MY New Year's Resolution Update

It hasn't been long, but I thought I'd keep myself in check by giving a little update on the resolutions I made for my own new year...

1. Go Greener. - Not great, but getting better all the time...

2. Do something new and different every week. - Uh...fail...but I'll keep working on it and I have done some.

3. Once a month I will say “Yes” to something I would normally say “No” to. - Nobody's asking...

4. Put X number of $’s in my savings account - SUCCESS!! But I plan to keep going!

5. Take the World Food Tour in Houston. - Added Greek but not so hot on this one.

6. Spend at least 4 glorious weekends away with my love. One down 3 to go!

7. Kiss in the rain at least once. - Where did the rain go? We've done a lot of kissing but not once in the rain.

8. Cook something that seems too hard to cook. - Still working on this one...or procrastinating - however you want to look at it.

9. Write for enjoyment (not on the blog). - Fail!

10. Write more blog articles than in years past. - Working on it!

11. Get back on Body for Life and don’t totally stop once the 12 weeks are up. - I've been pretty good but certainly not Body For Life dedicated.

Well...not too bad and there's still a lot of time in MY year. Maybe I'll do an update in January when everyone else is doing their own resolutions and we'll see how I've done.

Hope all is well with each of you and whatever your goals or dreams or resolutions are that they're at the front of you mind all the time.

Much Love,
Mercedes

Do We Really Care About Others or Are We Too Selfish for That?

I’ve been watching footage of the miner’s in Chile being rescued and film shots from around the world show people moved to tears watching the rescue. It seems everyone has a heart that goes out to these miners, their families, their friends and their country.

Yet, I hear people on the internet (and specifically very recent conversations with people regarding cheating) who say if you sleep with someone else’s boyfriend/husband/significant other, you bear no responsibility for that nor should you concern yourself with the woman’s feelings because you might just being doing her a favor.

Are we really so selfish that we can’t bring ourselves to think of the feelings of another woman before we sleep with her boyfriend/husband/significant other behind her back?

I agree, he’s an ass if he does this to her.

A true ass.

But what about the women who are willing participants in it?

It’s not our obligation to be concerned morally about other women?

It’s not our responsibility to care for what she might be feeling?

This is all the guy’s fault and we were just taking care of our own feelings and should feel nothing for her?

Really?

Okay…so a lot of people feel that way…

Then…why are we so concerned about the miners in Chile?

Why do we cry when we see them hug their wives and lovers and children and mothers?

Why do we care how those loved ones were feeling while they waited…hoping for a miracle?

We don’t even know those people.

Is it because we don’t really care, we’re just pretending?

Is it because those people never affected us?

Can we only care because we don’t feel any better in our own lives by them being down there?

Why is the story of the wife and lover both missing their man so heartbreaking? Why are we not just rooting for the lover? Is there no compassion for the wife who discovered her husband was cheating like this? Do we not care about her?

If there was a woman down there and we were able to sleep with her husband while she waited to get out would we then have wanted her to stay there a little longer?

I’m beginning to believe humanity (at least the average blogger type of humanity) is able to feel concern and empathy for others ONLY as long as it doesn’t affect their own personal pleasure…but the second taking into consideration someone else stop’s us from getting laid…well…empathy out the window.

Help me ladies and gentlemen!

Are there still good people out there?

Are there still people who think of others and take the feelings of other’s into consideration before they act?

As humans, are we really, truly just out for out own pleasure at the cost of anyone else?

Really?

If you’re someone who cares…always…about how your actions affect the lives of others and you behave in a way that ensures you are not hurting anyone, please…comment…because I need a little assurance that morals and values really do still exist where mankind is concerned and that the little emotion God created to help us be aware of how our actions affect the lives and feelings of others (called guilt) still exists and is still being paid attention to.

Much Love,
Mercedes