Fasting.

I'm hungry.

But I am not eating.

I am extremely mad at my parents.

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My lunch is sitting on the table next to me.

It looks nice.

But I'm not eating it.

Because I'm not going to eat if there are people out there starving.

People that I can help.

People that I can afford to help.

I signed up for a plan sponsorship today.

Sponsoring a child in Sri Lanka.

Indeewari. 14 years old.

$43 a month. I can afford that. That's about $10.30 a week.

Yet my father says I can not do this.

I can not sponsor a child.

Because if I want to do that by myself,

I may as well go live by myself.

and get my own meals.

and pay for all my needs by myself.

This is abhorrent.

I am not wasting their money.

I am going to pay for it with my own money,

which I could be wasting on clothes and makeup  and going out with friends like I was last month.

It's my money,

I should be allowed to spend it any way I want.

But I chose to sponsor a child because I want to make a difference in the world, from my birthday.

I'm not eating. I'm probably being immature and stupid but

if Indeewari can't afford to eat,

what makes me so much better than her that I can?

We are all human, we should all have the same rights.