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Tilting The Scales

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Tilting The Scales

I just finished dinner, a bowl of pinto beans with an avocado filled flour tortilla, followed by a small bowl of ice cream.

This morning, as I was reading the LA Times in search for inspiration for my "In The News" piece, on the front page was an article of a group of "altruists who had long cared for the poor and ailing, thrown together on a mission to provide medical help in the most daunting of places." In total, 10 volunteers were shot to death by the Taliban in Afghanistan. I looked at each of their faces and got teary-eyed. I felt anger and sadness at knowing that these people were doing the best of things; each day they risked their lives in the name of service, of giving back to our world. They are HEROES!

In the next section of the paper, there was an image of a Afghan girl on the cover of Time magazine; her name is Bibi Aisha. Bibi is 18 years old and lost her ears and nose as punishment for fleeing an abusive husband, also part of the Taliban. She was brave enough to have her face photographed in order to bring attention to the brutalities of women in Afghanistan and possibly preventing further violence. She too is a HERO!

The piece here is titled "Sad Girl." It was inspired from a piece of work I once saw on a storefront window display. I choose this piece today because of the sadness I felt in reading these articles; I was caught off guard and feel that there is more for me to learn. It's strange that of all my pieces of work on FAA, this one has by far received the most views. I only wonder why.

As I write of these two articles, I wonder about my own contributions to our world; I feel like I have not given back. It puts my life in perspective and inspires me to want to do more.

To everyone who is making contributions, however big or small, I admire the courage, the strength and determination. You are my inspirations!
Thank you all for titlting the scales of goodness, every little act counts.

Take a chance.