So here’s a few thoughts/ ideas of mine from our trip. It includes a few personal opinions/beliefs of mine, but to tell my story of this trip, this was a necessary thing. Anyways these are only a few unorganized ramblings, but if anyone has any comments or input, or if these ideas have spurred them in any way, feel free to comment! Thanks for the time if you choose to read this!
First off, in during our time in
“Let us all hope that the dark clouds of racial prejudice will soon pass away and the deep fog of misunderstanding will be lifted from our fear drenched communities, and in some not too distant tomorrow the radiant stars of love and brotherhood will shine over our great nation with all their scintillating beauty.”
So looking back on my experiences, one thought was hanging over me: But does it all matter? So yea, we saw some stuff, learned about our troubled and unthinkable past as a country. Maybe we were moved in ways we didn’t expect coming into this. But does it all matter? Are we going to be the change we want to see? Unless we take our experiences on this trip and use them to be that change, whatever it might be, then really there wasn’t much of a point to this. To get educated, perhaps. However, education without action is useless. I don’t know what that change could mean. There is still wrong in this world, and there are still problems in our country. These men and women, and children that we have learned about on our pilgrimage have accomplished extraordinary things which are beyond anything I could see myself doing. To honor them, we must find the injustices in our world that we are moved by, and act. A few nights after we got back in
I was brought up through the ashes
Like a phoenix birthing wings
And I will fight for my disasters
I will take the flight of kings
And if your life is ever torched
Or if you know the pain I sing
Then will you sing with me this chorus
And we will cut through people's hearts and free them
Do you know this song's for you?
My heart goes out to hurt you feel inside
Do you know this song's for you?
My heart goes out to hurt you feel
These words evoke to me the spirit, courage and faith that those brave people had in achieving the most simple of dreams, to be equal in a land they were taught as children was build on equality.
Just because you’re from Nowhere,
I hope I don’t lose what I’ve learned on this trip, and that I would act out on the knowledge I have acquired, to make some sort of difference in this world.
These are just some thoughts I had on our trip, and how I feel I’ve grown, or at least how I wish I would grow.
Thank you so much for writing that. I totally agree, that if we leave what we learned in that space called spring break that it isn't worth that much. I feel like that isn't going to happen. That is sparked in all of us a feeling that is going to be with us in many of the things that we do in the future. Let me know if you have any ideas you want me to help you out with!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for writing that. I totally agree, that if we leave what we learned in that space called spring break that it isn't worth that much. I feel like that isn't going to happen. That is sparked in all of us a feeling that is going to be with us in many of the things that we do in the future. Let me know if you have any ideas you want me to help you out with!
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