Into The Wild - Child Abuse

May 4, 2018

i need write a blog about Into The Wild but i'm moved so much that i don't have the words. my brother brought the book home from college and i'd never read a book so fast, i read it in 2 days. i get mad when people say Christopher McCandless was stupid for going out there by himself to die. he didn't, he did it to heal himself. ...from childhood abuse. I get it because I'm a survivor too. the amazing thing is, is if he hadn't died, his story would've not been shared. Carine lives ***. she has a daughter with a disability. Eddie Vedder did the soundtrack for the movie. ... (that news was released after i read the book) Into The Wild touches my soul. I got a free Into The Wild poster from when i went to go see it at ***. I lost that poster in the flood. I should replace that poster, because as I look at it on the wall, it reminds me of so many things ... don't be afraid, try new things, discover what is true in life ... sharing joy with others is what's it's all about. It dawned on Chris about sharing joy right before he died.

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Inclusion of people with disabilities (young and old) in their community

May 15, 2011

Friends and health are the two most important things many different cultures say. I knew friends were the most important by the time I hit 8th grade. Into the Wild (book) reminded me of that a few years ago. MAKE SURE YOUR KID HAS FRIENDS! Any shared interest can start a friendship. All of us need friends.

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Bullying is Tied to the Lack of Delayed Gratification

Yes! Somebody (kinda) finally said it! Grow a pair of balls. Let it bounce off you. Why is stuff that i grew up with, that was self installed, is now some big new thing thing that requires it to be taught? Like the other day i saw a video of a mom teaching the pros on making kids wait. I was floored for the same reason. It sure is a different world now.

In my day it was calling teasing. It helped my friends stick up for one another Also it helped us to bond. Teasing, along with being included in regular classes, taught me there are nice people and mean people. Teasing taught me to choose to be around the nice people. That is one of the biggest lessons that i value. i might go far enough to say my childhood teasing, is a tiny part of why I’m still here today. It made me tough, it made me aware. It was my earliest memories of studying human behavior. You have to know human behavior to survive and thrive.

I do believe though, hurtful words hurt as bad as being punched.
You can protect yourself against words if you do it correctly.

Kids need to know one bad apple doesn't mean the world hates them and they should give up. (Delayed gratification! what-do-ya-know, my comment has come full circle)

Then again, when I was a kid I never had another kid threaten to kill me via a text message. So what do I know?

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