Gurwin nursing home is not one of the most exciting places to get some volunteer work done but it certainly gets the job done. When something exciting or "life changing " does occur it is one for the books. For example, with the most current event of the death of michael jackson it gives residents and employes something to talk about at work. One african american lady from panama working at Gurwin was going on and on  on how amazing michael jackson was. she described him as being a fruit. a fruit that everyone enjoyed when they tasted it. her passionate talk of michael jackson was shortly interrupted by a white male janitor who entered the dining hall of the first floor where myself the woman from panama and one other lady were watching the news. The man came in ranting about how michael jackson was a pervert and a weirdo. Ofcourse the woman replied with "michael was a giver, a giver to everybody . he was a gift to the world" naturally the conversation became heated and the two coworkers began to raise their voices as they bickered back and fourth. myself and the other woman watched from different areas of the dining hall as the two joked around with eachother. The african american woman noticed i was paying attention too her discussion with the man and then asked "you like michael jackson baby?" . i smiled and shook yes. 

As the man walked out, the panama lady approached me. "see baby, people like that ... negative people like that you don't need in your life... michael was a giver, a good man, a private person" as soon as the lady said michael she kind of lost my attention but her first sentence kind of stuck with me. She went on and on about michael this and michael that... finally... " You need to exclude negative people from your life, I tell my son all the time, you think you have friends? you don't. Most the time your so called friend does not want to see you succeed if you are already an intelligent person. They will do everything they can to try and bring you down with them. Misery loves company. Your family will bring you up. God has a purpose for everyone in this world, even druggies. They have a purpose. They are stuck being druggies because they have not fulfilled what god planned for them to do. Negative people will bring you down and it takes a strong person to exclude them from your life. God has a way of sending you signs, if someone you know is saying something you don't agree with or you know is wrong it is almost like satan is talking for them. That is how you know that person is not meant for you. Or if someone is speaking bad about you and it eventually makes its way back to you. God meant for you to hear it, god meant for you to hear that person talking about you, that was your sign for you to exclude them from your life.