The Hard Topics..

All I can say is that yesterday's lectures were ALL very sombering. First thing, 9am, we're talking about the death penalty. Oh how wonderful :s....then an hour break involved a further debate about it. Next lecture, and get ready for it...we discuss the holocaust, the problems in Syria, and this latest Kony2012 movement. It was a little hard to get through the day no less.

But when you think of all those issues, you can sit back and be grateful that the worst thing you have to worry about is whether or not you'll pass an exam or write a great paperr. Why is it that we all focus on what's going wrong with us and forget the people who are suffering in this world. I, myself am guilty of this as well. I've caught myself in the past saying that this is the worst day ever, and nothing will ever make things better....but really, what right do I have to say that?!

We should really take our own problems into perspective, and I'm talking about the problems like "oh i dropped my phone and it broke, or I slept in so I didn't get to shower". I am not saying that people in our homes don't have serious problems, because some people do, and they are working through their troubles...but I'm talking about when we complain about something being so wrong that is easily fixable. For example...we go to the grocery store, do our shopping, get home and while unpacking realize we got the wrong kind of bread. We stand there and grumble, when there are people who would simply be grateful they could afford bread, or they had the ability to go to a grocery store at all. As a society, we make big problems out of issues that really don't need to be "big problems". For some it's out of plain ignorance, and for others it's a way to avoid talking about the hard topics in our world.

But yesterday's lectures have shown me that you need to talk about the hard topics. There will be no change in this world if we ignore the fact that there are serious issues going on and continue to make more problems out of the little things that in the end won't really matter. The wrong type of bread will still make the sandwiches for your lunches during the week....

So here's my challenge....find one news story, of an issue that is going on in this world...and educate yourself about it. And on the days where you think all hope is lost (and it's a day where your biggest problem is choosing what to wear)....again I'm NOT saying that people don't have serious issues to deal with at home....and remember that there is someone out there wishing they could be in your position to escape whatever horror they may be facing! There are always better days ahead!!