So I'm going to try keep this to an eclectic mix of interesting (or what I think is interesting) happenings and some of my personal reflections (or struggles as is my current situation !)
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I have been struggling alot with issues of suffering, injustice, tyranny - nothing too deep. If you could read me journal and see the blotchy tear marks you might realise how agonising it is for me at the moment. The worst of it is that I have to compensate these wretched moments with cheerful denial and optimism so that I don't get too overwhelmed.
Jennifer F who writes a fantastic blog, http://www.conversiondiary.com/ (which is my homepage) has written an fantastic reflection on something I was thinking about just yesterday. Read it here...
Here are the comments I wrote...
I have been mulling over this point alot recently, to the point of becoming quite overwhelmed and despairing - I would like to think that if I was faced with a big 'challenge' (like standing up against slavery or ethnic cleansing) that I would be one of those people who stood strong... but from my own experienrences in the daily, little battles, the little injustices (eg. remembering back to primary school teasing, not speaking up to admit that I call myself a Christian (usually!), I am one of those weaklings too scared to rock the boat. That scares me.
The follow on from that is the reality - that I am standing back and not fighting against massive injustices - slaves that pick over 50% of the worlds' coffee and cocoa (it is estimated that there are more slaves in these times than before the anti-slavery legislation was introduced 200 or so years ago)...
I have just finished watching an AMAZING movie called "Ondskan", translated to "Evil" - the story of one boy standing up amidst the tyranny of an elite boarding school. It may sound trite but is a very well produced movie, not over dramatised - you can watch the trailer at http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=3tCFvaJo9aE
I HIGHLY recommend it!
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