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Originally Posted by bELyVIS
Good post.
We all feel alienated once in awhile. But that is because we allow ourselves to be.
I lived in a very poor part of Brazil with a friend who grew up there and his family still lived there. At first, I felt strange being a American who never saw poverty like this and earning more than 4 times what these people were earning. Once I figured out I was the one doing this to myself, I went out and made a bunch of friends. We learned alot from each other and at this point my life was great. I no longer cared about anything but my new friends, not what I had or what they didn't. People are people and there always be good and bad. Go find the good ones no matter were you are.
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Believe me, I am. I have wonderful friends of all races and backgrounds. I love them all very much.
I'm also looking out for the bad ones, though, because I want to make a change. I personally don't think it's all right to watch any type of oppression and not say or do anything about it, because I've learned from many experiences that silently hurting about it doesn't help me or anyone else. I mentioned before that some white friends of mine have expressed pain and discomfort being alienated. If they hadn't told me, they would've silently been in pain. What good does that do?
I do think it's beautiful to find the inner peace that both you and MMM have described, but that's not for me. I prefer to fight.