I received a certificate in the mail the other day from
Canada Blood Services recognizing the fact that I have made fifty
donations. And it made me feel a little
bad. I’ve been donating blood since high
school but I’ve only made fifty donations?
It probably should be a hundred and fifty donations. I don’t
intentionally miss the clinics, but
it doesn’t seem to be a priority. It wasn’t always that way, I remember when I first became a donor, I counted the days until I could give blood. And
talk about being vocal! I wanted everyone to know that I was a blood donor, and I tried my darndest to convince other people
that they should be blood donors too. I knew all the statistics and could
answer all the objections. But gradually my priorities changed. I still believed
that donating blood was important but I didn’t talk about it as much as I used
to.
It wasn’t long after I stopped talking about it that I found
getting out to the clinic sometimes conflicted with other things I had planned.
Pretty soon it wasn’t that giving blood
became a lower priority it just wasn’t a priority at all.
I wonder what other commitments in our lives suffer the same
fate? Have a great week and remember:
To see what is really possible, you will have to attempt the impossible.
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