Humble doesn't even quite cover what it is I feel.....
You know, you go through life thinking you've got some stuff figured out, and -- one day -- you get "schooled" in a very shocking (and beneficial) manner.
I had just such an experience today.
I have seen reality in action...
I saw it working in ways that I thought were many years away. Behind us. Not so severe anymore....
It made me realize that their reality is my reality.
And I'm going to have to re-evaluate a few things as a result.
Sometimes things happen that change you entirely over and over again. Today I saw and did things that have changed my entire being all over again. I am humbled by humanity. I am humbled by hard work. I am humbled by true suffrage and success. I cannot really put into words how caring some people are, people whose rights have been violated and yet they continue to work hard for the benefit of their family…
Today I debated whether or not to go out to lunch with Jose and Anthony. For one thing I didn’t want to go because the last thing I want to do is waste more money that I don’t really have to begin with, for another I wanted to go because I heard great things about this place. So I finally agreed to go and as we drove out of the parking lot I was expecting to arrive at a restaurant of some sort but oh was I wrong. We arrived to some apartments in really poor condition. I asked what we were doing there and Jose told me that that was the place where we are not only going to have some of the best hand-made food on this planet but that it was one of the few places where we’ll be treated like how people should really be treated…I met a guy named Juan there, he owned the lil “restaurant”..the “restaurant” was his own house and he turned his own living room into a dining room, he had a picnic table in his own living room…Juan told us his story and oh was I blown away…If there’s one thing I seriously respect is a person who sacrifices their freedom, dignity and their entire life for their family… Every day I want to cry tears of joy that there are people like that on this planet...I know exactly what they are going through because I went through similar things myself. I would not hesitate for one instant to help my family….I wish for the day when we can all be free...free to walk away from all the bad in the world.
To say that I was blown away today would be a bit of an understatement. I think. But it’s the closest thing to describe what happened to me today. Today I didnt mind investing my money on outside food. :D