I just spoke on a panel with 2 others for EDF210 - a class that was focusing on student activism. I really am torched up and feel like i've been suppressing this need that I've always felt inside me to do something about the issues that I feel are pertinent and necessary. Why have they been taking a backseat in my life? Why is sleeping 12 hours
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I realized that I didn't really find much happiness here until I started to reach out and do something that actually mattered. It wasn't until I started working with the heathen children and battling small-town-America homophobia head on that I actually felt like I had a purpose here and was actually contributing to society.
My grades, frankly, suck this semester, and I really don't give a fuck. I get to go home knowing that I have actually tried to stand up for what I believe is right in this community, and that will have a much more significant impact on the world and myself than my Financial Accounting grade. In the long run, what matters more? Most certainly being true to yourself and actually making a difference in this fucked up world.
Be the radical that you are. That is a huge part of WHO you are. Don't ignore it, my crazy little Puerto Rican Lady.
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(ps: you are certainly right. revolt and responsiblity to our global community are more important than any other shit we are told to cherish. there is no mathematic equation you could ever be taught in school that would equal the power of saying "hello" to an Arabic speaker in their native language.)
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Pls. call
Me and my boyfriend, ryan you obviously have not met yet, were going to come up to bellingham to see some of his friends and I wanted to see you.
Are you going to come home for the summer?
Laura
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[i think we all find ourselves in times like these. it's important--it helps us find our true selves.]
love,
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