Awareness Bracelets

I've never been a trendy person except for things I think are genuinely cool. For example, in elementary school I never wore my overalls with one side connected and the other side hanging down because it looks stupid. I don't wear skirts over my jeans because what's the point of wearing both? I never watched "Beverly Hills 90210" mostly because my mom wouldn't let me, but I probably would have thought it was dumb anyway. And I have never worn an awareness bracelet, not because I don't like them, but because I don't like to be like everyone else.

I remember the first time I ever saw a silicone wristband. I bought a swimsuit at the Nike outlet in Park City and the cashier asked me if I wanted to buy a Lance Armstrong Livestrong bracelet for $1.00. I said yes because I had no idea what it was. I never wore it because a week later everyone wore one. Although I personally never got in to the awareness bracelet phenomenon, I do think it's a pretty cool idea and it's amazing to me how popular it has become to wear one. There are many different kinds of bracelets besides the basic deboss such as glow-in-the-dark, multicolor and printed.

I actually just heard about a really cool idea from a minister in a church in Missouri. He challenged his congregation to wear this purple bracelet with www.acomplaintfreeworld.org and to not complain for 21 days. Every time you complain, you have to switch the bracelet to the other hand and start over. His idea has become nationally widespread and they have sent over 800,000 bracelets to people all over the world. I thought it was such a cool idea, I ordered one myself and am planning to join the world of those who wear awareness bracelets.

(FYI: John Beck, the quarterback for BYU last year, wore a BYU awareness bracelet the entire football season. He never took it off. Maybe silicone bracelets have some sort of power where they make you throw really well).