But one thing that he said really stuck to me, and has had me thinking this past week. He said, "we're all people. we all hurt, we all have pain, happiness and struggles all the same." This is probably the most honest thing I've heard someone say in a very long time. It really got me thinking. I thought to how I have treated people, what I've said, and more importantly my actions towards others. It sparked a new ambition in me; I don't want or need to be a hero, or but i just want to be a (small) part of a change for the good. Im not entire sure when or where this whole idea of change is supposed to happen, but i hope i can recognize it when it comes. But every single person on this earth is apart of a community. We all live on this earth that is harsh and broken, and we were meant to live with one another. We were meant to live alone, but to love and give love.
This brings me to my second point; my faith. I know people will probably want to skip over this part, but Im not going to ever try to push any ideas or beliefs on anyone, and i never will. Another thing Jamie Tworkowski said was "the word christian offends a lot of people...i really don't like what it has become." There is this whole idea that every person who is a Christian is going to thrown their bible at you. Thats just not it. I will simply say this; I feel that the idea of a God has so many different perspectives. A God i know and love may be completly different from the one you do. And thats okay. I just hope that people will be able to accept the idea that He has more grace, love, and forgiveness than condemnation. He is constantly "in the business of redemption."
Jamie started to talk about music, and how it has the ability to move people. This is nothing new to me. Music has the ability to heal, and is the foundation of TWLOHA. It speaks for itself really.
I truly admire Jamie for being able to take people from so many different backgrounds and bring them together for a greater good. I was able to talk to him for a little bit after the show, and he has so much to say, and so many people that he wants to hear him. Hopefully you guys will check it out if you haven't already. Its such an amazing and unique org! He has and continues to change the world, and started it all with one person.
So if you do anything at all today, just take a second, a small amount of time to really reflect on the great things that you have in your life. Try to learn something new, do something small for another person, or smile at a stranger on the street. You never know when you can completely make someone's day by doing the smallest deed.
Also, check out some of the new shirts TWLOHA has, they're all really tight and all go towards helping pay for treatment of people who are having trouble dealing with things in their life. you can buy them here:
http://www.zambooie.com/twloha/
You're awesome.
ReplyDeleteAnd i'm glad you're my best friend :)
Thanks for the thoughtful post. I think your point about the role of Christianity (or, perhaps, any religion) is a good one. There are reasons to be suspicious about organized religion, particularly when one sees it mobilized for what seems like purely political ends, but so many people have been moved by their faith to pursue noble goals and achieve great things for humanity that it must be taken into account. There is a new book by the philosopher Charles Taylor called "A Secular Age" that considers what it means to live in a society where religion does not determine everyone's world-view. It's not exactly a page-turner, but it does have a great deal of insight about practicing religion in a secular society.
ReplyDeleteI've heard about this org before but I will check it out again because I forgot what it is all about. That's cool that you got to see the person who started it speak- It's weird how someone can say a few things that just totally sparks something in you. Way to keep pass the message around!
ReplyDeleteI love that quote: "we're all people. we all hurt, we all have pain, happiness and struggles all the same." It's so true--it's a fact of nature that at one point or another everyone gets so caught up in their awful day or whatever problems they're going through that they forget that others have the same -or maybe even worse-problems too. I personally can relate to taking out a bad day on other people or having it taken out on me, and it sucks. I like how you say you want to be a small part of change for good =]. how great would it be if everyone thought that way?
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