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Day 137

The creative individual has the capacity to free himself from the web of social pressures in which the rest of us are caught. He is capable of questioning the assumptions that the rest of us accept. – John W. Gardner

It’s 8: 59 PM on day 137 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, tweet about my Clean Water For All Campaign for a few hours – someone promised to make a donation – YAY!! 🙂 – feed myself bun and chicken for breakfast, feed myself rice and curry for lunch, went to physiotherapy – I know there’s no cure for Cerebral Palsy but I feel like I’ve turned a corner with my health before I use to exercise on a daily bases just to tell my physiotherapist that I did but now I do it for myself because I know there’s nothing in it for her 🙂 – watch TV and feed myself Custard for dinner.

Today I was thinking a lot about make-up and beauty and wondering if I was the only woman in the world who felt completely comfortable in my own skin without any make-up on so I asked my followers on Twitter can you go a week without wearing make-up and to my amazement my older more mature followers said I do so quite often whilst my younger more inexperienced followers said I don’t think so which led me to the conclusion that when you have confidence you don’t need to hide behind a mask. Do you go along just to get along or do you ask questions that others wouldn’t even dream of? 🙂

Day 136

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When you’re finished changing, you’re finished. – Benjamin Franklin

It’s 10: 19 PM on day 136 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, feed myself grapes for breakfast, email someone for a donation – it didn’t quite work out 🙁 – feed myself rice and curry for lunch, watch TV, exercise for 10 minutes and feed myself Malva Pudding – a sweet pudding of Dutch origin – for dinner and tweet about my Clean Water For All Campaign for a few hours – no donations were made today but God knows it wasn’t for the lack of trying 🙂

A few days ago my brother pointed out to me that my 20^th birthday was fast approaching and in that moment I thought I was going to hurl not because I have a fear of aging but because I didn’t feel like I was making any progress in my life – I still need help going to the bathroom and bathing – but then I realized that every birthday is an opportunity to improve myself and with that I was grateful once again. Do you embrace change or resist it? 🙂

Day 135

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Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.
Jonathan Swift

It’s 9: 49 PM on day 135 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, update the information on the posters that @sapphire100 (Emma) and @laura_FilanFan (Laura) are planning to use for the fundraiser – all I can say is thank God for ‘Copy’ and ‘Paste’ otherwise it would have taken me 7 days as opposed to 3 hours to do everything that needed to be done – watch an episode of the Dr. Phil Housewives – it’s amazing how miserable we end up when our perception of ourselves does not match other people’s perception of us – tweet about my Clean Water For All Campaign for a few hours – no donations were made to my campaign today but I will scream loud and long and eventually people will make donations just to shut me up LOL 🙂 – feed myself rice and curry for lunch, help my brother with his homework, feed myself bun and chicken nuggets for dinner and exercise for 15 minutes.

Yesterday sitting at our dining table staring at the beautiful trees and flowers through the window I thought to myself why am I smiling so much I’m nineteen – soon-to-be twenty – broke, jobless and living with my parents and after a couple of seconds I replied to my own thought saying it won’t be like this for long. Does your vision for the future give you hope in the present? 🙂

Day 134

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Follow your heart, but be quiet for a while first. Ask questions, then feel the answer. Learn to trust your heart.
— Author Unknown

It’s 9: 06 PM on day 134 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, edit all the information about my campaign on the different social networks – it was a tedious task, but somebody had to do it 🙂 – feed myself bun and chicken nuggets for breakfast, tweet about my Clean Water For All Campaign for a few hours – no donations were made to my campaign today but hey I still 405 days left to go LOL 🙂 – feed myself banana for lunch, exercise for 10 minutes and feed myself rice and curry for dinner.

In today’s society you have to take everything you hear and read with a boat-load of salt that’s way I decided to ask my friend if the rumours of her flunking out of university and going back to India to complete her studies were true or not and her response surprised me she said you’re the first person to ask me that question directly, thank you and in that moment I realized that growing up is taking what your elders say under advisement – my parents had instructed me not to ask her about her educational status – and making up your own mind. Do you follow your heart or other people’s advice? 🙂

Day 133

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We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children. ~Native American Proverb

It’s 10: 44 PM on day 133 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, feed myself Batura – deep fried bread –for breakfast, tweet about my Clean Water For All Campaign for a few hours – no donations were made to my campaign today but on the plus side I just found out three hours ago that my campaign has been extended from March5th 2011 to March 5^th 2012– I feel like jump for joy too bad I can’t LOL 🙂 – feed myself rice and curry for lunch, exercise for 20 minutes and feed myself bun and chicken nuggets for dinner – I forgot it was meat-free for a second and accidently ate chicken LOL although I suppose 2/3 is not too bad for my first attempt 🙂

A few weeks ago I read a blog post called 10 Ways To Go Green And Save Green by @JustDiii (Dian) and subsequently made a commitment to eating three meatless meals every Monday, but one thing led to another and soon I had forgotten all about it until I read How do human CO₂ emissions compare to natural CO₂ emissions by Gpwayne this morning and realized that the future of the planet depended on what we did in the present. Have you ever wondered what would become of our children’s children if we depleted all of Earth’s natural resources? 🙁

Day 132

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You can teach a student a lesson for a day; but if you can teach him to learn by creating curiosity, he will continue the learning process as long as he lives. ~ Clay P. Bedford

It’s 10: 02 PM on day 132 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, go to church – I didn’t go up there and tell the congregation about my campaign not because I chickened-out but because I wanted to wait until I heard back from the Firstgiving team as to whether my campaign would be extended or not – hopefully they’ll get back to me but next Sunday so I can make the announcement then 🙂 – feed myself a KFC Twister – a wrap consisting of chicken strips and salad – for breakfast – my sister had to help me out a little because every time I tried to do it the contents of the wrap would fall out from the bottom but that’s okay sometimes asking help shows your strength rather than your weakness 🙂 – tweet about my Clean Water For All Campaign for a few hours – no donations were made today 🙁 – and exercise for 5 minutes.

Growing up I didn’t see the point in going to school, but today when Kate – my friend on Twitter – told me that she could relate to my story because her twenty-one-year-old daughter suffered from Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome to which I asked what’s Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and a few minutes later she replied a connective tissue disorder and it was in that moment that I finally understood that the primary purpose of an education is not to teach Math, Science or Biology, but rather to instil in you the confidence to absorb as well as question all the information that you receive. Do you still possess the thirst for knowledge that you acquired in the classroom? 🙂

Day 131

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People will not look to change the suffering they do not feel – that’s what I learned today 🙁

It’s 7: 14 PM on day 131 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, feed myself bread and egg for breakfast, email the Firstgiving team – I wanted to get my campaign extended to raise more money for The Water Project 🙂 – email The Water Project – I couldn’t find the video links I needed for the water party I’m planning – hopefully they’ll get back to by Monday 🙂 – feed myself rice and curry for lunch, tweet about my Clean Water For All Campaign for a few hours –no donations were made today, but I did get listed under the environmental section of the Groovy News Network – Thanks Kate 🙂 – exercise for 10 minutes and feed myself rice and curry for dinner.

Today I asked this guy on Twitter – I won’t mention his name – to organize a water party and donate the proceeds to my campaign and a few minutes later he replied back saying I don’t even know you and as I read that I thought to myself do you need to know someone to help them and in that moment I realized that the fundamental problem with today’s society is its inability to feel empathy. Are you able to put yourself in someone else’s shoes? 🙂

Day 130

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Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear. ~ Ambrose Redmoon

It’s 8: 14 PM on day 130 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, feed myself Oats for breakfast, design posters for the fundraiser that my friends from the UK – @sapphire100 (Emma) and @laura_FilanFan (Laura) are organizing for my campaign –I finished designing both posters now I just have to back from the rest of the gang 🙂 – feed myself pizza for lunch, tweet about my Clean Water For All Campaign for a few hours –no donations were made today, but on the plus side I did get to ‘meet’ Jodi Picoult who by the way happens to be one of my favorite authoresses – she was SO nice and when I said I needed to talk to her about something she was quick to offer up her email address – I was SO happy 🙂 – exercise for 10 minutes and feed myself rice and curry for dinner.

Anyone who knows me knows that I can look death in the eye without flinching, but yesterday when my brother suggested that I go up in front of a church full of people and ask for donations I reacted out of fear saying no one will donate to which he responded you never know if you don’t try so in honour of my brother this Sunday I will roll into that church, say what I need to say and conquer my greatest fear. Would you put yourself in the line of fire if it meant helping others? 🙂

Day 129

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When you dismiss a child because of their age and lack of worldly experience you’re doing yourself a great disservice – that’s what I learned today.

It’s 7: 22 PM on day 129 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, design a poster for the fundraiser that my friends from the UK – @sapphire100 (Emma) and @laura_FilanFan (Laura) are organizing for my campaign – I decided to let Emma and Laura choose which one they liked best – I’ll show it to you after I send to them and find out which one we’re going to use – either way it’s going to be a great poster: ) –tweet about my Clean Water For All Campaign for a few hours – no donations were made today either I don’t know how people sleep well at night knowing that 1 billion people suffer needlessly without clean water everyday 🙁 – and exercise for 10 minutes.

Today my brother opted to stay home from school – it was Athletics Day and my parents knew that they wouldn’t be back in time from work to pick him up from the stadium – so in order to him occupied and out of trouble I asked him to give me some fundraising ideas for my campaign and at first I was just nodding at the appropriate times but then as time went on I began to listen, really listen to what he had to say and to my surprise he had some brilliant and times grandiose ideas – the one I liked the most though was selling t-shirts with The Water Project’s logo on it at our church and when I asked him what was in it for the church he replied we’ll give them 10% of the proceeds and in moment I realized that I was guilty of doing to him what others did to me – defining him by his label. Do you give the children in your life the respect they deserve? 🙂

Day 128

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Be firm on principle but flexible on method. ~ Zig Ziglar

It’s 9: 42 PM on day 128 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, listen to music, design a poster for the fundraiser that my friends from the UK – @sapphire100 (Emma) and @laura_FilanFan (Laura) are organizing for my campaign – it’s not done yet but I’ve already typed out what I to say now all that’s left is the design aspect 🙂 – drink water by myself, watch TV – Dr. Phil was awesome today! 🙂 – tweet about my Clean Water For All Campaign for a few hours – no luck today 🙁 – feed myself Chapati – an unleavened flatbread – grilled chicken and baked beans for dinner and exercise for 10 minutes.

Today I needed some information about The Water Project to put in my poster so I visited their website only to find out that the ‘Fund A Well For A Church’ ‘option had been replaced by the ‘Fund an Entire Well’ option which meant that I would have to raise $2 000 more than I intended if I wanted to build a well and with realization came complete devastation but a couple of minutes later I made a decision that I wouldn’t even think about the additional $2 000 that I needed to raise to build a well until I’d reached my initial fundraising target of $4 500. Do you make a conscious choice to adapt to whatever situation life throws at you? 🙂