I believe in Unrestrained Compassion. Unreasonable Love. Unfathomable
Joy. I believe in giving your whole heart to whatever you do. To feeling
every moment, every word you say, every look you give. I believe in
living a life of thanks, a life of giving back not because we can but
because we must. I believe in living impractical, improbable,
idealistic, unlikely dreams.
I believe in understanding each other. Looking deeper into people, into history, looking through the surface.
I believe in names and stories. Who are the 250 million child labors
that work for pennies 12-16 hours a day in brutal conditions? Who are
their parents, what do they think about, what does their smile look
like?
Why is this man sleeping on a corner, how did he get here, why is my
neighbor so bitter, how does she feel everyday, who loves her?
Who are the people that stole my suitcase of favorite things? Why do they steal, no really, how did this happen?
How did we get to a place where it’s okay to have extreme excess when
25,000 people die every day of hunger, and my 12 year old friend James
lives in a house made of garbage?
How did it become okay to be a Christian, a Muslim, a Jew and to
horde our stuff, to kill, to hate each other? To be an American and not
know anything about other countries, and barely our own?
What is my responsibility? How do I contribute to this mess?
I believe. I believe. I believe.
I will do my best to live as I believe. To not only say I care, but
live a life that cares. To not only cry for my brothers and sisters
being raped, blown into pieces, terrorized in the Congo, Sudan, Uganda,
Sri Lanka, Iraq, Afghanistan but to ask myself how I can help.
I believe in taking responsibility. I believe I have a voice. That my
life counts. I believe in taking life by the horns and aggressively
moving towards a better way. Not tomorrow, not when “I grow up” but now.
I have my now. I give my all now.
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