July 29th 2010
The AIDS Generation
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by msbnmd on October 11, 2009, 9:12 pm in General
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I just got the news that a close friend living with HIV/AIDS is in the hospital due to complications with pneumonia. I am scared, angry, and confused about this. Sure, I understand how this disease has arrested many lives in full swing and that there are some things we can do as adults to protect ourselves.
We are the AIDS generation. While it has hit other generations, we will bury more friends and family members from this disease than any other generation has. We have out lived the stigma that it is the "gay disease". We know more than any other generation did, but our friends, brothers, sisters, mothers, daughters, husbands, wives, FWB's, Significant Other and all of those we love are in danger.
Here on the HILL we talk relationships. Quite frankly, there are more than enough topics regarding the mis-conceptions and mistakes we have all had or done to read about on this site. But what about your life? How dangerous are you living? Sure, there are drugs to help out with living with this chronic and terminal disease but what about before? Are we the AIDS generation becuase we are careless? Or are we too obsessed with consipiracy theory about how and when it got here in order to be responsible and protect ourselves?
What if the relationship you are in right now is a life or death decision? Is it worth it to deceive? Are you willing to pay the price of your life for the lovin' he or she is giving you? Can you honestly say....without a doubt that you can trust your body to this person?
Why the dark post ms.b? Why all this? Perhaps to vent because of my hurt that I will be walking a dark road with someone I love because someone they were in a relationship with stopped their life short. Sure, I could blame them and say "you should have used protection" but have I always protected myself? Not really.
While we toil over the nuances of love and relationships I'd like us to consider a couple of fundamental truths that we sometimes overlook because we're being so damn deep.
1. You will only receive what you give. If you give bs, that's what you get.
2. Our lives are not our own, before you choose that lover, or SO consider
the people who you are responsible to.
3. In our short time here, all we have to do is tell the truth, live the truth,
and love the truth. This means, don't lie to ourselves or others.
4. If we all could go back and change something from our past, we
no doubt would, but life doesn't work like that. We have to live with
integrity, honesty, and truth. No second chances.
5. Choosing mates should represent our highest truth, not our lowest
"need". If you are unable to live in your truth and your needs are
overwhelming your decisions, then you are bound for pain.
Forgive me, I am another woman injured by this disease. While I don't physically have it, the fragments of its wrath affect me all too much.
FH: We must accept that we are the AIDS generation. What will we do to fight this disease? Do you believe in being part of the solution? If so, what solutions do you have that will help us heal from this epidemic instead of continuing it?
We are the AIDS generation. While it has hit other generations, we will bury more friends and family members from this disease than any other generation has. We have out lived the stigma that it is the "gay disease". We know more than any other generation did, but our friends, brothers, sisters, mothers, daughters, husbands, wives, FWB's, Significant Other and all of those we love are in danger.
Here on the HILL we talk relationships. Quite frankly, there are more than enough topics regarding the mis-conceptions and mistakes we have all had or done to read about on this site. But what about your life? How dangerous are you living? Sure, there are drugs to help out with living with this chronic and terminal disease but what about before? Are we the AIDS generation becuase we are careless? Or are we too obsessed with consipiracy theory about how and when it got here in order to be responsible and protect ourselves?
What if the relationship you are in right now is a life or death decision? Is it worth it to deceive? Are you willing to pay the price of your life for the lovin' he or she is giving you? Can you honestly say....without a doubt that you can trust your body to this person?
Why the dark post ms.b? Why all this? Perhaps to vent because of my hurt that I will be walking a dark road with someone I love because someone they were in a relationship with stopped their life short. Sure, I could blame them and say "you should have used protection" but have I always protected myself? Not really.
While we toil over the nuances of love and relationships I'd like us to consider a couple of fundamental truths that we sometimes overlook because we're being so damn deep.
1. You will only receive what you give. If you give bs, that's what you get.
2. Our lives are not our own, before you choose that lover, or SO consider
the people who you are responsible to.
3. In our short time here, all we have to do is tell the truth, live the truth,
and love the truth. This means, don't lie to ourselves or others.
4. If we all could go back and change something from our past, we
no doubt would, but life doesn't work like that. We have to live with
integrity, honesty, and truth. No second chances.
5. Choosing mates should represent our highest truth, not our lowest
"need". If you are unable to live in your truth and your needs are
overwhelming your decisions, then you are bound for pain.
Forgive me, I am another woman injured by this disease. While I don't physically have it, the fragments of its wrath affect me all too much.
FH: We must accept that we are the AIDS generation. What will we do to fight this disease? Do you believe in being part of the solution? If so, what solutions do you have that will help us heal from this epidemic instead of continuing it?
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