[Delayed Response]

Gah! I'm sorry! I've been going to bed so late that I haven't wanted to stay up to write because I've been so exhausted. So here's the game plan, since I have a longer break between my classes today (because I totally rocked my child development test), I'll catch up for the last 2 days now and I'll do today's post later tonight. Ok, good plan.

Day 110: What If You Could Read Your Obituary Today?

How impossibly morbid. This isn't meant to be morbid though, it's supposed to be a wake-up call. How would we be remembered if, G-d forbid, we were to die soon?

Since my family has recently had the misfortune of experiencing the deaths of two loved ones, death has been on my mind a lot. Not in a dangerous-to-myself kind of way, but in an existential kind of way.

Instead of thinking about what would be said in my obituary, I tend to think about who would attend my funeral or who would eulogize me, what they would say...

Now, it's a beautiful day, the sun is shining, there's a nice breeze out, and I totally just rocked a test, so I'm not going to think about death right now...

Day 111: The Infinite Ways of Doing Good

People need endlessly and every need is different. What I take for granted every day, others might be lacking. That's why it's amazing to hear about organizations that benefit specific causes that people rarely stop to think about.

One such project is growing in popularity on my campus. A group of students has established a club that helps elementary school students in New Jersey publish their own short stories in an anthology. These anthologies are then translated into Rwandan languages and taken by the college students to Rwanda to communities where education is wanted, but supplies are lacking. Both the versions in Rwandan and English are brought so literacy comes in two languages to these eager students.

"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world."-Anne Frank