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[nydenden]

I went to another "Hands on Bay Area" project again...this time i went to the Agnews Developmental Center in San Jose to interact with some disabled patients there. I've worked with such patients in the past, mostly children, but these patients were quite different. Between the ages of 17 and 30 years, the patients suffered severe mental

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[comradelau]

I worked at Agnews when I was in high school. It was definitely an eye opening experience since I had never seen developmentally disabled before prior to that time.

I did however, get made fun of by one of the patients. They were all working on making some craft. And I was next to this one disabled lady who was not very coherent in her sounds. However, the one moment that my hands fumbled and messed up the craft that she so easily accomplished, she said out loud, "oh come on."

It was very funny to be made fun of by her. It also tells you that even though on the outside they seem incoherent, there is still somebody on the inside who is able to do something better than you

another take on faith

[reishinji]

When I first started naginata, back 4 years ago,

I remember coming home and telling my dad how well I got along with my sensei and my other dojo mates. I remember telling him how my sensei already had me planned, after 5 minutes of talking to me, to have me go to the World Championships and such. Then my dad told me something interesting;

`I believe in life, you`re meant to meet people for a reason`

So I guess that not only goes for `soul mates` or `the one`--I guess that can also apply to your classmates, the person in your math class whom you`ve never talked to, the cab driver who cursed you out randomly on the street 2 years ago, and even your friends.

So whether or not you were a positive influence or not on your friends, vise versa, either way, you were meant to meet your friends for a reason, and whether you were meant to be a positive or negative influence in their lives, is something that I guess fate decides.

Re: another take on faith

[nydenden]

i love ya! haha. Btw, i got ur ims and yeah, I can pick u up for sure. I got u down for the 20th of July..which is a Sunday at 1:30 pm and it's Alaska Airlines 2569...u can crash at my place. We can share my bed, it's a full size.