Challenge Accepted

I was recently challenged by my friend Kaylece to join in an awareness project for Myocarditis. The challenge is to grab the drink of your choice, sit down at your computer and read about the disease. Our friend Chris died in his sleep five years ago due to Myocarditis and the truth is I don't know very much about it.  I am excited to do some research today and learn more about it and how it affects others.

Instead of challenging three others like I'm supposed to, I want to put out a challenge to anyone who reads my blog. Each day spend 15 minutes less on Facebook and spend 15 minutes learning about an unknown ailment! Become more understanding to people in the world by learning about different difficulties that others face. Read about Lou Gehrig's Disease, Myocarditis, Crohns Disease, Depression, Diabetes, Homelessness, Schizophrenia, etc! Pick something you've heard of but never really understood or look up the disease that your great great grandpa died of and give it a good reading! Let's become a more knowledgeable society. My hopes are that we can become a little bit more loving to those we previously didn't understand.

I vividly remember chatting on MSN messenger (haha oh the msn messenger days) one summer day when I was probably 13 and my friend asked me what I was doing. I told him I was researching art and that I had a goal to look up something new each day. I know that makes me sounds a bit odd but can you imagine how much more I would know today if I just stuck with this goal that I made 10+ years ago?!

When I originally started this blog I posted several goals I was working on and I need to start doing that again. I'm going to take my own challenge and try to learn about a new cause each day. Watch out understanding, compassion, knowledge, acceptance, service, love. I'm coming to get you.

Cheers Chris.