Another Reason To Smile

Smile because we are still alive. Smile because we still have free ARV's which are so expensive in the first world countries. Smile because we have hubs that are will willing to give free services. Smile because even with our lives with our disease we can still be functional.

It is Christmas time and everybody is busy with their own Christmas parties, with their Christmas gifts, with their family reunions. Everybody is busy planning for their Christmas and New Year's eve. But the recent events in the country somehow changed everybody's attention. Typhoon Sendong devastated Mindanao, and from the reports, it has already killed more than 500 Filipinos. All the TV stations are focused on reporting about the casualties and the damages. They kept on showing photos of the new landscape of the region.. muddy, full of debris, a lot of destroyed properties, people mourning.

A lot of people are using social networking to mobilize people to help. A lot are posting numbers of the Philippine National Red Cross or the TV stations. Even texting to donate has been utilized. People are trying to help. People are recognizing the impact of the situation during this supposedly joyous time.

We are still lucky. We are alive. In Mindanao people were struck with fear and some pictures of families struck with death with their children in their arms. We are lucky. Some people don't have homes and some have lost their loved ones. We are lucky. We still have a lot while down south, a lot of people have lost everything they have. We are still lucky. We are on the other side of the spectrum where we have the capacity to help those who are needing.

This is another reason to smile. We are alive. Even though we are living with the disease, we are still here and able to fight. Let's value what we have. Let's appreciate what is still being given to us so we can't suffer anymore with our disease. Let's be thankful for all the free treatments and services that are being delivered to us both by our government and by the foreign assistance. Let's be grateful to all HIV/AIDS doctors, counsellors, nurses, and foundations who are around us and with us for our fight to life.

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