On Choosing Your Disease Wisely

Generally speaking, I think that most Americans like to think of themselves as a compassionate people. The sad truth is that our compassion is, in most cases, influenced by beauty, fame or how it will affect our tax deductions. “What on earth are you suggesting?” you ask. I’m not suggesting anything. I’m telling you that you will have more compassion on someone who is pretty or famous and will only give your compassionate dollar to a cause if and only if it is the cause de jour . Let me give you a little advice. If your going to choose your disease please do so wisely. Only choose a disease that is popular. Preferably one that a celebrity has, and I don’t mean any celebrity. The celebrity has to be hot today not yesterday. You get a hold of a disease that a hot celeb has and you have got it made. Not only will billions of dollars be pumped into finding a cure but there’s a darn good chance you could end up on 20/20. You’ll have honorary front row seats at the “ROCK (enter name of disease)” CONCERT. and IF, AND ONLY IF it’s a very hot disease, maybe, just maybe you could make it on Oprah! If you really play your disease right you might even be on her Christmas gift show. Unfortunately not everyone is so smart. Some people unwittingly choose a disease that small children get. What are they thinking? These kids don’t have a chance to be famous because their silly disease keeps them a little occupied. While some attention is garnered for such diseases they really don’t have the fire power or elite disease status to really pump the big bucks into. Don’t take my word for it. Check out the contributions given to each disease out there. If the less attractive diseases had as much money as the diseases of the bold and beautiful there would be a cure for some of them by now. If you really drop the ball you’ll choose a disease that only affects older people. An old person disease? Now you’ve really gone and stepped in it. There is about a 0% chance of getting any help on this one. Even when old stars get sick, their black and white sitcom fame just doesn’t have the pull it used to. Oh sure we’ll shed a tear……maybe but that will be our only donation to that cause.
I’m probably not the best person to be talking about compassion. I’m more honest than compassionate. It’d be nice if you guy’s would quit wearing that compassion like you do your hairstyle. There are a lot of ugly, poor, untalented hurting people out there that need your help. Helping them won’t be fun, you won’t get a wrist band and worst of all…you may be the only one that knows you helped.