{"id":3423,"date":"2016-04-14T06:01:10","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T06:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.averral.com\/blog\/?p=3423"},"modified":"2016-04-14T06:01:10","modified_gmt":"2016-04-14T06:01:10","slug":"first-world-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.averral.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/first-world-problems\/","title":{"rendered":"First World Problems"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"Screen<\/a>I had been visualizing transforming my home into a refuge for orphans. Watching hours of documentaries and reading newspaper articles on them had moved me. It makes all my complaints and worries seem like first world problems. Like, where to go on a Friday Night seems so insignificant compared to: are these orphans going to be adopted soon?<\/p>\n

I used to think when I am older I would become a woman who keeps cats and sends them for grooming competitions. It sounds quite ridiculous when I type this now, did I even think of that before? Now, my view has shifted towards fostering orphans and providing them the love of a family.<\/p>\n

I used to think that money was the solution to solving world’s problems. Now, I realised, it isn’t. The issue is policies that are implemented are causing the suffering of those who do not have a voice. China’s one child policy lead to the abandonment of millions of female babies. Policies implemented by the government can fundamentally shift the mindset of the population. Gay marriage rights is fundamentally shifting the perception of the LGBT community to gain widespread acceptance in their families for their choice of partners.<\/p>\n

I believe the suffering will end once we take responsibility for the change we want to see in this world by starting with small daily actions, that in turn, influences the community and eventually the policies of the world.<\/p>\n

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I had been visualizing transforming my home into a refuge for orphans. Watching hours of documentaries and reading newspaper articles on them had moved me. It makes all my complaints and worries seem like first world problems. Like, where to go on a Friday Night seems so insignificant compared to: are these orphans going to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[20],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n