to lead our country, just weeks from what could be the most important presidential election in history.
What a good word.
COMMIT.
At no point in history, has anything monumental or important ever been accomplished by people who couldn’t make up their minds.* World War 2 wasn’t won because people finally got ambivalent enough to stop the Nazis.* NASA didn’t put men on the moon accidentally.* Michael Phelps didn’t win a gold medal because he hung out near pools.
These and many other human achievements throughout history were accomplished because someone became so convicted about accomplishing something, that they made a commitment to succeed, and never quit.
The war against cancer is no different.* If you do not commit yourself in some way to the eradication of this scourge, it WILL kill someone you love in your lifetime.* The statistics aren’t even close to
debatable.
Pediatric cancer is the most insidious and disgusting category of cancer, not because just because the stakes are so much higher, but because it is so ridiculously unfair.* As an adult, I’ve had the opportunity to do things to benefit my health.* I had the option of not smoking.* I could eat better.* I could exercise regularly.* I know better than to do a lot of things, and while being diagnosed with
cancer would shock me to the core, there is a certain degree of responsibility for the situation that could arguably be assigned to my lifestyle choices.
But children with cancer aren’t doing anything wrong.* They don’t get it because they smoked cigarettes, or because they didn’t take care of themselves.* They just get it.
Here’s a little person who’s day should revolve around a couple good episodes of Barney, who are suddenly faced with having a central line or port installed in their chest so that the hundreds of doses of chemotherapy medications can be properly administered.* These are 6-year-olds who know about blood counts and bone marrow transplants, and who can SPELL Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.
I propose that Webster’s dictionary should replace it’s current definition of “unfair” with the picture of a child facing cancer.
Here in the United States, in Australia, the UK and nearly every European, Asian, and South American country, cancer is STILL the number one cause of non-accidental death in children.
Yet pediatric cancer’s share of needed funding is a pittance compared to what is spent collectively by our governments on Egret Migration studies, useless bridges, and programs to support people too lazy to get off their asses and work.
It’s disgusting.
But rather than sit back and shake our heads and feel sorry for these kids and say “oh what a shame”, we have the option as intelligent, capable people to stand up and do something about it.
That’s what Extra Life is.
This is about life.* It’s about empathy.* It’s about doing something about a horrible situation.
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As* was getting on my bus into Houston from the suburbs this morning I passed a young guy wearing a political t-shirt that said “COMMIT” in red white and blue.* The shirt is very relevant here in the States
right now, as a record number of Americans remain undecided about who they will choose to lead our country, just weeks from what could be the most important presidential election in history.
What a good word.
COMMIT.
At no point in history, has anything monumental or important ever been accomplished by people who couldn’t make up their minds.* World War 2 wasn’t won because people finally got ambivalent enough to stop the Nazis.* NASA didn’t put men on the moon accidentally.* Michael Phelps didn’t win a gold medal because he hung out near pools.
These and many other human achievements throughout history were accomplished because someone became so convicted about accomplishing something, that they made a commitment to succeed, and never quit.
The war against cancer is no different.* If you do not commit yourself in some way to the eradication of this scourge, it WILL kill someone you love in your lifetime.* The statistics aren’t even close to
debatable.
Pediatric cancer is the most insidious and disgusting category of cancer, not because just because the stakes are so much higher, but because it is so ridiculously unfair.* As an adult, I’ve had the opportunity to do things to benefit my health.* I had the option of not smoking.* I could eat better.* I could exercise regularly.* I know better than to do a lot of things, and while being diagnosed with
cancer would shock me to the core, there is a certain degree of responsibility for the situation that could arguably be assigned to my lifestyle choices.
But children with cancer aren’t doing anything wrong.* They don’t get it because they smoked cigarettes, or because they didn’t take care of themselves.* They just get it.
Here’s a little person who’s day should revolve around a couple good episodes of Barney, who are suddenly faced with having a central line or port installed in their chest so that the hundreds of doses of chemotherapy medications can be properly administered.* These are 6-year-olds who know about blood counts and bone marrow transplants, and who can SPELL Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.
I propose that Webster’s dictionary should replace it’s current definition of “unfair” with the picture of a child facing cancer.
Here in the United States, in Australia, the UK and nearly every European, Asian, and South American country, cancer is STILL the number one cause of non-accidental death in children.
Yet pediatric cancer’s share of needed funding is a pittance compared to what is spent collectively by our governments on Egret Migration studies, useless bridges, and programs to support people too lazy to get off their asses and work.
It’s disgusting.
But rather than sit back and shake our heads and feel sorry for these kids and say “oh what a shame”, we have the option as intelligent, capable people to stand up and do something about it.
That’s what Extra Life is.
This is about life.* It’s about empathy.* It’s about doing something about a horrible situation.
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http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheSarcasticGamer/~4/424087045
Click here to view the article. (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheSarcasticGamer/~3/424087045/commit.html)