Please take a moment to study this image and fully absorb it. What story is it telling you? This picture was taken by Kevin Carter in Ayod, Sudan, in 1993. His mission was to document the famine in Sudan. After a long and tiresome day of taking pictures, Kevin walked to an open area where he spotted this tiny human-being struggling to make it to the food center while a vulture stood by in wait. Kevin was directed not to touch the victims because of diseases, so he decided to spend the next twenty-minute waiting for the stalking vulture to…

I recently came across this poem by an unknown author and it says, Two natures are within my breast. The one is foul, the other blessed. The one I love, the other I hate. The one I feed will dominate. Both positive and negative emotions reside within us.  We can stare down every situation in two ways, fear, and anger, or optimism, and calmness. Every day, in every situation we have the ability to feed one emotion over the other, especially when the world appears to be on fire and negativity seems to be promoted. But that’s all the more…

Although helping others can make us feel good, in reality, it’s not about us, it is about them. When you’re there for someone, lending a hand, you are telling them “I see you, I hear you, and I feel for you.” We are living in a world that is in great pain, confusion, and distress; a heartbreaking reminder that everyone is facing their battles. But no matter our situation, we can always help others even when it’s hard to do so, or we simply don’t want to because we’ve been burned too many times.  People will disappoint you, they will…