When this post goes live I will be in Charlotte, North Carolina at a conference. During the 5 days that I spend at this conference I will fed free food, invited to fun events, and the only task I will have is to connect with like-minded people in order to make more money.
In fact, in general that is the most pressing issue that I’m facing and that’s fairly easy to deal with because I just have to pitch often with focused intensity to make what I want happen. That’s it.
My biggest problem is making more money. I don’t have to worry about my safety, my health, or even my home. I do want to meet the one but I’m in a safe and secure space and that will happen.
Keeping Things In Perspective
On daily basis I see images of of the Syrian refugee crisis, Africa, #BlackLivesMatter, and the homeless problem in America. As badly as I think I have it sometimes, in reality I have a good life. Not a perfect one, but a pretty good one. If worse came to worse I could cash in my retirement and sell my home. I have options even if one could argue that they are bad decisions for the long-run.
I could live with my mother or grandmother or couch surf for awhile. My friends, like me, are safe have fairly secure home and life situations and have access to options if or when the going got rough. As crazy as America can be at times it is still a pretty safe and relatively stable country.
I cannot imagine what it must be like to be pushed from my home as a young/mid-age/or older person and cross countries by foot, be herded like cattle, and thrown food in a quest for safety and survival. Seeing these things happen in 2015, seeing that camera women kick a man who held a baby trying to escape the terror that was behind him helped illustrate the fact that I personally am living in a safe and secure situation.
I can’t observe what is around me and not be affected. I find it overwhelming, heart breaking, and unacceptable. I want to be the change in this world. I want people to believe that there are good people out there, I want to help myself and grow my income so that I can help others.
When I see what is happening out in the world I understand that we are all interconnected, we are all in this together-even if we don’t think that is so.
I guess this rambling post is a call to action, to thoughtfulness,and to encourage compassion for those who need our strength to get them through the hard times.
So, I will enjoy my time in Charlotte, eat good food, meet new people, and have fun. But, I won’t forget that I am a small part of a bigger community.
Please take time to acknowledge what is difficult in your life. But I hope you can keep it in perspective.
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I’m agree with this post!!!
Thanks Giulia!!!
Well said Michelle. I try to think of that any time I’m about to bake myself a cake for my own pity party. For whatever reason that may be. I always still have it pretty darn good!
Word! I just thought about this a lot last week and it just kept things “real.”
I am just thankful that I am in a better situation compared with those of others, Michelle. What I do is at least I help someone in need even if it’s small because if combined together, we could make this a better place to live in.
I have things that aren’t perfect, but it could always be worse. So, I just am thankful everyday for what I have.
Your post is beautiful, touching and true.
And as a girl spoiled by all the luxury of normal life i often have to remind myself how lucky i am that i have a place to call home, the opportunity to study, the acces to everything i need..
Anyway, i feel that your post was inspired by the situation in africa and refugees migrating to europe and well.. It made me a little confused. I live in Europe, in one of the countries through which those “syrian refugees” migrate (but its not the country they want to stay in – Germany, their ideal goal, is one state further)… we built them temporary homes, we collected food an clothes and stuff for them. And they are aggresive, arrogant, refuse the food and water and refuse to stay in places our country built for them. There are 90% young islamic men, dressed in brand clothes, almost no kids or women.
There is a lot of mixed info in media here, where the thing is happening, so i understand that it is so all over the world. I am just shocked that it could be so much missinterpreted, and people who are far away from it can get totaly missleading info.
Sorry for the long comment, i just felt that i have to say something to it..
Have a beautiful day 😉
Tereza
Thanks for stopping by! I’m glad that you enjoyed the post. My post wasn’t really focused on Africa. It was focused on displaced peoples in whatever way that it occurs and wherever it occurs in the world: war, homelessness, etc. I don’t want to comment on the situation in Europe because I am not there and I’m sorry if that was confusing in my post. I think we (outside of Europe) do have a pretty good idea of what is happening-but, we’re not living the situation as we are so far away. Maybe this is a good time to remember that what’s reported about the U.S. in Europe is also subject to inaccuracies too.