There are 7,000,000,000,000 people in the world. 300,000,000 people in America, 25,000,000 in Texas and 2.1 million in Houston TX (My home town). Out of the twenty five million people in Texas, and the two million people in Houston, I know a few hundred. I am at least friends with 200 or so, related to and close friends with far fewer. I would even dare to say I could count my close friends with my two hands.
Now think about your closest friend. The one friend that you know you can tell ANYTHING. Your relationship with them is so unique, so close and so matchless that you cannot even think of what you would do without them. If you could have another friend like them, would you? Not a replacement, not even the same type relationship, but another friend that you are so close to and can tell anything, that you can spend your weekends with etc.? After having a lot of trouble with the relationships I have now, The idea of one more best friend, aside from the two I have now, is increasingly favorable.
Although we don't all have relationship troubles, or even want more friends, maybe you were just having a really crappy day. You slipped and fell in a puddle of water in front of 20 people, you almost got run over -TWICE- you stepped in mud, stepped in mud again, and then stepped on a piece of glass (Yes, I did get this story from personal experience). Then the rest of the day was disappointing and you had a grey cloud following you everywhere. Where was that one person to brighten your day? There could have been a girl who walked up to you and said "Hey, I love your hair!" or a guy who just couldn't stop smiling at you, or even and old lady who just wanted to tell you that you made her day. Those people are the ones who matter. They make the world go round. So where are they?
Lets look at things from a bigger perspective. Aside from those who directly effect your life, there are those who effect the whole world. There are those who haven't yet also. According to the Population Reference Bureau, more than 100,000,000,000 people have walked this earth. Out of all those people, why has no one found the cure for cancer? Why has no one found the cure for Aids, or even the common cold? How is that even possible?
Do you not think that with how many loved ones we have lost to cancer and aids, that we would not want to do something about that? Of course we do so much! We donate our time and money to find a cure, we pray, beg and plead with a God we may not even believe in to give our wife or son a chance to be healthy again. We do so much, but do we do everything? If you were in that situation, as I know some of you are, wouldn't you do everything? What do you think everything includes? Donating a ridiculous amount of money? Spending hours in the hospital making a little dad laugh so that he wants to make it through this cancer? What if everything meant discontinuing abortion?
The sudden subject change has probably thrown you off. What does abortion have to do with cancer, or aids or even the common cold? As I was reflecting on earlier in the post, we still do not have cures for these seemingly incurable diseases still, and do not seem to have the people in our life that we need. So where are they? Abortion has caused us to lose 53 million babies since 1973, the date of Roe v. Wade. 3000 children daily. That is where those people are going. You may never meet that best friend, that future spouse or even that one person that makes all the difference in the world. The world may never discover an end to cancer or a cure to the common cold. The question now is, WHY? These lives are lost, never given the chance to grow up, or smile, or even meet mommy. Life may not be fair, but shouldn't we work towards that? We don't give up on something just because it seems impossible, we work towards a goal to make the world a better place for others.
53 million babies is about one third of america's population. Think of three of your best friends, or three of your siblings. Now think of one of them being gone. 1 out of 3 may not seem like much, but 10 out of 30? Even this; That knocks your favorite NFL team down to 25. Your wedding just went from 120 down to 80. How many people will attend your funeral?
Every living person makes a difference, so why would we take away their chance to walk on this earth and live for it?
You may not have an abortion. You may not even be pro choice. That is great, but what difference does it make if you do not do anything about it? There is so much we all can do, and it duants me how not everything that can be done, is done.
There is an entire month dedicated to breast cancer awereness, and I admire the passion behind their movement. Seeing that, why does our passion go unfed and neglected? Knowing now that we could have so much more on this earth, and we are throwing that away, does that not substain and feed our desire for the greater good of the society?
Think about where we might be if we had given those little girls and boys a chance, now think about what you're going to do about it.
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