I first found my passion for educating and
empowering people as an HIV/AIDS peer educator for the American Red Cross ,
which I guess for most parents it would have been weird for have your fifteen
year old daughter traveling around the city, talking about sexually transmitted
diseases, handing out condoms and talking about birth control. But my dad was
cool at least on the outside, he knew that for me education was only power and
besides my mom had passed away so me teaching myself really delayed the sex
talk.
However, I had a
great mentor by the name of David Bolter and til this day I love and owe him
more than I could put into words, but when I first started as a peer educator ,
he taught me this one basic rule when it comes to bodily fluids;
" If it is wet
and it is not yours, DON’T TOUCH IT".
This statement has been a staple in my life, it’s help me to stay clear
of other's people drama and causing myself unnecessary stress and I wanted to
share it with you.
When I think of
something being wet , I think of the mess it is or that is going to leave
behind, so that is how I apply to everyday life situations. We have all been in
the predicaments when we are dealing with something that when we look at it, it
really does not have nothing with us. It was somebody else's problem that we
got swept up into and now we are left on clean up duty. It is really hard to see it for what it is
when you are in the middle of it, so let me break it down for you.
If your friend,
family member, co worker, dog walker, whoever comes to you and all they have is
drama ( the wetness) , and because you are close to them or a good friend you
truly want to help and help them ( touching it) and once you began to start
helping you also began to notice inconsistencies or they become non responsive
because now you are handling their problem. You have officially touched
something wet that is not yours.
It really didn't take a rocket scientist to
figure out why David never wanted to us to handle bodily fluids with out bare hands
because there is greater chance of contracting a disease. We essentially do the same thing when we
handle issues that are not ours to handle we put ourselves at a greater risk of
being stressed, worried, anxious all over something that never belonged to us
in the beginning.
I am not saying not
be helpful or give advice when needed but use caution because life will hand
you enough of your own mess and stress , that you should not want to contract
something that was never yours to begin with.
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