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12 years ago
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It has realy been a while since I have been here or have posted anything. But Alot of stuff has come up and are coming up that are taking my time. I'll talk about those in a later Journal but for right now I am working on some small stuff that will be posted later.
I know that I have posted about Extra Life, but what I have not posted was my main reason of why I take part in this charity program. Its not simply because you can play video games, board games, card games and so on for 24 hours, but alot more personally.
Most everyone here knows that my childhood was not the best moment of my life, although there were good moments in at that time as well. I was born with ADHD and also a condition where my mind development is a year behind my body development. Nowadays it means nothing but back as a child with all the changes going on around me and inside me, the school’s pace and other variables, it was hell. I was subjected to bullying from a lot of students and had a lot of teachers and adults looked at me like I was a lost cause or something that can not easily be controlled or predicted as there were times where I was slow on learning on a subject and then I quickly picked it up faster the the students in the classroom. Until I moved to Texas in the Summer of 94, it was tough and left a mark on my heart and soul that took years for me to truly recover.
Now, what does a guy with only ADHD and the year difference condition have to do with a charity program for children with serious illnesses and conditions? It is not the physical condition, but the one thing that is important.
As a child, I was never given Hope by a lot of people thus I never had hope for the future, that I felt like there was nothing more for me then ‘suffering’ and ‘darkness’. And when I see the children and their families in hospital, I felt the similar emotions. The harsh reality of situation, a child struggle with the infliction and trial of the illness, families struggle with the emotional pain of their children and all other emotional problems. And yet through all of that; their Hope, the one power in all of creation that is real, gives them the strength to move on even if the future is good or bad in the end. I never want anyone one, especially a child, to go through their life without knowing what Hope truly is and feels like. For no matter what the future brings, success and failure are always the constant variables that happen regardless. But it is the will and resolve that can truly make that difference in the outcome and the most important fuel of that drive, is Hope.
That is only the first half of the reason, the other is more of a important personally reason.
As I have mentioned before, along with the bad moments in my young life there were good ones as well. There was one person that I strongly remember who was one of the few handful of friends I ever had. Her name is Allison and she always looked up at me as a Hero. She ever believed in a story that if one were to ‘gather a thousand Hopes, then a Miracle would happen.’ Sadly I have not heard from her in the years since I moved down to Texas. But it was during the first year when I signed up for Extra Life, I got a email from her mother, after finding my profile on a old website, and she wrote to me a very long email. She deeply regret to inform me that Allison was caught up in the World Trade Center on 9/11. She took the time to write out Allison dairy pages from when I left New Jersey till that fateful day. I can honestly say that I was crying for the fact that not only did she still kept me in her mind while I have forgotten about everything, but she still had hope that one day we will meet again and that she hopes and prays that I am still the Hero and having a happy life.
That was the turning point in my life and where I begin my first step towards working with Extra Life.
And there it is. My reason for taking part in Extra Life and all that I have done so far. Not only to help out the children and families in need but to also honor the memory of a friend who always kept that hope, prayer and wish in her heart.
I know that I have posted about Extra Life, but what I have not posted was my main reason of why I take part in this charity program. Its not simply because you can play video games, board games, card games and so on for 24 hours, but alot more personally.
Most everyone here knows that my childhood was not the best moment of my life, although there were good moments in at that time as well. I was born with ADHD and also a condition where my mind development is a year behind my body development. Nowadays it means nothing but back as a child with all the changes going on around me and inside me, the school’s pace and other variables, it was hell. I was subjected to bullying from a lot of students and had a lot of teachers and adults looked at me like I was a lost cause or something that can not easily be controlled or predicted as there were times where I was slow on learning on a subject and then I quickly picked it up faster the the students in the classroom. Until I moved to Texas in the Summer of 94, it was tough and left a mark on my heart and soul that took years for me to truly recover.
Now, what does a guy with only ADHD and the year difference condition have to do with a charity program for children with serious illnesses and conditions? It is not the physical condition, but the one thing that is important.
As a child, I was never given Hope by a lot of people thus I never had hope for the future, that I felt like there was nothing more for me then ‘suffering’ and ‘darkness’. And when I see the children and their families in hospital, I felt the similar emotions. The harsh reality of situation, a child struggle with the infliction and trial of the illness, families struggle with the emotional pain of their children and all other emotional problems. And yet through all of that; their Hope, the one power in all of creation that is real, gives them the strength to move on even if the future is good or bad in the end. I never want anyone one, especially a child, to go through their life without knowing what Hope truly is and feels like. For no matter what the future brings, success and failure are always the constant variables that happen regardless. But it is the will and resolve that can truly make that difference in the outcome and the most important fuel of that drive, is Hope.
That is only the first half of the reason, the other is more of a important personally reason.
As I have mentioned before, along with the bad moments in my young life there were good ones as well. There was one person that I strongly remember who was one of the few handful of friends I ever had. Her name is Allison and she always looked up at me as a Hero. She ever believed in a story that if one were to ‘gather a thousand Hopes, then a Miracle would happen.’ Sadly I have not heard from her in the years since I moved down to Texas. But it was during the first year when I signed up for Extra Life, I got a email from her mother, after finding my profile on a old website, and she wrote to me a very long email. She deeply regret to inform me that Allison was caught up in the World Trade Center on 9/11. She took the time to write out Allison dairy pages from when I left New Jersey till that fateful day. I can honestly say that I was crying for the fact that not only did she still kept me in her mind while I have forgotten about everything, but she still had hope that one day we will meet again and that she hopes and prays that I am still the Hero and having a happy life.
That was the turning point in my life and where I begin my first step towards working with Extra Life.
And there it is. My reason for taking part in Extra Life and all that I have done so far. Not only to help out the children and families in need but to also honor the memory of a friend who always kept that hope, prayer and wish in her heart.
