MDA
Posted by JTyler on Friday, September 9, 2011
I was watching the MDA telethon. The organization raises money for
Muscular Dystrophy Disorder (if you don't know what that is, look at
this webpage - http://www.mda.org/disease/). I encourage everyone to
donate at least a small amount. If ten thousand people donate one
dollar, that's ten thousand dollars. It costs $74 dollars for one
minute of research, according to the show. It's been going on for
decades, and they're still going. They haven't found a cure yet, but
they have made great differences in people's lives, especially those of
children.
What I though was astounding, though, was the way this one man afflicted with the disorder lives his life. He was one of the guests who spoke on the show. I'm not sure what his name was (as I had just finished making dinner when he started), so I'll describe him. He was a brown man around twenty years old. He sat in a wheelchair. He was a painter, and was interested in art, paintings, jazz music, and other forms of art. He drew pictures of John Coltrane and other artists, saying that when you listen to them, you can just see colors. As they showed him painting something, he said that the disorder helped him artistically and spiritually, saying that because he is limited in the physical sense, he can appreciate things better intellectually and spiritually. Not only can he see what he is drawing, he can feel what he's drawing.
He took a serious affliction, something that drastically changes his life, to his advantage. He used it to his advantage. He had such a positive outlook to life, and he was artistic, much more so than many people. While he does this, people are wasting away what they have. School kids waste away their intellect (and subsequently, their lives), adults do the same, people waste away money, people don't act kind, etc. I think that everyone should take advantage of what they have now. The world would be a much different place if they did...
What I though was astounding, though, was the way this one man afflicted with the disorder lives his life. He was one of the guests who spoke on the show. I'm not sure what his name was (as I had just finished making dinner when he started), so I'll describe him. He was a brown man around twenty years old. He sat in a wheelchair. He was a painter, and was interested in art, paintings, jazz music, and other forms of art. He drew pictures of John Coltrane and other artists, saying that when you listen to them, you can just see colors. As they showed him painting something, he said that the disorder helped him artistically and spiritually, saying that because he is limited in the physical sense, he can appreciate things better intellectually and spiritually. Not only can he see what he is drawing, he can feel what he's drawing.
He took a serious affliction, something that drastically changes his life, to his advantage. He used it to his advantage. He had such a positive outlook to life, and he was artistic, much more so than many people. While he does this, people are wasting away what they have. School kids waste away their intellect (and subsequently, their lives), adults do the same, people waste away money, people don't act kind, etc. I think that everyone should take advantage of what they have now. The world would be a much different place if they did...