Thoughts

Where does morality come from really?

I am thankful for a God who welcomes my questions.

Some Days

I wish I could be someone else. Someone who isn't so obsessed with the world's problems. Someone who lived a simple life rather than dedicating it to struggling against all the injustice in the world. Someone who could make more decisions based on what I want rather than what God tells me or what I need to do. Someone who wanted to spend a semester abroad partying in Europe rather than studying conflict resolution in a distraught and impoverished African country. Someone who could think about taking a vacation in the Caribbean without their mind instantly jumping to the economic injustice of life and tourism in those nations, precluding all hopes of peaceful days spent on exotic beaches. Sometimes I wish I could just temporarily remove the awareness from my brain and temporarily live a small and blissfully ignorant life.

I don't actually want that, but man, wouldn't it be nice?

I've always thought I would spend my life doing something small scale, simply loving on the people I can reach and making the world a better place one day at a time, but over the last few months I've been feeling a growing desire to become some sort of suit-wearing civil rights lawyer, or lobbyist, or politician, to dig my hands into the roots of problems and change the policies and legal systems that perpetuate them.

Crossing Arizona

We watched a documentary in my geography class today on illegal immigration into the U.S. from Mexico. It was called "Crossing Arizona", and I am BEGGING you to take an hour and half out of your life to watch it, whether you're liberal or conservative or just have no opinion on illegal immigration. I'm not trying to "convert" anybody, I just think it's so incredibly necessary for us to take the time to think about the human implications of immigration policies on both sides, no matter what conclusions of views you're going to walk away with. I just want people to think about this.

I don't think it's available online anywhere (Netflix has it, but not on instant play), but try your school library. I know mine has an impressive stash of documentaries. I know it's midterms time, but it's not a long movie. If/when you do watch it, please send me a facebook message or something and let me know what you think. Even if you think it's the worst way you've ever wasted your time, I'd still like to know your opinion.