The Invisible children( " Tell me why " By Declan Galbraith)

Not to long ago did I come a across this song called " Tell my why" By Declan Galbraith, his song has made me think and question our goodness. We say we care and we want to help, but we don't  try hard enough at one verse the song goes " In my dream children sing a song of love for every boy and girl
The sky is blue and fields are green and laughter is the language of the world
Then I wake and all I see is a world full of people in need " we fool ourselves to say that life is good....it may be so for us who arent out there starving, fighting to survive everyday. We all say we want a peaceful world where everybody is happy, if so why doesnt everybody contribute to help this all work out? As the song continues its lyrics read as followed "
Everyday I ask myself what will I have to do to be a man?
Do I have to stand and fight to prove to everybody who I am?
Is that what my life is for to waste in a world full of war? Tell me why  does it have to be like this?
Tell me why  is there something I have missed?
Tell me why  cos I don't understand.
When so many need somebody we don't give a helping hand.
Tell me why? "




www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKMoHLxDncU " Tell me why"
These kids are made to fight, they are made into "men" their childhood is destroyed and there is no healing, they will have scars for the rest of their lifes that is if they escape the horrible nightmare.  The questions sung in the song are ones that I find myself asking constanlt, why do so many of us say we care yet, we do nothing to help the ones that need it. And finally the song goes on as "Tell me why (why,why,does the tiger run)
Tell me why (why why do we shoot the gun)
Tell me why (why,why do we never learn) Can someone tell us why we let the forest burn?
(why,why do we say we care)
Tell me why (why,why do we stand and stare) Tell me why (why,why do the dolphins cry)
Can some one tell us why we let the ocean die ?
(why,why if we're all the same)
tell me why (why,why do we pass the blame)
tell me why (why,why does it never end)
can some one tell us why we cannot just be friends?"
Why is it that this song holds the truth, if i may say it makes us seem ignorant...and i think sometimes we can be. Why is it that we sometimes say we dont help because its not our problem.... but it could be. And these problems will never end fast enough as long as we dont do anything to help. When I first heard of this song it instantly reminded me of Invisible Children and the heartful truth of us...that we say we care, yet we dont lend a helping hand.

Childhood

We all love Christmas, its when we get presents and give. We are ready for that great family dinner, and the children are shot with excitement for Santa Clause to come. One of the many joys is putting up the Christmas tree, but what happens when your parents forbid you to believe in Santa, or the Easter bunny. As I was growing up my parents always encouraged us to believe in Santa Clause to ask him for our presents, but my best friend in the 2nd grade had it different. Her parents told her and her younger siblings that nothing was real. They were all nonsense and that they shouldnt be wasting their time with such daydreaming. They had their Christmas tree but there was never a surprise, instead her parents took her and her siblings shopping for what ever they liked. Now today I see the same thing with my two little cousins Anthony and Bengy. My aunt is strict with them and tells them not to believe in Santa. And now we only have them confused because when ever they come over to my house, all we do is incourage Santa clause, we have them write their letters asking for toys and tell them that we personally will give it to him. They are still very young and they should have that right to believe in what makes a child happy. They have never even put one christmas ornament on any tree, so the last time they came over they helped decorate our christmas tree and we told them its their too and a few days later they came back and the youngest one said looking up at me " My Christmas tree looks beautiful".  Thats what the joy of Christmas brings down to the last ornament on the tree, and its unfair that sometimes parents want to keep their kids away from the fanasty world. Now it brings me into the idea of role play. My two cousins anthony and bengy can sleep with stuffed animals because their boys!!!! Its silly to say that because they're boys they cant have/find security in a stuffed teddy because its " NOT RIGHT"  supposidly. I know that my sister growing up all she had were dinasours and trucks and trains the usual toys you bought for a boy, but not once did my mom worry about that. Why is it that latley parents have become more strict with what they allow their kids to play with or belive in?

Abortion- Thoughts

Recently the topic of abortion has been coming up a lot lately both in and out of class. Recently I have discoverd that one of my friends is a mom. Two actually, one I was well aware of and I know how scared she was to comfront her parents and have to go through with it. But never once did she say that abortion was an option. I find it hard to understand how it is that an adult woman cant make the decision to keep their child. My friend was 17 when she found out she was pregnant and had told me that she was determined to keep the baby because there were no other option that was acceptable. She of course had to comfront her parents in one way or another. I recently caught up with her on facebook and messages me that she is more then happy with '' her little angel". She couldnt have asked for anything better right now and to think that she is still a child in her parents eyes, now she has one of her own. When things happen like this they make me question whether sometimes people get abortions in order to fullfill their wishes, maybe they do have a strong steady job, have had a long life of youth ( more then my friends life because she had to grow up fast) and has the right enviorment to raise a child. Because I know for a fact that it doesnt matter what age you maybe, its not necessarily an excuse. It depends on the kind of person you are, you have to have the right mind and know that you can go through the 9 months of pregnancy. Because thats another thing, you have to know how to take care of yourself, you need to take the right precautions for the safety and well being of you and that child. And may I add that my friend has had a healthy baby, becasue she knew what she was doing. She didnt do it alone obviously, she had help/support from the people that care for her and that baby.