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Dec. 15th, 2004 07:35 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lazchanIt's amazing who we meet in the world. We are so privleged to see and hear so many different voices, so many minds speak out--and half of the time we ignore it. People have so much to say.
Last night I talked to a wonderful person last night--Yared Fubusa, who is an international student at USU. He was at my apartment, friend of another roommate of mine--and he was just amazing. The way he saw the world, what he deals with, and what he WANTS to do. It's humbling in a way. There should be more people like him. He said he practices a religion of love.
My roommates and I had a wonderful talk with him--and when you realize what goes on in the world today, and how so many people support it, it's heartbreaking. He made so many good points, but one is that even if we aren't proud of our country, we have to remember it IS our country--and we can't change the system ourselves from the inside--what we do changes it, for the better or the worse. I wish more people could change it for the better.
There are so many things that I want to do, so many things that I see and want to change and fix and just help, but it's so hard sometimes, so disheartning. Like trying to bail a leaky boat with your bare hands, it seems like you're sunk even before you start. But if everyone had that point of view, nothing would get done. While there is so much tragedy in the world, there is so much good, too. Even if we just smile at someone, say hello--pick something up if someone drops it---then we're making a difference. No matter how small it may seem--it helps.
The little things in life help patch the holes in the world.
Last night I talked to a wonderful person last night--Yared Fubusa, who is an international student at USU. He was at my apartment, friend of another roommate of mine--and he was just amazing. The way he saw the world, what he deals with, and what he WANTS to do. It's humbling in a way. There should be more people like him. He said he practices a religion of love.
My roommates and I had a wonderful talk with him--and when you realize what goes on in the world today, and how so many people support it, it's heartbreaking. He made so many good points, but one is that even if we aren't proud of our country, we have to remember it IS our country--and we can't change the system ourselves from the inside--what we do changes it, for the better or the worse. I wish more people could change it for the better.
There are so many things that I want to do, so many things that I see and want to change and fix and just help, but it's so hard sometimes, so disheartning. Like trying to bail a leaky boat with your bare hands, it seems like you're sunk even before you start. But if everyone had that point of view, nothing would get done. While there is so much tragedy in the world, there is so much good, too. Even if we just smile at someone, say hello--pick something up if someone drops it---then we're making a difference. No matter how small it may seem--it helps.
The little things in life help patch the holes in the world.
