I understand the value of knowledge. After 13 years of gather information and then using it for tests, papers, and endless games of Cranium, I have come to appreciate the necessity of learning. Throughout my school career I have always used the information I had compiled for another purpose. In some cases I was tested, in others I simply used a concept as a stepping stone to learn a much more complex concept.
For one of the first times in my life I have received some information with which I am powerless to do anything. I cannot use this knowledge and it is killing me. I feel an ulcer burning in my stomach. It absolutely disgusts me. If you don't know about the horrors of marriage in Yemen, and want to find out, then click on the title and you will be whisked away to the story.
What do I do with this information? Can I help? Can I do anything?! I feel so ineffectual and sick, I can barely stand it. I realize that I am not living the horror and merely thinking about it, so I should not be complaining.
But...what should I do??
About Me
- Cassie
- I'm a daydreamer. I haven't actually travelled many places, but I have great plans to do so. This blog is my way of writing down my daydreams. I'm a wannabe adventurer. I've been told by numerous guidance counselors that the first step to achieving your goals is to make a list of what you want to do. So, here I am - embarking on step 1 out of 1 million of my adventure.
Sometimes the tragedy of a situation, even one far away and which we might well be powerless to change, helps us to be more vigilant in our daily lives about the things that are within our power to change. We are not all called to effect change in the same way or in the same place-- some are quiet but powerful influences in their neighborhoods, living lives that inspire trust and confidence in others who know they are there if they are needed; others have a gift of zeroing in on just one person at a time whom they know they are uniquely equipped to help. Some are messengers, and their contribution is getting out the word in the hope the right people will hear-- if we all gave in the same way to just one cause, look at all that would be left undone. In reflecting on what we cannot do, we often become more cognizant of what we can and are doing. In that way, knowledge is power.
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