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Day 1238: To be stars or to watch stars that is the question

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You’re either going to watch stars live their lives or you’re going to be a star in your own life – that’s what I’ve come to realize.

 

It’s 1  : 39 PM on day 1238 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to  pray, brush my teeth,  read Ezra 5,  publish my Disability of the Day feature, publish my Kid of the Week feature,   feed myself egg with bread for breakfast, promote my Eradicate AIDS campaign – no donations so far today I’m trying to get featured on Upworthy and Huffington Post Impact so more people will know about my campaign I will let you guys know if anything new happens in that regard – and have lunch.

 

Two nights ago I was on Facebook and I saw this post inviting us to watch Miley Cyrus’s advice to Justin Bieber and the whole time I’m skimming the paragraph I’m thinking I don’t have time to watch Miley Cyrus’s advice to Justin Bieber I think somewhere along the line I decided to be a star in my own life instead of watching celebrities be stars in their lives and I’m so glad I did because I’m as happy and fulfilled as I’ve ever been. Are you too busy watching stars live their lives to be a star in your own life?

Day 356

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You never know where you’re next lesson is going to come from – that’s what I learned today 🙂

It’s 8: 02 PM on day 356 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to publish my Kid of the Week feature, brush my teeth, feed myself chicken nuggets and scrambled eggs for brunch, tweet about my Clean Water For All Campaign – no luck other than the donation Shasta (@outrageousblog)– thanks Shasta 🙂 – chatted to Bonnie on Facebook – she is an AMAZING woman – tweet about my campaign some more–I tweeted stats and videos still no luck– chat to my cousin on Skype feed myself steamed vegetables for dinner, brush my teeth once more and continue to chat with my cousin on Skype.

Last night I was watching Never Say Never on the laptop in candlelight – the whole town was plunged into darkness – and there was this one particular scene in the movie where Justin Bieber was on stage singing where he looked like he owned the world and in that moment I realized that for him singing wasn’t about the money or the fame it was about doing what he loves and making other people happy at the same time which I could totally relate to because that’s how I feel when I write – when I write I have no concept of time or space all I feel is peace – why am I telling you this because I believe that everybody has a stage – somewhere where they can do what they love and make other people happy at the same time. Have you ever learned something very important from someone you least expected?

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If you’ve given to my cause or you can’t give now, please help me by sharing my cause with others. You can tweet about it like my friend Stan Faryna. This is the tweet he uses: @Nisha360 is a brave, smart young woman trying to make a better world for us all. Please help her do an amazing thing. http://bit.ly/hC7vOu

Stan’s very sweet for saying so, but feel free to write what reflects you best.

Thanks to all my friends out there who are helping me make my dream come true: to make a better world for all of us!

Day 148

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Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded, or how much power you have. – Oprah Winfrey

It’s 8: 45 PM on day 148 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 – two donations were made to my campaign – the first one was a $20 donation from Andrea of the Brite2Briter Kids Foundation –and the second one was a $16.15 donation from Abdullah – I am SO grateful to both of them 🙂  – feed myself rice and curry for lunch,   exercise for 10 minutes  while watching TV,  feed myself grilled chicken  for dinner and continue reading The Last True Cowboy by Kathleen Eagle – I read for a few hours before it occurred to me that my mom had to turn off the lights and go to bed – there’s just something about reading that I  LOVE so much when I read it’s almost like I forget the people who stare at me my mall, my father who prefers that I go to the other room when people come to visit, my mother who somehow manages to minimize everything I do and my sister who I could never quite live up to.    

Today lying on my bed trying to concentrate on the words I was reading I couldn’t help thinking I wish I was Justin Bieber for a day and in that moment I was so overwhelmed with frustration because most celebrities – Oprah and Alyssa Milano excluded – write a cheque and think that that is all there is to giving but having donated money to various different charities myself I can tell you that donating money pales in comparison to giving someone else an opportunity to give and showing them that they can live a fulfilled life without being caught up in the vicious cycle of consumerism. Are you doing great things with your power? 🙂

Day 86

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“You’ve got to go through hell before you get to heaven” – The Steve Miller Band.

It’s 6: 15 PM on day86 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, feed myself  Oats  for  breakfast ,listen to music on YouTube – I heard this wonderful song by Justin Bieber called Pray – it brought tears to my eyes – feed myself  Chapati – an unleavened flatbread – and beef curry   for brunch    tweet about my Clean Water For All Campaign for most of the day – finally after a 17 day donation drought one of my Twitter friends made a donation – thanks God I know that was you … REALLY appreciate it  🙂 –    and exercise for 15 minutes –  I felt like someone was tearing my hamstrings on purpose – I have never had a child but I bet you anything childbirth is less painful than the exercises I do on a daily bases LOL 🙂

Today morning I woke up willing to tweet for as long as it took me to get a donation but by the 20th tweet I was thinking what is the point nobody cares and at that moment I realized something that I will carry with me throughout the course of my life – the people who don’t quit – even when they want to – are the ones who will end up on top at the end of the day. Do you give up prematurely? 🙂